Paperman WuXian flapped his sleeves, flying out as though he were a butterfly. Yet, just as he dove past the curtain, he saw somebody stand in the dark corner of the secret room. Jin GuangYao smiled. Without speaking a word, he pulled out a soft sword from his waist. It was the famous sword of his, Hensheng.

"Wei Ying!" exclaimed Lan Wangji as he held the man tightly in his arms.

"Don't worry, Lan Zhan. I will be fine. That won't kill me." said Wei Wuxian.

"You better make sure of that." said Jiang Cheng with a glare.

Back then, when Jin GuangYao worked undercover at Wen RuoHan's side, he had often hidden the sword at his waist, wreathed the sword around his arm to use during critical moments. Although the blade of Hensheng seemed to be soft to the extremity, attacking with lingering motions, it was in reality both sharp and haunting. Once the blade had wrapped around the opposition, Jin GuangYao would apply it with a bizarre spiritual power, and one would quickly be severed into pieces by the sword, despite its tender appearance. Quite a few famous swords had been battered into piles of scrap iron just like this. At the moment, the blade of the sword attacked as though it was a serpent with silver scales, biting at the paperman without any hesitation. Losing focus for one second, and Wei WuXian would be caught in the fangs!

"What?" asked Sizhui while looking at his mother.

"A-niang." he added.

"My little radish, your a-niang is safe." said Wei Wuxian.

"Not until I saw you out of that place." said Sizhui.

Wei Wuxian just gave him smile thinking, 'how overprotective my son is?'

Paperman WuXian darted here and there, dodging the attacks with agility, but this wasn't his own body, after all. After a few moves, the tip of Hensheng had almost sliced him. If this continued, he'd be pierced through for sure!

Suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he saw a sword lying silently in one of the wooden compartments on the wall. Nobody had polished the sword since a long time ago. Both the body of the sword and its surrounding area were covered in dust.

It was nothing else but his past sword, Suibian!

"Can you even use it?" asked a random cultivator.

"Of course, I am the master after all." said Wei Wuxian.

"I mean, you're a paperman." said the cultivator.

"Just watch." said Wei Wuxian with a smile.

Paperman WuXian flew into the cabinet and stepped with force on Suibian's hilt. With a clang, the blade heeded his command and sprang from the sheath!

"It really did." said the cultivator.

"Well, I am his only master after all." said Wei Wuxian and Jin Ling gave him a look.

Suibian flew out of its sheath and began to battle against Hensheng's eerie sword glare. Seeing this, shock flashed across Jin GuangYao's face. He regained his composure at once and nimbly twisted his right wrist. Like a vine, Hensheng wrapped itself around Suibian's white, straight blade. He immediately let go of it, letting the two swords fight alone. With his left hand he flung a talisman toward Wei WuXian. The talisman ignited in midair, bursting into wild flames. Wei WuXian could feel the waves of heat as it approached him. Taking advantage of the blinding rays from the two swords fighting above them, he quickly flapped his sleeves and rushed out of the room!

"Oh My God!" exclaimed Jiang Yanli.

"I am safe already, shijie." said Wei Wuxian.

"Not until we saw you on your body." said Jiang Cheng.

The time was about to run out. Wei WuXian couldn't care less about hiding himself, flying all the way back to the guest residences. By chance, Lan WangJi happened to open the door. And thus, with a struggling thrust, he threw himself onto Lan WangJi's face.

Paperman WuXian stuck like glue to half of Lan WangJi's face. It looked as though it was shivering. Lan WangJi's eyes were covered by its two wide sleeves. He let it shiver for a while before gingerly picking it up.

Everyone let out a sigh of relief they didn't knew they held.

"You made us worried, Wei-xiong." said Nie Huaisang.

"I told you that I will be safe. You didn't listen." said Wei Wuxian with a laugh.

"Nothing is funny, Wei Wuxian." said Jiang Cheng.

"My baby brother is worried about me." Wei Wuxian said with a grin making Jiang Cheng frown at him.

A while later, once his soul had returned successfully, Wei WuXian immediately took a deep breath. He raised his head, opened his eyes, and suddenly stood up. Yet, having not expected his body to still be disoriented, he felt dizzy and leaned forward. Seeing this, Lan WangJi caught him in his arms. Wei WuXian lifted his head once more, and the top of his head collided with Lan WangJi's chin. With a thud, both of them grunted in pain. Wei WuXian rubbed his head with one hand and felt Lan WangJi's chin with the other, "Ugh! I'm sorry. Lan Zhan, you alright?"

