"Qingcheng, have you had enough? Aren't you just bullying people? Is this fun? The sect is clearly short-handed right now. You don't see how you scrutinize the others, yet you make things difficult for these three at every turn. Is it only because I brought them here?" I said with a frown. Sun Moxue stood to one side, not daring to make a sound, while the other three also barely dared to breathe.
"Precisely because you brought them here, I have to examine them one by one. We must know how to employ people properly. They're all Five-Tribulation True Immortals. Besides, even ordinary disciples have to undergo an examination of their character. Do you have a problem with that? Do you think everyone is as reckless as you, taking in just anyone? Aren't you afraid they're spies sent to you by someone else?" Xue Qingcheng had already considered every possible outcome before doing this. Seeing me step forward, she immediately gave me a thorough scolding.
My heart tightened. Xue Qingcheng's words carried many implications. Zhaoyun hadn't been summoned and was still outside, while An Jun, Xiao Yi, and Shu Li were all top courtesans of the Immortal Maiden Pavilion. That raised a question: Zhaoyun was Second Young Sect Master He Luanzi's obvious spy, so who could guarantee that these three top courtesans weren't people sent by the Third Sect Master?
Burned by the blazing, murderous flames in Xue Qingcheng's eyes, even I couldn't help growing suspicious.
"What? Have you already lost faith in them so easily? It seems you valued their beauty at first, took pity on them, and brought them back, didn't you?" Xue Qingcheng looked at me coldly.
"Qingcheng Ruoxue, do you always judge others by yourself? Yes, perhaps they could all be spies, but what of it?