"This was merely... Wei's forced hand."
Hearing this, Wei Tu, who had long prepared for it, was hardly stumped by her question.
He shook his head and recited the draft he had prepared in his heart.
"...Sang Yao seemed to know that Wei was the enemy who killed her elder brother—Divine Official Sang. At the time, Wei had only recently ascended and had yet to break through to Body Integration, being merely a newly advanced Void Refinement cultivator. I was carelessly wounded by that woman and, one move short, had the wrist containing the 'Earth-Character Dao Seal' severed by her..."
"Later, Wei fled to the Human Ancestor Hall and narrowly escaped with his life."
"And then—" At this point, Wei Tu hesitated. After pausing, he gritted his teeth and said, "And then, under Fellow Daoist Duan's pursuit, Sang Yao leaked information and was seemingly cursed to death by the 'bloodline curse power' the Fairy had left within the Sang Clan's bloodline..."
Wei Tu did not explain where that wrist containing the 'Earth-Character Dao Seal' had gone.
There was no need. The more he said, the more mistakes he could make.
As long as Xuanling Fairy was willing to honor her promise and truly grant him the complete 'Mahayana inheritance' after he broke through to the Body Integration realm... then the gain or loss of this 'Earth-Character Dao Seal' was not important!
"So that was the reason."
Upon hearing this, Xuanling Fairy nodded slightly. She did not press further, as though she believed Wei Tu's words.
"You can explain the gain or loss of the Earth-Character Dao Seal. But how do you explain your killing of Purple-Faced Daoist...?"
Xuanling Fairy stared deeply at Wei Tu. A hint of killing intent surfaced in her almond eyes as she asked in a grave