Chapter 066

Chapter 66: So It Really Was You!

The girl’s sobs broke apart, but she forced them down. Fang He An and Li Wan Zhi felt just as sad. Bai Jian clutched the little miss and would not let go. Shen Nan Zhou watched the girl with dark eyes without speaking; now and then, when his gaze slid over the Supreme Sect group, a cold light flashed.

Ye Wan Wan’s crying shattered the mood Ye Qian had carefully set up. For a moment, many people looked toward the Supreme Sect group as someone guessed: “Did they bully the little miss? Why else would she cry like that?”

A female cultivator sneered: “Do you even have to ask? They had just arrived and had not said a word when that Supreme Sect junior sister dropped to her knees in front of the girl. What is she trying to do, mislead everyone? Is she afraid people will not notice someone ‘bullied’ her?”

Another female cultivator said coldly: “She probably thinks no one knows what happened at Cloud Mountain Cave, so she pulled that stunt.”

One cultivator explained: “My junior brother was there and told us everything: Ye Qian dueled with Heavenly One Sect’s junior sister in archery and lost. She could not take it and refused to admit defeat. She forced the Divine Bow’s power. Her Eldest Senior Brother, afraid she would damage her meridians, sneak attacked Heavenly One Sect’s junior sister with his Golden Core Great Perfection strength. It was Heavenly One Sect’s little senior brother who risked his life to shield her and saved her.”

Another added: “I also heard Ji Chang Huai was so badly injured only because Heavenly One Sect’s senior sister got angry and used Sky Cleaving Strike. He could not withstand it and was seriously hurt.”

Someone spat: “Serves him right!”

A voice said: “If your junior sister cannot accept losing, she should just admit defeat. Why sneak attack someone? How can you blame her senior sister for striking back?”

Another asked: “Then why did Ye Qian kneel in front of Heavenly One Sect’s junior sister just now? She got stubborn, hurt her own senior brother, and then knelt to Heavenly One Sect’s junior sister. Is there something wrong with her head?”

Someone concluded: “She wanted to control the story first. If she speaks up before anyone else, people who do not know the truth will think Heavenly One Sect’s junior sister did something to her Eldest Senior Brother. Rumors are scary. Once she speaks first, it will be too late for Heavenly One Sect to explain.”

A few female cultivators traded comments until the whole story was clear. When others checked, they found it was true. Wang Niu raised his voice: “There is one more thing you do not know: the reason we woke from the Dream Realm was because Heavenly One Sect’s junior sister helped us!”

He went on: “Her sword broke the Dream Realm entrance’s Self Sealing and rescued everyone!”

Another chimed in: “She saved my brother and the Li brothers!”

People finally understood and looked at Ye Wan Wan with much kinder eyes. As for Ye Wan Wan getting the Parasitic Spirit, Wang Niu did not mention a word.

Ji Chang Huai and Dou Ming were pale. Ji Chang Huai had no strength left. Dou Ming could still move, but after all the pointing and whispering around him, his face flushed red with shame.

Dou Ming snapped: “You know nothing! These people worked together and poisoned us when my Eldest Senior Brother was not on guard. That is why we ended up like this!”

He shouted: “What kind of cultivators use poison? They are Evil Cultivators!”

A member of a sect that trains in both medicine and poison fell silent: [Is he hinting at us?] Then he spoke calmly: “Fellow Daoist Dou, that is wrong. Medicine and poison are not separate. Poison is a branch of medicine. How it is used depends on the person using it. Using poison does not make someone an Evil Cultivator.”

Another voice said bluntly: “So what if they used poison? In the Cultivation World, the weak are prey to the strong. If you cannot win, why slander others as Evil Cultivators?”

Dou Ming flushed deeper: “I was not talking about you. I meant him!”

Fang He An, suddenly pointed at, almost laughed. Keeping an innocent face, he said mildly: “My spiritual root is a little unusual, but I have a question. When your junior sister fired an arrow to sneak attack my senior sister, could I not fight back?”