"Can't you take it easy?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"You need to rest a little bit, a-xian." said Jisng Yanli.

"We need to hurry because Jin Guangyao might change the location of the head." said Wei Wuxian.

"Still." said Jiang Cheng.

His chin having been stroked a couple of times, Lan WangJi lightly took Wei WuXian's hand away before shaking his head. Wei WuXian tugged him, "Let's go!"

"Why do I find it sweet even in that kind of situation?" asked MianMian.

"Not just you." said Jiang Yanli with a smile.

"I'm just worried that my Lan Zhan is hurt." said Wei Wuxian a grin as he stroked Lan Wangji's chin.

Lan WangJi didn't ask for too many details, either. He stood up so that they could leave before finally asking, "Where to?"

Wei WuXian, "The Fragrant Palace! The bronze mirror in there is the entrance to a secret room. His wife found out some secret of his and he dragged her inside, and she should still be there as of now! And ChiFengZun's head is in there as well!"

"I'm having a bad feeling for his wife." said Nie Huaisang.

"Lets just hope that nothing bad will happen to her." said Jin Zixuan.

"I'm going to strangle him dead if something bad happen to my daughter." said Qin Cangye.

"That was to be expected." said Jiang Cheng.

Jin GuangYao would definitely strengthen the seal on Nie MingJue's head again and move it somewhere else. However, even if he could move the head, he wouldn't be able to move his wife, Qin Su! After all, she was the mistress of Koi Tower. She attended the banquet just a while ago. If such a respected person had suddenly disappeared into nowhere, it'd be impossible for anyone not to suspect something. By taking advantage of this opportunity and barging inside, they could use their speed to prevent Jin GuangYao from having time to weave lies or shut Qin Su up!

The two attacked with tremendous force, kicking to the side anyone who tried to stop them. Jin GuangYao had trained the disciples around the Fragrant Palace to be more than alert. As soon as someone intruded, they would shout the alert even if they couldn't defend anything, so that they could warn the master within the Fragrant Palace. However, at times like this, people often had the tendency to fall victim to their own wisdom. The louder the disciples' alerts were, the more disadvantageous the situation was to Jin GuangYao. It was because of how countless sects had assembled here today. Aside from cautioning Jin GuangYao to take guard against the intruders, the alerts would draw them over as well!

The first to hurry over was Jin Ling. His sword was already unsheathed in his hand as he asked, "Why are you here?"

"Don't stop as a-ling." said Wei Wuxian.

"Even if I want to, do you think I can fight against Hanguang-jun?" askedJin Ling with a frown.

"No, you can't." said Wei Wuxian with a grin.

As he spoke, Lan WangJi had already walked up three steps of the ruyi stairs and unsheathed Bichen. Jin Ling seemed guarded, "This is my uncle's bedchamber. Have you gone to the wrong place? No, you're the intruders, aren't you? What do you want?"

The cultivators who had gathered at Koi Tower also came over, one after another. All were surprised.

"What happened?"

"Why is there so much noise here?"

"This is the Fragrant Palace. Isn't it a bit unsuitable for us to..."

"I just heard the sound of the alerts..."

"It would be much better now that a lot of cultivators have gathered." said Nie Huaisang.

"Unless, if you're enemy is more cunning than you." said Jiang Cheng.

"But, I don't see my brother there. Where are you?" Wei Wuxian asked Jiang Cheng.

"How would I know?" asked Jiang Cheng.

The cultivators both frowned and panicked. No sound came from within the palace. Wei WuXian readily knocked on the doors, "Sect Leader Jin? Chief Jin?"

Jin Ling fumed, "Just what do you want? Everyone is here because of you! This is my uncle's bedchamber, bedchamber, you understand?! Haven't I told you not to..."

"I don't have any idea of what is happening that time so i have a wrong idea of why they are there." said Jin Ling as his friends gave him a look.

"We understand that, a-ling." said Jiang Yanli with a smile.

Lan XiChen walked over, and Lan WangJi looked at him. As their eyes met, Lan XiChen's expression hesitated before immediately becoming more complex, as though he found something unbelievable. It seemed that he already understood.

Nie MingJue's head was right inside of the Fragrant Palace.

"I just hoped that the future Lan Xichen won't make wrong decision." said Jiang Cheng.

Suddenly, a smiling voice echoed, "What's wrong? Is it that the reception during the day wasn't good enough, and everyone wants to host an evening banquet here at my place?"

