After Anxin Hall returned to silence, Mu Yunjin had just put one foot out the window when she heard footsteps behind her. Turning around, she saw Chu Li slowly walking toward her in the dark corridor.

“Oh my, I forgot about you.” Mu Yunjin withdrew back inside, ran over to Chu Li’s side, and linked arms with him.

“It’s so bright in the hall ahead, couldn’t you see?” Mu Yunjin glanced at Anxin Hall, filled with candlelight.

Chu Li turned to look at her. Even in the dim light, he could see the smile on her face. He shook his head and deliberately said, “Couldn’t see.”

“Really?” Mu Yunjin expressed disbelief.

After they came out through the window, Master Huaiyuan approached them and looked at Mu Yunjin. “Princess Ning is truly mischievous. This old monk was frightened into a cold sweat just now.”

“Thank you for your trouble, Master.” Mu Yunjin smiled.

Master Huaiyuan also chuckled, then turned to look at Chu Li. “For the remaining forty-plus days, to prevent Princess Ning from falling into others’ traps, it would be best not to go out. She should stay peacefully here for the full forty-nine days.”

“Mm.” Chu Li nodded, agreeing with Master Huaiyuan’s words.

…

…

Mu Yunjin walked to the desk and looked at a sutra book that didn’t have many pages left. She raised an eyebrow and looked toward Master Huaiyuan. “After I finish copying this sutra, will I be considered free here at Shuiyun Temple?”

“As long as you don’t step outside the temple gates, Princess Ning may do as she pleases,” Master Huaiyuan said.

“Good.” Mu Yunjin smiled contentedly, pursing her lips.

Then, as if remembering something, she took a candlestick from nearby and walked back to the window. “Yesterday I saw Master Kongshi left…”

Before Mu Yunjin could finish speaking, she saw that the wall was completely clean, without a single character…

“Huh?”

Mu Yunjin could hardly believe it. She went out through the window and carefully examined the wall up and down with her candle, but there was no trace of the text she had seen yesterday.

“What did Master Kongshi leave?” Seeing that she had stopped mid-sentence, Chu Li asked.

Mu Yunjin frowned and walked closer to Chu Li. “Do you remember the cloth strip we saw in the wooden box last time? Master Kongshi said that clues to break the formation are hidden in various corners of Shuiyun Temple.”

“Yesterday I saw the first clue here, but how did the writing disappear today?” Mu Yunjin pointed at the wall and scratched her head.

Could it be that she had seen a ghost late last night?

Thinking this, Mu Yunjin felt her hair stand on end. She immediately climbed out the window, walked to Chu Li’s side, and grabbed his arm.

“What did the clue say?” Seeing her frightened appearance, Chu Li pulled her closer into his embrace.

“It said the first clue is at the end of the wooden door,” Mu Yunjin answered.

The end of the wooden door was a dilapidated book pavilion. She had visited it both yesterday and today and discovered that it contained many hidden mechanisms. Finding a clue there probably wouldn’t be difficult.

Master Huaiyuan glanced toward the wooden door and replied, “It appears to be an abandoned book pavilion, but it conceals four mechanisms inside.”

“Let’s go take a look.” Chu Li made up his mind and prepared to head toward the wooden door.

Master Huaiyuan looked outside Anxin Hall and sighed. “Your Highness and Princess, please go in together. This old monk will stand guard here.”

Qin Muyue and her people had just left, and there was no guarantee they wouldn’t return at any moment.

…

Inside the book pavilion.

“It’s all dust.” Mu Yunjin casually took a book down, her hand covered in dust. She opened it and looked at a few pages; the inner pages were mostly moldy and yellowed, making the text unclear.

Looking at the number of books around her, which filled the entire pavilion, she wondered how to find the clue…

Mu Yunjin thought for a moment and focused her attention on the floor beneath her. Master Huaiyuan had said there were four mechanisms below, one of which was the secret passage she had sneaked out through last night.

Another was a secret passage from Shuiyun Temple’s rockery to this place. She still didn’t know about the other two mechanisms.

Mu Yunjin crossed her arms, looking for the positions of the remaining two mechanisms.

Seeing her looking down at the floor, Chu Li spoke with a clear gaze, “The other two mechanisms are here.”

Mu Yunjin looked up at his words and saw Chu Li pointing to the spot under his feet.

“What’s below these two mechanisms?” Mu Yunjin walked closer to Chu Li and crouched down to look at the two square floorboards.

Chu Li smiled faintly. “Curious?”

Mu Yunjin glanced at Chu Li, feeling that his smile contained some other meaning. She shook her head and waved her hand. “Not curious, just asking casually.”

After speaking, Mu Yunjin turned around, pulled out several books, and pretended to look for clues.

Perhaps because she had been secretly searching for the Tianshen Token these past two days, she inexplicably felt guilty when facing Chu Li. Mu Yunjin sighed sadly and tried hard to remain calm.

Chu Li watched Mu Yunjin’s back, his eyes showing a touch of desolation.

After some time, Mu Yunjin threw the pile of books in her hands onto the bookshelf and dusted off her hands. “The writing on the wall must have been a prank!”

This Master Kongshi was truly an odd character, causing trouble even after death.

“Let’s go.” Chu Li, also without any findings, spoke indifferently and walked toward the wooden door.

Mu Yunjin pursed her lips and followed behind Chu Li.

After a few steps, Mu Yunjin suddenly stopped, feeling something was amiss. She turned around again to face the wooden door directly.

