In the morning garden, the rosy glow of dawn dyed the awakening flowers, grass, and trees. Buried memories wandered freely among the lush branches and leaves, and a shocking new secret was laid bare in the morning light and breeze.
The words Zixiu had spoken in a moment of self-revelation in the garden were overheard clearly by Mofei and Mowen, who were hiding near the entrance of the tunnel. Both of them broke out in a cold sweat on the spot.
Mowen couldn't hold back and shed tears of deep grief. Abbot Faxin had actually been murdered by Zixiu's own hands in Jialan Hidden Valley, and that great fire in the temple all those years ago had also been set by Zixiu. As it turned out, all along, his sole desire had been to make Abbot Faxin die at his hands.
Chapter 558