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[Wow, Host, that explanation had facts and logic behind it. It felt like the truth. I don't even need to check the book.]

For a moment, the hall fell deathly silent.

The Rosy Cloud Sect Master was a middle-aged man in his fifties, with rounded features and a black mole between his brows.

Hearing Li Zi's inner voice, he nearly passed out from rage.

Beside him, the Rosy Cloud Sect disciples were giving him strange looks.

Could it be true?

The Rosy Cloud Sect Master's face burned red, and his eyes nearly spat fire.

The Rosy Cloud Sect regarded Wen Yun as its pillar of faith.

Years ago, when the Rosy Cloud Sect had faced utter destruction, Wen Yun had stepped forward to save them. Without him, their entire Sect would have been finished.

Who was Wen Yun?

He was an enlightened immortal who had transcended the mortal world.

He spent his days painting and wandering among mortals.

The brush in his hand could record the affairs of the world and punish the wicked.

How could he possibly have colluded with the Demon Realm?

This had to be slander!

That petty wretch was spouting nonsense!

And now she was accusing him of harboring feelings for Immortal Huo Fei? It was an insult beyond bearing!

He shook all over and glared toward the Spirit Sword Sect. "How dare you—how dare you spout such nonsense! I'll kill—"

Before he could finish, a Judge's Brush struck him in the abdomen.

A moment later, a Coiling Dragon Staff cracked against his knee, and a whip lashed his back.

The Rosy Cloud Sect Master was a Nascent Soul Realm expert, but surrounded and beaten by so many powerful cultivators, he had no chance to fight back.

That would teach him to spout nonsense!

If Li Zi found out they could hear her thoughts, would she still gossip with the system so freely?

Would they still get to hear so many hidden secrets?

They were still waiting to hear gossip about the Devil Race. They might even get the chance to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

You just had to open your mouth!

You just had to say something, didn't you!

Li Zi watched the Rosy Cloud Sect Master getting beaten by the crowd, her heart full of complicated feelings.

[The Rosy Cloud Palace Sect Master really isn't popular. Gong Lin's heart, faithful for ten thousand years, has moved the Flame Hall Sect Masters, though. System, let them fight. Let's get back to Wen Yun's gossip.]

Meanwhile, several Flame Hall Sect Masters had approached Gong Lin to ask about his past, hoping to confirm whether Li Zi's gossip was accurate.

Gong Lin answered everything he knew, one question at a time.

Now that he finally had a chance to speak, he told them all he knew.

But when Li Zi resumed the gossip, Gong Lin fell silent too. Everyone pricked up their ears.

The system's electronic voice rose with excitement.

[Host, I just found something big. One of the women in Wen Yun's harem is a Demoness.]

The whole hall erupted!

A Demoness?

Had Wen Yun really colluded with the Demon Realm?

[It wasn't voluntary, but Wen Yun did leak the formation to that Demoness. That was what led to everything that followed. He was the true culprit behind the tragedy of the war between immortals and demons.]

[Actually, Huo Fei noticed something while dealing with Wen Yun's harem. She returned to the Sect not just because she was angry about his infidelity, but because she wanted to discuss exposing his true nature with her fellow Sect members. But Wen Yun's reputation in the cultivation world was too good. No one would believe her, and speaking out would only bring trouble to the Sect, so she had no choice but to investigate in secret.]

[Huo Fei even dropped hints to some powerful cultivators. Unfortunately, they all thought she was jealous and bitter, and that her resentment had twisted her mind into slandering Wen Yun. She's suffered so much. Wen Yun threatened and suppressed her, while public opinion pressed down on her from the other side. Now she has to bear the karmic burden too. It hasn't been easy for her.]

At this, the powerful cultivators of Flame Hall all looked downcast.

It was true. During the war between immortals and demons, they had decided together when to activate the Sect-Protecting Grand Formation.

Huo Fei had suspected that, since the Demon-Slaying Formation had already been leaked, the Demon Prince would surely turn the trap to his own advantage.

Once Wen Yun had leaked the formation to the Devil Race, everything that followed had been set in motion.

Not only had Huo Fei done nothing wrong, she had saved many lives and left the cultivators a way out.

Li Zi swept her gaze around the hall.

[System, it seems everyone had a hand in this. In an avalanche, not a single snowflake is innocent.]

Hearts jolted.

The powerful cultivators present lowered their heads despite themselves.

It was true. Before hearing Li Zi's thoughts, none of them had ever doubted Wen Yun's character.

Who could have imagined that a man so renowned could be like this beneath the surface?

Huo Fei had also been badly wounded in that war. After returning, she had gone into seclusion to cultivate. She had neither emerged nor offered an explanation since.

They had resented Flame Hall for years.

They had ignored and shunned its members, even deliberately leaving Flame Hall out when major Secret Realms opened.

Just like that, they had pushed a great Sect to the margins.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master, always the most straightforward, was the first to step forward.

He came before a Flame Hall elder and bowed.

"I owe you an apology today. My father and brothers all died in that war. In my anger, I came back and told the Thunder God Hall disciples to bully yours on purpose. I'm sorry. I know an apology this late can't undo the harm, but I still need to say it."

Members of other Sects came forward to apologize as well.

"We at the Profound Heaven Sect were wrong too. We sent people to steal Spirit Medicine from your disciples. We'll return it twofold."

"The Wind God Sect was wrong as well. I'm truly sorry. I have a Medicinal Pill I happened to obtain from the Primordial Secret Realm. It may help Sect Master Huo recover from her injuries. Please accept it as an apology."

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