Ye Qingxian Suspects Heavenly Sword Venerable's True Motives

At the highest point of Heavenly Sword Peak.

Heavenly Sword Venerable remained seated on the highest seat, his form ethereal and indistinct, as if constantly sinking into the endless void, making it impossible to discern his true appearance.

Below the main hall.

A figure stood quietly, their aura equally incomparable.

Who was Ye Qingxian?

A figure that would inspire fear in anyone, a presence that instinctively commanded obeisance.

Yet, she could still question him without reservation.

Ye Qingxian's face was cold. "Master, your disciple dares to ask, where did the share of cultivation resources allocated to all Direct Disciples, specifically Ye Xiaoyao's portion, go?"

"Why does she need to farm to support herself continuously?"

The moment Heavenly Sword Venerable emerged from seclusion again, he encountered Ye Qingxian.

Unlike the cold demeanor from his last emergence, facing the world's supreme Female Protagonist, Heavenly Sword Venerable had to show some respect.

She had already prepared her explanation. "When I took Ye Xiaoyao as my disciple, the condition for the exchange with the Sect Master was no cultivation resources. Otherwise, how could I have so easily accepted someone with Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root?"

This statement was half-true and half-false.

Back then, Heavenly Sword Venerable had indeed exerted influence, and had overruled all objections.

As for whether there were any exchange rules involved, it was truly inconvenient for outsiders to know.

Ye Qingxian's pent-up anger subsided in the face of Heavenly Sword Venerable's leisurely expression.

She could indeed question him.

But you still can't neglect your own Direct Disciple.

However, wasn't this how Heavenly Sword Venerable had always acted?

A shadow flickered in Ye Qingxian's eyes.

Could it be—she had guessed wrong last time?

Master wasn't Junior Sister's elder at all, but rather a different kind of relationship she had never considered.

This deeper, complex relationship would cause Master to tolerate Junior Sister's rebellious behavior time and time again, yet show no favoritism in other areas, as if she were just an ordinary passerby, so critical as to not even offer a sliver of resources.

Two seemingly extreme ways of handling things, yet strangely unified.

Ye Qingxian, with her exceptional intelligence, made a decision in an instant to probe further. "May I ask if Master can answer why Ye Xiaoyao, as a Direct Disciple, has to farm to barely support herself, leaving her with no extra time for cultivation?"

This wasn't a question about cultivation resources.

It was asking if he knew.

Heavenly Sword Venerable replied with utmost calmness, "I have given her a stable living environment, so she doesn't have to wander aimlessly in the outside world. Isn't that the greatest favor? As for whether she needs to farm to support herself, I have long been aware of it. This concerns a person's capabilities, and no one else can interfere."

Can't interfere at all?

Making a little girl, from the age of three all the way to nineteen, struggle to survive, is that truly just a matter of capability?

This seemingly perfect and harmonious logic had a single fatal flaw.

There were so many pitiable people in the world; had Heavenly Sword Venerable ever shown pity to any of them?

Combined with the young girl he had accidentally encountered during a mission, countless coincidences occurred, leaving only one conclusion.

Ye Xiaoyao had never been an insignificant person.

On the contrary, Heavenly Sword Venerable had always known who she was.

He had even meticulously orchestrated this seemingly coincidental encounter, when in reality, he just wanted to bring her to Heavenly Sword Peak.

Attention did not equate to favoritism; it could also be an invisible form of control.

This explained why Heavenly Sword Venerable had almost instinctively and loudly refuted the suggestions of Elders Feng and Yun.

Heavenly Sword Venerable was not more anxious about his young disciple's safety than Ye Qingxian was; he simply did not want Ye Xiaoyao to leave Heavenly Sword Peak.

What appeared to be repeated indulgence born of favoritism, yet without any substantial resource allocation behind it, the truth was already on the tip of her tongue, about to be revealed.

