The two left the main hall and came to the back of the hall.
Behind it were two rows of houses built with blue bricks, about thirty to forty rooms.
These houses were neither tall nor luxurious.
Many houses had clothes drying in front of their doors, which should be where some Disciples of the Discipline Hall usually lived.
Since all the houses and halls of the Yunhai Sect were built against the mountain, Xu Kai quickly led Ye Feng to a mountain wall.
“Senior Brother Xu, why did you bring me to a stone wall? I don’t want to pee…”
Ye Feng asked in confusion.
Xu Kai glanced at him with some disdain, not speaking.
Instead, he extended his right palm, joined his fingers like a sword, and chanted a Spell.
Suddenly, a faint blue light emanated from his fingertips.
He drew a circle in front of him with his finger, and the light, like smoke, condensed without dispersing, forming a blue Taiji Diagram.
He pointed his finger, and the Taiji Diagram suddenly flew towards the rock wall in front of them.
Whoosh!
The Taiji Diagram disappeared into the rock wall, and the entire incredibly hard and massive rock wall rippled like a water curtain.
Ye Feng watched this scene with wide eyes, exclaiming how amazing it was!
“Senior Brother Xu, what kind of Spell or Divine Ability is this? It’s so powerful! It can even melt rocks!”
“Spell? No, no, this is just a Restriction barrier.”
As Xu Kai spoke, he reached out and pushed Ye Feng.
Ye Feng’s body immediately crashed into the water curtain barrier.
Then he felt his body stumble and fall.
Looking closely, he found himself in a dark rock passage.
Xu Kai also passed through the water curtain barrier and walked in at this moment.
“Junior Brother Ye, you should be very familiar with this place,” Xu Kai’s tone was somewhat playful.
“Familiar? Have I been here before?” Ye Feng looked surprised and doubtful.
“Of course, you’re a frequent visitor here.”
Xu Kai pulled Ye Feng up, and as he walked ahead, he said, “This is the Discipline Hall’s stone prison. There are twelve cells inside, and for hundreds of years, only one madman has been confined here. Ever since you were brought back to the mountain by Junior Martial Uncle Yu Long, it has been opened for you at least twice a year.”
Hearing Xu Kai’s reply, Ye Feng felt speechless.
He now had a general understanding of the Original Owner of the body.
Bad.
Bad to the bone!
Whether in TV dramas or novels, such people are out-and-out villains.
Earlier, Ye Feng had concluded that the Original Owner’s death was due to being silenced because Spiritual Plants were lost from the Medicine Garden.
Now he had doubts about his own deduction.
Maybe that beautiful girl Yun Shuang’er was right, and a certain young hero was acting on behalf of the heavens.
At this moment, Xu Kai had arrived in front of a stone cell.
“This one will do. Every time you were punished with confinement before, you were locked in this one. It can be considered your exclusive cell.”
Xu Kai took out the key, opened the rusty iron door, and pushed Ye Feng inside.
The space inside was not large; the entire cell was artificially excavated.
There were no windows, only an iron door.
The air inside was not good; a rotten, damp smell permeated every corner.
Suddenly, a light flickered in the dark stone cell.
Ye Feng looked back and saw Xu Kai covering his nose, using something like a fire starter to light an oil lamp on the rock wall.
“Junior Brother Ye, you stay here for now. You’ll be released after the investigation is clear. During this time, I’ll come every day to bring you food. If you remember anything, be sure to tell me immediately.
During this time, you’d best be honest with me. Fang Tong is still waiting for you to come out.”
Xu Kai’s eyes suddenly became sharp, and his tone also deepened.
Ye Feng nodded and said, “Okay, Senior Brother Xu! I will conduct a Soul-touching repentance! Senior Brother Xu… who is Fang Tong?”
Xu Kai smiled slightly, “He’s your best friend. What, you don’t even remember him?”
“My best friend?”
Ye Feng’s expression became a little confused again.
