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"You can take a look then."

Yino wasn't angry, just smiling slightly, having expected this.

Since he had already chosen to come to the Divine Deer Shrine, it was nothing more than an attempt to see if he could shake off Jinyue. But from the moment Jinyue chased after him and forcibly struck up a conversation, Yino could tell that he would have to accompany Jinyue through this plot development today no matter what.

In a sense, it was really like playing a game in his previous life.

For key mission storylines, no matter how much you try to take shortcuts, you'll still end up triggering that plot development in the end...

-Damn it, this was just like life. Neither could be skipped!-

"This compass has a deer symbol on it, so it should be related to the guardian deity of the snow village, the Nine-Colored Divine Deer..."

"And the ancient characters on this compass, I guess, should be the native script of the snow village. If I'm not mistaken, these symbols seem to be used in conjunction with the angle of sunlight at different times to cross-reference coordinates..."

After a moment of waiting, Yunjin observed the compass in her arms and said thoughtfully.

Yino's head was already aching from listening to this.

After all, this was the standard plot development. Even Yunjin's lines were exactly the same, making Yino momentarily unable to distinguish between the game and reality.

In his previous life, he couldn't skip the storyline while playing the game. Now that he was reborn, he definitely couldn't skip life either.

So, Yino completely gave up struggling and stood beside Yunjin, enduring it for a long time.

"I suspect that this compass works by injecting spiritual energy, then based on the intersection of different directions and coordinate axes, it's used to locate something within a certain circular range..."

"But I just don't know what exactly this compass is used to find."

After waiting for a long time, Yunjin finally stated her full analysis.

At the same time, Jinyue also raised her head and looked at Yino with a thought-provoking gaze.

"Young Master, do you have any ideas?"

"I don't understand. It's too advanced."

Yino shrugged his shoulders, not bothering to respond to Jinyue.

"You don't understand? This is a compass related to the Nine-Colored Deer!"

Jinyue narrowed her peach blossom eyes, also getting angry at Yino's perfunctory attitude.

She still remembered Chen Jianxin's bet just now! She wanted to see Chen Jianxin perform that cliff-jumping stunt!

As the host of the Nine-Colored Deer, Yino didn't need to listen to Yunjin's analysis at all. He should have already guessed the purpose of this compass...

-But why was he still pretending to be dumb even now?-

Jinyue had actively delivered this perfect opportunity for Yino to slap Chen Jianxin in the face! Why wouldn't he take advantage of it!

"Yino, take a closer look. Don't you think the direction of the compass needle is suspicious?"

Jinyue took the compass back from Yunjin's hands, then said to Yino with a sense of urgency, holding it up to his face.

Yino took the compass, secretly placing a fox hair underneath it, then widened his eyes in surprise-

"Oh! I think I found something!"

"Really? What is it?"

As soon as he said this, Jinyue also nodded repeatedly, looking at Yino with anticipation, waiting for him to give the answer.

"Isn't it pointing at you? Could it be that the villagers of the snow village used it to hunt snow foxes in the mountains?"

He said with a straight face.

Jinyue instantly broke down: "Hu-Hunt? Yino, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm not talking nonsense. Look, the needle is really pointing at you!"

Yino adjusted the angle, and sure enough, the compass needle was pointing at Jinyue.

For a moment, Jinyue also looked down. Only then did she realize that the Nine-Colored Compass, which originally pointed in the direction of the Wuji Sect, now had its needle truly pointing at her.

"How... How is that possible..."

She blinked, and for a moment, Jinyue felt like she might be hallucinating.

She first looked up at Yino with suspicion, then looked at the compass again. She moved her body back and forth, but even so, the needle of the Nine-Colored Compass kept aiming at Jinyue like a precise enemy-seeking device.

"No, no... This compass found in the Divine Deer Shrine, why is it always pointing at me?"

"Is there a possibility that whoever this compass points to is the real culprit behind the extermination of the snow village?"

Yino suddenly spoke up.

But this time, his voice was very low, almost only hearable to Jinyue.

Instantly, Jinyue's face turned pale. She looked up at Yino, shaking her head slightly with panic and unease.

After all, this was no joke.

Although Jinyue wasn't the culprit, she was indeed a mole. If Yino's voice had been a little louder, Jinyue would have really been in an unexplainable situation today.

"Just kidding. It seems this compass is pointing randomly."

At some point, Yino smiled and put away the fox hair he had placed under the compass, then said with surprise.

He injected spiritual energy into the compass and turned it again, but this time, the compass needle didn't track Jinyue anymore and instead rotated randomly in different directions.

"..."

For a moment, Jinyue was completely dumbfounded. She widened her eyes like she was studying a magic trick, observing Yino's hands back and forth.

After studying it for a long time, she found that what Yino said was really amazing!

"How about it? I helped you clear the suspicion of being a fox demon. And you owe me another favor now."

Yino lowered his voice and whispered to Jinyue again with an evil smile.

