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 was coming from, but these were Immortal Ziyang's private affairs.

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

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

She sighed inwardly. Every woman starts out a fairy. If her personality changes, there must be a reason. Immortal Ziyang came here from the mortal realm and cultivated her way up step by step. It really hasn't been easy for her.

The system agreed. [It hasn't been easy. Immortal Ziyang deceived the Second Elder when she was young. What she did was wrong, but it had a lot to do with her personality. She's someone who lacks a sense of security. She used to desperately seek out men, hoping to find that security in them. Later, she realized true security came from her own strength. That's why she started seeking out powerful people for Dual Cultivation—it could make her stronger.]

Immortal Ziyang trembled slightly.

Her eyes grew damp.

This was who she really was.

She did not know who was speaking, but she truly felt that person understood her.

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

But later, she had realized that finding a man was no substitute for increasing her own strength.

Seeing Immortal Ziyang looking so vulnerable and heartbroken, the man beside her hurried forward and put an arm around her waist.

After that interruption from Li Zi's inner voice, the people from the Spirit Sword Sect looked at Immortal Ziyang differently.

Even the Second Elder's anger eased a little. Stiff-necked, he said, "Ziyang, apologize to me and I'll let this go. After all, aside from wasting some of my time, you didn't do much harm."

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

Immortal Ziyang had not had it easy. They all felt a little sorry for her.

The Hehuan Sect Master, meanwhile, gave the people from the Spirit Sword Sect an odd look.

"You're... really going to let it go just like that?"

Could these people from the Spirit Sword Sect truly 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 being deceived by her Dao Companion?

[Immortal Ziyang's current Dao Companion is a male disciple of the Hehuan Sect. He's actually attracted to both men and women. When he first joined the Sect, he won over quite a few male and Female Cultivators with his skills. Last night, he seems to have spent the whole night enjoying himself with another male disciple.]

Immortal Ziyang suddenly seized her Dao Companion's hand.

She gripped it so hard she nearly crushed it.

The man's face went deathly pale. He hurried to explain in a low voice, "It's not like that. I..."

Immortal Ziyang raised her eyes and said softly, "Not like what? Did you hear something?"

A murderous edge hid beneath her clear, cool voice.

The man shuddered, his throat bobbing nervously.

"N-no."

Would he dare admit it?

If Immortal Ziyang learned that he had glimpsed her past, he would die!

Immortal Ziyang suddenly smiled brightly. "Good."

The Hehuan Sect Master was haggling with the Spirit Sword Sect Master over various forms of compensation, all while scanning the room for the source of the voice.

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?

Just as he wondered whether he should speak to Immortal Ziyang privately about the voice, he heard it turn 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 felt the bargaining from across the table falter.

When he looked at the Spirit Sword Sect Master, the man was still smiling, but his attention was clearly elsewhere.

Could the Spirit Sword Sect Master hear the voice too?

"You..." His heart sank, and he asked quietly, "Can you hear..."

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

[The Hehuan Sect Master has a son who grew up in the mortal realm. The Sect Master visited him once when he was five or six, and the child never forgot him. He always believed his father was an Immortal. Later, the boy became a wealthy man who wielded power over an entire region. Using his memory, he had a statue of the Hehuan Sect Master made.]

Li Zi stole a glance at the Hehuan Sect Master. Does it look like him?

[Yes! It's practically identical! A statue alone wouldn't have been so bad, but he built an immortal-cultivation-themed tourist attraction. He got carried away and made every statue there look like the Hehuan Sect Master. There's a mural of the Hehuan Sect Master flying through the sky, a statue of him in a bathrobe beside the bathing pool, and even one with a mermaid tail instead of legs.]

Li Zi's eyes drifted toward the Hehuan Sect Master again despite herself.

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 crucial point in the negotiations.

Everyone else in the room could picture it too!

As soon as the system finished describing the scene, the Hehuan Sect Master felt gazes converging on him from every direction.

Some people stared at the ceiling. Others turned away, their shoulders shaking. Still 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 corner of the Hehuan Sect Master's eye twitched violently.

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