Only on the list of peerless beauties was her blurred face still prominently depicted.
'Ling Zhuyun despises me now. If she saw me, she'd never give me a chance to explain. Proving my innocence would be next to impossible...'
The man before them, Zhang Yuan, was not actually Zhang Yuan. He was Ye Ming, who had used the Fetus Transformation Skill in the Purple Mist Mountain Secret Realm to possess and replace the Yijian Palace disciple of the same name.
After leaving Purple Mist Mountain unharmed, he was found by the arriving members of his sect and safely escorted back to Yijian Palace.
His injuries healed during his subsequent recuperation.
The original Zhang Yuan had been an orphan who joined Yijian Palace as a disciple to one of its Elders. He had a reclusive personality and very few friends.
This put Ye Ming at ease, as he didn't have to worry about his own habits giving him away and revealing his true identity.
