“He killed Yi?” the group exclaimed in shock. They had heard all sorts of rumors about Yi that practically portrayed him as the greatest hero alive. And yet, someone like that had died from being schemed against? Even though Pang Meng hadn’t been weak, regardless of how they looked at it, he was still quite lacking compared to Yi, right?

The large mulberry tree’s leaves fluttered in a strange rhythm as it said, “That was what some people who passed through Mulberry Forest said. Furthermore, from time to time, I saw Pang Meng enter a deranged state where he would repeatedly shout ‘I’m sorry, master’, ‘Don’t blame me, don’t blame me’, and other such things. I believe that should be enough to prove the rumors.”

The group fell silent when they heard that. It seemed the rumors were most likely true.

Yun Jianyue said, “It isn’t all that strange. No matter how powerful Yi was, he didn’t have an invincible body. A spear you can see is easier to stop than a hidden arrow. Pang Meng was also Yi’s disciple, so if he schemed against his master, he might...