After leaving the waterfall, Ye Feng walked for another two days, and this morning he stepped onto a desolate path in the mountain forest, following it south all the way until he finally returned to a rather large mountain valley basin.
This place was filled with the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers, with fresh air, truly like a paradise hidden from the world.
Inside the mountain valley basin, large areas of exotic flowers and Immortal Plants were cultivated, none of which Ye Feng had ever seen before.
As soon as he reached the outer perimeter of the Medicine Garden, he saw a group of people gathered together from a distance.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally walked towards the crowd.
As soon as he approached the crowd, someone shouted, "Ye Feng is back! Senior Brother Guo, Ye Feng is back!"
Then Ye Feng saw the group of people rushing towards him.
He was greatly alarmed but could only pretend to be calm.
Guo Wenfeng strode forward and said coldly, "Ye Feng, you still dare to come back! Men, seize him!"
Ye Feng looked utterly bewildered.
This was a pretense.
At this moment, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"You still dare to come back?"
These five short words were enough to show that these people did not know the Original Owner was dead; they thought he had disappeared or fled for some reason.
Ye Feng was observing everyone's expressions at this moment.
Emerging from the grave would surely scare the murderer, and if the murderer was here, they would surely reveal themselves.
But he failed; there were dozens of medicine apprentices in identical robes surrounding him, making it impossible to clearly see the changes in each person's expression.
Behind the crowd, Lin Yi and Xu Kai had very peculiar expressions at this moment.
Shock, bewilderment, confusion...
All sorts of emotions were piled on their faces at this moment.
"Didn't you say you buried him? How is he still alive? You didn't let him go, did you?" Lin Yi glared fiercely at Xu Kai, speaking in a low voice.
Xu Kai was also utterly confused.
He whispered, "Senior Brother Lin! You have to believe me, I really did bury him! And... when I took him away that night, he was already dead!"
Lin Yi's expression quickly calmed down.
That's right, that day he had also personally checked Ye Feng's Physical Body; he was thoroughly dead, and only then did he tell Xu Kai to dispose of the corpse.
Lin Yi could not believe that a dead person had actually revived on the seventh day after his death!
At this moment, Lin Yi was in a difficult position.
If this guy Ye Feng were to publicly reveal what happened that day, he would be in big trouble. Killing a fellow Disciple was a grave crime; even as the Sect Leader's Disciple, he would be severely punished!
Just as Lin Yi and Xu Kai didn't know how to respond.
Suddenly, they heard Ye Feng shouting, "Who are you all? Let go of me! Quickly let go of me!"
Guo Wenfeng said, "Ye Feng, you don't even recognize me?"
Ye Feng said with a confused look, "Who are you?"
"You don't remember me?" Guo Wenfeng frowned.
Ye Feng gently shook his head.
Guo Wenfeng asked again, "Where have you been these past seven days?"
"I don't know either. One night a few days ago, I crawled out of a grave in the Scattered Burial Grounds behind a mountain peak, and I don't remember anything."
As soon as these words were spoken, dozens of medicine apprentices immediately exchanged glances.
Guo Wenfeng's expression stiffened slightly, showing surprise and doubt.
He carefully scrutinized Ye Feng's expression, trying to judge the credibility of his words.
At this moment, Lin Yi walked in front of Ye Feng.
Seeing Ye Feng restrained by two medicine apprentices, he waved his hand for them to release him.
Ye Feng rubbed his arms, looked around, and said, "Do you all know me?"
Lin Yi asked, "Junior Brother Ye, do you really not remember us?"
Ye Feng shook his head blankly: "I don't remember."
"Oh, I am Lin Yi. We've dealt with each other many times before. Junior Brother Ye, let me ask you, did you abscond due to guilt these past few days?"
Ye Feng's heart skipped a beat.
Abscond due to guilt?
Did the Original Owner commit a crime?
He immediately cried out, "Abscond due to guilt?! No, no, I didn't. How could I abscond due to guilt!
Really, I barely escaped death and crawled back from the grave! Please, Senior Brother Lin, investigate thoroughly!"
Lin Yi raised an eyebrow and said, "Is that so? Who harmed you?"
Xu Kai, in the crowd, had a somewhat grim expression.
How could Senior Brother Lin ask such a question publicly?
Ye Feng had already fallen out with them; if this kid wasn't faking amnesia, wouldn't this be pushing himself into a pit of fire?
In fact, he didn't know that this was just Lin Yi's test of Ye Feng.
Lin Yi felt that Ye Feng, having escaped death, had only two choices.
One was to go far away and live anonymously.
The other was to immediately go to Xingluo Peak and report to the Elder Council that they had committed murder and harmed a fellow Disciple.
However, Ye Feng did not flee, nor did he report them. Instead, he swaggered back to the Medicine Garden and claimed he had amnesia.
This made Lin Yi think that Ye Feng should not be lying.
He most likely genuinely had amnesia.
Otherwise, seeing him and Xu Kai, Ye Feng couldn't have concealed it so well, without any change in expression.
Ye Feng scratched his head: "I don't remember. When I woke up, I was buried in the dirt, and after I crawled out, my mind was blank.
Senior Brother Lin, you just said I absconded due to guilt. What exactly is going on?"