Unless, the answer was the "tough love" cultivation method, intending to nurture the mindset of an illegitimate daughter.

But was that possible?

No matter how you cultivated someone's mindset, by changing methods and constantly restricting their cultivation time, it made no logical sense.

No matter how monstrous your mindset, if you yourself are an ant, what kind of talent are you?

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Ye Qingxian immediately thought of the only correct answer.

Connecting all the cause and effect, it directly pointed to a disbelief-inducing guess in her heart.

Heavenly Sword Venerable not only knew who Ye Xiaoyao was all along.

But had also been monitoring and controlling Ye Xiaoyao in his own way.

He would not allow others to make Ye Xiaoyao leave Heavenly Sword Peak, while simultaneously allowing Ye Xiaoyao to commit any outrageous acts that others would be punished for.

As for whether the changes in cultivation resources were visible or not, that still needed to be questioned.

The results of these few deductions made the Heavenly Sword Venerable's true intentions even more mysterious.

This conversation was destined to end unhappily.

The Heavenly Sword Venerable's figure remained submerged in the void.

Regarding the Female Protagonist's sudden visit, she didn't take it to heart at all.

It was understandable that the Female Protagonist was a bit kind and occasionally a bit too saintly.

She had her own Male Protagonist. Once the Male Protagonist appeared, a mere Ye Xiaoyao would naturally be forgotten by her, and this unpleasant little interlude would then become insignificant.

Ye Qingxian left the palace with a heavy heart.

She had been contemplating Ye Xiaoyao's peculiarity, which had drawn so much attention from the Heavenly Sword Venerable.

Could it be that Ye Xiaoyao was the daughter of the Heavenly Sword Venerable's enemy?

Therefore, he was restricting her growth.

Ye Qingxian immediately had the idea to conduct another experiment. This answer could be easily tested. For example, she could assign Ye Xiaoyao to a position with cultivation resources and see if the Heavenly Sword Venerable would forcefully intervene.

Based on the above speculation, the answer should be intervention.

However, Ye Qingxian believed it would not happen.

The reason stemmed from the Heavenly Sword Venerable's previous instruction for everyone to keep it a secret.

He seemed very worried that his intervention would be exposed, ultimately letting Ye Xiaoyao know.

Could this affect anything?

There were only a few things that a person could be affected by because of this.

Was it Ye Xiaoyao's emotions...

Or was it the change in her daily behavior logic brought about by having a phantom backer and the resulting intangible improvement in treatment?

Or perhaps, it was something more.

How could someone who could be the Female Protagonist be an ordinary person?

Ye Qingxian's various template data belonged to the strongest batch of people throughout history. She had hardly spent any effort and was constantly approaching the final truth from the existing details.

Regardless of the answer, she only knew one thing: Ye Xiaoyao was temporarily not in mortal danger, and in fact, might even be very safe, which was enough.

Ye Qingxian suddenly looked up, gazing at the white clouds in the sky.

Her tone was unfathomable.

"Master, no matter what your true intentions are, since I, Ye Qingxian, have caught a clue, I will never let you succeed."

"Your true intentions--"

"I will eventually know everything."

On her way back to her Cave Mansion, Ye Qingxian suddenly encountered an unexpected person.

A female cultivator dressed as a maid respectfully bowed, "Young Master, the Patriarch has set up a suitable formation. Even all corners of the lower realm can be clearly deduced. The whereabouts of your parents, which have troubled you for so long, can be known immediately upon returning to the family this time."

"Congratulations, Young Master, on fulfilling your wish and resolving your long-standing concern."

Ye Family.

A Cultivation Family.

A Hidden Family.

Ye Qingxian was originally from the Ye Family before joining the Wuya Sect.

A hint of joy appeared in Ye Qingxian's eyes. "You go back and tell the Patriarch that I will return to the family soon and will personally preside over the operation of the Cross-border Formation for Kinship Deduction."

After many years.

She would finally be able to know about her own birth parents.