Chu Xingchen put away the Jade Token in his hand.
The Heavenly Derivation Sect had kept people watching over things on Li Junzi's end all along, and the reply that had just arrived was the latest firsthand news.
This was Yunxiao's first time seeing Chu Xingchen look somewhat shaken, and an inquisitive gaze immediately turned his way. After all, anything that could shake even Chu Xingchen was naturally no small matter.
Seeing this, Chen Baiqing moved a little closer to Chu Xingchen, blocking Yunxiao's probing gaze. Having read the message herself, she naturally understood the importance of this matter.
If Li Junzi could become a Second Sage, all the problems they currently faced would be rootless duckweed.
All the voices of doubt could not stand against a single sentence from Li Junzi-Chu Xingchen is a good person.
A Second Sage might be no match for a cultivator's methods, but when it came to reputation, whoever they denounced truly was out of luck.
Chen Baiqing had keenly picked up on this as well, and she said softly:
"Why not let me handle this?"
Chu Xingchen hesitated slightly, then gently shook his head.
"No need."
Chen Baiqing thought her master had yet to let go of what she had done last time. She lowered her head slightly and spoke in a gentle tone, as though admitting her mistake:
"I didn't handle things carefully enough last time. I'll definitely listen this time, and I can lend a hand at a critical moment."
Chu Xingchen looked up and chuckled. "I mean we should trust her. After everything that's happened, her sights are set higher than ours. Sometimes, before I've even understood, she's already decided to do things that way."
"If we go, we might not actually be helping. So trusting her is the greatest