Hu Xiaotian said, "Both of those things are with Qin Yutong."
Granny Shadow slowly nodded. "That never occurred to me. Qin Yutong became Ren Tianqing's disciple, yet even someone as clever as Ren Tianqing failed to discover that she possessed the Five Immortals Cult's supreme treasures."
Hu Xiaotian inwardly admired her. Qin Yutong was indeed exceptionally intelligent. She understood that the most dangerous place could also be the safest, and so she had devised the plan of taking Ren Tianqing as her master. Within the Heavenly Mystery Hall, Ren Tianqing must have exhausted every means of probing her for information about the Phoenix Armor and the Creation Heart Sutra, but Hu Xiaotian had no idea how she had managed to deceive him. He said, "Meizhuang killed Qin Se. She admitted it herself."
Granny Shadow let out a long sigh. If Meizhuang had killed Qin Se, then they were already close to the truth: the previous cult leader had also been murdered by Meizhuang and Ren Tianqing working together. Through gritted teeth, Granny Shadow said, "I will never spare those two wretches."
Hu Xiaotian felt greatly reassured by her words. Granny Shadow was clearly loyal to the previous cult leader. After learning the truth, perhaps she would no longer help the tyrant perpetrate his atrocities, and might even switch sides and stand with him.
Hu Xiaotian said, "Granny Shadow, what exactly happened to Xi Yan?"
Granny Shadow swept her gaze over Xi Yan's face and said coldly, "Did you really think you were simply lucky enough to survive? If I hadn't arranged for spiders to weave webs inside Scarlet Flame Cave beforehand, both of you would already be ashes."
Only then did Hu Xiaotian realize that his rescue today had been no accident. After hearing him say that Meizhuang had killed