In a secluded courtyard, Wang Mingren, Ximen Feng, and Chen Xiang'er gathered in an azure stone pavilion.
Chen Xiang'er wore a frosty expression, looking as though she kept everyone at arm's length.
Back then, she had swallowed her pride and repeatedly begged Wang Mingren to reconcile, but he had refused. Now that Wang Mingren wanted to reconcile with her, there was no way she would agree.
During the time Wang Mingren had been trapped in Violet Fire Abyss, he had reflected on his own actions and felt that he had wronged Chen Xiang'er.
"Xiang'er, I have wronged you. No matter what, I was the one at fault. I hope you can give me a chance to make it up to you."
Wang Mingren spoke sincerely. He truly wanted to make up for his past mistakes.
"Make it up to me? How are you going to make it up to me? I'm not as good at handling people as you are. You divorced me—do you know what people said about me? They said I was an unchaste woman, said I acted recklessly and outrageously. Hardly anyone spoke ill of you. Now that you have two Nascent Soul Cultivators backing you, if I reconcile with you, what will people say about me? Do I have no pride?"
Chen Xiang'er sneered. Wang Mingren's reputation was fairly good, and indeed, not many people spoke badly of him. Chen Xiang'er had dealt with quite a few disciples who had committed offenses. Any disciple she caught in the act received harsh punishment. They did not dare oppose Chen Xiang'er openly, so they smeared her name behind her back. Some even claimed that Wang Mingren had divorced her because he had caught her enjoying herself with an adulterer.
Her reputation had already been poor to begin with.