Everyone was startled. The Third Elder nearly threw her straight out.
[Lan Yue: Forget it. What's so interesting about digging up gossip on the Third Elder? That Elder Xing from earlier looked pretty strange. Maybe he's hiding something. Let me take a look.]
Hearing Lan Yue suddenly change the subject of her thoughts, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Only Elder Xing, sitting in the corner, stiffened.
But with so many elders staring at him and countless strands of spiritual sense warning him, he could only sit there motionless, inwardly tormented.
"Right, what was Elder Xing's full name again? Yun Xi, do you know?"
Lan Yue was just about to dig into the gossip when she remembered that to get the details, she needed to know the person's name or see their face.
Elder Xing sat turned sideways the whole time, making it impossible for her to see him clearly. She could only quietly ask Yun Xi beside her.
"Xing Hao. Xing Hao," Yun Xi whispered in answer.
"Have a heart?" Lan Yue exclaimed in surprise again.
Yun Xi: "..."
She simply condensed the characters of his name over her palm with spiritual power and discreetly showed them to Lan Yue.
Over on the other side, the veins on Elder Xing's forehead were almost bulging out. Sweat poured down like rain, yet he could only remain motionless.
*[Lan Yue: Finally found him. Let's see what this Elder Have-a-Heart is hiding!*
There really is something! Elder Have-a-Heart has already been won over by the Mysterious Leaf Sect. Their sect master thinks very highly of him and even offered him an elder's position.
*No wonder this guy keeps trying to secure benefits for other sects. His heart flew away long ago.]*
As Lan Yue's thoughts faded, understanding dawned on the elders opposite