"Why do you say that, Patriarch?" Yuan Liuzi's expression grew grave. "Have you discovered something?"
"Let me ask you this." Instead of answering, the long-haired man asked, "Why do you say the Chen Household siblings are the most suspicious?"
Yuan Liuzi had his own view, but faced with the question, he thought for a moment and no longer dared answer rashly.
"Go on," the long-haired man said. "Speak freely."
"Then I'll venture an answer," Yuan Liuzi said after a pause. "Those two are siblings by blood. For one family to bear two immortals—even a princely house of the Imperial Clan might lack the fortune and ancestral merit to withstand it."
The long-haired man smiled. "Did that only become clear today? Besides, someone raised this very point when the Starweave Ranking was established. Hadn't you already marked them both as suspects? Why didn't you say so then?"
"Chen Jiao had shut herself away in seclusion on Kongtong Mountain, while whenever Chen Fangqing did act, his deeds shook the entire Immortal Sect. It was hard to imagine anyone but a Reincarnated Immortal accomplishing such things..." Seeing the smile on the man's face, Yuan Liuzi sighed and admitted, "We also felt that their suspicious points were so obvious they hardly looked like part of anyone's scheme."
The long-haired man sighed. "The Eight Sects were always one whole. You should look at the entire situation, not just at what makes others suspicious while overlooking the oddities close to you."
"This disciple has been foolish." Yuan Liuzi lowered his head and cupped his hands.
"Dianyunzi harbors remnants of the Pre-Qin era, and the origins of the person behind them are unfathomable;"
"Qingxiangzi began as an inheritor of Incense, but after abandoning his cultivation and starting over, his progress has been less than satisfactory;"
"Hongyuan of