Because she had obtained the Vast Beast's second spirit ring, Huoyao now considered the spirit skill Taolangke had mentioned as a possible second skill of her own. She would also have to possess that kind of...
What was the highest level of Yueyan's spirit power?
Obviously, it wasn't just empty boasting.
Rather, she was pretending to be carefree while revealing part of her true feelings. This was what Huoyao naturally understood from what Luoyao had said.
Xiao Wu had looked at the new content in the diary and grabbed Han San's hand. She was as cold as ice, trembling all over from head to toe. Even the usually composed girl beside them couldn't help shivering.
Zhu Zhuyun glanced at Duoxu, then at Xiao Wu. Her beautiful eyes held a trace of worry.
Since Huoyao had already written about it in the diary, it was clear that Han San's family had once been involved with Taolangke's clan.
After all, one only had to look at how Han San treated the people close to him to know whether he was like Huoyao said, or whether he had poisoned Han Chen. So Luoyao had no reason at all to deliberately make things up.
That meant, just as Luoyao had said earlier, Tang Hao had learned Xiao Wu's identity as a hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beast long ago. He had probably begun plotting to kill Han San and seize his hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and spirit bone.
Once she realized this, even though Xiao Wu still had some trust in Han San, she had already begun to feel wary of him.
She trusted Han San, but she didn't trust Tang Hao.
Duoxu noticed that Xiao Wu's attitude had shifted, and immediately said,
"My grandfather, my father, and my second uncle all know about Han Chen's affairs in Clear Sky Sect. At first, it was because Han Chen and the Spirit Hall had a grudge. He even made the sect leader teach him, and Han Chen later died because of it."
"To avoid implicating the clan, Han Chen was directly expelled from the family. He also chose to go into hiding."
"Han San must have believed he was wronged by Clear Sky Sect. So, if he ever had the chance to return to the family, he would certainly do anything to seize it."
Duoxu's tone was serious, and his words carried deep concern.
"Even if Han San's feelings for you are genuine, Tang Hao wouldn't care. Besides, according to what Luoyao wrote, Han San has been calculating against you from beginning to end."
"In the end, what you choose to do is up to you."
Zhu Zhuyun didn't kick him when he was down, nor did she frighten Xiao Wu the way Duoxu had. Instead, she spoke with heartfelt sincerity.
"Luoyao is right. If you and Duoxu hadn't helped me in my past life, I would have died at Huohuo's hands."
"Even considering what happened in my past life, whatever you choose to do, I'll still do everything I can to help you."
Xiao Wu looked gratefully at Zhu Zhuyun. Her lips moved, but she didn't answer. In her heart, however, the scales had begun to tip toward Luoyao and Zhu Zhuyun.
All she had to do now was wait for the new content in the diary to be revealed tomorrow. Once the matters currently described as "pending" were explained, Xiao Wu would naturally accept everything.
After all, she had utterly believed Han San was an outsider demon, that he had been plotting against her all along, and that he would eventually harm Clear Sky Sect and the Vast Beast.
By then, Huoyao would want to take her away. It would only be a matter of time before everything fell into place.
Of the new revelations in the diary, the one Xiao Wu could accept most easily was that Han Chen had been wronged. Yin Yuan was the person who would find it hardest to accept.
Yin Yuan was very clear-headed. When she returned to the ancestral grounds, she would be able to restore her former appearance as quickly as possible. Luoyao had her own plans.
As the Spirit Hall's saintess, Yin Yuan could use any spirit herb in the entire Spirit Hall's territory. In particular, the ancient spirit herbs in the ancestral grounds could provide her with even more vitality.
What's more, there was a Spirit Herb King living in those grounds.
But whenever Yin Yuan went there and showed even the slightest hint of wanting to take it, the Spirit Herb King and the spirit herbs there would immediately reveal themselves to her, their ruler, and call out in alarm.
Because of her unique status as the Spirit Hall's saintess, Yin Yuan had revealed her identity to Han Chen in the ancestral grounds.
She had originally thought that Tang Hao hadn't brought her back to the ancestral grounds because he had forgotten about that special status.
But after she read what Luoyao had written, she felt as though something had struck her. A suspicion about Tang Hao rose involuntarily in her heart.
"Could Brother Hao really have deliberately pretended not to know about it because he wanted San's spirit ring to evolve into a hundred-thousand-year one? And he didn't want me to return to the ancestral grounds?"
"How could that be? How could Brother Hao have been calculating against me all along? No, that can't be. He must have had no choice but to pretend not to know."
Yin Yuan spoke up for Tang Hao, but she still clutched her stomach in pain. Her beautiful face was full of sorrow, and two illusory tears rolled from the corners of her eyes.
Yin Yuan wanted to believe Han Chen, just as she had once believed Luoyao.
But if only one thing Luoyao had written was true, it could still be dismissed as coincidence. A few coincidences might add up, and then why would she still trust Han Chen wholeheartedly, as she had before?
It was Yin Yuan. No matter how she tried to convince herself, she had to make Han Chen suspicious.
Just then, new content appeared in the diary again. Yin Yuan couldn't help but tremble, and she immediately began reading.
[In the diary, Ah Yin's reincarnated form came to the Human-Flying World. She felt that every single thing was incredibly new and curious, and wanted to look around. Before long, she met Tang Shi and Tang Hao's brothers.] [By a stroke of luck, Ah Yin became companions with the two brothers.] [After spending some time together, Tang Shi and Tang Hao both developed feelings for Ah Yin. Although Yin Yuan was ten thousand years older than Ah Yin, she didn't show the slightest aloofness. After a while, Tang Shi gave up on his feelings for her, bringing Tang Hao and Yin Yuan together.] [Ah Yin gradually developed romantic feelings for Tang Hao, and eventually the two got together.] [It seemed that Tang Shi and Tang Hao were both genuinely interested in her. Yet his effort to gain Yin Yuan's spirit ring and spirit bone was nothing more than a means to an end.] [Tang Hao had chosen to give up because Yin Yuan preferred Tang Hao, and Tang Hao's talent far surpassed his.] [If Tang Hao obtained Yin Yuan's spirit ring and spirit bone, it would bring even greater benefits to Clear Sky Sect.] [From the moment Ah Yin met Tang Shi and Tang Hao, her tragic fate had already been set.] [Even though Han San was an outsider demon, he was still better than Tang Hao in that regard. He had treated Xiao Wu well, and even if he had been plotting against her, he had only been following in Han Chen's footsteps.] [It was a pity that Ah Yin had been taken away by Tang Hao. Even if I knew she was in the Spirit Beast Village, I couldn't just take her away.] [Even if I gave it everything I had, she probably wouldn't believe me. For Ah Yin, Tang Hao and Han San were the people she trusted most.]
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