Jin GuangYao walked calmly out of the crowd. Wei WuXian, "LianFangZun, what a good timing. If you came a bit later, then we wouldn't be able to see what's in the secret room of the Fragrant Palace."

Jin GuangYao paused, "Secret room?" 

"How come he's in the crowd?" asked a random cultivator.

"I guess, he's really faster than we think." said Wei Wuxian.

"Don't worry, I believed in a saying that 'that no secret can be kept hidden until the end'. Just don't lose hope." said Nie Huaisang.

"Well, I agree." said Wei Wuxian.

Everyone looked rather confused, unsure of what was going on. Jin GuangYao looked somewhat lost, "And? Are secret rooms a rarity? With a couple of scarcely used treasures, any sect would have treasure rooms, right?"

Just as Lan WangJi was about to speak, Lan XiChen interrupted.

He spoke, "A-Yao, would it be possible to let us in and allow us to take a look at your treasure room?"

Jiang Cheng frowned.

"Why does this 'a-yao' seemed intimate for me?" asked MianMian.

"Can we focus on more important things?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Someone's getting jealous." laughed Wei Wuxian bu Jiang Cheng didn' gave him any attention.

Jin GuangYao looked as though he found the request both strange and difficult, "Brother, since it's called a treasure room, the things inside are best if put away. And you want me to open it all of a sudden. Well..."

Within such a short period of time, it was impossible for Jin GuangYao to have transported Qin Su somewhere else without anybody knowing. The transportation talisman could only transport the one using the talisman. Judging from Qin Su's current state, it was impossible for her to have either the spiritual power or the intention to use such a talisman. Which was why, as of the moment, Qin Su must still be in there.

Alive or dead—either way, it'd be a fatal to Jin GuangYao if found out.

"My daughter won't die." said Qin Cangye.

"We're not sure about that." said Wen Rouhan.

Jin GuangYao put up a final struggle. He was still so calm, tossing excuses everywhere. Unfortunately, the more he refused, the more certain Lan XiChen's tone became, "Open it."

Jin GuangYao looked fixedly at him. All of a sudden, he grinned, "Since Brother is so intent on it, then I must open it for everyone to see, mustn't I?"

"I'm having a bad feeling about this." said Nie Huaisang.

"Because nothing good will happen." said Jiang Cheng.

"Don't say something like that, a-cheng." said Jiang Yanli.

"I'm right though." said Jiang Cheng.

"And that makes it scary." said Nie Huaisang.

He walked to the front of the door, which opened at a wave of his hand. From amid the crowd, someone remarked coldly, "People say that the GusuLan Sect values conduct the most. Seeing from this, it seems that rumors are only rumors. Barging into the bedchamber of a sect leader is good conduct indeed."

Back when they were in the square, Wei WuXian heard the Jin Sect's disciples receive the certain person with much respect, calling him "Sect Leader Su". This was the sect leader of the rising MolingSu Sect—Su She. Su She wore white robes. With slender eyes, fine brows, and thin lips, he was quite handsome, somewhat arrogant as well. Yet, although his air and features could be described as fair, they weren't anything special.

Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian gave him a look.

"You're quite something, huh." said Jiang Cheng.

"What's wrong with what our future self did?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"It's reasonable." he added.

Su She just scoffed making the juniors glared at him.

Jin GuangYao, "Forget it, forget it. It's not as though there are any disreputable things."

The tone that he spoke with had been controlled with great care. Others would think that he had a nice temper, and yet could also hear a slight degree of awkwardness. Jin Ling followed behind him. Indignant at how his uncle's bedchamber had been barged in, he gave quite a few glares to Wei WuXian.

Wei Wuxian just grinned at Jin Ling.

"Next time, don't just barged into any chambers like that." said Jin Ling.

"Except Lan Zhan's." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"Shameless." muttered Jiang Cheng.

Jin GuangYao spoke again, "You would like to look at the treasure room, right?"

He put his hand over the bronze mirror. Drawing formless incantations on the mirror, he was the first one to pass through. Following closely behind him, Wei WuXian entered the secret room again. He saw the curtain covered in incantations hanging over the cabinet. He saw the iron table of cutting corpses apart.

He also saw Qin Su.

"Glad, he didn't do something to her." said Qin Cangye in relief.

"It's still early to say that." said Wei Wuxian.

"You're scaring him." said Jiang Cheng as the two of them took a glance at the man who is getting pale.

"I didn't mean to." said Wei Wuxian.

Qin Su stood by the table with her back to them. Lan XiChen was somewhat stunned, "Why is Madam Jin here?"

