Because she knew that if the instructions had truly been tampered with, every move she and Huntun made was under the other party's watchful eye. The more they said, the more suspicious the other party would become, which would only put her at an even greater disadvantage.
Besides, she realized that during the ten years she and Huntun had been absent, the other party was most likely up to something.
In other words, even if the Ominous Existence Clan didn't come to trouble Jing Mingxuan, other forces would—or perhaps even the entity that had altered the instructions would come personally.
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