"Aha, I understand now." Abbess Jinggang said hatefully, "This Zhang Ping'er is the Zhang Ping'er Ren Xiaoyao mentioned to the Cult Master in front of the hall today, isn't she? I thought the name sounded familiar at the time, but I never imagined she was Zhang Ping'er, the one who had some entanglement with Zhuo Qun!"
"Exactly. Master, do you know that Ren Xiaoyao has always been accustomed to associating with women and using them to achieve his own ends? Didn't you see Hui Chun Valley's Third Miss? He escorted her a thousand miles; a lone man and a lone woman, together by day and together by night—what could possibly not have happened? Otherwise... Valley Master Nie is no fool. Why would he send him into the Incense-Passing Cult? The true course of events definitely wasn't what Ren Xiaoyao claimed. It must have been that Valley Master Nie saw he had little fame in the martial world, and feared that marrying his daughter off rashly would invite the ridicule of the martial world. That was why he racked his brains to send him into our Incense-Passing Cult, so that once he mastered his arts and returned with a fine reputation, he could gladly take him as a son-in-law!"
"When he encountered Zhang Ping'er in You Lan Mu Lian, he was first captivated by her beauty. And how could the inner sect's Lihuo Hall possibly compare to Hui Chun Valley? So he changed his mind and began seeking Zhang Ping'er's heart. Who knew what methods that fellow used to make Zhang Ping'er, who had already shown some promise with Third Junior Disciple Brother, change her heart? He merely persuaded Hall Master Yin Yin, then stirred up the Cult Master, and got himself transferred to Yi Xiang Peak."
"How strange. Didn't they