"Hm?"
Hearing that cool voice of doubt, Ling Tianchen, who had been basking in everyone's flattery, instantly darkened.
Why was this girl so stubborn?
Couldn't she see everyone was putting on a show here?!
Everyone around them turned to look as well.
In particular, the elderly, slow-witted fellows who had yet to realize Lu Qingshan was acting looked at Qin Ruoxue with anticipation, as though waiting for her to uncover some earth-shattering secret.
"Seniors, that Little Bandit's cultivation technique is very unusual, and..."
"Ruoxue!"
Noticing the faces of the powerful figures around them darkening enough to drip water, Bing Ningyue hurriedly interrupted her, a trace of embarrassment appearing on her usually cool, lovely face.
But at that moment, Qin Ruoxue's mind was filled with the image of that hateful bandit. The burning sensation on her backside still seemed to remind her of the humiliation she had suffered that day.
Intent only on dragging that Little Bandit out and cutting him into ten thousand pieces, how could she spare any thought for these old fellows' dignity?
She immediately spoke without mincing words.
"Master, seniors! You've misunderstood this Azure Cloud Sect Elder!"
"I fought that Little Bandit myself. He hadn't even heard of the Sacred Sect, and he'd never even seen the God-Slaying Thorn! If he'd conspired with Elder Lu and come prepared, he would never have..."
"No! No!"
The moment Lu Qingshan heard this, he jumped right out!
If this little terror kept talking and cleared up the misunderstanding, wouldn't the treasures he'd just gotten fly away?!
Without a second thought, he leaped three feet off the ground and cut Qin Ruoxue off.
"Martial niece! Martial niece! I know you mean well and want to clear my name!"
"But... but I really was possessed by madness! I already know I was