On the way out of Youyun Hall.
"So, according to what the Lotus Eye saw, One-Eye and Browless of the Faceless Tower..."
"Hadn't actually gone to True Martial Heaven only recently, but had already infiltrated the Azure Profound Sect six years ago."
"To evade True Martial Heaven's restrictions, they planted Thunder God Vine six years in advance and released the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python from the Withered Stone Sea."
"Bai Yu's father discovered the two of them, but was no match for them and was forced to become a puppet."
After hearing Xu Taiping's account, Fairy Lingyue was somewhat startled as well.
"Yes, they must have set their sights on our Azure Profound Sect on Cloud Cottage Mountain a long time ago."
Xu Taiping nodded inwardly in reply.
"As for Uncle Bai..."
"My guess is that after the Nine Nether Seven Demon Venerables invaded and Qingxuan suffered grievous losses, he must have been protecting Qingxuan from the shadows all along, and then discovered those two from the Faceless Tower."
He spoke as he walked.
"That was probably how it happened."
Fairy Lingyue agreed.
"Fortunately, though, White Rainbow forced them to use up one of their chances to act. Otherwise, this calamity would have struck Qingxuan at least six years earlier."
She added.
Xu Taiping nodded.
Fairy Lingyue was right. Qingxuan had been extremely weak six years ago. Had those two Faceless Ones acted then, they would have had no power to fight back at all.
"Those people from the Faceless Tower really are just as you said, Sister Lingyue-ruthless and utterly unscrupulous."
Xu Taiping's tone suddenly turned icy.
Even now, White Rainbow's battered, wounded figure and his hollow gaze lingered in his mind, refusing to fade.
And beyond that...
There were One-Eye's manner and tone when he spoke of selling the