Chapter 3244 — Cheng Yiyi's Predicament
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"You… know all that too?" Cheng Yiyi's eyes went wide. She had not expected Wei Zhao to guess that she belonged to Feng Tianhu, and she felt a little awkward. "Don't worry… I won't say anything. Before, about the Bloody Garment Yellow Springs Sect helping to kill the Black Horse Association's Grand Elder—I didn't tell Feng Tianhu that either. I only said that Xiaohan and the others had gone out, that you were alone in the room, and that afterward the Black Horse Association's Grand Elder turned up dead."
"Heh…" Wei Zhao smiled noncommittally. Since Cheng Yiyi had decided to confess, she could hardly remain of one mind with Feng Tianhu any longer—so this was only to be expected.
"Then if you'd already seen that I was a cultivator and suspected me, why didn't you say so?" Cheng Yiyi did not dwell on the earlier topic. Wei Zhao had said nothing, which meant he did not intend to pursue the matter—and that in turn meant she had hope of earning his forgiveness!
"It was precisely because I saw it that I dared not be sure." Wei Zhao shook his head and explained. "At your level of strength, killing Feng Sanmang and then Xu Shilan would have been easy—you'd have had no need of outside help at all. So although I suspected you of luring us into that dark alley that day, there were too many things about it that didn't add up, and I couldn't be certain."
"So that's how it was…" Cheng Yiyi was taken aback, then shook her head with a bitter smile. "Actually, Feng Tianhu did tell me to do it myself. But… Xiaohan and I are fellow disciples from the same sect. I approached her with a purpose, true, but… over time, the bond between us only grew deeper. By the time I confirmed that Xiaohan was Feng Tianqi's illegitimate daughter, I could no longer bring myself to do it…"
"So… you're not entirely hard-hearted. That means you're still worth saving." Wei Zhao nodded. This too was why he had kept Cheng Yiyi alive instead of killing her—she was, after all, a person of some feeling and loyalty. "And how did you explain things to Feng Tianhu?"
"I told him I'm a celebrity, a public figure—I make my living in the secular world, after all. If I did the killing myself and it went undetected, fine, but the moment the slightest trace was left behind and traced back to me, I'd have no choice but to flee," Cheng Yiyi said. "I can't just run home to my clan and sect the way other cultivators do—my identity is out there for all to see. And Feng Tianhu needs me to keep raking in money and influence for him in the secular world. So he didn't hesitate long before agreeing to my proposal: he'd send someone else to kill Xu Shilan, and I'd work from the inside."
"You're quite clever." Wei Zhao had not expected Cheng Yiyi to be so sharp as to devise such an excuse. "Why work for Feng Tianhu?"
"My little brother and I… were taken in and raised by Feng Tianhu when we were small…" Cheng Yiyi fell silent for a moment, then slowly began to speak.