Chapter 162: The Lamp Shines on the Old Scrolls

Pei Ye actually didn't clearly understand the symbolic meaning behind the communication of a canal, nor what hidden intentions and purposes it veiled back then.

But he believed that the cold blade that suddenly appeared in the Mingyue Palace that night didn't come abruptly. It must have had its groundwork; otherwise, they had many better opportunities to make their move. Why did they choose that spring night in the sleeping quarters?

Or, if they had enough freedom and spontaneity, they could have made many people disappear silently over the years. The Carp Pavilion would not have faced a case, the Taiping Canal Association would not have been destroyed, Yuan Zhao might not have had the chance to rise to the position of Chief of Staff, and Xu Chuo might have been severed from his corpse long ago.

Even for Mirage City, which seemed to follow a certain pattern, the Spirit Realm might be too "quietly poignant and profound," unapproachable to human sentiments.