Ji Ye narrowed her eyes slightly upon hearing the name uttered by the young man.
She raised a finger, and the unknown Forbidden Spell was cast once more. Like a dream, it spread gently, ensuring that their conversation would not be overheard. Only then did she ask in a low voice, "Speak in detail—Tang Zijing?"
The black-robed figures remained unfazed.
Only Tang Yun, the young girl, showed a flicker of struggle in her eyes upon hearing that name.
She seemed deeply confused.
Gu Jianlin noticed the girl's abnormality and briefly summarized the events of the past, deliberately omitting the secret stories involving the old monster and erasing any mention of Jiuyin's existence.
"If there's anything unusual about that Alchemy Matrix, it could only have been Tang Zijing's doing,"
he said calmly. "No one else would have been able to."
