Palace Lord Qin Yue, shrouded in swirling mystic qi and veiled by a layer of luminous mist, walked up to Ning Xiaochuan. With a trace of apology, she said, "Ning Xiaochuan, thank you again for helping our Demon Moon Palace. This time, you saved Lanxin. Demon Moon Palace owes you a favor. Should you encounter trouble in the future, Demon Moon Palace will certainly spare no effort to help you!"
"You overpraise me, Palace Lord! Orchid Fairy and I are fellow disciples. It is only right that we help each other."
Ning Xiaochuan stared at the Jade Crystal Ice Coffin, still recalling that gaze he had just seen. Something felt wrong. It had looked far too much like Nie Lanxin!
Had Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen's bearing changed, or had Nie Lanxin never truly died? Third Palace Lord and Sixth Palace Lord of Ten Thousand Swords Palace exchanged glances. They were also pleased to see the situation unfold this way. Smiling, they walked toward Palace Lord Qin Yue together.
Sixth Palace Lord said, "Qin Yue, now that the truth has been uncovered, how could Ten Thousand Swords Palace possibly slaughter our own fellow disciples? Ten Thousand Swords Palace and Demon Moon Palace have always been on good terms, praised as two of the three palaces of Heavenly Emperor Mountain. Do not let this matter harm our harmony!"
Everyone could hear the hidden barb in Sixth Palace Lord's words, and their gazes turned toward Dongfang Sheng.
Dongfang Sheng's face had long since gone deathly pale. He clenched his fists tightly and kept muttering, "How could this be? Impossible, impossible..."
At this moment, it was not only the members of Ten Thousand Swords Palace and Demon Moon Palace who no longer believed him. Even the cultivators of Burning Sword Sect had begun