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He echoed them, his face cold. "I didn't hear anything."

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master had an impatient streak. He was about to press them when he heard that inner voice again.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master's roar rolled out with such crushing pressure that no one could approach.

Li Zi shrank back.

Anyway, that was the big shots' business. It had nothing to do with a little Qi Refining Stage nobody like her.

She would stay in the back and focus on the gossip.

[System, what gossip is there about the Thunder God Hall Sect Master? What happened with his adopted daughter?]

The System sounded delighted.

[Here's the story. A few years ago, the Thunder God Hall Sect Master brought an adopted daughter back from the Mortal World. She's a scheming little snake who's been sowing discord throughout the sect. Lately, the Thunder God Hall Sect Master and his wife have been talking about divorce.]

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master was horrified.

Where was that voice coming from?

How did it know what was happening in my household?

And how dare it say that about my Niao Niao?

Could it be one of Niao Niao's enemies, trying to hurt her?

Niao Niao is so innocent and sweet. People in the sect are always excluding her, and the poor child is so trusting that she keeps getting bullied.

The other powerful cultivators could not help pricking up their ears.

They still chatted in twos and threes, but their voices had grown much quieter.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master's adopted daughter was famous. He cherished her so dearly that he seemed afraid she would melt in his hands.

[System, tell me more. How did this adopted daughter turn the Thunder God Hall Sect Master against his wife? Is she a fake innocent or a manipulative little snake?]

The System said: [It's not that complicated. A few days ago, the Thunder God Hall Sect Master's birthday was coming up, and his wife wanted to prepare an Eighth-Rank Medicinal Pill for him. She went to the Medicine King Sect every day to ask its First Elder to refine it. Then the adopted daughter discovered the secret. The next time his wife went to see the First Elder, she told the Thunder God Hall Sect Master about it.]

[He came home, found his wife gone, and charged straight over to the Medicine King Sect. He barged in and found her at the First Elder's Cave Abode. He assumed they were having an affair and demanded a divorce.]

The story made Li Zi frown.

It left the Thunder God Hall Sect Master dumbstruck.

Was that what had really happened?

The Medicine King Sect Master was already growing agitated.

He had heard the entire story from the First Elder.

But the Thunder God Hall Sect Master had refused to listen to any explanation. With that explosive temper of his, he had come in swinging and beaten the First Elder so badly that he still could not get out of bed.

What an injustice!

[Is the Thunder God Hall Sect Master's temper really that bad? He won't believe the woman who shares his pillow, but he'll believe that scheming little snake?]

I wouldn't even believe the woman who shares my pillow...

Guilt stirred in him.

[Host, the Thunder God Hall Sect Master is just a dense man who can't communicate. His adopted daughter deliberately engineers things to make him think his wife is unfaithful, and every time, he bottles it up instead of saying anything. One thing after another piled up inside him. When he finally found an outlet, he let it all explode. The poor Medicine King Sect First Elder took a beating for no reason and still can't get out of bed.]

Li Zi asked: [So was his wife ever unfaithful?]

[No. His wife loves him very much. She went to enormous lengths to prepare that Eighth-Rank Medicinal Pill, even going to dangerous places to gather the ingredients herself. She never imagined it would end like this.]

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master stood frozen.

So my wife has loved me all along.

Back then, she had been a renowned beauty throughout the Immortal Realm. Countless talented young men had pursued her.

Yet she had chosen a rough man like him.

After marrying her, he had devoted himself to cherishing her for centuries. He still loved her deeply to this day.

But after he brought his adopted daughter home, something seemed to change.

He began noticing signs that his wife's heart had strayed. His sons and daughters all told him he was imagining things, but he turned a deaf ear and kept burrowing deeper into that dead end.

Then came the incident at the Medicine King Sect. All his fear and anxiety had erupted, and he had beaten the First Elder mercilessly.

My wife's heart hadn't changed. I'd been played!

While he stood there in a daze, the Medicine King Sect Master approached with a group of people.

The Medicine King Sect Master drove a fist straight into the bridge of his nose.

"That punch was to knock some sense into you!"

Every powerful cultivator present had heard the inner voice, so they knew why the Medicine King Sect Master had thrown that punch. They stepped back and stayed out of it.

Even the cultivators from Thunder God Hall all took half a step back.

Their Sect Master's quarrel with his wife had caused them no end of suffering.

Not only had their daily training doubled, but whenever the Sect Master was the least bit unhappy, he would drag them out to spar.

Every one of them there had taken more than a few beatings.

That voice was music from the heavens. If it could solve their Sect Master's personal troubles, they did not care what it was. They would thank it.

The Medicine King Sect Master specialized in refining pills with Mental Power. He was not much of a hand-to-hand fighter.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master, on the other hand, was a master of Body Tempering. The punch had not left so much as a mark on his face.

After throwing the punch, the Medicine King Sect Master rebuked him. "You ran wild in our Medicine King Sect, and we haven't even settled that score! Madam Lei came to our sect to ask the First Elder to refine a pill. She's entirely innocent and has never been unfaithful! You're the one whose relationship with your adopted daughter is questionable. You were even willing to ruin Madam Lei's reputation for her sake. What exactly are you after?"

So everything that voice said was true?

The other powerful cultivators, who had known nothing about the matter, lit up with interest.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master really went to the Medicine King Sect to catch someone in the act?

At first, the Thunder God Hall Sect Master stood there with an ashen face and took the scolding.

But at the last accusation, he stiffened his neck and fired back.

"Bullshit! I see Niao Niao as my daughter. There's nothing questionable about our relationship! I'll go back and investigate whether any of this is true. I'll have to look into it..."