Every sentence Murong Qingyan spoke carried another meaning, yet upon closer examination, they were plain and direct. No wonder You Rui had said her attitude was strange.
In a daze, Yu Ci recalled that he and Murong Qingyan had once had a similar conversation. Back then, Fan Lingrong had served as the "intermediary" between them.
Once might have been coincidence, but what about twice?
At that thought, Yu Ci wanted to ask You Rui whether, in the eyes of spirit witches, the world looked entirely different.
Just as he was pondering it carefully, a result had already emerged from the Ancestral Witch Hall.
In truth, this result had not been negotiated—it had been clawed out through Su Shuanghe's accusations!
The latest news came through: the uproar within the Ancestral Witch Hall could no longer be suppressed, and the elders' furious roars shook the rafters.
"Wolf-hearted and dog-lunged! You disgrace the ancestors!"
Because the Sword Discussion Pavilion had deliberately arranged matters this way, all sides received information almost simultaneously. Yu Ci's side soon caught wind of it as well. Apparently, Su Shuanghe, who had been captured beyond the domain, had "confessed everything."
The issue was that this so-called "confession" did not merely reveal his plan to "sacrifice sword cultivators to the Witch God." He had also bitten Madam Xia in passing, and the charge he produced was a formidable one:
Using the "Embracing Jade" method, the Xia clan had ostensibly intended for her to bear a child for You Can, lord of Flying Soul City. In reality, she had secretly gathered the great witch bloodlines still extant in the world and merged them into a single fetus, intending to bring about the reincarnation and rebirth of the Witch God!
The Witch God's reincarnation!
Whether this accusation was true or false, merely