Yan Chihuo sighed inwardly. Though Ju Zheng's betrayal of the sect was somewhat improper, there had indeed been a reason behind it. Yet given Cloud Purity Palace's current situation, what he had done was also understandable. It was truly an unsolvable matter.
Yi Fan's expression darkened. "Since there was a reason for what happened, the sect had no choice either. If resentment fills your heart, you should return to the palace and cultivate bitterly, so that one day you may avenge your master, your wife, and your children. How can you turn your blade against the sect that painstakingly nurtured you? Whether it was your master or your Dao companion, neither of them would betray the sect even in death. They protected this palace's last spark of life, yet you betrayed it. If they knew beneath the Nine Springs, who knows how heartbroken they would be. Can you truly face them?"
Yi Fan truly possessed a razor-sharp tongue. His words were so righteous and awe-inspiring that even those cultivators who had originally sympathized with Ju Zheng now felt that Ju Zheng's actions had been utterly inexcusable.
Ju Zheng opened his mouth, wanting to refute him, but with his emotions in turmoil, he could not find a suitable excuse. Yi Fan naturally gave him no time to think it over and shouted again, "If you still have even a shred of conscience, tell me—who exactly made you betray us?"
Yi Fan did not believe Ju Zheng could simply decide to betray them on a whim. He had betrayed them too recently; it would have been difficult for him to directly collude with another sect. Someone must have lured him in, and that person was most likely from Cloud Purity Palace as well.
Ju Zheng glanced at him but said nothing. Yi