Who Is the Hero?

It was not as though such a thing had never happened! In some sects, after an uncle-master or elder uncle took a fancy to a young female disciple, he would become Dao Companions with her and even father an illegitimate child. Such things were hardly unheard of! If this middle-aged man was not a suitor of the Bright Holy Maiden, why was he interrogating Ning Xiaochuan as though he were a criminal? It was as if the Bright Holy Maiden were already his woman. It was utterly unreasonable, and Ning Xiaochuan was quite enraged.

Ning Xiaochuan sized the middle-aged man up, his gaze carrying a trace of chill. "Senior, although your cultivation is profound and you have used origin energy to suppress the aging of your body, your true age must already exceed five hundred, right? At such an advanced age, you are still concerned with the Bright Holy Maiden's private affairs. If word of this gets out, I fear it will damage your good name."

Ning Xiaochuan knew he was no match for the middle-aged man, so he naturally would not fight him head-on. He hoped to move him with emotion and enlighten him with reason, making him withdraw of his own accord.

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes slightly, seemingly still pondering the meaning behind Ning Xiaochuan's words. "Why can't this old man concern himself with the Bright Holy Maiden's private affairs?"

"Well asked!"

Ning Xiaochuan raised his voice and declared with absolute certainty, "Why? Naturally, because you are not qualified. The Bright Holy Maiden is the most outstanding woman of the younger generation in the Bright Holy Land, blessed with both talent and beauty. She can be called the pearl of the Bright Holy Land. A woman like her should naturally be matched with a young hero