Across the room, Shen Xu squeezed Zhen Yuan’s hand.
[Ayuan, why do I keep feeling that someone is staring at us?] He asked.
[Because someone is.] Zhen Yuan said and subconsciously frowned.
He had long noticed Zhu Huang and Xiao Weimin.
However, there was nothing he could do, so he ignored the matter and focused on the situation at hand.
"Senior Cai Lan is an elder of my sect. Are you looking down on my Snow Mountain sect?" A voice suddenly echoed.
A moment later, an old man walked towards the group and stopped beside Cai Lan.
"Supreme elder Liu is here." Someone whispered.
"Supreme elder Liu is a mid-stage fusion realm cultivator. That troublemaker is done for."
"Not necessarily." Someone argued, staring at Zhen Yuan.
"His companion is also a fusion realm cultivator. He may not lose against supreme elder Liu."
"What are you two talking about? Elder Cai Lan is a Mahayana realm cultivator. Does she need a fusion realm cultivator to save her?"
Hearing this, the surrounding people immediately came to their senses and nodded.
However, one person was more thoughtful and shook his head.
"It’s not a secret that Elder Cai is a Mahayana realm cultivator from the Tianxuan continent, but that troublemaker still provoked her. Isn’t it because he has someone backing him?"
"You are right. It wouldn’t make sense to provoke a Mahayana realm cultivator if he doesn’t have a powerful backer."
"Talking about backers..., could it be the Hanging Garden sect?" A female cultivator speculated.
"Although they are not mortal enemies, the Snow Mountain sect and the Hanging Garden sect have never gotten along. Maybe that troublemaker has something to do with the Hanging Garden sect."
"I don’t think so." Someone countered.
"Why don’t you think so?"
"The sect master of the Hanging Garden sect is right over there. Look at how he is frowning.... does he look like someone who is involved in this mess?"
At that, several people turned and looked to the left.
In their sight was a middle-aged cultivator with a handsome face but a solemn aura.
"What can looking at him reveal? It’s not like the truth is written on his face."
"If it’s not the Hanging Garden sect, could it be the Myriad Tools sect?"
"The Myriad Tools sect rarely gets involved with sect conflicts. I doubt it’s them." Get full chapters from novel fire.net
"Could that troublemaker be a casual cultivator?"
"A casual cultivator dares to challenge a Mahayana realm cultivator and the Snow Mountain sect? I don’t believe it."
"I also don’t believe it, but it could be true."
"We’ve been so focused on the troublemaker’s identity that we forgot the main issue. Do you think it’s true? Could senior Cai be cultivating the way of plundering yang to nurture yin?"
"I don’t think it’s true." Someone said and quickly continued.
"Wouldn’t someone have noticed if Senior Cai was cultivating such an evil technique?"
Hearing this, several people nodded, but one person narrowed his eyes with a thoughtful expression.
"Someone did notice." He said, pointing at Shen Xu.
"That old man is a void refining realm cultivator. How could he notice when several fusion realm and Mahayana realm cultivators didn’t notice?"
"It doesn’t make sense for a random cultivator to suddenly accuse Senior Cai. Where there is smoke, there is fire."
"Senior Cai often has a group of men around her..."
"What’s wrong with having many men? Senior Cai is a Mahayana realm cultivator, and it makes sense to keep more than one man."
"Don’t you think she changes her men too often?"
The crowd speculated in this way, but couldn’t make up their mind whether Cai Lan was an evil cultivator or not.
In the eye of the storm, Shen Xu tilted his head and smiled.
"This senior, accusing elder Cai, does not equate to looking down on the Snow Mountain sect. Unless the Snow Mountain sect has something to do with elder Cai’s cultivation method..." Shen Xu said, his eyebrow raised in question.
"You..." Supreme elder Liu angrily pointed.
Cai Lan was a guest elder from the Tianxuan continent.
Even if she was truly practising the way of plundering yang to nurture Yin, Liu Cong could not allow the matter to be confirmed in front of so many Tianqi continent powerhouses.
After all, the Snow Mountain sect was a righteous sect.
What would happen to the sect’s reputation if Cai Lan was confirmed to be an evil cultivator?
Thinking of this, Liu Cong frowned and subconsciously narrowed his eyes.
No matter what, he couldn’t allow Cai Lan to be exposed.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be the Snow Mountain sect in the Tianqi continent that would suffer, the main branch in the Tianxuan continent would also be affected.
When that happened, he, as a supreme elder would not escape blame.
After figuring it out, Liu Cong turned to Qin Jingfeng.
"Senior Qin, this matter cannot be handled carelessly." He said.
This sounded like a reasonable statement.
However, smart people could hear the threat.
No matter how powerful the Myriad Treasures Pavillion was, could it rival one of the three major sects in the Tianxuan continent?
As long as Qin Jingfeng understood this, he would know what to do and not force the qi test. Otherwise, the Myriad Treasures Pavillion would not be able to handle the consequences.
Unfortunately, Liu Cong underestimated Qin Jingfeng and the Myriad Treasures Pavillion.
Although the Snow Mountain sect was powerful, the Myriad Treasures Pavillion was not weak and had connections everywhere.
Most importantly, if righteous cultivators heard that the Snow Mountain sect was harbouring an evil cultivator, they would immediately turn their backs on the sect and fully support the Myriad Treasures Pavillion.
Thinking this way, Qin Jingfeng sneered and prepared to force Cai Lan to take the qi test.
However, before he could say anything, a voice echoed in the hall.
"It doesn’t matter if senior Cai Lan doesn’t take the test. Won’t we know the truth if we examine the male cultivators around her?" The voice said, drawing attention to the group of men accompanying Cai Lan and her female disciples.
However, while everyone was focusing on the male cultivators, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were looking at the speaker.
’Why is he getting involved?’ They wondered