It seemed that Yanxu's Free Form Incarnation came from the old Daoist. With this deduction, when Yanxu was spreading tragedy in Qing Xuan, it explained why the old Daoist did not take action. It was probably not because he was stuck in a trial.
As he was now gone, only Yanxu would know the truth.
Shen Lian kept all of these in his heart. Regardless, before the old Daoist passed away, he had helped to block against Guangqing. This had helped him to get rid of a potential worry and hence he was enlightened successfully. For Chen Jianmei to be here was also under the order of the old Daoist.
Ruoxi also had benefited from the old Daoist. From all of these, it seemed that the old Daoist did not have the intention to bring tragedy to Qing Xuan.
When he thought about the seniors of Qing Xuan who died in vain, the City of Vain Deaths hidden in Taiwei Pavilion, and the death of Zhang Ruoxu, Shen Lian did not feel too comfortable.