He Yuanyue suddenly paused at this point.
Qin Fangyang's and Mu Yanyan's hearts grew heavy as well.
Although these secrets alone were not enough to piece everything together, with their intelligence and everything they had seen tonight, the two could already guess most of it.
He Yuanyue drank some water, took a medicinal pill, and rested a little longer before continuing, "My investigation has confirmed that Meng Chenyu's and Ning Qingcheng's birth dates and times... are false!"
"No one knows those two girls' true birth dates and times."
He Yuanyue gave a self-mocking smile. "I have to say, with the sky-spanning might of those two great lineages, playing games with, deceiving, and hoodwinking a solitary old widow like me, who ordinarily stays at Second High School and hardly ever goes out, was far too easy."
Blazing fury shot from Qin Fangyang's eyes.
"After Meng Chenyu and Ning Qingcheng were found to possess supreme Star Soul aptitude, they also faced several assassination attempts by the Witch Alliance... Hmm, thinking about it now, whether the Witch Alliance really masterminded those attempts is impossible to determine at present. Let us call them that for now."
"Then the two families came to me, begging me to show them a clear path forward. Remembering how wholeheartedly they had helped me in the past, and since those two girls were also qualified to bear phoenix vein power, I had the gall to invite experts from several sects, one after another. In the end, Teacher Mu of the Kunlun Dao Sect..."
He Yuanyue nodded to Mu Yanyan. "...and Teacher Qiu of the Zizai Dao Sect stayed in Phoenix City, taking Meng Chenyu and Ning Qingcheng as their respective disciples."
"Teacher Qiu arrived earlier and accepted Ning Qingcheng into her sect. Teacher Mu arrived a year later, first