Only after Xia Jue had teased Su Jiu to his heart's content did he slowly explain the reason behind it all.
As it turned out, before Shui Rao'er emerged from seclusion, disciples of the Thousand Moon School had stirred up the disciples of the Water Moon School, saying that Shui Rao'er would not survive long enough to advance to the out-of-body stage,
and urging them to find another path before it was too late.
Had Shui Rao'er not emerged from seclusion early, the Water Moon School might already have disbanded.
As for Shui Rao'er, once she emerged, she laid all the blame at Qian Ling's feet.
Her thinking was simple: You tried to destroy my sect, so I'll kill your personal disciple.
Through a scheme, Shui Rao'er killed one of Qian Ling's exceptionally talented personal disciples.
That personal disciple was none other than the Qing'er whom Qian Ling had mentioned earlier.
Su Jiu's lips curved slightly. The sect leader of the Heavenly Dawn Sect was rather interesting. Could she possibly not know that these two sects were sworn enemies?
If she knew, what was she trying to accomplish by inviting both of them?
While Su Jiu was still lost in thought, the gathering suddenly fell silent for a moment.
Then the disciples of the smaller sects who had been clustered around the Heavenly Dawn Sect's disciples returned to their seats one after another.
Even Qian Ling stopped troubling Shui Rao'er. She merely gave her an icy, sinister look before returning to her own seat.
Su Jiu glanced toward the Heavenly Dawn Sect again, her fingers rubbing lightly against her wine cup as she considered all this elaborate buildup.
Surely it was time to bring out the star of the show.
Sure enough, Sect Leader Li rose with a beaming smile,