He stepped forward and met Dou Ming’s eyes, then added: “Can I not protect my senior sister and my junior sister?”

Dou Ming insisted: “But you used poison!”

Fang He An answered: “I told you, my spiritual root is special. Once I use it, I cannot control it. In that urgent moment, to protect my senior sister who had exhausted her strength, I had no choice. After all, as an apothecary and alchemist, I do not have many ways to protect myself.”

He bowed to the crowd with a sigh and said: “I truly made you all laugh. I may be an apothecary and alchemist, but my spiritual root is different from others. I know the harm can be great. But I panicked. If I had not used it, my senior sister would have died on the spot. I really…” He pressed the corner of his eye, choking up, and whispered, “I really did not know what else to do.”

[Playing weak, huh? Anyone can do that.]

Li Wan Zhi simply sat down on the ground and said, bold and loud: “Senior Brother, it is no use. We are a small sect with a small voice. They are the Supreme Sect, the exalted Supreme Sect, one of the three top sects. If they want to bully us, it takes just a few words. We clearly acted in self defense, and they still think we took a huge advantage.”

Fang He An sighed: “It is our fault for not working hard enough.”

Li Wan Zhi agreed: “Exactly.”

Everyone fell silent with complicated feelings. These two geniuses were acting so delicate. Someone remembered: earlier, who was it that said anyone not breaking through Golden Core by fifteen was trash? Li Wan Zhi huffed: “This is how rumors start!”

Beaten in words by Li Wan Zhi and Fang He An, Dou Ming grew hot with anger and suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. People jumped in shock.

Li Wan Zhi raised both hands quickly and said: “Hey, hey, that has nothing to do with us. He got mad at himself.”

Watching this farce, Ji Chang Huai rasped: “Junior sister, come back.”

Only then did people notice Ye Qian was still kneeling. With tears in her eyes, she looked at Ji Chang Huai, struggled to her feet, and limped toward him.

Li Wan Zhi frowned and muttered: “They are cultivators. Can kneeling really break a bone?”

Everyone: “…”

Ye Qian: “…”

Any sympathy that had appeared a moment ago vanished. Trembling, Ye Qian returned to Ji Chang Huai’s side and cried: “I only wanted to beg for the antidote for Senior Brother.”

Ji Chang Huai had meant to scold her, but after that, he could not. He said hoarsely: “Forget it.”

Someone started to speak: “I do not talk nicely, but I-”

Fang He An and Li Wan Zhi snapped their heads over and said in unison: “If you know you do not talk nicely, why say anything?”

Qi Ming Lu fell silent, then clenched his teeth and said, heavy and firm: “I still want to say a fair word. We all entered to train together. We were rivals in the process, but it is over now. Once we leave this place, we are still in the same alliance. Since Senior Brother Ji and Fellow Daoist Dou have already lost, should the poison be lifted?”

He added: “Otherwise, it will look bad once we go out.”

Hearing that, Li Yun nodded. No matter what, it was the Supreme Sect. Offending them would bring no benefit, and others might get dragged into trouble too.

With people looking to him for support, Qi Ming Lu felt more and more righteous. Li Wan Zhi stared at his proud, long face and recognized him as the illusionist from the inn who had mocked them before, then muttered: “What a rotten mouth.”

Qi Ming Lu: “?”

A husky girl’s voice sounded: “I can give the antidote.”

Everyone turned to Ye Wan Wan. She had already calmed down. Although the corners of her eyes were still red, her gaze was cool and steady. Ji Chang Huai and Dou Ming also looked at her.

Ye Wan Wan faced Ye Qian and said: “Admit you were wrong and apologize. Then I will give you the antidote.”

Fang He An and Li Wan Zhi shouted: “Yes! Admit you were wrong and apologize!”

Qi Ming Lu and Li Yun could not argue. Asking for an apology was not too much.

But that one demand made Ye Qian freeze as if struck by lightning. Her lips moved. Her whole body shook. She stared and blurted, voice trembling yet certain: “It is you!”

[So it really is you!]

“It really is you!! Ye Wan Wan!”