Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 358 - 313: Tell me, who are you!

Through big data analysis and the judgment of a super AI, it was highly probable that the Demon Bone had been concealed by someone.

What use would a person have for a Demon Bone?

Either it was to create obstacles for Ruan Muhuan’s ascension, intentionally causing her trouble.

Or it was to frame and entrap a certain power; such despicable maneuvers often occur among those with authority, especially in a place like Wudou where various powers stand together, and are unified under the control of Wuting. To suppress their adversaries, some old Sects and strong powers would easily exploit the absolute authority of Wuting to their advantage.

Wu Hen’s final analysis was that it was either targeted at Ruan Muhuan, to suppress her ascension, or it was to eliminate a certain power with Ruan Muhuan’s hand, using her as a pawn.

The Demon Bone had surfaced on its own, and it happened just two days before the last Rotating Martial God’s term.

The purpose then became clearly apparent, someone wanted to use Ruan Muhuan’s current position, her unstoppable killing momentum, to eradicate another strong power seated within Wudou.

There was no greater crime than collusion with the Demon Clan and theft of the Demon Bone, and since the thief was still from the Demon Clan, even those who were innocent would find it very difficult to prove themselves.

The common people also hated the Demon Clan to the extreme; any involvement with the Demon Clan was certain to cause a huge outcry!

Wuting’s zero tolerance, the citizens’ resentment, if this power also had other questionable aspects, attracting hostility from other powers, then it would become the perfect target for eradication!

Wu Hen already clear knew that the loss of the Demon Bone was a power struggle, leftovers from the games of ancestors. He never expected that the center of this whirlpool of strife would be the East Bright Alliance.

"Who could it be??"

Wu Hen was greatly surprised and also did away with his previous lighthearted mindset.

Who would send their own kin to death?

Or was it possible that amongst his kin, there were really those with warped minds, coveting a piece of the Demon God’s Bone for some bizarre evolution experiment?

The moment the ultimate goal pointed to the East Bright Alliance, Wu Hen’s brows were tightly locked.

The situation had become simplified, yet at the same time, started to grow more complicated.

Someone wanted to eliminate their kin alliance through the hands of Ruan Muhuan, but who exactly could it be?

"Martial Arts Queen, our Silver Gua Wu Rui has already arrayed in the twenty-three city domains, blocking all the important entry and exit points of the East Bright Alliance. With your order, we will enter their alliance and capture all their key figures!" Martial Saint Commander Lei Kang said.

"Is there conclusive evidence?" Ruan Muhuan asked.

"They used some unknown means to shatter the Demon God Bone, planning to break it into countless fragments and smuggle them out of the city. Our people intercepted a piece, which is ironclad evidence." Lei Kang said and presented a piece of the Demon God Bone, wrapped in white cloth.

Ruan Muhuan inspected it carefully, confirming that it indeed was the missing piece of the Demon God Bone.

"If that’s the case, the East Bright Alliance must be thoroughly investigated." Ruan Muhuan nodded.

"Hold on." Wu Hen immediately spoke up to stop her.

"With such an important clue at hand, why not immediately flatten the East Bright Alliance? Are we to wait for the thieves to be alert and hide all the incriminating evidence?" Gu Luoshui expressed her confusion.

"Do you have doubts?" Ruan Muhuan asked.

"Doesn’t it seem very strange? We had no leads on the Demon Bone, and even if the East Bright Alliance colluded with the Demon Clan, intending to help them transport the Demon God Bone out of the city, they only needed to wait for the lockdown deadline to pass and could then take the whole Demon God Bone with them. Why would they go to the great effort of shattering the Demon God Bone and sneaking it out just two days before the lockdown of Wudou, practically shouting in the streets to you all at Wuting, ’The Demon God Bone is here, come in and kill us!" Wu Hen said.

"This young master has made a point, and I had also considered this, but the first order of business is to retrieve the Demon God Bone. As for whether the East Bright Alliance is being framed or has truly committed this heinous crime, that will have to be investigated after recovering the Demon God Bone. Martial Arts Queen, the Demon God Bone is crucial for your report to the Rotating Martial God," Martial Saint Commander Lei Kang said.

"Yes, since the stolen goods have appeared, we have the right to search. If they are innocent, they will cooperate with us. If they have a guilty conscience, their resistance will be particularly strong," Gu Luoshui said.

Ruan Muhuan didn’t rush to give the order; her gaze remained on Wu Hen.

She could see at a glance that Wu Hen was very sensitive about the East Bright Alliance, but what puzzled her was how a member of the Holy Sect came to be so closely associated with those people from the East Bright Alliance.

"Martial Arts Queen, you…" The Martial Saint Commander was equally impatient, not understanding why Ruan Muhuan had not given the order, wondering what she was considering.

Although the East Bright Alliance had gained prominence in the recent years and held considerable prestige in Wudou, when compared to Wuting, they were merely a local tyrant, and the Northern Guardian Lady could suppress them with a wave of her hand!

