That female cultivator was also one of those who had asked Xia Jue for the bell. He had gone to visit the female disciple, and without saying a word, she had taken out a Recording Stone.
The Recording Stone contained no footage of Shen Qingyue hurting her, only scenes of a Demon Beast chasing the female disciple while Shen Qingyue stood by with her hands tucked in her sleeves.
Xia Jue felt a chill in his heart. Although he knew the female cultivators of his sect occasionally fought over this bell, he had never imagined things had grown so serious. Ultimately, he bore some responsibility as well.
It was not as though he was unaware of those female cultivators' feelings. He simply thought that as long as they said nothing, he could pretend not to know. Otherwise, their future encounters would only be awkward.
He had always used his actions alone to tell everyone that he had no interest in anything besides cultivation. Some clever ones understood and knew to step back, focusing on their cultivation instead. But even more failed to understand and remained deeply entangled in their feelings.
That was why the Enforcement Hall's screening of female cultivators had now become exceedingly strict. More than twenty disciples had taken part in the enforcement mission to Liu Household Village, but only Li Ru and Jin Shanshan had been female.
As for Jin Shanshan, she had seemed fairly normal at first. He had never expected his judgment to fail him, causing this mission to suffer considerable delays because of her.
When the Enforcement Hall carried out missions outside the sect, disputes between teammates were its greatest taboo. Instigators were usually expelled from the Enforcement Hall outright, and in serious cases, they could even be confined for a time.
Ning Hai