Chapter 248

Chapter 248: Exposure

Li Shuang stayed silent and just looked at Ancestor Xuan Wei.

Ancestor Xuan Wei raised a brow and said: “What is it? Would becoming my disciple shame you somehow?”

She fixed Li Shuang with a heavy, intimidating stare. A faint ripple of soul power seemed to press down, and for a heartbeat Li Shuang actually felt the urge to agree.

However, the Azure Lotus Petal flashed with light, and that impulse vanished without a trace.

Li Shuang’s expression turned completely cold.

Myriad Arts City forbids fighting. If anyone causes too much of a disturbance, the rules punish them. Bound by those rules, Ancestor Xuan Wei did nothing obvious and only tried a small nudge.

Someone with a weaker will might have agreed without even realizing it.

[So this city is not fully safe.] Here, even though brawls are banned, if someone really wants to target you, there are plenty of secret methods.

Li Shuang stared at Ancestor Xuan Wei without changing her face. Even before the pressure of a Tribulation Crossing Stage Ancestor, she showed no fear; she asked softly, Dao-Questioning: “Elder Xuan Wei, you feel familiar to me. Have we met before?”

Ancestor Xuan Wei’s face shifted for a moment, then she smiled and said: “I believe this is our first meeting. I noticed your outstanding talent, so I thought to take you as my disciple.”

Li Shuang arched a brow and said: “Is that so?”

[A guess flashed through her mind.] If she stood here as Li Shuang, many people would want to cause her trouble. It could be the Devil Path, the Demon Clan, or people from the Tyrant Blade Sect. That would be hard to pin down.

But in Myriad Arts City, her current identity was Li.

Under that name, she had met very few people. Someone showing up with clear malice right away was rare.

Thinking it through, the woman’s identity almost named itself.

Back in Gluttony Hell, Li Shuang had already sensed that the mysterious little girl was only a clone. The true body had to belong to a strong expert.

Originally, she worried a peerless powerhouse was hiding in the dark, ready to strike at any time. Now, that person had stepped out on her own. [Good. No need to keep guessing.]

She looked calm as she said: “Elder Xuan Wei, long time no see. About Rou Shan, I am sorry for the trouble, but if I had to choose again, I would still kill him.”

Her words were like a rock dropped into a deep lake, sending waves through the crowd. Many who watched the Genius Ranking had already noticed that Rou Shan, who hovered near the bottom, had vanished from the list and was confirmed dead.

And now Li Shuang openly admitted she killed him.

She smiled and said: “Rou Shan was from Eclipse Moon Sect. Are you here to avenge him, Senior, or to avenge your clone?”

She said it without any fear.

Ancestor Xuan Wei’s face changed at once. She had never expected Li Shuang to be this sharp.

Her first thought was that Li might be bluffing. But Li Shuang’s eyes were calm and steady. Ancestor Xuan Wei realized Li was not bluffing at all. She was already sure.

[This woman is truly uncanny.]

Ancestor Xuan Wei’s aura grew colder as she said: “Rou Shan was killed by you? I did not know that before. I did not expect you to bring it up yourself.”

Since Li Shuang had started, she would finish. She said evenly: “Not only Rou Shan. Yi Lan was also killed by me. In Gluttony Hell, Yi Lan, a Righteous Path disciple, colluded with the Devil Path’s Rou Shan. The two of them trapped others and sent them to die so they could clear the trial easily. They did this many times. Who knows how many Righteous Path disciples died because of them.”

Her voice rang out, and the place exploded into noise.

Rou Shan aside, Yi Lan had a good name among low level disciples. She liked to make friends, and many people in Myriad Arts City had met her.

But now Li said Yi Lan was a Devil Path spy.

Someone could not help asking: “Is that really true?”

Li Shuang answered calmly: “It is. This time Yi Lan tricked Zi Guang into entering Gluttony Hell with her, then got him killed inside. They also tried to harm me, but I killed them instead.”

The crowd burst into louder talk.

“So that’s how it was.”

“Heavens! I suddenly remember. Two years ago Yi Lan invited me to enter Gluttony Hell with her. I had something come up and didn’t go. I even felt guilty for a long time. Now it seems if I had gone, I would have died there with Zi Guang.”

Li Shuang glanced at the speaker and said: “That fits. Because you had something to do, a spot was left open. I wandered in by accident and happened to fill that last spot. Otherwise, Yi Lan and Rou Shan’s scheme might have stayed hidden forever.”

The man’s face went pale with fear at what might have been.

“Yi Lan was from West Mountain Sect. Since she was a Demon Clan spy, who knows if she turned anyone in West Mountain Sect. This must be checked carefully.”

“If you find one Demon Clan spy, there are often more behind them. This really needs a full investigation.”

People argued in every direction.

A few Devil Path disciples sneered: “The Righteous Path only loves to act noble. But in the Devil Path, are there really fewer Righteous Path spies?”

“Everyone uses their own methods.”

“We are all cultivators. Who is truly soft hearted?”

The scene was on the edge of a shouting match.

Ancestor Xuan Wei’s face darkened again. She let out a cold laugh and said: “You believe whatever she says? What if she was the one who killed people on purpose in Gluttony Hell and now twists the story? If she did not gain huge benefits there, how could her cultivation rise so fast?”

All eyes turned to Li Shuang.

She stayed calm and said: “I did achieve a perfect clear in Gluttony Hell and gained many benefits. The requirement for a perfect clear is to eat one hundred dishes from Gluttony Hell in a single go. With a trial like that, why would I need to attack Yi Lan and the others?”

That one sentence revealed a major secret. Very few had ever cleared Gluttony Hell perfectly, and those who did had never told anyone the details. This was the first time someone had lifted the veil on the perfect clear requirement.

She added: “Also, if you want to test whether I am telling the truth, think about how many of Yi Lan’s close friends are still alive. And if that is not enough, let West Mountain Sect investigate carefully. They will find traces.”