Yunxi knew at a glance that there must have been results from the investigation into the Insect Egg bracelet. She vanished from her tent and appeared before the main tent at top speed.
The disciple at the entrance immediately cupped his hands when he saw Yunxi. "Venerable Ran Xi, please enter."
Yunxi stepped into the main tent and saw that aside from the two True Venerables stationed at the front lines, Du'e, Xiao He, Ruo Huai, and Yutang Fengxin were all present. You Zisang, Wuwang, and Yutang Ruofeng stood to one side. She was the last to arrive, and she cupped her hands in greeting to the four of them. "Greetings, True Venerables!"
She then turned and nodded to the other three. They returned the gesture, though none of them looked particularly well.
Du'e rubbed his bald head and said, "Since everyone is here, I'll go over the results of the soul search. The chicken-blood vine bracelet disguised as insect eggs was given to that male cultivator by a female cultivator from the Huaxian Sect, his fellow disciple.
"As for the person who supposedly gave him the bracelet, she has already been apprehended. However, this female cultivator insisted that she had never given the male cultivator anything and had rejected his pursuit.
"To that end, she even swore a Heavenly Dao oath and permitted me to search her soul. After searching her soul, I found that, just as she claimed, she had rejected her fellow disciple's proposal to become Dao Companions. To avoid him, she had accepted the mission to enter the Ancient Battlefield. She had never given him anything, either.
"The investigation has reached a deadlock here. We can confirm that neither side lied, but the origins of the Insect Egg bracelet are difficult to trace."
Xiao He continued,