Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

Chapter 460: Ch 460 – Come On, Let Me Show You Something Cool in the Grove

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“Yino, I heard from Huai that you actually spent the entire night in Chaerin’s room?”

Walking through the peach grove behind Liuli Sect, the white fox girl couldn’t help but ask with curiosity.

If it had been anyone else, Yuebai might not have worried. But the way Huai told it made it sound like Yino had stolen his master away, and that familiar plotline gave Yuebai serious deja vu. It reminded her way too much of Xumo’s expression back then.

Familiar…

Yuebai knew Yino’s methods all too well!

“Don’t even get me started. That old witch nearly stripped me down to my underwear.”

Walking along the grove path, Yino looked utterly dejected, still haunted by the experience.

“Stripped you down?” The white fox’s eyes went wide, and all of her nine tails started wagging excitedly.

Yino reached over to pinch her cheek, slightly annoyed:

“I mean she saw through all my secrets. Everything about the Full Moon Mother Goddess, my Innate Sword Holy Physique, Lily and Wangxue… Even though you and Jinyue weren’t in my consciousness sea last night, I’m pretty sure she figured out our contracts too.”

“Is she really that powerful?”

“Yeah. I had way too many secrets to hide, so we ended up talking all night… Bottom line, she’s got dirt on me, and it’s her turf. I couldn’t even run if I wanted to. She had me on the back foot all night, grilling me relentlessly!”

“Ohhh… no wonder Huai was freaking out. He was really jealous that Chaerin let you sleep over!”

After hearing the real story, Yuebai had to laugh.

When Huai was describing it, even Yuebai had thought it sounded pretty outrageous for Yino to spend the night at Chaerin’s place.

But knowing the truth? It made perfect sense.

After all, If you wanted to discuss all of Yino’s secrets, there were way too many! You could sit there with wine and snacks for three days and nights without covering everything.

Even now, Yuebai still couldn’t figure out how she’d lost to Yino in Azure Forest that day.

Including that girl called Mei…

Judging by her humiliated expression, she probably still didn’t understand where she went wrong either.

“Ugh, and he has the nerve to be jealous!”

“You have no idea how devious Chaerin really is! She hit my pressure points until I was completely drained, lying on that bed like a fish on a cutting board! Even later in the night, sitting in front of her, I was basically naked. Couldn’t hide a single thought. That woman’s not just skilled at pressure points, she’s a Grand Elder of Liuli Sect. Her mind-reading is terrifying! Even when Wangxue and I were trash-talking her in my consciousness sea, she caught us!”

Recounting last night’s humiliation, Yino poured out his grievances like he’d suffered some terrible injustice.

But compared to Huai’s pointless whining, Yuebai found Yino’s complaints quite interesting.

That’s the difference…

Even when listening to someone vent, people preferred hearing valuable information over rambling nonsense based on wild assumptions.

“So…”

“Where exactly are we going?”

Halfway through their walk, the white fox girl suddenly noticed Yino had led her deep into a secluded part of the peach mountains.

“Obviously to find somewhere deserted so we can get wild!”

“Eh…?”

Yino’s deadpan delivery made the white fox girl break out in a cold sweat, her legs in white stockings freezing mid-step.

But before Yuebai could even start blushing, Yino waved his hand dismissively: “Kidding. I brought you here to scout ahead, looking for the Liuli Illusion Realm entrance that will open in two days.”

“Liuli Illusion Realm…?”

“Speaking of which, you probably don’t know how the Illusion Realm works yet, do you?”

“How does it works? What do you mean by that?”

Following behind Yino, the white fox girl’s eyes sparkled with curiosity. Despite being a hundred-year-old with vast experience, she looked as clueless as a rookie next to the young man.

Finally finding the stone tablet from the game, Yino stopped and looked up to examine it.

“This so-called Liuli Illusion Realm isn’t really a secret realm at all. It’s basically just the dying dream of the Liuli Sect Master.”

“So, what makes this realm special is that it’s completely disconnected from reality. It runs purely on the Sect Master’s illusion techniques.”

“No matter how high a cultivator’s level, once you enter the Illusion Realm, the rules suppress and wipe your cultivation completely.”

“The way cultivators play in the Illusion Realm is by exploring different dungeons and challenges, fighting battles and solving puzzles to earn various rewards and power-ups…”

“Theoretically, if you collect enough buff bonuses, even someone at Qi Refinement stage in the real world could use the realm’s rule system to defeat a Great Vehicle stage Grand Elder!”

“That’s exactly why every year when the Illusion Realm opens, it’s packed with young disciples. No high-level elder wants to risk going in alone.”

….

“Everything you’ve presented is one-sided testimony at best. Circumstantial evidence.”

“If you truly want to convict Yino, bring concrete proof of his involvement… In my judgment, we should wait until we actually capture Yino before having the court try him publicly.”

In the Dragon Palace throne room, the white dragon girl looked exhausted as she made her final ruling after listening to countless reports from the Lin family elders.

Actually, Elder Lin had come last night too.

Back then, Nina had demanded evidence, the Lin family couldn’t produce any, so they’d left.

This morning, they were back again.

This time they’d brought the bodies of Liu family shadow guards killed that night, but that only proved the guards had been attacked by cultists in the forest. With all witnesses dead, there was no way to prove any connection between the cultists and Yino.

Bottom line…

Yino’s whereabouts were completely unknown. No matter how much the Lin family complained, they couldn’t put him on trial without actually catching him.

“However, while the evidence isn’t direct, it’s sufficient to establish Yino as a suspect.”

“I believe our priority should be finding a way to bring Yino back for proper questioning!”

“Otherwise…”

“If the suspect isn’t even present at court, what’s the point of filing all these reports when we can’t arrest him anyway?”

By the end, Nina let out a helpless sigh.

Honestly, she was starting to feel guilty.

The Lin family had presented quite a bit of evidence. Even though Nina wanted to believe in Yino’s innocence, facing so much testimony was making her waver.

Fortunately, Changli had prepared her with talking points and psychological coaching.

With her master’s guidance, Nina could maintain her composure facing all these family elders.

Her master was right though.

They really didn’t have direct evidence. No one could prove the Full Moon Sect witch who attacked Elder Ming and the Liu family that night had any connection to Yino.

Unless…

They caught Yino.

“Hmph!”

“I already sent people to Liuli Sect to arrest that brat!”

“Once we have both the criminal and the evidence, I’d like to see if Her Majesty will give the Lin family justice!”