Seeing this, guilt welled up in Jiang Fan's heart.
He stepped forward and said apologetically to Zixiao Zhenren, "Master, I'm sorry!"
"I didn't keep an eye on her!"
"It was my negligence!"
Zixiao Zhenren had once specifically instructed him that Jiang Ming absolutely could not be allowed to leave Little Bamboo Peak's grounds, precisely because he feared her special identity would bring unnecessary trouble.
Yet today, because of a moment's negligence, he had let this little girl barge into the Enthronement Ceremony.
Not only had she put herself in danger, she had also pushed Master into the teeth of the storm, leading to a direct confrontation with the Holy Master.
Jiang Fan felt exceptionally guilty.
"No need to take it too much to heart!"
Zixiao Zhenren did not turn around. With his back to Jiang Fan, he merely waved a hand.
"This matter could never have been hidden forever!"
"Even if it hadn't been exposed today, someone would have noticed it another day!"
"Besides, the crux of today's events does not lie with this little girl..."
He did not finish, but Jiang Fan understood instantly.
For things to have developed to this point, the root cause had never been whether Jiang Ming was truly a demonic beast, or whether Jiang Ming posed a threat. Rather, Jiang Ming had been used as a pretext.
The three great Holy Lands used this to pressure Mystic Heaven Holy Land, questioning whether it harbored filth and striking at Mystic Heaven Holy Land's prestige from the moral high ground.
And the Xuantian Holy Master, Xuan Wuji, likewise wanted to use this matter to go with the flow and make an issue of it.
Today, Jiang Fan had swept through the younger generation of the three great Holy Lands by himself. On the surface, he had