When Did the Sword Venerable Know?

In fact, it was precisely because Bie Xuening had not stepped forward back then that many people came to believe Yuan had the Sword Ancestor's shadow behind him.

After all, the Sword Venerable cultivated the Sword Path of Slaughter, and her personality was rather aloof—strangers were not to approach.

Emm...

Looking at it now, the part about the Sword Venerable being aloof was clearly false, but the part about her commanding the Sword Path of Slaughter and having a fiery temper was true!

Without the Sword Ancestor's tacit approval, there was no way she would have allowed someone to swindle others under her junior brother's name.

All in all, the reason so many things had succeeded back then—

Yuan's abilities were certainly important, but those subtle coincidences had also played an enormous role.

Spirit Ancestor: "Then did you know that he and Brother Xu came from the same place?"

Sword Venerable: "No."

She had merely noticed that what Yuan was doing was the same as what her junior brother wanted to do, so she had not stepped forward to clarify matters.

But that was all.

As for what Yuan himself had done and what he had gone through, she had not paid any particular attention.

For one thing, throughout her cultivation, she had already seen far too many people blessed with extraordinary talent and world-shaking brilliance.

For another, she commanded the Sword Path of Slaughter. Her offensive prowess was unparalleled, but she truly was not very good at anything else...

Even her junior brother could not handle something like social reform, so she was even less likely to get involved.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Sword Venerable: "It was only after Yuan vanished without a trace and news spread that I guessed he might have come from the same