"The actions of the East Bright Alliance have always been peculiar, almost as if a group of people from a Foreign Land had gathered, their beliefs being incomprehensible to the ordinary person, even forming various deeply rooted cultural behaviors that are very influential. I’ve always felt that they are not good people; perhaps their entire alliance is a Demon Clan stronghold, they possess some kind of Sorcery, becoming indistinguishable from humans, but their Demon Clan habits cannot be changed…" Lei Kang continued.

"Let us not rush to that conclusion, but if we go there with force, we will undoubtedly be able to recover the complete Demon Bone," Gu Luoshui said.

Ruan Muhuan raised her hand, signaling the two to be silent.

Her gaze remained fixed on Wu Hen, whose serious contemplation matched the person she was familiar with.

"You two go down and wait for now, without my orders, no troops are to be moved!" Ruan Muhuan said, as if she felt the incessant talking of these two would interfere with Wu Hen’s thinking.

Lei Kang and Gu Luoshui both looked puzzled, but under the coercive gaze of Ruan Muhuan, they dared not say more.

With the two of them gone, the surroundings became so quiet that one could hear only the sound of rain.

Ruan Muhuan moved closer to him a bit, close enough to sense Wu Hen’s breath.

Wu Hen, as someone who had mastered the Skin Breathing Technique, had very faint breathing when he was deep in thought...

"I have something I want to ask you." Wu Hen’s eyes sparkled as he seriously gazed at Ruan Muhuan, but he realized that she had unconsciously moved within arm’s reach.

At this distance, moving just a slight step forward would allow him to embrace her entirely.

Wu Hen’s thoughts were instantly disrupted by such close eye contact, and his eyes began to dart around.

"Why... why are you so close to me..." Even Wu Hen had his moments of blushing old cheeks.

"You have no breath," Ruan Muhuan said.

"How could that be, I’m not dead, how could I have no breath? Do you think I’m from the Demon Clan in disguise?" Wu Hen squeezed out a smile, trying to appear relaxed.

"Indeed you are wearing human clothes, but they do not conceal a man-eating demon inside," Ruan Muhuan said.

"Heh, Miss Ruan, you do have a sense of humor. Shouldn’t we be talking about the East Bright Alliance right now?" Wu Hen continued with that slightly awkward smile.

"Can you smell my breath?" Ruan Muhuan asked.

Somewhat provocatively, Ruan Muhuan slightly tilted her face up, her round nose and tender lips also breathing towards Wu Hen!

A stunningly beautiful face was right beneath his gaze, a faint fragrance assaulting Wu Hen’s eagerly beating little heart, especially seeing her from this perspective, the hint of emotion in her eyes, the stubbornness shining through her cheeks...

"No... no," Wu Hen’s mind was in chaos, but he could only force a calm reply.

"Why do neither of us have a breath?" Ruan Muhuan pressed on.

"I don’t know, maybe it’s because our realms are high, and we conceal it," Wu Hen said.

"I had a friend..." Ruan Muhuan still maintained her intense gaze, not allowing Wu Hen to step back, as if wanting to extract the answer she desired during this pressing moment, "He learned a ’Natural Breathing Technique’ in a dream and taught it to me."

"I practiced according to his method, feeling the mountains, sun, moon, the natural rain, and wind."

"Gradually, I found that this breathing technique could ’Gather Spirit.’ The spirit rain of the world was vast as the sea, and when I sat in meditation, my body became a gigantic whirl of spirit, gathering all the spiritual energy from the surroundings."

"That’s why I don’t need to exhale and inhale through my nose and mouth like ordinary people."

"So it appears that I have no breath."

"What about you?"

Ruan Muhuan asked earnestly.

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Wu Hen stood there, not daring to move, but he was already sweating through his clothes!

Damn it!

I’m about to be exposed!

I’ve underestimated a woman’s intuition.

I thought I was so cleverly disguised, but it turns out that in front of someone who really knows me, all my pretense of depth, my mystique, just seemed a bit clownish!

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"That... that’s indeed a coincidence, we might have picked up the same breathing skill," Wu Hen’s voice was low and lacked confidence.

"My heart holds a regret," Ruan Muhuan’s voice softened a bit, but she pressed on very close, "when I parted with that friend in the Jade Cave, he opened his arms to embrace me goodbye... and I hesitated."

Upon hearing this, Wu Hen couldn’t help but meet Ruan Muhuan’s gaze.

But her eyes possessed a kind of power that instantly shattered all his mental defenses, and his entire body began to tingle.

Han Han, boo hoo, I’m sorry!

If I were to embrace you, I couldn’t save the world.

If I were to save the world, I couldn’t embrace you.

Three years!! Three years!!!

Shen Wenhai, give me back my youth!!

Wu Hen felt he could no longer keep up the act and instinctively opened his arms, wanting to deliver this embrace that was three years too late.

His sturdy arms nearly landed on Ruan Muhuan’s soft shoulders, but suddenly, a sharp Silver Fan pressed against Wu Hen’s throat, the silver’s cold touch stimulating the skin on his neck.

"Tell me, who are you!" Ruan Muhuan’s eyes changed in an instant, becoming authoritative and sharp!