Second thousand six hundred and sixty-eighth chapter: Mother Cat
Sure enough, once I entered the inner hall, only Xue Qingcheng was standing there waiting for me. Sun Moxhen reported to Xue Qingcheng first, then quietly took his leave with me. Judging by the situation, Xue Qingcheng clearly intended to meet me alone.
I looked around, but saw neither Sister-in-Law nor Zhao Qian, Han Shanshan, or any of the others. I could only say, "Qingcheng, I already told you about the report over the communicator. You should know about it, right?"
"Mm. You did very well. I'll send suitable people to guard Golden Immortal Way, but the situation between us and the Orthodox Path is probably a little delicate," Xue Qingcheng said calmly.
"What do you mean? Could it be that what Moxhen said about you carrying the God-Slaying Whip out a few months ago had something to do with an unpleasant incident with the Orthodox Path?" I asked with a strange look on my face.
"Speaking of which, it has something to do with you too." Xue Qingcheng spoke indifferently. She was wearing the Sect Master's robes of Heavenly Unity Way, black with a few simple decorations befitting a sect master. They only served to accentuate her fair skin. The ornament in her hair was simple as well, yet it showed that her beauty needed no embellishment to reach breathtaking perfection.
Back then, she had dared to call herself Qingcheng Ruoxue, and it truly had not been a joke. Such soul-stirring beauty was found nowhere else, though it was naturally very different from Sister-in-Law's.
"Could it be... Zhang Yang of the Spirit-Verdant Sect?" I asked with a frown.
"Indeed. Someone from the Spirit-Verdant Sect came seeking revenge. We disagreed over a single word, so I whipped him to death on