Some things looked very complicated, but the principles behind them were actually quite simple.
Just as Rong Xuan stood here now, Ming Ruo and Luo Bei had already seen many simple truths through this matter that seemed so complicated.
If Cangyue were still here, she would never have allowed Rong Xuan to contend for the position of Cihang Zhai's sect leader. Both Ming Ruo and Cangyue knew perfectly well what price one had to pay to become Cihang Zhai's leader. The agreement she had made with Ming Ruo back then had only stemmed from a trace of Cangyue's guilt toward Ming Ruo. If Cangyue could find a sufficiently outstanding disciple, Ming Ruo could lay down the burden she bore.
But Rong Xuan was clearly not the person who could allow Cangyue to lay down that burden. Ming Ruo could see that, and naturally Cangyue could as well. Moreover, Rong Xuan was no more outstanding than Yun Yuan or Yan Hong.
There were not many people in this world capable of killing Cangyue. Perhaps, like Ming Ruo, she had merely reached the realm of Sword Heart Enlightenment a little too late.
As for Luo Bei, Xiao Cha had originally been abducted by Nan Liyue, yet she was now in Cihang Zhai and had even been planted with a Heart-Clinging Succubus. Yun Yuan, Yan Hong, and the others had suffered severe damage to their vital energy and blood in order to save her. Yun Yuan and Yan Hong also happened to be Ming Ruo's disciples with the highest cultivation, while Rong Xuan happened to be using that old agreement to contend for the position of sect leader.
Thus, everything became exceedingly simple to him. How could Jade Pot Immortal Elder alone possibly dare to serve as Rong Xuan's backer? Behind Rong Xuan