The Original Owner was so bad, and he had friends? That’s truly incredible!
“You’re a smart person. Some things don’t need me to point out; you should understand them yourself. Alright, stay here well.”
Xu Kai did not linger. He untied the ropes on Ye Feng, relocked the cell door, and then turned and left along the dark passage.
Xu Kai was also a smart person. Whether Ye Feng was truly amnesiac or faking it, the moment he uttered the name Fang Tong, Xu Kai had already placed himself in an unbeatable position in this game.
Ye Feng was a person of corrupt morals; this was acknowledged by everyone in the Yunhai Sect.
However, he was also very loyal and valued relationships, which might be one of Ye Feng’s few merits.
Xu Kai’s mention of Fang Tong just now was to warn Ye Feng not to speak carelessly. Even if he regained his memory, he had to stay put honestly, otherwise, his best friend, Fang Tong, would end up like him, inexplicably buried in the Mass Burial Ground.
Listening to the footsteps gradually fade away, Ye Feng felt a sense of peace inside.
There was no safer place than this.
Even if the murderer of the Original Owner wanted to kill him, it would be impossible to enter the Discipline Hall’s stone prison.
Before leaving the stone prison, Ye Feng felt safe.
It's just that the environment of this stone prison was too poor.
On the ground were rotten, moldy straw, and a dilapidated wooden bucket, which looked like a toilet.
Fortunately, it hadn't been used for a long time, and the feces inside had long since solidified.
“Oh, well, when in Rome…”
Not knowing how long he would have to stay in this cursed place, Ye Feng began to tidy up his humble abode.
“Kid, you haven’t been here for a long time. I thought you had turned over a new leaf.”
Suddenly, a hoarse, ancient voice abruptly sounded.
Ye Feng was startled by the sudden voice, looked around, and shouted, “Who? Who’s speaking?!”
“What, you don’t remember me?” The hoarse voice sounded again.
Ye Feng felt as if the voice had exploded directly in his mind, making it impossible to discern the direction from which it came.
“It can’t be a ghost, can it?” Ye Feng shrank his neck and said loudly, “Who are you? Don’t hide and pretend to be a ghost; I’m not afraid of you!”
“Yi…”
The person in the dark seemed to notice Ye Feng’s abnormality, then slowly spoke three words.
“Who are you?”
Ye Feng was stunned and said, “I am Ye Feng.”
Suddenly, Ye Feng recalled what Xu Kai had told him before he came in.
Xu Kai seemed to have said that there was also a madman confined in this place.
Could it be the owner of the voice?
“You… are not Ye Feng.” The low, hoarse voice quickly echoed in Ye Feng’s mind again.
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng’s face changed drastically, thinking that this mysterious madman had seen through his secret.
He forced himself to calm down and said, “Of course I am Ye Feng, genuine and authentic. If it’s fake, I’ll compensate ten times over.”
“Since you are Little Ye, why don’t you remember me?”
“Well… I have amnesia, I can’t remember anything.”
“Amnesia?” The other party seemed to fall into contemplation. After a moment, he said, “Why do you have amnesia?”
Ye Feng felt that this person was definitely not simple; there were similar plotlines in novels and TV dramas.
The protagonist, when punished with confinement or locked in a cell, always encounters some extraordinary people who grant the protagonist great Opportunity.
He felt that this mysterious person was his Opportunity as the chosen one.
He immediately said, “I don’t know either. A few days ago, when I woke up, I found myself buried in the Mass Burial Ground… I can’t remember anything from before.
Senior, who are you? Are you from our Yunhai Sect?”
“Who am I? Who am I… hehehe…”
The other party repeatedly spoke those few words, followed by a desolate, bitter laugh.
Ye Feng carefully searched the stone cell he was in. In the small stone room, he was alone; there was absolutely no possibility of a second person.
It seemed this mysterious person was confined in another stone cell.