Seeing him so confident, Jinyue didn't dare to refute for a moment. She could only nod obediently and instinctively gave Yino a grateful look, although she had no idea why the compass had tracked her just now.

Jinyue originally had control over the script and was just playing along with the intention of guiding things. But now, she herself had become personally involved and felt nervous.

"But, but..."

"I clearly saw this compass pointing in a fixed direction just now... How did it suddenly break like this..."

Jinyue still couldn't let it go and shook the compass in her arms.

She also tried injecting spiritual energy, but as the compass needle became more and more chaotic, Jinyue's little face also reflected a hint of panic and unease.

If the compass was broken, how could she complete the plan she had promised Yanran?

"You must have been seeing things. This compass was broken to begin with."

Yino shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

"Yino, you- you definitely did something to the compass just now!"

"Why, why did you break it... You clearly know everything...!!"

Jinyue noticed a flash of coldness in Yino's eyes and suddenly realized something. She bit her red lips in embarrassment and anger, but also feeling a bit powerless about Yino's actions.

In fact, she had no idea why Yino kept targeting her like this today.

From hiding to give Yino a surprise, to enthusiastically presenting the compass to Yino...

Jinyue clearly had no ill intentions, but she kept getting the cold shoulder everywhere!

She didn't understand why Yino kept pretending to be dumb.

Back at the Mountain Temple, she had personally witnessed Yino taking away the legendary Nine-Colored Deer under the guise of being good friends!

Now, in the hometown of the Nine-Colored Deer, with such a big Nine-Colored Compass right in front of them, and the compass even had a little deer pattern carved on it, Jinyue refused to believe that Yino couldn't understand it. Moreover...

-Wasn't Yino even a little curious about why the Snow Village was exterminated?-

-Wasn't Yino even a little interested in investigating why the Nine-Colored Deer was imprisoned in the dungeon behind the Wuji Sect's back mountain?-

Jinyue simply couldn't understand.

She had dug up all these clues for Yino. With just a nod and a word from Yino, he could fiercely slap Chen Jianxin in the face in front of everyone, then lead the crowd straight to the back mountain of the Wuji Sect to uncover the truth. That way...

Not only could Chen Jianxin escape his fatal ending, but Yino could also gain great merit for solving the case! And Gu Wanglan, the pawn planted by the Full Moon Sect in the Wuji Sect, would eventually be thrown into the dungeon by the sect because the truth about the snow village was revealed! In that case...

The organization's prophecy and plans would all be thwarted under Jinyue's secret guidance!

-Such a simple plan to break out of the situation, why wouldn't Yino cooperate?-

-Yino, do you have to play dumb at such a critical moment?-

-If you don't want to accept my kindness, fine, but why do you have to break my compass!-

Seeing Yino being so unreasonable, Jinyue hugged the malfunctioning compass, her eyes almost turning red with grievance.

She tried countless times, but the compass remained broken. Jinyue couldn't help but feel more and more desperate. She glared at Yino, biting her teeth, and her enchanting eyes vaguely reflected a string of unprecedentedly deep and dark curse marks.

-Yino, you forced me to do this!-

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But today, Yino had gone too far. If the Nine-Colored Compass was really broken like this, then all of Jinyue's long-prepared plans would fall through.

So, even if she had to use her trump card next, Jinyue had to figure out what was going on with the compass and find a way to correct this plot development!

This was also Jinyue's true way of doing things over the years!

She would secretly guide things in the opposite direction of the prophecy. And if things developed in a direction that deviated from her expectations, Jinyue wouldn't mind using some unconventional means, using illusion techniques to forcibly brainwash everyone, and then pull the timeline back to the track she had designed!

And just as the dark curse marks in Jinyue's enchanting eyes became more and more ferocious, Chen Jianxin's smug laughter suddenly came from behind the crowd:

"Thinking the compass is used to hunt snow foxes? Hahahahah. Laughable!"

"Sister Jinyue, don't make things difficult for Young Master Yino. I already said that a young master from the Central Plains like him couldn't possibly understand the secrets of the snow village."

"Everyone, look at me! Look at me!"

"Just now, by piecing together the broken murals, I have figured out the true meaning of this magical Nine-Colored Compass!"

"Legend has it that the Nine-Colored Divine Deer is playful and rebellious by nature. The more solemn and grand the day of worship, the more the Divine Deer likes to play pranks, secretly running down the mountain during snowstorms to play hide-and-seek with the tribespeople who come to worship it..."

"Later on, every year during festivals, the Nine-Colored Divine Deer would play hide-and-seek with the villagers of the snow village, causing great trouble for the villagers."

"So, they created a magical Nine-Colored Compass. As long as they grind the naturally shed antlers of the Nine-Colored Deer into powder each year and sprinkle it on the sensing device of the compass, this Nine-Colored Compass can locate the Nine-Colored Deer based on its aura.

The villagers can then send someone down the mountain a few days before important festival days to find the Nine-Colored Divine Deer that's hiding and playing hide-and-seek!"

"This is the true usage of the Nine-Colored Compass!"