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He echoed them with a cold expression. "I didn't hear anything."

Thunder God Hall Sect Master was impatient by nature. He was about to press them when that voice sounded in his mind again.

His roar swept out with overwhelming pressure, making it impossible for anyone to approach.

Li Zi shrank back.

This was the big shots' business anyway. It had nothing to do with a small fry at the Qi Refining Stage like her.

She might as well hide at the back and enjoy the gossip.

[System, what's the gossip on Thunder God Hall Sect Master? What's going on with his Adopted Daughter?]

The system sounded delighted.

[Here's the story. A few years ago, Thunder God Hall Sect Master brought an Adopted Daughter back from the mortal world. She's a scheming little vixen who sows discord throughout the Sect. Lately, Thunder God Hall Sect Master and his wife have been talking about divorce.]

Thunder God Hall Sect Master was horrified.

Where was this voice coming from?

How did it know what was happening in my Household?

And it even talked about my Niao Niao?

Could this 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 because she's so trusting, she keeps getting bullied.

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

They continued chatting in twos and threes, but their voices had grown much quieter.

Thunder God Hall Sect Master's Adopted Daughter was famous. He treasured her so dearly that he seemed afraid she might melt in his hands.

[System, tell me more. How did this Adopted Daughter drive a wedge between Thunder God Hall Sect Master and his wife? Is she a white lotus or a green-tea schemer?]

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

[When Thunder God Hall Sect Master came home and found his wife gone, he rushed to the Medicine King Sect and barged straight in. Sure enough, he found her in the First Elder's cave abode. He assumed something was going on between them and demanded a divorce.]

Li Zi frowned as she listened.

Thunder God Hall Sect Master listened in stunned silence.

Was that really the truth?

The Sect Master of the Medicine King Sect was already seething.

He had heard the whole story from the First Elder.

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

What an injustice!

[Thunder God Hall Sect Master has that bad a temper? He wouldn't believe the person who shares his pillow, but he believed that scheming vixen?]

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

Guilt stirred in him.

[Host, Thunder God Hall Sect Master is a hopelessly blunt man who's terrible at communicating. Every time his Adopted Daughter deliberately pulled some stunt to make him think his wife was unfaithful, he bottled it up instead of talking to her. One incident after another piled up inside him. Then he found an outlet and let it all burst out. The poor First Elder of the Medicine King Sect took a beating for no reason and still can't get out of bed.]

Li Zi asked, [But was his wife actually unfaithful?]

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

Thunder God Hall Sect Master stood rooted to the spot.

So my wife has loved me all along.

Back then, his wife 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 doted on her wholeheartedly for hundreds of years. Even now, he still loved her deeply.

But after he brought the Adopted Daughter home, something seemed to change.

He had noticed signs that his wife's heart had changed. Though his sons and daughters all said he was imagining things, he refused to listen and stubbornly dug himself deeper into that rut.

Then came the incident at the Medicine King Sect. All his unease and fear had erupted, and he had given the First Elder a vicious beating.

It wasn't my wife who changed. Someone set me up!

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 Thunder God Hall Sect Master's nose.

"That's to knock some sense into you!"

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

Even the powerful cultivators of Thunder God Hall took half a step back in unison.

The Sect Master's impending divorce had made their lives miserable.

Not only had their usual training doubled, but whenever the Sect Master felt the least bit unhappy, he dragged them out to spar.

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

That voice was music to their ears. If it could solve their Sect Master's personal problems, they did not care what it was—they would thank it all the same.

The Medicine King Sect Master specialized in mental power and pill refining. He was no great hand at fighting.

Thunder God Hall Sect Master, on the other hand, was a master of Body Tempering. The punch left no mark on his face.

After throwing that punch, the Medicine King Sect Master thundered, "You ran wild in our 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 innocent and has never been unfaithful. But you and that Adopted Daughter of yours have a questionable relationship. You even went so far as to ruin Madam Lei's reputation for her sake. What are you playing at?"

So everything that voice said was true?

The other powerful cultivators, who had not known what was going on, lit up with interest.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master really went to the Medicine King Sect to catch them together?

At first, the Thunder God Hall Sect Master stood there with a livid face and meekly took the scolding.

But at that last accusation, he immediately stiffened his neck and shot back.

"Bullshit! I've always treated Niao Niao as a daughter. What's questionable about that? I'll go back and investigate whether any of this is true. I'll have to look into it..."

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