Had They Both Been Cheated On?

Immortal Ziyang's fierce expression froze for a moment.

The members of the Hehuan Sect hurriedly shook their heads.

"What sound? We didn't hear anything."

"Right, right. No idea."

Would they dare admit it?

They had no idea where the voice came from, but it was talking about Immortal Ziyang's private affairs.

If Immortal Ziyang found out they had learned her secrets, wouldn't she skin them alive once they returned to the sect?

After hearing what the system said, Li Zi looked at Immortal Ziyang with a little more sympathy.

She sighed inwardly. Every woman starts out a fairy. There's always a reason when her personality changes. Immortal Ziyang came here from the Mortal World and cultivated step by step to reach this point. It really hasn't been easy for her.

The system agreed. It hasn't. Immortal Ziyang was wrong to deceive the Second Elder when she was young, but it had a lot to do with her personality. She's someone who lacks a sense of security. She used to chase after men desperately, hoping to find that security in them. Later, she realized that true security came from her own strength. That's why she started seeking out powerful people for Dual Cultivation: it could improve her strength.

Immortal Ziyang trembled slightly.

Her eyes grew damp.

That was who she truly was.

She didn't know who was speaking, but she sincerely felt that this person understood her.

When she was young, she had desperately sought out men because she wanted to feel safe.

But eventually she had come to understand: improving her own strength was better than finding a man.

Seeing how vulnerable and upset she looked, the man beside Immortal Ziyang hurried forward and put an arm around her waist.

Li Zi's thoughts had interrupted everything, and the Spirit Sword Sect members now looked at Immortal Ziyang differently.

Even the Second Elder's anger had faded somewhat. He stiffened his neck and said, "Ziyang, apologize to me, and I'll let this go. After all, aside from wasting a little of my time, you didn't cause much harm."

The Spirit Sword Sect Master had wanted to use the matter to wring some compensation out of them, but he only frowned and said nothing, tacitly accepting the Second Elder's decision.

Immortal Ziyang hadn't had it easy. They all felt some sympathy for her.

The Hehuan Sect Master, meanwhile, studied the Spirit Sword Sect members with a strange look.

"You're... just letting it go?"

Could these people from the Spirit Sword Sect really not hear that voice?

The Spirit Sword Sect Master frowned. "What happened between the Second Elder and Immortal Ziyang is their private affair, so we can let that go. But your sect ganged up on our Second Elder. We need to settle that."

Oh, right, system. What did you mean when you said Immortal Ziyang was deceived by her Dao Companion?

Immortal Ziyang's current Dao Companion is a male disciple of the Hehuan Sect. The truth is, he's attracted to both men and women. When he first joined the sect, he won over quite a few male and female cultivators with his considerable skills. Last night, it seems he even spent the whole night enjoying himself with a male disciple.

Immortal Ziyang suddenly seized her Dao Companion's hand.

She gripped it so hard she nearly crushed it.

The man went deathly pale and hurriedly whispered, "That's not true. I..."

Immortal Ziyang raised her eyes and said softly, "What isn't true? Did you hear something?"

A murderous threat lurked beneath her clear, cool voice.

The man shuddered. His throat bobbed nervously.

"No. Nothing."

Would he dare admit it?

If Immortal Ziyang learned that he knew about her past, he would die!

Immortal Ziyang broke into a radiant smile. "Good."

The Hehuan Sect Master was haggling with the Spirit Sword Sect Master over compensation, all while sweeping his gaze around the room in search of the voice's source.

No one's mouth had moved!

He was certain Immortal Ziyang could hear it.

Was it some kind of group voice transmission? Or another Secret Art?

He was considering whether to speak privately with Immortal Ziyang about the voice when it abruptly turned the conversation to him. His body stiffened.

System, didn't you say you had gossip about the Hehuan Sect Master and his son? Can you tell me now?

Had They Both Been Cheated On?

The Hehuan Sect Master distinctly heard the bargaining across from him falter.

He looked at the Spirit Sword Sect Master again. The man still wore a smile, but his attention was nowhere near their negotiation.

Could the Spirit Sword Sect Master hear the voice too?

"You..." His heart sank. He lowered his voice. "Can you hear..."

Before he could finish, the system's voice sounded in his ears.

The Hehuan Sect Master has a son who was left behind in the Mortal World. He visited the boy once when he was five or six, and the child never forgot him. The boy always believed his father was an Immortal. Later, he became a wealthy man with power over an entire region. So he had a statue of the Hehuan Sect Master made from memory.

Li Zi glanced at the Hehuan Sect Master out of the corner of her eye. Does it look like him?

It does! It's practically identical! A statue alone would've been fine, but he built a Xianxia-themed tourist attraction. He got so excited that he made every statue at the attraction look like the Hehuan Sect Master. There's the Hehuan Sect Master flying across the walls, the Hehuan Sect Master in a bathrobe beside the baths, and even the Hehuan Sect Master with a mermaid tail!

Li Zi's eyes drifted toward the Hehuan Sect Master again, beyond her control.

Help! I can picture it!

She bit her lip hard to hold back her laughter.

She absolutely could not laugh out loud!

They were at a critical point in the negotiations.

Everyone else in the room could picture it too!

As soon as the system finished its description, the Hehuan Sect Master felt gazes converge on him from every direction.

Some people stared at the ceiling. Some turned away, their shoulders shaking nonstop. Others pinched their thighs furiously.

Across from the Hehuan Sect Master, the Spirit Sword Sect Master had already pinched his leg purple and kept drinking water to hide his smile.

The Hehuan Sect Master's eye twitched violently.