Chapter 56

The series of things Zhao Yu did to Jiang Wan did not cause Jiang Wan to counterattack quickly. The main reason was due to the popular little sister around Zhao Yu.

"I'm so sorry. Xiaoyu has been spoiled since she was little, so it's inevitable that she's a bit spoiled. But she doesn't mean any harm, she's just still young. I hope Junior Sister Jiang won't take it personally." Huo Xiangqi gave Jiang Wan an apologetic smile, a look of helplessness in her eyes. "I heard that Junior Sister Jiang has been shining in the competition these days, defeating many masters from the Qiyao Sect and the Dianxing Sect. I'm not as good as Junior Sister, but I was defeated in the third round. Ah, these are Xiaoyu and I'm sending you a token of our love."

Huo Xiangqi brought out a brocade box, which contained several bottles of high-quality healing pills, with a refreshing medicinal fragrance in the air. Next to it was a glittering and colorful top-grade spiritual weapon.

"This is the Qingling bracelet, made of thousand-year-old cold jade. It is the best way to help people hold their breath and calm their spirit."

It can be seen that this is an apology gift from Huo Xiangqi to Jiang Wan on behalf of Zhao Yu.

Huo Xiangqi was modest and always greeted Jiang Wan with a smile, showing her great demeanor.

Jiang Wan had a cold face, with a slight raise of his eyebrows, and his eyes swept over the pills and spiritual weapons in the brocade box held by Huo Xiangqi, as well as the spiritual stones in a storage bag.

Is she the kind of person who can be bought off with money and then let bygones be bygones?

"Okay." Jiang Wan nodded coldly and took the storage bag from Huo Xiangqi.

she is.

"Hahahaha—" The pleasant laughter became louder and louder after Huo Xiangqi left. "Ah Wan, A Wan! After all these years, your 'weakness' remains the same. Now everyone in Guiyuan Sect knows you've fallen for it!"

"Eh? Bai Qingqing?" Jiang Wan calmly put the things into the space, wondering why Bai Qingqing was here.

They haven't seen each other since Bai Qingqing revealed her identity five years ago.

"Oh my, this Immortal Sect Competition is a once-in-a-century event for the entire Beiyan Continent! How could our Huma Pavilion be absent? Not only our Huma Pavilion, but all the famous immortal sects on the continent have come." Bai Qingqing, "You know, the prizes for the Immortal Sect Competition are very generous, and it is also a great honor. If a casual cultivator shines in the Immortal Sect Competition, he or she may be noticed by one of the Seven Sects' True Masters and be accepted as a disciple!"

"This is a grand event for the entire world of immortal cultivation!" Bai gently shook the booklet in his hand. "Ah Wan, your record of defeating seven elite disciples in a row without losing a single one has now spread to all the major immortal sects! At least, no one is holding you back from selling spiritual swords anymore."

Jiang Wan: “…”

Luckily she quit the competition quickly...

"How strange! Why are you alone here? Where's Fellow Daoist Lin, who's always been inseparable from you?" Bai Qingqing glanced around. "It's rare that he's so busy that he can't be separated from you."

"Not as busy as Fellow Daoist Bai. Fellow Daoist Bai's business in my Guiyuan Sect is booming. Who can compare to him when it comes to busyness?" Lin Xubai's lazy voice came closer. "Fellow Daoist Bai must have made a lot of money recently by selling information about Ah Wan to various immortal sects."

The implication is that Bai Qingqing betrayed Jiang Wan behind her back.

Lin Xubai smiled gently, but Bai Qingqing sensed the danger hidden behind the smile, and a chill rose inexplicably behind her.

Five years ago, Bai Qingqing felt that this Fellow Daoist Lin was extraordinary. However, five years later, she still hadn't found out any information about him. As a result, Bai Qingqing became even more wary of this gentle and elegant Lin Xubai.

Bai Qingqing's smile froze as she defended herself.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, your words are a bit biased. Our Huma Pavilion originally deals in intelligence. Besides, it's human nature to pursue wealth. Look at the monks coming and going day and night. Who isn't running for profit? As long as they do it in a proper way, there's nothing wrong with that."

