Green Intent forcibly suppressed the fury in her heart. She had known it. She had known this old fossil looked down on her too.
Seeing that she showed no inclination to reflect on her actions, the old man felt disappointment stir within him. Slowly, he recounted everything she had done. "Because of your personal grudge, you used this generation's Holy Maiden and called on your connections in Capital City to harm Su Mianmian. All of that was to get revenge on Hong Ling, wasn't it?
"But did you know that this generation's Holy Maiden had yet to finish the business she was supposed to handle outside?"
Green Intent muttered, "How was I supposed to know the Azure Tide Sect's Enforcement Hall would be so overbearing? They came straight to the Wuyi Tribe and arrested her."
The old man sneered. "You look nothing like you did when you were plotting all this.
"Perhaps I'm getting old. I can no longer tell how much truth there is in your words. If this really was beyond your expectations, all I can say is that you're growing more foolish by the day.
"And then there was the way you deliberately opened a back door and left gaps in our defenses, allowing a male cultivator from the Azure Tide Sect to steal the Love Gu planted in Xia Jue. What was that for? Revenge on Ning Hai?"
At this, naked contempt and mockery appeared on the old man's face.
"Hah! Ning Hai? You certainly dare to dream. Is Ning Hai someone you have any right to covet?
"What aptitude do you have, and what aptitude does he have? Three hundred years ago, I could still call you ignorant of the world. Have you still not learned your own worth?
"Must you wait until the Azure