Sky Dew (4)

The hesitation on True Person Yu Qing's face told Lin Huaixu all he needed to know. The sect master was still mindful of their bond as fellow disciples. Lin Huaixu decided to add fuel to the fire.

Lin Huaixu looked up at True Person Yu Qing, a probing note in his gaze. "Sect Master, do you trust Second Senior Brother? Do you trust the prophecy that drew Heaven's wrath upon him?"

Of course True Person Yu Qing trusted him. That was precisely why his struggle hurt so much.

Seeing his grave expression, Lin Huaixu gave a soft laugh. "What does it matter if we don't have enough evidence? A villain who commits one evil deed will commit another. Besides, Second Senior Brother said Seventh Elder would make more moves in the future. With your abilities, Sect Master, surely you can keep a close enough watch on him to catch him in the act?"

True Person Yu Qing said nothing. The pad of his finger rubbed faintly against the desk. This was the outcome he had least wanted to face: fellow disciples who had spent years as brothers, only to end up suspecting each other and guarding against each other at every turn.

But the Profound Heaven Sect's thousand-year legacy rested on his shoulders. If Yulan truly had betrayed the sect to curry favor with demonic cultivators, he would not show mercy, however much it pained him.

"Come to think of it—" Lin Huaixu tipped back his head as though pondering a sudden thought. "Wasn't Second Senior Brother attacked by a high-level demonic cultivator before? Demonic cultivators in the Soul Emergence Realm aren't common. But if one was working with Seventh Elder, a mighty Spirit Division cultivator, I doubt the elder would give him a second glance unless he had at