"Besides, there's nothing wrong with pursuing profit itself. What's wrong is the improper means used to pursue it." Bai Qingqing said, "Besides, I rushed here to make amends for Ah Wan's mistake."

Bai Qingqing looked at Jiang Wan seriously, "Be careful, Miss Zhao bought a lot of information about you from me."

Whether as an intelligence dealer or a former disciple of Guiyuan Sect, Bai Qingqing was aware that Miss Zhao had ill intentions towards Jiang Wan.

"It's okay. She has disliked me since the first day she joined us. It's been five years, and she still can't stand me." Jiang Wan shrugged indifferently, not taking Zhao Yu seriously at all.

"One force can break all laws!"

On the other side, Huo Xiangqi found Tu Changxing.

Ask him about what happened to them in Tahua River City five years ago.

When talking about this, Tu Changxing suddenly felt deeply tired. He had not received any long-distance missions for three years since he came back.

"I can't believe that Junior Sister Bai is actually a spy. If she hadn't happened to encounter the strange rules of the secret realm that caused her to reveal her identity, she would probably have been able to hide undetected until now."

Tu Changxing nodded and sighed, "Who said it wasn't?"

"I wonder if there are still spies like Bai and Bai Qingqing who have hidden their identities and sneaked in." Huo Xiangqi sighed sadly, "Half of our class of disciples are gone now."

Speaking of this, Tu Changxing's face instantly darkened. Half of the people who disappeared here were more or less undercover agents who were revealed when they came into contact with him.

Tu Changxing was extremely nervous during that period. If the situation had not allowed it, he really wanted to pull everyone out and line them up in the square, and then let the undercover agents inside come out voluntarily.

Why is it that he is the only one they catch every time? Oh no, he has a brother in distress, Senior Brother You Sheng, and they both suffer the same fate.

Huo Xiangqi comforted Tu Changxing like a good person, and asked about the details of their training trip with Jiang Wan five years ago.

"Senior Sister Chu from Yancang Peak..." Huo Xiangqi's eyes moved slightly, and after a thoughtful look, she smiled and thanked Tu Changxing, and finally gave him a blessing, "I wish you victory in the competition."

This competition lasted for several months and finally came to an end at the autumnal equinox.

In the main hall square of Guiyuan Sect, the leader of Guiyuan Sect was about to announce the top three in the competition and distribute rewards.

A bright red figure flew out from the viewing seats.

"Seniors, I am Zhao Yu, a disciple of the Zhao family of the Wuxiang Alliance. I have an important matter to report to all the True Masters!"

The female voice, carrying the spiritual power that subverted the Yuanying stage, spread throughout the Guiyuan Sect. Immediately, the elders and venerables of various factions on both sides of the viewing platform frowned and looked at each other with sharp eyes.

"After investigation by our disciples, we have discovered that there is a secret agent from the Demon Sect hidden within the Guiyuan Sect, with ill intentions!"

As soon as the four words "Demon Sect's Secret Agent" came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.

When it came to the Demon Sect, the expressions of the people from the Seven Sects and the Two Alliances suddenly became serious, and even the Five Steps and Six Outside forces could no longer sit still.

Zhao Yu raised her fingertips, and a red silk thread flew towards the crowd. "That's her! The demon who disguised herself and infiltrated Guiyuan Sect five years ago, Jiang Wan——"

After Jiang Wan repelled Hong Ling, there was a circle around her, and only Lin Xubai was left protecting her with a cold smile on his face.

"She is not from our world of immortal cultivation at all. She is a hidden chess piece planted by the demons in our sect!"

When the elders of Guiyuan Sect heard that the person Zhao Yu had exposed was Jiang Wan, their faces became extremely strange. They looked at each other silently, and for a moment, no one came out to hold Jiang Wan accountable.

Because of the strange behavior of the Guiyuan Sect members, the elders of other immortal sects frowned, but did not believe Zhao Yu's words immediately.

If they were really the demons, how could these people from Guiyuan Sect not see it?

"Do you have any proof? Even if your father is a renowned weapon master within the Wuxiang League, you can't defame someone like that." The Sect Leader's expression was indifferent, but his consciousness was secretly probing the young man in red clothes beside Jiang Wan. "I'm not unaware that you and this female disciple have always had a bad relationship. Your statement alone won't convince anyone."

