Chapter 687: I Am Just a Joke

"To think I can't find it!"

Super Perception swept through the surroundings, but nothing was found; everything around appeared perfectly normal.

Yet Shen Yu understood that the more this was the case, the more abnormal it was. He had been controlling the Gu Insect, never letting it riot excessively; it was impossible for the Gu Insect to have self-destructed due to danger.

The only possibility was that the other party knew everything that happened here, which was why they struck decisively, extinguishing all possible evidence in the cradle.

Could it really be those old monsters who were able to deceive his Super Perception?

"Hengzhi, can even you not find out who did it? My Lujiang City won't be in danger, will it?"

Looking around cautiously, Yang Lixin was full of worry; he did not want his Lujiang City to fall into turmoil again like it had a few months ago.

At that time, that group of Jianghu renegades not only fought fiercely but were also extremely vicious toward the common people, each one becoming insufferably arrogant, as if they were high and mighty, not treating the lives of ordinary people as lives at all.

Back then, who knew how many innocent commoners died at their hands, and who knew how many tragedies occurred every day.

If he hadn't turned the tide at the end and suppressed everyone, he didn't know how many more things would have happened back then.

Although the common people had begun to forget, he believed that no one in all of Lujiang City would want to see such days again.

"Rest assured, I will find him!" He patted Yang Lixin on the shoulder, wanting to give him confidence. However, the moment he made contact with the other party, Shen Yu suddenly felt something strange.

Subconsciously, Shen Yu's hand gripped the other's shoulder, his Inner Breath rapidly coursing through the other's body, while his Super Perception swept over the other's body as if to see right through him.

"That's good!" Hearing Shen Yu's guarantee, Yang Lixin breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly completely unaware that he was being probed by Shen Yu.

After a long while, Shen Yu withdrew his hand, looking at the other party with an unreadable expression.

"Yang Ziheng, how long has it been since we last met?"

"Several years, I suppose. We have only just met now after parting ways in the Capital back then."

Recalling the past, Yang Lixin was filled with emotion, and when he looked at Shen Yu, he was full of envy.

"Who could have imagined that in just a few short years, you, my old friend, have become so high and unreachable. Hengzhi, you have already realized the dreams we once had ahead of time."

"The dreams we once had?" Recalling the past, Shen Yu couldn't help but smile lightly. "Yang Ziheng, do you still remember what our dreams were back then?"

"How could I forget? It was to be a good official who acts for the people and to bring benefit to the commoners. But I am still working on it, while you, Shen Hengzhi, have already succeeded!"

"Actually, I am still far from it, still far from enough. But you!" Turning his head to look at Yang Lixin beside him, Shen Yu's expression gradually turned cold.

"I know people change, but I didn't expect that after so many years, even the hot-blooded you from back then would change."

"Hengzhi, I don't know what you are talking about?"

"Yang Ziheng, it's come to this and you're still pretending. Your body has the aura of a Gu Insect, only you hid it very well, so well that even I didn't notice!"

"If I hadn't just touched you, I wouldn't have been able to detect it at all. Quite a skill, to be able to deceive even my Super Perception!"

"What? You are suspecting me?" Pointing at himself with some surprise, Yang Lixin was full of disbelief: "Hengzhi, did you make a mistake? How could it be me!"

"Of course it is you. The 'darkness under the lamp' made me subconsciously overlook you just now!"

"Wait a minute, Hengzhi, Shen Hengzhi, we can't just go around pinning crimes on people like this. Someone must be framing me. I've offended many people during this time; is it possible they want to frame me?"

"Yes, it must be them wanting to frame me. They know you hate evil as much as you hate a personal enemy, so they want to use your hand to get rid of me!"

"Is that so?" At this moment, Shen Yu was also somewhat hesitant.

He saw it very clearly; Yang Lixin did not look like he was pretending, and Shen Yu also believed that under his Super Perception, no acting could remain hidden.

