Both Wu Yuan and The Rain Hierarch returned to Cloudhill overnight. Surprisingly, during their journey, The Rain Hierarch did not ask him about Shadow Blade. Instead, they chatted about his family, the Wu Clan.1

After reaching the mountain peak, she did not summon him to the Cloud Hall either, but simply allowed him to rest in his courtyard house at the Cloud Martial Hall. It was as though she fully believed Wu Yuan’s lame excuse.7

Within the martial chamber on the first floor of his private courtyard house, Wu Yuan sat in silence. A part of his consciousness controlled his body to consume spiritual qi and practice the 'Majestic Earth and Oceans'. The remainder of his attention was spent pondering the day's events. With Wu Yuan's current soul strength, multitasking was a piece of cake for him.0

Something's not right. The Rain Hierarch is extremely astute. Gu Wang, hall master of the Inspection Hall, is known as the strategic mastermind of the sect. After observing everything today in person, he didn't sense anything amiss? That's not possible.1

Wu Yuan refused to believe that the sect members were stupid. Even without mentioning anything else, the fact that Sect Elder Luo covered up his absence was enough to show that the sect's higher-ups had their own judgment.0

Logically, the higher-ups should suspect a connection between Shadow Blade and me....2