The clue said it was at the end of the wooden door.

That should mean directly facing the wooden door…

After this thought, Mu Yunjin faced the wooden door, looked inside, and then walked straight ahead to the bookshelf directly opposite the wooden door.

This bookshelf had only three crooked books on it. She and Chu Li had been flipping through the books in the center of the room earlier, thus overlooking these three in the corner.

Mu Yunjin took one book, and her heart inexplicably accelerated.

Chu Li now approached Mu Yunjin and, seeing her open the book, leaned in closer to see more clearly. However, the book was worn, and the light was dim, so everything still appeared blurry.

Mu Yunjin turned the pages one by one. When she reached the middle, a piece of paper fell out of the book.

“There is something.” Mu Yunjin was surprised. She bent down to pick up the note and quickly unfolded it. On the note was written a line of characters:

“Lock Immortal Spell, Xuanling can also counter it.”

Xuanling? Xuanling True Scripture?

Mu Yunjin pursed her lips, feeling as though Master Kongshi’s words were as good as nothing, but suddenly she seemed to realize something else.

She had never met this Master Kongshi, yet he seemed to have anticipated that she would come looking for these clues. Each note’s tone was directed specifically at her alone.

This was very strange.

“What does it say?” Chu Li asked, seeing her bend down to pick up the note.

“Master Kongshi says that the Xuanling True Scripture can counter the formation in the Dark Pavilion,” Mu Yunjin answered honestly.

Chu Li pressed his thin lips together. “Let’s go out first.”

…

After returning to Anxin Hall, Mu Yunjin discovered that her hands were blackened with dust. She looked at her hands with disgust, handed the note to Master Huaiyuan, and said, “I’ll go wash my hands first.”

Master Huaiyuan looked at the content of the note, then glanced at Chu Li. “Your Highness, it seems that after Abbot Kongshi’s passing, the only one in this world who can break the formation is the Princess…”

Mu Yunjin crouched by a small stream to wash her hands, her thoughts similarly drifting far away. Looking at her wrist, Mu Yunjin frowned, her expression dazed.

Infrared, Phoenix Feather Pavilion, Tianshen Token, Xuanling True Scripture…

Why did she feel that all of this was specially arranged for her…

Mu Yunjin took a deep breath, suddenly feeling as though she had been drawn into a great conspiracy.

When she returned, she saw from a distance that Chu Li was saying something to Master Huaiyuan. As she approached, Chu Li looked at her with a gentle expression. “This prince must return to the manor now.”

Mu Yunjin pursed her lips and nodded.

Chu Li walked closer to her, pulled her into his embrace, and whispered in her ear, “I’ll come see you tonight.”

“Mm!” With just one sentence, Mu Yunjin instantly became radiant with joy.

Chu Li patted her head and left with Master Huaiyuan.

…

When only Mu Yunjin remained in Anxin Hall, she activated her internal energy to light up the Phoenix Feather Pavilion’s spirit signal.

As usual, Qiqi quickly appeared by Mu Yunjin’s side.

“Master…”

“There’s still no trace of the Tianshen Token…” Qiqi spoke first.

Mu Yunjin looked at Qiqi and smiled slightly. “Today I called you to instruct everyone in the pavilion to stop searching for the Tianshen Token.”

“Stop?” Qiqi was surprised by Mu Yunjin’s decision. “Has Master found it?”

Mu Yunjin shook her head. “I’ve been thinking, there’s no need to spend time and energy on this thing.”

Qiqi seemed to both understand and not understand. She sighed, “Since Master says so, I can only obey, but during the search process, I did discover something.”

“Oh? What is it?”

“The other day when I was eating at the teahouse, I saw Prince Chen Chu Qing and Second Prince Rong Min of East Neighboring Kingdom drinking tea in a private room,” Qiqi raised an eyebrow.

Mu Yunjin’s heart skipped a beat inexplicably. Chu Qing and Rong Min…

“Master, do you remember when we were in Heyue City, while I was teaching you lightness skills, we encountered two men in black who claimed to be subordinates of a certain prince from the court? They also mentioned the East Neighboring Kingdom at that time…” Qiqi spoke slowly, watching Mu Yunjin as she spoke.

Mu Yunjin nodded, indeed remembering such an incident. At that time, because of this matter, she even had a small disagreement with Chu Li.

Could those two men in black be Chu Qing’s subordinates?

Mu Yunjin suddenly felt that the imperial family of the West Element Kingdom was too deep and complex.

“Did they notice you?” Mu Yunjin asked Qiqi after organizing her thoughts.

Qiqi shook her head. “They had imperial guards with them. I only glanced once, then finished eating and left. I didn’t dare stay long.”

“Mm, I understand.”

After sending Qiqi away, Mu Yunjin sat at the desk, playing with a writing brush in her hand. Her mind was a jumble of chaos, preventing her from finding peace.

Currently, the Crown Prince of West Element Kingdom is Chu Ye. Chu Li and Chu Qing were both appointed princes. Chu Qing’s subordinates had revealed that Chu Qing had ambitions for the Crown Prince position. So now, had Chu Qing turned his spear toward Chu Ye?

And Rong Min, also being a man of great ambition, now appeared in the West Element Kingdom. First, he might be seeking revenge against her; second, he might be trying to gather external forces.

Now that he appeared with Chu Qing at the teahouse and was staying at the Qin family’s residence, could it be that the Qin family and Chu Qing had also secretly reached an agreement?

Mu Yunjin suddenly felt that her brain capacity was insufficient.