No matter how skilled the other party's acting was, it shouldn't be enough to deceive him.

Could it be that his suspicion was wrong? That's impossible; the one who detonated the Mother Insect just now must have been him; this lingering aura cannot lie.

His Mental Power suddenly probed into the other's mind, and the various events of Yang Lixin's past instantly surfaced in Shen Yu's mind, all vivid and clear, looking like there was no problem at all.

"Wrong!" Soon, Shen Yu realized something was wrong. In Yang Lixin's memories, he had practiced Martial Arts since childhood and only recently achieved success.

Yet in his own impression, when they took the imperial examinations back then, they were both scholars with no strength to truss a chicken. Yang Lixin, let alone Martial Arts, was dark and fat, and couldn't catch his breath after running two steps.

His own memory and the other party's memory simply did not match!

Immediately, Shen Yu opened the "Time Golden Chapter". The "Time Golden Chapter" he obtained from checking in could probe into other people's pasts.

When the light of the Time Golden Chapter enveloped the other party, a series of information already appeared on the Golden Chapter.

Soon, Shen Yu's brows furrowed slightly. The memories he saw in Yang Lixin's mind were completely different from the records in the Time Golden Chapter.

This meant the memories in the other party's mind were false; in his current cognition, he still believed himself to be a good official for the country and the people.

Quite a skill, to even deceive himself; no wonder he could deceive others.

"Hengzhi!" Seeing the suspicious look in Shen Yu's eyes, Yang Lixin was at a loss. "Do you still not believe me? What exactly do you need for you to believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's that you've even deceived yourself!" Knowing where the problem lay, everything was easy to handle.

Mental Power instantly surged into the other's mind, beginning to search for loopholes over and over again. Finally, after some searching, he found some flaws.

Following these flaws, Shen Yu successfully pried open the other's memories. Countless memory fragments surged into his mind, also making Yang Lixin recall all the previous events in an instant.

"Hoo, hoo!" Panting heavily, the countless memories made him feel dizzy for a moment, and the information in his mind made his face turn pale.

"So, it really was me!" Recalling the past, Yang Lixin was not irritable, nor did he fight with Shen Yu; instead, he appeared extremely sorrowful.

"Yang Lixin, you clearly had great ambitions back then, hot-blooded and upwardly mobile, but I didn't expect you to end up falling to this point!"

"Shen Yu, Shen Hengzhi, not everyone is like you." Gathering his memories, Yang Lixin gave a bitter smile, his face full of helplessness.

"Shen Yu, all these years, you have been as radiant as the sun and moon. Every time news about you came, it made me excited for you, and sometimes I even wished I could take your place."

"I also wanted to act for the people, I also wanted to realize the ambitions in my heart, but I was as humble and pathetic as dust. Do you know how I spent these years?"

"You don't know, you can't even imagine!" A bitter smile climbed onto his face; Yang Lixin seemed to be pouring his heart out to Shen Yu, and also seemed to be talking to himself.

"A scholar from a humble background has no one to rely on. We can only rely on ourselves, but I was just a scholar with no strength to truss a chicken. What could I use to fight against them!"

"Do you know? I was actually hollowed out as soon as I took office; everyone just treated me as a Puppet!"

"I didn't want to be complicit with them, but so what? They didn't put me in their eyes at all."

"Just because I came from a humble background, just because I had no background, even if I wanted to struggle, what could I do? All my petitions ended up sinking into the sea, and what I got in return were warnings again and again!"

"Actually, I once thought, if I don't submit to them, why don't they just kill me and replace me with someone obedient? Later, I understood, because I was just a piece of trash."

"Kill me and replace me with someone else, and perhaps someone with a deep background and strong methods would come instead."

"In that case, it would be better to keep a good-for-nothing like me, who has lofty aspirations but lacks the power to fight back against them. At the very least, someone like me is easier to deal with!"

"Shen Yu, Shen Hengzhi, tell me, am I a joke!"