"What is it, young friend Crimson Phoenix? Do you think a dignified Void Refinement venerable like me would take advantage of someone in distress?" When Star-Plucking Venerable saw Ye Qingfeng refuse without hesitation, even declining his compensation, his gaze instantly turned icy.
"The matter of Jia Yuanping wouldn't stand up to a Spirit-Inquiring Talisman, would it?"
Star-Plucking Venerable's words were clearly a reminder: if the Blue Star Sect disregarded its reputation, the Ye Family's account in Soul-Repelling City contained enormous lies that would never withstand questioning.
"Venerable, do you know why Venerable Golden Swan treats our Qixuan Valley so well?"
"And do you know why I could exchange the deaths of a few members of the Jade Soul Race for the High-Grade Spirit Treasure, the Heavenly Astral Treasure Ark?" Ye Qingfeng did not answer him. Those two brief questions alone made Star-Plucking Venerable's brows knit tightly.
This was indeed what worried Star-Plucking Venerable.
He had originally assumed that Qixuan Valley's relationship with Soul-Repelling City must be poor. After all, Qixuan Valley had not put down roots in the White Spring Spirit Domain, but had instead come to Wild Sea Province in the Jade Flute Spirit Domain, effectively joining the Heavenly Sea Sect's ranks.
But at the city gates, he had learned that Soul-Repelling City truly did look after Qixuan Valley. It even helped conceal their identities.
That was also why he felt bound hand and foot.
Otherwise, he could have forcibly taught them a lesson for disrespecting a Void Refinement cultivator, and Soul-Repelling City could not have said anything.
But with that connection in place, attacking them would be courting death.
"I've already recorded your threatening words just now in this jade slip..." Ye Qingfeng continued.
"Hmph. I'll admit defeat today. I hope your Qixuan Valley's Void Refinement venerable can