Thud...
Hearing this, Xue Jin could no longer hold herself up and dropped straight onto the floor in fright!
Her face turned deathly pale.
She dimly remembered how boundlessly beautiful the woman who had entered the Heavenly Ruins from the Immortal Realm had been.
Xue Jin had assumed she was alone and had no backing. To win her trust and, more importantly, lull her into a false sense of security, she had held nothing back, spilling everything about her identity and clan.
What I told that woman back then was my real name.
It's over!
It's over, it's all over!
Xue Jin felt her throat go dry and swallowed hard.
The white-robed man beside her was no fool either. His eyes flickered twice, and his gaze turned stern. "Junior Sister... why are you so frightened?"
"You... could you have crossed paths with this He Pingsheng and offended him?"
"No, no!" Xue Jin hurriedly denied it. "Senior Brother, He Pingsheng is so powerful. How could someone as insignificant as me be his match? If I'd had any conflict with him, wouldn't he have slapped me to death?"
"I was merely shocked by this man's methods!"
The man gave a cold laugh. "Junior Sister, I'll assume you were frightened just now and only said something so deranged because you had barely recovered from the shock!"
"I can judge for myself whether you're truly shocked or frightened!"
"Whether you tell me about this or choose to conceal it, weigh the advantages and disadvantages yourself!"
"Can you... shoulder that responsibility?"
By the end, the man's voice had grown severe.
"Of course, you can choose not to speak, but I will certainly tell the Patriarch what happened today!"
"Don't!" Xue Jin trembled in fright. "I'll talk... I'll talk..."
"Senior Brother, you know that back then,