"Please speak, fellow Daoist!"
The two had already guessed what Lin Xuan wanted to ask, but they did not point it out. Their expressions were naturally extremely modest.
"My wife and I have only just arrived in your esteemed land, yet we were immediately ambushed by your sect. What exactly caused this? Though my wife and I are unwilling to pursue the matter, we should at least know the reason. I hope the two of you fellow Daoists will tell us the whole story. I imagine this request should not be considered excessive."
Lin Xuan spoke with a needle hidden in cotton.
"Brother Lin, you are too courteous. Since this matter arose because of our humble sect, even if you had not asked, I would have told you the reason."
The Robe-Clad Elder sighed. He did not hesitate at all; after only a brief moment of thought, he continued:
"This old man must also thank you worthy husband and wife for not holding a petty man's faults against him. If we truly trace this matter to its roots, we must begin nearly a hundred years ago."
"Begin from a hundred years ago..."
Lin Xuan could not help but be startled. The other party's expression and tone were both sincere to the extreme, naturally not like he was joking. He and Yue'er had been ambushed as soon as they arrived in the Yutong Realm—could it really involve some extraordinary secret?
Lin Xuan immediately grew greatly curious. In any case, he had only just arrived in this esteemed land, and had no clues regarding the Earring among the Asura Seven Treasures. Listening here as the other party recounted a hidden secret naturally could not be counted as a waste of time. Perhaps it might even give him some enlightenment.
"Please explain in