Halfway through saying this, she stopped, clearly trying to get one of us to pick up the thread. If Xue Qingcheng had stepped forward herself instead of dragging me into it, she would not be Xue Qingruo—the infiltrator, spy, and schemer! So she quickly turned to me and said, "Grand Ancestor, he knows the Spirit-Nurturing Method. Like this disciple, he's a survivor of the calamity war from back then."
"Oh? The Spirit-Nurturing Method? Interesting. The Origin-Reversion Method and the Spirit-Nurturing Method should be mutually opposing arts, yet the two of you work together so seamlessly? Could it be... Ah, I know now. You two are Dao companions, aren't you? Otherwise, why would you fight desperately for everyone's sake?" Cheng Qingdi chuckled, looking as though he had guessed the answer. Yet he did not mention those war survivors at all. He probably already knew about them and had taken note of the matter long ago.
"Not exactly. Though we come from the same origin, we're merely ordinary senior and junior disciples." Xue Qingcheng had already been trying to prove her innocence in this matter, so naturally she would not force a closer relationship now.
I stepped forward and said, "Grand Ancestor, she's my senior sister and I'm her junior brother. There's no doubt about that. I only went to rescue her because she asked for help."
"That's right, that's right, Grand Master! After Senior Brother Xia rescued Senior Sister Qingcheng, he even saved Master and me from the hands of the leaders of the two great sects! Before you arrived, he had just settled us down, and then he said he was going to rescue the other junior brothers and sisters!" Xu Yunyun suddenly stepped forward and directly vouched for my character as well.
But Xue Qingcheng glanced at her, a