Cangzhou City.
The four people and one Flood Dragon walked back along the street toward Xie Lingyu's temporary residence.
After circling twice without finding the culprits who had clubbed her from behind, Qinghe could only return first, silently fuming.
Although Qinghe suspected these three were the ones who had clubbed her, she had no evidence, and they were holding the Heavenly Derivation Sect's Great Heavenly Derivation Token.
That thing represented the Heavenly Derivation Sect's highest recognition of other sects.
There were not many elders qualified to issue one.
Even if someone awarded a Great Heavenly Derivation Token had a grudge against Granny Bai, they should not have attacked without the slightest hesitation.
Leaving everything else aside, Chu Xingchen's expression-three parts suspicion, two parts hurt, and five parts bewilderment-made him look as though he had been wrongly accused.
The young woman beside Chu Xingchen looked even more utterly blank. That expression seemed awfully genuine.
As for Li Xingtian, that face of his... anyway, she could not spot a flaw.
Still, Qinghe eventually believed them.
She glanced sideways at Xie Lingyu, whose expression was no longer icy and had begun to soften.
How could she fail to understand? This handsome young man was Xie Lingyu's old flame from Yuzhou City!
If he were an ordinary fellow cultivator, Xie Lingyu would have offered a slight nod in greeting, and probably left without saying more than a couple of words.
How could she possibly have walked along with him!
Since he was an old flame, he counted as one of their own. And since he was one of their own, he had neither a reason nor any cause to beat her up.
For now, she could only call it a coincidence.
Most importantly, Qinghe took another look at Xie Lingyu walking beside Chu Xingchen,