However, there were twelve stone cells here, each several meters apart, meaning the rock walls between the cells were several meters thick, making it impossible to hear each other speak.
So Ye Feng suspected that the other party might have used some mysterious Divine Ability of sound transmission.
He continued to inquire about the mysterious person’s identity, but the other party no longer spoke.
...
After leaving the Discipline Hall, Xu Kai headed to Lin Yi’s residence.
It was a bit far from the Discipline Hall. He walked along the bluestone path on the mountainside for the time it takes an incense stick to burn before arriving at Lin Yi’s door.
After Xu Kai entered, he casually closed the door.
As the Sect Leader’s sixth Disciple and a prominent figure among the young Disciples of the Yunhai Sect, Lin Yi’s residence was surprisingly simple.
The tables, chairs, and wooden bed in the room were all old, with only the large bathtub appearing relatively new.
Xu Kai cupped his fists slightly to Lin Yi and said, “Senior Brother Lin.”
Lin Yi asked, “Is Ye Feng faking his amnesia?”
Xu Kai shook his head slightly and said, “It should be real.”
“Oh, why do you draw that conclusion?”
Xu Kai then roughly recounted how he had tested Ye Feng by throwing him from a high altitude midway.
After listening, Lin Yi fell into contemplation.
Xu Kai added, “I just hinted at Ye Feng with Fang Tong. Whether this kid is faking it or truly recovers his memory later, he should have some reservations and dare not reveal those secrets.”
Lin Yi nodded slightly, then suddenly smiled and said, “Hehe, it’s strange to say, this kid is uneducated, but he is very loyal.
People who value loyalty find it difficult to survive in this cruel world, especially in the current Yunhai Sect…
Junior Brother Xu, although we didn’t kill Ye Feng, he knows too many of our secrets. We can’t let him live. Now that he has just returned, once the storm passes…”
Lin Yi made a slight chopping motion with his hand, indicating a silencing gesture.
He said indifferently, “This is also what that ‘person’ means.”
When Xu Kai heard the word “that person” from Lin Yi’s mouth, he visibly became somewhat unnatural.
There was fear in his eyes, but more seemed to be worship.
Almost fanatical worship.
Xu Kai nodded heavily: “Don’t worry, Senior Brother Lin, I know what to do. However, I’m a little worried that Ye Feng met Yun Shuang’er in the mountains before returning to the Medicine Garden. Did he say anything he shouldn’t have to Junior Sister Yun?”
Lin Yi said, “I’m also worried about that. Alas, it seems we can only go to Junior Sister Yun to get to the bottom of it. This matter is of great importance. If it comes to light, not only will you and I suffer, but many people in the Yunhai Sect will also be implicated.
The current Yunhai Sect is like a large chessboard. From the Elders down to the Disciples, everyone is an insignificant chess piece above.
It’s just that Ye Feng, this chess piece, occupies an important position. Only by sacrificing him can this game continue.
His living is a dead end for us.”
Xu Kai nodded, half-understanding.
Not long after, the two left one after another.
Xu Kai returned to the Discipline Hall, while Lin Yi walked alone on the mountain road.
He arrived at the Elder Council, which was the residential area for many Elders and revered figures of the Yunhai Sect.
In front of a somewhat dilapidated side courtyard, Lin Yi stopped.
The location of this side courtyard was excellent, facing the positive side of Xingluo Peak, with no obstructions around, situated in the central area of the entire Elder Council.
This was the residence of Yu Long Shangren and his Disciple, Ye Feng.
For over a year after Yu Long Shangren’s prostitution incident, Ye Feng lived here alone. Later, he was arranged to work in the Medicine Garden by the Beast Spirit Yard. Ye Feng, not having reached the Royal Sky Realm, did not often return.
Now this side courtyard was somewhat desolate, with weeds covering the courtyard walls.
Lin Yi’s eyes were somewhat complex. He shook his head gently, seemingly muttering a few words, then continued to walk along the path.