Everyone exchanged glances.
Lin Yi then said, "Some time ago, many valuable Immortal Plants and spiritual mushrooms were lost from Medicine Garden A-7, which you were in charge of. Are you sure you weren't stealing from yourself?"
"There's such a thing? I don't remember. What, the Medicine Garden I was in charge of lost Immortal Plants? What should I do?!"
Ye Feng finally understood the Original Owner's cause of death at this moment.
It should be related to the lost Immortal Plants and spiritual mushrooms.
The Original Owner must have known the truth about the lost Immortal Plants and spiritual mushrooms; he was silenced!
Looking at Ye Feng's panicked expression, everyone exchanged glances again.
Guo Wenfeng was a bit anxious now; if Ye Feng didn't take the blame, he would have to.
Although it wouldn't cost him his life, his position as the supervisor of the A-12 Medicine Garden would definitely not be secure.
He said sternly, "Ye Feng, don't pretend to have amnesia and try to gloss over this matter. Besides you, who else could have stolen the Immortal Plants and spiritual mushrooms from the Medicine Garden you were in charge of?"
"This Senior Brother, I really don't know about this. I'm innocent..."
Ye Feng again cried out his innocence.
From everyone's performance at this moment, he felt that Guo Wenfeng was the most suspicious.
However, he didn't say it out loud.
Lin Yi asked again, "Junior Brother Ye, since you have amnesia, how did you find this place?"
Ye Feng said, "A few days ago, I met a white-robed older sister named Yun Shuang'er in the back mountain of Xingluo Peak. She told me my name is Ye Feng, that I have a Master, and that I work in the Medicine Garden seventy li south of Xingluo Peak, so I came looking for it."
"Yun Shuang'er? You met Junior Sister Yun Shuang'er?"
Lin Yi's expression changed slightly.
"Yes, that's right. If Senior Brother Lin doesn't believe me, you can go ask her. I really don't remember anything."
Ye Feng answered truthfully.
Lin Yi didn't ask further, but his eyes kept flickering with light, as if he was thinking about something.
After a while, he finally spoke, "I will go to Junior Sister Yun to verify. Ye Feng, although you have returned, it still doesn't clear you of suspicion of stealing from yourself. I am ordered to investigate this matter. I will not wrong a good person, and I will absolutely not let a bad person go."
After speaking, he turned to Xu Kai and Guo Wenfeng and said, "Junior Brother Xu, first take Ye Feng back to the Discipline Hall on Xingluo Peak and keep him under good watch until this matter is thoroughly investigated and a decision is made.
As for Medicine Garden Seven, which Ye Feng was in charge of, Senior Brother Guo, you should assign other medicine apprentices to watch over and manage it for now."
Xu Kai and Guo Wenfeng nodded slightly in agreement.
Just like that, Ye Feng had just returned and hadn't even figured out the situation before he was tied up like a human zongzi.
However, he wasn't very worried; he was even a little relieved.
He had passed the first hurdle.
Ye Feng, who had never even been on an airplane in his previous life, experienced the exhilaration of Cultivators Royal Sky flying today.
Xu Kai, carrying the tightly bound Ye Feng, stepped on his Immortal Sword and soared into the clouds.
These past few days, he had been craning his neck, watching the Cultivators fly around in the sky.
At this moment, he finally experienced the joy of Sword Control flying.
Feeling the fierce high-altitude winds and looking down at the vast land below.
A feeling of grandeur spontaneously arose.
At least at this moment, Ye Feng completely fell in love with this world, and fell in love with the feeling of soaring through the sky.
He secretly decided in his heart that he must work hard to Cultivate and quickly reach the Realm of Sword Control flying.
Xu Kai's Sword Control method was similar to those Sword Immortals Ye Feng had seen in Xianxia TV dramas: they all stepped on Immortal Swords, and when flying, a transparent protective barrier would form in front of their bodies to resist the strong winds during flight.
Lin Yi was different; he flew with his hands behind his back, treading the Void Realm, relying solely on his Physical Body.
From their different flying methods, it could be seen that Xu Kai's cultivation was inferior to Lin Yi's.
Mid-flight, Lin Yi gave Xu Kai a look, then accelerated and flew away.
Xu Kai understood.
Seeing that Lin Yi had flown far away, Xu Kai suddenly hovered in mid-air, looking at Ye Feng with icy eyes.
"Senior Brother Xu, why aren't we going?" Ye Feng was a little surprised.
"Junior Brother Ye, do you really not remember anything from before? Confess honestly, otherwise I don't mind throwing you down from this thousand-zhang height!"
"I've said it many times, I crawled out of the Scattered Burial Grounds and can't remember anything.
Senior Brother Xu, you must seek justice for me; you must find the person who harmed me and bring them to justice!"
Ye Feng was greatly alarmed. He hadn't reached the Sword Control flying Realm yet. If he fell from such a height, let alone his brains, he'd probably even fall out his last life's excrement.
Xu Kai lifted Ye Feng and said coldly, "I'll give you one last chance!"
"Senior Brother Xu, stop joking! I'm timid... ah..."
Before Ye Feng could finish speaking, Xu Kai had already let go.