"Cult Master, it is strange indeed. Since the Misty Sect had such an Immortal Path senior, why did he not act when the Misty Sect was destroyed? And this Yao Mountain Immortal Mansion... he never appeared for it either. Could it be that he did not even regard the Yao Mountain Immortal Mansion as worth his notice?" Abbess Shuqing asked in puzzlement.
"Who the hell knows?" Abbess Jingyi said with a bitter smile. "Whether he appeared or not, did Ren Xiaoyao not end up reaping all the benefits? Had I known this, on Yi Xiang Peak, I should have had Xi Mujun stab him to death with a single sword!"
"I fear... Xi Mujun is far from Ren Xiaoyao's match," Peacock quietly reminded her from the side.
"Exactly..." At the mention of this matter, Abbess Jingyi ground her teeth until they crackled. "After all our calculations, our cult never imagined that Senior Martial Uncle Jing Gang, Xi Mujun, and Yue Zhuo Qun had all fallen victim to that bastard's schemes!"
"Alas, it was not only the Cult Master. Although Great Elder Jing Gang and her two disciples all bore grudges against Ren Xiaoyao, whenever something happened, he always had proof that he was elsewhere. We were all deceived by his display of immense strength, believing that he was merely a reckless brute with great power! Who could have imagined that he was actually an Immortal Path practitioner?"
Suddenly, Abbess Jingyi seemed to have thought of something. The expression on her face became extraordinarily vivid... Abbess Shuqing noticed and asked curiously, "Cult Master? What... did you think of?"
"Supreme Elder... Our cult suddenly thought... could Ren Xiaoyao be that person with deep ties to the Misty Sect?"
"What???" Peacock and Chen Chen both cried out, blurting, "N-No way, right?"
Abbess Shuqing