A Clean Slate

"Miss Luo, it's been a long time!" White Zetsu said with a soft chuckle and a nod.

Although Black Tortoise had met Luo Yuxi just last month, Black Zetsu had been the one gathering information at the time, not the current White Zetsu. Thus, saying it had been a long time was indeed not wrong.

Everyone present was stunned by this scene. Their expressions immediately changed as they recalled the rumors concerning Luo Yuxi and [Akatsuki].

It was said that, within the Immortal Mansion, Luo Yuxi had been set up and pursued by the Blood Spirit Young Master of the Blood Spirit Sect. Gravely wounded and near death, she had been saved by Azure Dragon of [Akatsuki], who happened to be passing by. Afterward, throughout the operations in the Immortal Mansion, the Luo River Sect had remained on [Akatsuki]'s side.

Some even claimed that the Luo River Sect had managed to remove a great quantity of cultivation resources from the Immortal Mansion ahead of time solely because [Akatsuki] had informed them in advance that the Immortal Mansion was about to collapse.

These rumors had spread widely three years ago. However, after news spread that Azure Dragon of [Akatsuki] had perished together with Crown Prince Hai, people stopped paying much attention to such matters. Moreover, the Luo River Sect had never openly expressed support for [Akatsuki], and the rumors gradually faded away.

But now, it seemed things were far from that simple!

At the very least, Luo Yuxi's actions had already made everything clear: she still chose to stand with Akatsuki.

A terrifying Akatsuki, coupled with the daughter of the sect master of the greatest sect in the Water and Fire Kingdoms—who here would dare make a move against them?

Wang Ping stood frozen on the spot. He had never imagined