Now the reversals came one after another, and everyone present felt stuffed to bursting with all this juicy gossip...
The smile on the Heavenly Dawn Sect's Fifth Elder's face had grown strained. They had indeed come to make trouble for the Azure Tide Sect, but they had never expected the Wenren Household, which had colluded with them, to drag a heretical cultivator into the story.
They wanted to laugh at the Azure Tide Sect, certainly, but they did not want to become a laughingstock for the Azure Tide Sect...
For the first time, the Fifth Elder regretted working with the Wenren Household's cultivators...
"Don't be so hasty, Elder Wenren. Why not take a look at this?" An elegant voice rang out.
Su Jiu turned her head, only then discovering that her senior brother had left his seat at some point and was leaning against a stone pillar not far from Elder Wenren.
A White Jade Ring floated up from Xia Jue's hand. It was exquisitely fashioned; one glance was enough to tell that its workmanship was exceptional.
Elder Wenren instinctively covered his right hand with his left. But everyone present was shrewd, and the gesture only prompted more speculation and suspicion.
"That Storage Ring looks exactly like the one Elder Wenren is wearing."
"What good does covering it up now do? That Wenren Household emblem is so big..."
A cultivator who had already had his fill of gossip sighed. "I'm getting more and more interested in how this story ends."
Su Jiu gave Xia Jue a grateful look and caught the White Jade Ring. "Does this look familiar, Elder Wenren?"
Elder Wenren said nothing. At this point, how could he fail to guess what she intended to do? Unfortunately... he had realized it far too late.
With a gentle squeeze