Chapter 395: The Sect Master’s Dilemma

What kind of sect master are you? You can’t even protect your own disciple. What a useless man!

Xiao Ran was annoyed as she quickly recalled what had happened back then. Thinking of the abilities of that Hell Flame Beast, if she had not escaped and then obtained a treasure capable of activating her bloodline, she would probably still be carrying a body full of blood colored spiritual energy and looking like a demonic cultivator, wandering outside and afraid to return to the sect.

The Heavenly Orb inheritance contained records concerning that Hell Flame Beast. Recalling its heaven defying abilities, and how the secret realm had been preserved specifically to cultivate the Hell Flame Beast, Xiao Ran immediately put on a pitiful expression and said, "Senior, I was secretly attacked back then. I personally witnessed the Hell Flame Beast being killed, and I lost control of my emotions for a moment, which was why I destroyed the secret realm. Please forgive me."

"The Hell Flame Beast was killed? What happened? Tell this Lord the truth." Unlike Tushan Qing whose temperament was to start killing whenever there was a disagreement, Tushan Shanhe was still quite reasonable. Seeing that Xiao Ran seemed to be telling the truth, he temporarily withdrew his hand and asked with a frown.

However, The Sect Master of the Heavenly Void Sect frowned. As the master of a sect, he immediately realized that Xiao Ran was definitely involved in the matter concerning the Senior from the Upper Realm. He had also heard something about this disciple’s personality. Quite a few talented disciples in the sect had become involved in various disputes because of her, causing them to fail to temper their hearts and delay their cultivation. Even her master, Venerable Yi Xiao, had an ambiguous relationship with her.

Unfortunately, this woman was doted on by many people yet did not know how to cherish it. Instead, she was naturally cold hearted, allowing only herself to betray others while never allowing others to betray her. She had caused the sect to become a complete mess.

Later, there had also been the incident involving the orphan from the Xiao Family Village in the Sunfall Domain. The disciple who brought her back to the Heavenly Void Sect, along with several people who had close relationships with that disciple, had all committed suicide at the same time. All clues had been lost, and no matter how secretly they investigated Xiao Ran, they could find nothing conclusive. In short, there were countless suspicious points.

If the Sect Master of the Celestial Truth Sect had not sent him a message saying that she was the chosen one, protected by the Heavenly Dao, and that anyone she resented would be abandoned by the Heavenly Dao, he would have expelled her from the sect long ago.

Because her fortune protected her, there was nothing he could do but arrange more missions for her that required her to travel outside the sect, hoping she would spend as much time outside as possible and stop causing trouble within the sect. But he had never expected that she could actually provoke someone from the Upper Realm while she was outside.

The situation had become truly troublesome. However, perhaps this was a good opportunity to see whether the so-called chosen one truly lived up to her reputation. If she could escape from the hands of someone from the Upper Realm on her own, then the chosen one discovered by the Celestial Truth Sect through their observation of heavenly fate would indeed be genuine.

If she could not, then the cultivator from the Upper Realm would have solved a major problem for them. In any case, even if something happened to her, the karma involved would naturally be borne by that Upper Realm cultivator and would have nothing to do with the Heavenly Void Sect.

After thinking things through, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Void Sect decided to remain a bystander for the time being and see exactly what kind of fortune the so-called chosen one possessed.

Xiao Ran who had no idea that the Sect Master beside her had already decided to watch from the sidelines heard Tushan Shanhe’s questioning. A look of satisfaction flashed through her eyes.

She thought that as long as she reported everything to the sect, no matter how great Fu Young’s fortune was or how powerful his cultivation was, he would still be someone who could not resist this Senior, whose cultivation was three realms higher than him. Then, she could take the opportunity to expose the fact that Xiao Shou was not actually a member of the Tushan Family’s bloodline, but merely an ordinary village boy from Xiao Family Village.

Although she did not know exactly how Xiao Shou had managed to pretend to be the grandson of someone from the Upper Realm, there was no doubt that she was a member of the Xiao family.

She had also never heard that Xiao Shou’s parents had adopted or taken him in.

All she knew was that his parents had once had a sickly son when they were young. In order to pay for his treatment, they had sold themselves into slavery. Later, after their son died from his illness, they had another son named Xiao Shou, and only then did they redeem themselves and return to the village.

Xiao Ran had heard this from her elder brother before. There could be no mistake. Then, once the Upper Realm cultivator discovered that he had been deceived, the anger directed at them would surely destroy this master and disciple pair.

In this way, she would not need to confront Fu Young directly, while also taking advantage of these arrogant cultivators surnamed Tushan who bullied those weaker than themselves.

It was truly killing two birds with one stone. Thinking of this, Xiao Ran pressed her lips together. Her saintly face revealed a painful expression, as though she had something she could not say, while she continuously shook her head.