Seeing that the leader of Guiyuan Sect did not take Zhao Yu's words to heart, the elders of other sects immediately attributed the matter to a conflict between female cultivators.

Zhao Yu gave the crowd a silent look, then gathered spiritual energy from her fingertips, forming a water mirror in the air. Within the mirror, she depicted Jiang Wan on the day of her initiation. Facing the mirror, she recounted the unusual events of Jiang Wan's initiation trial, focusing on her attire and the strange amethyst, even highlighting Jiang Wan's illiteracy as evidence.

"That's wrong! How can you say that Junior Sister Jiang is from the Demon Realm based on her clothes?" Wen Renze couldn't help but speak up for Jiang Wan after hearing the evidence Zhao Yu said. "This is ridiculous."

"Yes, yes, the Beiyan Continent is so vast, how could everyone dress the same? What's more, not everyone in this world is rich and literate. You conclude that Junior Sister Jiang is from an alien race based on these alone. It is really too arbitrary to judge someone by their appearance!" Senior Brother Chaosheng said angrily.

Many people came out to speak for Jiang Wan.

Zhao Yu folded her arms and sneered, "What about 'Yong Shu Township'? Five years ago, she was able to break through the secret realm that even Senior Sister Chu and Senior Brother You were helpless against with just her foundation building skills. Not only that, she was able to escape unscathed from the unfathomable succubus.

What's more, she's colluding with the demonic cultivators. I think Senior Sister Chu and Senior Brother You, who were in Yong Shu Township with her back then, wouldn't deny this."

"Yes...but there is a reason!" Chu Yingluo didn't expect that she would become the witness used by Zhao Yu to attack Jiang Wan. What's more, she was also involved with Wu Hualin of the Demonic Spirit Sect, which didn't mean anything.

You Sheng: "If it weren't for Junior Sister Jiang and that demon cultivator that day, I'm afraid all of us would have perished in there!"

Tu Changxing also echoed, "Yes, yes!"

"Very good, none of you have denied it. It seems that Jiang Wan's collusion with the demonic cultivators is confirmed." Zhao Yu's lips curled up, "Seniors, have you heard clearly? This will serve as a witness."

Chu Yingluo was furious: "You——"

Zhao Yu didn't even glance at her and continued, "I'm sure all of you seniors are aware of what happened in Tahuahe City five years ago. At that time, this Jiang Wan was chatting happily with the Demon Lord's demon general. He was a demon general under the Demon Lord. How could he be friendly with a mere ordinary human? Isn't this suspicious?"

Speaking of which, because of the special identities of Fang Qian and Gu Yun, Tu Changxing had blurred the matter over after he came back, and Chu Yingluo and You Sheng had no idea about it at all.

Logically speaking, how did Zhao Yu know about this matter that no one mentioned?

"Junior Sister Jiang can't be a demon. She was previously abducted by the Demon Lord's subordinate succubus and almost died in the Demon Realm. If she was a demon, why would the Demon Lord bother with this?"

"This is more than enough to prove that there is something wrong with Jiang Wan. She is a demon!

I ask all the seniors to think about this: who was that succubus? Those who were targeted by him couldn't even escape the tribulation. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been the "Fall of Immortals" incident that shocked both the immortals and demons. Jiang Wan was only in the Foundation Establishment stage at the time, yet he managed to escape from the succubus unscathed. If there wasn't something fishy going on..."

Zhao Yu stretched out the last syllable meaningfully.

"Not to mention what she's done since she entered Guiyuan Sect. I think Elder Xiong from the Law Enforcement Hall should know it best."

Zhao Yu used all the above words to prove that her suspicion was not groundless. She, Jiang Wan, was a spy sent by the Demon Realm and a member of the demon clan.

The entire square was silent. Except for the people from Guiyuan Sect, all the other immortal sects had gloomy faces and looked at Jiang Wan fiercely.

The atmosphere was extremely tense, as if even the sound of the wind had frozen, and an invisible undercurrent of spiritual pressure was surging.