Hearing Elder Yan's words, Gong Shiyu and the others couldn't help opening their mouths, wanting to speak but stopping themselves.
Ning Wangshu couldn't help giving a helpless smile. He glanced at Elder Yan and said calmly, "Although what you're worried about isn't entirely impossible..."
"But I have to say, you're thinking far too much."
"Setting everything else aside, you say I might be from the Xuan Yin Sect or the Heavenly Demon Sect... Heh. They're not worthy."
Ning Wangshu's tone was full of contempt.
At last, Gong Shiyu couldn't help speaking up. "Exactly, Elder Yan. Aren't you overthinking this? Senior Ning really did save us, and he even killed all twenty-odd Xuan Yin Sect disciples who were hunting us."
"Besides, bringing Senior Ning here was my idea. He didn't even know that our Yunqing Sect had a secret outpost here."
"He also didn't know that before fleeing the sect, our Sect Master had told any disciples who managed to escape to meet here. No outsiders could have known about that. Your suspicion that Senior Ning is from the Xuan Yin Sect or the Heavenly Demon Sect is a bit of a stretch."
Liu Yanchen, standing nearby, couldn't hold back either and chimed in. "Exactly. If Senior Ning really were from the Xuan Yin Sect or the Heavenly Demon Sect, and had no idea beforehand that our Sect Master wanted all the disciples who escaped to meet here, why would he save us and kill so many Xuan Yin Sect disciples?"
"I also think you're worrying too much, Elder Yan. Just as Sister Gong and Junior Sister Liu said, Senior Ning had no idea about any of this. If Sister Gong hadn't suggested coming here to see whether any other fellow disciples had escaped, Senior Ning would already have taken us