The Red Leaf Cage exploded, countless dead leaves fluttering and sweeping in all directions!

At the critical moment, Jiang Miaoyin appeared.

The swords Chen Ke and Chronic Illness combined, stirring up waves of leaves. Xie Xuanyi seized the opportunity of their combination to strike again.

This sword strike seemed mighty, but carried no killing intent, merely shattering the Hundred Flowers Sword Formation before slowly dissipating.

Falling leaves rustled to the ground.

The Baihua Valley Master retreated several dozen yards, kneeling on one knee, using the sword to support himself.

"Master!"

"Master, are you alright?"

All the disciples gathered around, expressing their concern.

"I'm fine..."

The Baihua Valley Master stared ahead, gritting his teeth and said, "They escaped."

...

...

In a remote small town in Qing State, within a private tea house room.

The woman removed her veil hat and took a small sip of tea, the waves in the teacup rippling, reflecting a face of stunning beauty.

"Sister, you arrived too quickly."

Jiang Qihu sat honestly, holding a teacup with both hands, muttering, "I hadn't even had time to send a message yet..."

"Relying on you, the chrysanthemum would have cooled."

Jiang Miaoyin said irritably, "I was already on my way to Qing State before you could send a message."

"Hehe..."

Jiang Qihu scratched his head, revealing an embarrassed grin.

"Step out for a moment."

Jiang Miaoyin looked across at Xie Xuanyi, speaking bluntly, "I have something to discuss with him."

"...Ah?"

Jiang Qihu was taken aback, not reacting immediately.

Jiang Miaoyin did not repeat herself, just knocked on the table lightly.

Two thud sounds.

The foolish tiger who had been disciplined by his sister since childhood and had taken countless beatings quickly left the private room, standing outside to watch the door from afar.

The room immediately fell silent.

Their eyes met.

The two had grown up together since childhood, truly childhood sweethearts.

With almost just a glance, they could tell what the other was thinking.

"Stop looking... yes, it's me."

Xie Xuanyi was the first to break the silence, he sighed and said helplessly, "A lot has happened during the time you were in seclusion in the Ice Soul Cave Heaven... I borrowed the Divine Soul Secret Technique from Wangyou Island to come here in this dream."

"As expected."

Jiang Miaoyin lowered her eyes, slowly saying, "No wonder this time, Si Qi did not send a message."

"This time?"

Xie Xuanyi keenly captured the key information in her words.

"This place is called 'Yusang City'."

Jiang Miaoyin said calmly, "Although I was born in Qing State, there are many small towns... I've never visited before. Yusang City is one of them."

Xie Xuanyi was taken aback for a moment.

After escaping from the wilderness of Qingyang City, he had been following Jiang Miaoyin.

After the three of them entered Yusang City, they took a winding path to this place, and Jiang Miaoyin was extremely familiar, not at all like it was her first time here.

"This isn't my first time in Yusang City."

Jiang Miaoyin said, "I know the structure of this small city even better than Qingyang City."

"Exactly... what happened?" Xie Xuanyi became serious.

"It's simple."

Jiang Miaoyin raised her head, her gaze piercing through the tea house, looking up to the heavens.

She said in a haunting voice, "I've been trapped in this 'Heart Tribulation' dream. If I cannot resolve the heart's knot from ten years ago, this dream will never end, endlessly repeating."

Jiang Miaoyin's greatest heart's knot was the North Sea case.

This Heart Tribulation Illusion Dream was born because of it.

"Since I've returned to ten years ago, I naturally want to change this tragedy."

Jiang Miaoyin paused for a moment, murmuring, "It's just... I found that all my efforts were in vain."

"I've tried many methods."

"Using the power of the Jiang Family to intercept pursuers, applying the most precious elixir to heal your injuries."

"Persuading the Law Enforcement to stop the 'Sword Deployment Order', using the full strength of the Sword Palace to protect you."

"Entering the Imperial City to explain, pleading with the Imperial City Department to re-investigate the 'Moon Hidden Case'."

Xie Xuanyi's expression was complex; from the moment Jiang Miaoyin spoke, he had guessed the ultimate outcome of these measures.

Although the Jiang Family was vast, it could not stop the entire world.

Even if the old man himself stepped in, he definitely couldn't protect him.

As for the Sword Palace stepping in, the outcome would only be worse. After all, the attempt to hunt him was merely a ruse set by Ren Shou Palace; the Holy Empress' real target was the Sword Palace.

The third method was simply unthinkable.

"After failing, then what?" Xie Xuanyi's voice was hoarse.

"Everything is reset."

Jiang Miaoyin lowered her eyes, lightly laughing as she said, "I will return to the Sword Palace, on Lotus Peak, and then the exact same things will happen... Si Qi will return to the peak to send the message, the Moon Hidden Realm massacre will be proclaimed to the world, followed by the North Sea pursuit; everything will unfold in the same sequence. Until this time, something unexpected happened."

Xie Xuanyi's appearance changed this illusion.

"You previously said... you've been to this Yusang City more than once."

Xie Xuanyi asked in confusion, "What is going on?"

"This should be considered a coincidence."

Jiang Miaoyin slightly frowned, speaking seriously: "Because time is too tight, even if I set off from the Sword Palace at the first moment, by the time I reached Qing State... I still couldn't stop the result of your identity being revealed; previously there were several battles erupting in Yusang City, so I simply came directly here to meet you. Over time, I became very familiar with it."

Precisely because of this extreme familiarity...

This time, she directly brought Xie Xuanyi here to seek refuge from the pursuit.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi fell into deep thought.

Yusang City...

For this small city in Qing State, he had no impression at all.

Ten years ago, when he was exposed in Qing State, it was not here that the great battle erupted; some things in this illusion seemed to have been quietly rewritten.

However, it still made sense.

Having experienced the tragedy from ten years ago, this time Jiang Miaoyin naturally wouldn't remain at the Sword Palace.

Every action she took would affect the trajectory of the North Sea case.

"Actually, meeting with you the previous few times didn't change anything."

Jiang Miaoyin lowered her eyes, speaking softly: "You didn't intend to see me... only wanted to leave the Sword Palace, even if I gifted you the Jiang family's Golden Core, you wouldn't accept it..."

Xie Xuanyi was stunned for a moment.

Indeed.

That was what he thought in his past life.

At that time, everyone in the world said he was guilty... one person said it, then everyone said it; no matter where he went, he could hear the hatred and curses about him in the streets.

Over time, Xie Xuanyi himself was not sure whether he was innocent or not.

A bloody battle across a thousand miles, fleeing to the North Sea, purely out of a survival instinct.

At that time, he didn't want to connect with anyone.

Nor did he want to implicate anyone.

This time, it was truly different.

"Miaoyin, there are some things I haven't had the chance to tell you..."

Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath.

He lifted his head, looking directly into the beautiful face of the woman before him, saying seriously, word by word:

"The case involving the Moon Hidden Realm has been cleared."

"I'm innocent. The real criminal has been executed."

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