"We are all people of Xingluo Town, we will never let outsiders slander the Patriarch!"
"Protect Xingluo, punish the evil and eliminate the wicked!"
At this mont, Tian Haihui’s husband Zhou Yun and Gu Wenjun’s husband Wen Yongchang were leading hundreds of Xingluo Town cultivators angrily towards Qin Gengyun and the other two.
With firm belief and formidable numbers, and Housekeeper Lu, who was also of Foundation Establishnt, backing them, these loose cultivators were all ready to bravely capture these three villains.
Qiu Zhihe’s expression was icy cold, her heart set on killing.
She was the Saintess of the Cyan Lotus Sect, decisive in killings, with countless lives in her hands.
Wherever she went, she always invoked fear and submission.
When had she ever been so cornered by a group of insignificant loose cultivators?
Just as Qiu Zhihe was about to strike, her small hand was gently held by a broad palm. Startled, she turned her head, only to see Qin Gengyun smiling gently at her:
"My dear, don’t worry."
Qiu Zhihe was stunned, her murderous intent vanished in an instant, leaving only her husband’s gentle smile in her eyes.
Having comforted his wife, Qin Gengyun then turned towards the approaching cultivators and shouted loudly:
"Fellow Taoists, have you never considered that with the Chang Family’s entrenched power in Xingluo Town, if they truly wanted to find the dozens of missing female cultivators, how could they not find them?"
"The only possibility is that these female cultivators are all imprisoned in the Chang Mansion!"
"If you don’t believe , why not let Housekeeper Lu lead us to the Patriarch’s manor to see the truth for ourselves!"
His words caused so to hesitate, their faces showing doubt.
In fact, with their wives and daughters missing for so long, they had suspected sothing odd, but the Chang Family was worshipped like deities in the hearts of Xingluo Town’s residents, and these disrespectful thoughts quickly vanished.
Now, with Qin Gengyun’s words, their hearts began to stir with suspicion again.
Luo Wenzhi stepped forward once more, blocking the townsfolk’s path:
"Fellow Taoists, like you, I firmly trust the Chang Family and the Patriarch, but I believe that this Qin Taoist friend and his wives are not bad people; there must be so misunderstanding. We should unite against those two female fiends instead!"
He cupped his hands towards Housekeeper Lu and suggested: "Housekeeper Lu, why don’t you lead the group to et with the Patriarch to clear up this misunderstanding and let everyone work together against the real enemy!"
Many people then looked towards Housekeeper Lu, who rely sneered:
"The Patriarch is currently in seclusion; how can we disturb him? Do you want to disrupt his cultivation, leading it to beco disastrous?"
"Wouldn’t that fall right into this villain’s trap?"
Housekeeper Lu’s words were echoed loudly by those who had faith in the Chang Family, while others scolded Luo Wenzhi:
"Luo Wenzhi, you cry all day and think like a woman! Get out of the way!"
"Thanks to Housekeeper Lu’s reminder; if we listened to you, we would endanger the Patriarch! Luo Wenzhi, stop your nonsense!"
The townspeople of Xingluo Town were filled with rage again. So even used their cultivation techniques to push Luo Wenzhi aside as they aggressively surrounded Qin Gengyun and the others.
"He is not lying!"
At this mont, a young female voice rang out, and everyone turned to see a woman of about twenty years old.
Among the crowd, soone blurted out, "Xue Yan! What are you saying?"
A middle-aged woman stepped forward to pull the speaking young female cultivator away, but Xue Yan broke free, stepped forward into the center of the crowd, and declared loudly:
"I am the youngest daughter of the Xue Family. Our family has lived in Xingluo Town for generations. I, too, once admired the Chang Family greatly, but I almost ended up like those missing sisters, captured by the Chang Family!"
"What?!"
"Nonsense!"
"Xiaoyan, I watched you grow up! Don’t speak absurdly again!"
"Daughter, have you lost your mind?" The middle-aged woman, Xue Yan’s mother, hurriedly tried to pull her away as she provoked public anger, but Xue Yan broke free again and continued loudly:
"That day, a few sisters and I went on an outing far away and were attacked by a group of n in black; those sisters were captured, and I... was lucky to escape!"
Recalling how in that broken temple she had selfishly betrayed the two saviors, Xue Yan felt even more ashad. Her voice grew louder:
"My father once took to the Chang Mansion. I have seen so cultivators of that mansion. Among the n in black who chased us that day, there were indeed a few who were cultivators of the Chang Mansion!"
The surrounding people were in an uproar; no one believed her. Xue Yan continued:
"Think about it, everyone. The Chang Family claims that the abductors of so many female cultivators are two female fiends, but all the n in black who suddenly appeared that day were male cultivators. Isn’t that contradictory?"
"Moreover, why would female cultivators abduct won? Even if there is so sinister cultivation technique, it would mostly be a dual cultivation thod. Why would the female fiends only capture won, not n?"
"What kind of cultivation technique requires only won?"
Though Xue Yan escaped that day, she never forgot the look in the eyes of the two female cultivators when they were captured. Her heart was full of guilt, along with a disdain for her cowardice.
After returning ho, she said nothing to her family about it and spent her days in a daze, trying to forget.
However, seeing the scene today, the guilt surged like a tidal wave, and she finally couldn’t continue hiding and mustered the courage to step forward.
Now, as everyone listened, they all showed signs of surprise and doubt, with so clearly wavering.
The disappearance of the female cultivators indeed seed too bizarre and full of questions.
Having heard from this outsider Qin Gengyun and then Xue Yan claiming the "truth," it is impossible not to wonder.
However, the residents of Xingluo Town still viewed the Chang Family as sacred and were not easily swayed, so Xue Yan continued:
"Uncles and aunts, I also discovered sothing..."
Suddenly, Xue Yan’s voice stopped.
The surroundings fell into silence.
Xue Yan slowly lowered her head, looking at the long sword protruding from her chest, her face showing shock and fear.
She lifted her head, opened her mouth, but only dark red blood gushed out.
"Ah!!"
Xue Yan’s mother scread, rushing to support her, and looked behind, but she didn’t see anyone responsible for the attack.
Only the long sword that pierced through Xue Yan’s frail body, having taken all her vitality.
Everyone around was dumbfounded, not knowing what had happened, staring blankly at Xue Yan falling to the ground and her mother’s shrill cries.
Xue Yan’s gaze gradually beca scattered, her mouth twitching, yet her face seed to show a faint smile.
She seed to return to that old temple, where the innocent and pretty younger sister and the charming and cold older sister appeared to be nodding at her.
"To my two benefactors, I am sorry, but I have finally... repaid you."
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