Pei Runzhu’s words instantly made Ye Yu tense up all over.
That was right—he did indeed have the thought of killing Pei Runzhu.
It was simply because the golden entry was too enticing.
But with his current Foundation Establishment level cultivation, trying to kill a sect elder was incredibly difficult.
Only by triggering his own purple-tier entry might he have a slight chance.
Yet now, Ye Yu hadn’t done anything, and Pei Runzhu directly asked that question.
Had she sensed his killing intent? Or was she bluffing him?
No matter which it was, before everything was settled, Ye Yu absolutely refused to admit it!
So he immediately feigned calm and said, “Master, we’ve only just met—don’t joke like that. You’re making me quite uneasy.”
The next moment, a soft light appeared.
Then the entire interior of the tower was illuminated by this glow.
Pei Runzhu’s figure reappeared.
Under the gentle light, her exquisitely beautiful face looked even more flawless.
But there was no smile at all.
Instead, she spoke seriously, “You don’t just want to kill me—you even want to kill Sect Leader Huangfu Jin, though it seems you failed.”
Ye Yu reined in the smile on his face, his expression turning grave.
He still insisted stubbornly, “Master, I came with you not to listen to jokes. I’m but a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator—how could I kill you or the Sect Leader?”
“If you have any opinions about me, then you can let me leave. Our master-disciple relationship ends here.”
Hearing this, Pei Runzhu took a step closer to Ye Yu and carefully observed his facial expression.
This made Ye Yu somewhat uncomfortable.
Just as he wanted to step back, Pei Runzhu spoke again, “You’re a very calm person. Even when your thoughts are exposed, you can still pretend to be so composed.”
“To be able to do that at your age is truly impressive!”
Ye Yu turned and left, leaving behind a sentence: “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
Pei Runzhu didn’t stop him but softly said, “I was watching you all night last night!”
This sentence made Ye Yu suddenly halt.
Pei Runzhu then slowly began to recount the events of last night.
Last night, she was originally reading inside the tower.
Then disciples of Zhutiangfang brought Jin Tongchi here seeking her help.
Jin Tongchi was the unlucky Golden Core demon sword cultivator from last night.
The disciples suspected he was a demon sent by another sect to cause trouble.
But that guy cried his eyes out, sniffling and sobbing.
He looked as aggrieved as a fool robbed of candy at the village entrance.
While crying, he told his whole background.
He swore by his swordsmanship that stabbing Ding Yuewang was truly a misunderstanding—they didn’t even know each other, so how could he have killed that guy?
His tearful appearance made the Zhutiangfang disciples uncertain.
So they came to Pei Runzhu for help.
The entire demon clan inside Zhutiangfang believed Elder Pei to be the wisest person in the whole Juque Prefecture, even in the entire demon realm.
Perhaps she could tell whether this Jin Tongchi was lying.
Pei Runzhu did not refuse to help.
After hearing both the Zhutiangfang disciples and Jin Tongchi’s accounts, she immediately found a critical point.
The real person who killed Ding Yuewang might not have been Jin Tongchi, but the one who drew the sword in the end.
But how that person managed to turn the incident into a plausible accident was what piqued her curiosity.
She did not voice her thoughts but ordered Jin Tongchi to be restrained outside the tower.
She herself hid and searched the outer gate of Zhutiangfang for suspicious targets.
According to Jin Tongchi’s description of the appearance, Pei Runzhu soon found Ye Yu and began watching him secretly.
Just as she expected, Ye Yu was suspicious.
Over the course of one night, he had approached four demon clan members—and all four died unnatural deaths.
When coincidences happen too many times,
It’s not coincidence but a carefully designed plan.
Pei Runzhu carefully reviewed the facts in her mind.
She realized Ye Yu was not killing randomly without aim.
He chose carefully whom to kill.
Every demon who died had something in common.
They were all promising talents, either gifted or uniquely skilled in some field.
Moreover, before each attack, Ye Yu approached under the pretense of making friends.
Once the other party agreed, bloodshed followed, and death was immediate.
This made Pei Runzhu very curious.
How exactly was this done? And what exactly did Ye Yu want?
To figure this out,
Pei Runzhu did not expose Ye Yu outright and even stopped Zhutiangfang disciples from investigating further.
Her purpose was to ask Ye Yu directly why he was doing this.
However, what surprised Pei Runzhu was that
Ye Yu even set his sights on Huangfu Jin.
When she heard Ye Yu say he wanted to be friends with the Sect Leader,
Pei Runzhu was shocked.
But she did not stop it immediately because she also wanted to see whether this strange Ye Yu could actually kill Huangfu Jin.
As it turned out, it seemed he failed.
After hearing Pei Runzhu’s account,
Ye Yu’s expression remained normal, but a turbulent storm brewed in his heart.
So soon someone noticed his actions,
And it was a demoness with a Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart.
Damn it.
At that moment, Ye Yu’s mind raced wildly.
All he could think about was how to get rid of Pei Runzhu.
If this demoness did not die, once she told others, it would be trouble.
He knew that, no matter where he was, there were always people willing to take risks.
No matter how powerful his father Ye Chenyin’s influence was, there would still be many who wanted to imprison him to research his mysterious abilities.
However, no matter how Ye Yu thought, he didn’t believe that with his current Foundation Establishment power he could harm ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) Pei Runzhu at all.
From the demonic aura radiating off her,
She was at least at the beginning of the Profound Demon Realm.
Killing her? Harder than ascending to heaven from Foundation Establishment!
Calling for reinforcements—having Zhao Jia deal with her?
Clearly impossible. At such close range, Ye Yu might already be a corpse before Zhao Jia arrived.
Calling for help would only speed up his death.
What was he to do?
