Secret Love

Wu Zihao also remembered how well Zheng Zefang had treated him, but before profit and gain, that kindness was no longer so important to him.

"Master, you can't refuse to admit that you coveted your friend's wife, then splash the dirty water all over me!

It was you who told me once when you were drunk that you envied Martial Uncle Xiang, that he had a beautiful wife, and that you wanted a wife just as beautiful—one who would love you wholeheartedly.

At the time, I only thought you wanted to marry. I never imagined you had set your sights on someone else's wife.

Master, you truly are muddleheaded!"

Seeing his look of disappointment that iron had failed to become steel, Zheng Zefang felt only disgust. The commotion here had long since been reported to Qin Che by the elders, and when Qin Che and Chu Moqing arrived, they heard Wu Zihao accusing Zheng Zefang.

Hearing Wu Zihao speak of Zheng Zefang like that, Chen Tianze flew into a rage and struck out with his palm, sending Wu Zihao flying. Wu Zihao spewed blood as he hurtled away, only stopping when he crashed into a tree.

"Insolent brat!"

Seeing this little bastard slander Zheng Zefang so viciously, Chen Tianze wished he could slap the damn thing to death on the spot!

Feng Wuhen and the others hid in the concealed study, watching the scene outside. Chen Tianze was even angrier than Zheng Zefang, the person directly involved, which left Feng Wuhen puzzled.

Focusing his gaze, he nodded in sudden understanding. So that's why Martial Uncle Chen looked even angrier than Martial Uncle Zheng, the one involved—Martial Uncle Chen had been secretly in love with Martial Uncle Zheng all along.

After Martial Uncle Zheng was successfully framed and disappeared, Martial Uncle Chen never gave up searching for him. During one search outside the sect, he encountered Xiang Qidong and Wu Zihao.

Because they had joined hands to frame Martial Uncle Zheng, Martial Uncle Chen disliked the two of them and had originally intended to secretly follow them to investigate the truth behind Martial Uncle Zheng's framing.

Who would have thought that those two would mock Martial Uncle Zheng, saying he had been like a fool, deceived and plotted against by them, burdened with a body full of disgrace.

In a fit of rage, Martial Uncle Chen exposed himself. He died under the two men's joint attack, while the spirit beasts he had contracted perished together with Xiang Qidong and Wu Zihao to avenge him.

Everyone except Wu Zihao and the two people who were not from Mount Grand Mystery heard Feng Wuhen's inner voice.

Chu Moqing and the others were shocked that Chen Tianze held such feelings for Zheng Zefang, and all of them curiously looked toward the pair.

The disciples and elders were even more stunned. An unfamiliar voice had suddenly sounded in their ears, speaking of the romantic entanglements between two peak masters.

Not knowing whether it was true, nor whether anyone else had heard it, they all looked toward the people beside them.

When they saw the same shock on one another's faces, they turned to look at the sect leader, Chu Moqing, and the other peak masters. Seeing their gazes shift between Zheng Zefang and Chen Tianze, they understood that they could hear it as well.

Just as they wanted to speak up and discuss it together, an icy voice transmission appeared in all their minds. "This is my disciple's inner voice. Do not reveal this matter. If you mention it in the future, you may only communicate through voice transmission.

"Furthermore, everything my disciple's inner voice says is true."

The last sentence was Chu Moqing's reminder to the disciples, so that if they ever heard inner voices about themselves one day, they could stay away from danger.

Once the elders and disciples learned that the voice they had heard was Feng Wuhen's inner voice, and that it was all true, the looks they gave Xiang Qidong and the others became deeply meaningful.

Wu Zihao keenly sensed that the disciples' gazes toward them had changed, but he did not know why. Seeing his reaction, Chu Moqing knew that he could not hear Feng Wuhen's inner voice, and the two outsiders clearly could not hear it either.

He silently noted this down, arranging the clues concerning Feng Wuhen's inner voice in his mind.

First, most disciples of Mount Grand Mystery could hear Feng Wuhen's inner voice. Those who could not were either members of the Devil Race or harmful to Mount Grand Mystery.

Second, people outside Mount Grand Mystery could not hear it.

This point remained to be determined for now, because ever since Feng Wuhen had joined Mount Grand Mystery, he had not met people from other sects very often.

This time did not count. After all, the purpose of these two people was to splash dirty water on Mount Grand Mystery. Verifying this point would be simple—outsiders merely needed to come to Mount Grand Mystery.

And very soon, an outsider would come to Nine Heavens Peak.

The elders and disciples thought that since they could hear Feng Wuhen's inner voice, he must be nearby. They looked all around but could not spot any unfamiliar faces.

Meanwhile, the two people whom Feng Wuhen was silently gossiping about avoided each other's gazes.

Zheng Zefang had previously been heartsick over Xiang Qidong and Wu Zihao's betrayal and slander, but after hearing Feng Wuhen's inner voice, he was so shocked by the news that Chen Tianze liked him that he forgot the pain of betrayal.

Xiang Qidong noticed that their expressions were off and feared that delay would breed change. "Since Sect Leader Qin is here, shouldn't you give my wife and me an explanation?

"My wife and I came to Mount Grand Mystery as guests, yet my wife was nearly violated by one of your peak masters. If you do not give us an explanation, then the Yueyang Sect and the Radiant Light Pavilion will not let this rest!"

"The truth has not yet been investigated. Isn't Fellow Daoist Xiang speaking too soon?"

Qin Che watched Xiang Qidong bring up the Yueyang Sect and the Radiant Light Pavilion, wondering whether the two sect leaders had tacitly approved this from behind the scenes. If so, then they would not hold back!

"Sect Leader Qin, so many disciples saw my wife disheveled in Zheng Zefang's room. Even his own disciple said that he once spoke while drunk of coveting my wife. Does that still not prove the truth?

"I think Sect Leader Qin intends to shield him and casually dismiss my wife and me. Are you not afraid that we will spread today's events and make Mount Grand Mystery lose all face?"

Feng Wuhen felt that it was time for them to make their entrance. "Brother, Eldest Senior Brother, I think it's time for us to go out."

Qin Xiaoran was larger than the other two, and the three of them were packed together so tightly that it was unbearably uncomfortable. If not for the juicy gossip holding his attention, Qin Xiaoran would have wanted to leave long ago.

All three wanted to go out, but as they stood by the door, they did not know how to do so for a moment. They had entered through a movable vase, yet there was no vase in the study.

Shen Ziheng spotted the intricately shaped candlestick on the desk. It was a lotus-shaped candlestick. He walked over and tried to pick it up, only to find that he could not move it. Knowing it was the mechanism, he twisted it a few times at random, and the door before them opened.

The three emerged from the concealed study. After going around the screen, they saw the people outside. When those outside saw them walk out of the room, every one of their jaws dropped.

When Xiang Qidong, Lin Xiuyan, and Wu Zihao saw Feng Wuhen and the others emerge from the room, their expressions turned as colorful as overturned paint.

With thoroughly malicious intent, Feng Wuhen greeted them. "Hello there, pervert who sneaked into someone else's room to strip naked, brain-dead idiot who put a green hat on himself, and scum who slandered his own master!"

The disciples of Mount Grand Mystery had never heard the terms pervert, brain-dead idiot, and scum before. But after considering Feng Wuhen's wording, they found that the three terms fit those three people perfectly.

Xiang Qidong had never been humiliated like this by a junior before. Moreover, since these three had emerged from the room, they must have seen their plan through from beginning to end. Burning with shame and rage, he attacked Feng Wuhen.