Jin GuangYao, "All of our possessions are shared. A-Su often comes in here to look at things as well."

Seeing Qin Su, Wei WuXian was also surprised, So Jin GuangYao didn't transfer her somewhere else or kill her? Isn't he scared that Qin Su might say something?

"Maybe he did something to her." said Jin Zixuan.

"Are you accusing me? Why would I do that to her? She is my wife." said Meng Yao.

"It's still possible that you'll do something to her. Not all husbands doesn't hurt their wives." said Jin Zixuan.

"Maybe not physically but emotionally and mentally is much worse pain for someone." he added.

"Saying that like you've never insulted shijie, your future wife." said Wei Wuxian.

Jin Zixuan was silenced at once.

Worried, he turned to Qin Su to scrutinize the side of her face. Qin Su was not only still alive, but in fact living quite well. There was nothing unusual about her at all. Although her expression was blank, Wei WuXian was certain that she had neither undergone some sort of an enchantment nor drunk any strange poisons. Her mind was conscious.

But the more conscious she was, the stranger the situation was. He saw with his own eyes just how strong Qin Su's emotions were, how much she resisted Jin GuangYao. How could Jin GuangYao have reached an agreement with her and silenced her mouth within such a short period of time?

"Maybe he put a spell on her." said MianMian.

"That's reasonable." said Nie Huaisang.

A foreboding feeling grew in Wei WuXian. He immediately decided that this wasn't as smooth as they had thought. He walked toward the treasure cabinet and quickly lifted the curtain. Behind the curtain, there wasn't any helmet, much less any head. There was only a dagger.

"A dagger instead of the head?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"Where's my brother?" he added.

"Somewhere unknown." said Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang pouted at him.

The dagger shone coldly, emitting strong killing intent. Lan XiChen had been staring at the curtain as well, but he hadn't made his mind to lift it or not. Seeing that it wasn't what he thought it was, he seemed to let out a sigh of relief, "What is this?"

"This," Jin GuangYao walked over and played with the dagger in his hand, "Is something rare. The dagger was the weapon of an assassin. It killed countless people and it's extremely sharp. Look at the blade of the dagger—if you look closely, you'll see that the reflection inside it isn't yourself. Sometimes it's a man, sometimes it's a woman, sometimes it's an elder. Every one of those reflections is a spirit that had died in the assassin's hands. Its energy is too strong, which is why I hung a curtain there to seal it."

Lan XiChen frowned, "This must be..."

Jin GuangYao replied calmly, "That's right. It belonged to Wen RuoHan."

"How dare he hold my dagger like that?" asked Wen Rouhan.

"Isn't that your treasured dagger?" asked Wen Xu.

"Such dagger is really powerful." said Sect Leader Yao.

"Want me to sunk it in your stomach?" asked Wen Rouhan.

"Please do." said the juniors.

"He is the most irritating man." said Jingyi.

"When we're out of here." said Wen Rouhan making Sect Leader Yao gaped at them while the juniors smiled.

Jin GuangYao was clever indeed. He had expected that one day somebody might discover the secret room. Thus, aside from Nie MingJue's head, he had also placed a number of other treasures here, such as swords, talismans, stone tablets, spiritual weapons—it was full of rare items. The secret room looked exactly like the average treasure room. The dagger, as he had said, was a rare item that held intense dark energy. Many sects had the habit of collecting such weapons, much less a war trophy from killing the leader of the QishanWen Sect.

Everything looked as normal as ever.

Qin Su stood beside Jin GuangYao. As she watched him play with the dagger, she suddenly reached out and snatched it from his hands!

"Why did you do that?" Qin Cangye asked his daughter.

"This why I tell you that it was early to be relieved." said Wei Wuxian.

"Maybe what she found out really disgust her that much that made him do that." said Jiang Cheng.

His features began to twist and tremble, along with her face. Others couldn't read such an expression, but Wei WuXian could, having seen the argument she had with Jin GuangYao.

Pain, anger, humiliation!

Jin GuangYao's smile froze, "A-Su?"

Lan WangJi and Wei WuXian both went for the dagger. However, within a flash, the edge of the dagger had already sunk deeply into her stomach.

"What?!" exclaimed Qin Cangye while Qin Su was looking pale.

"She really did it." said Nie Huaisang.

"I'm feeling bad for her." said Wei Wuxian.

"That it makes want to find out what is really the reason why he did that." he added.

"It's nothing good." said the juniors as they glare at the screen.