Zhou Qingran suddenly turned around, her gaze cool yet still beautiful as she stared at Hua Yunfei. "Then tell me... was my master, the Myoyin Celestial, also a member of the Black Hand Organization?"
Hua Yunfei's gaze froze. He had not expected Zhou Qingran to have guessed even this. "Since you already have an answer in your heart, there is no need for me to answer, is there?"
He had no idea how many times this was that he had sighed over it. A woman's intuition was truly terrifying!
"So it was true..."
Zhou Qingran smiled, but there was self-mockery in it. "As my cultivation grew stronger, and as the secret realms Master took me to became more and more extraordinary, I gradually realized that my master might be far more than she appeared on the surface."
"And the Black Hand Organization was likewise something that made me feel it was far more than it appeared on the surface."
"So naturally, I linked the two together."
She looked at Hua Yunfei, disappointment in her eyes. "So I was your puppet, your tool, wasn't I?"
"Back then, you were still very low-key and not even on the same front as the Lower Heavens. So, without exposing yourselves, you wanted to cultivate a weapon capable of threatening them."
"And I was that weapon!"
Hua Yunfei said, "It is true that you were used, but you were not a tool. Old Ancestor Myoyin sincerely wanted to take you as his disciple. He liked you very much and rushed over personally, afraid that someone else would snatch you away."
"He had always felt guilty about using you. Knowing that you would surely discover it in the future, he could never put his heart at ease."
Zhou Qingran looked at Hua Yunfei and said nothing.