"I guess those booksellers just made it up to make money," said Wang Shuyang, the seventh senior brother, with dissatisfaction. He had received guidance from the chief priest, which opened up unprecedented opportunities for him in agricultural research. In addition, he was honest and kind, so he subconsciously felt that someone was trying to smear Zu'an.

“No, no,” Mr. Yin Shi stroked his beard. “If those booksellers had really just made things up, how could they have made it so vivid and lifelike? There are many details that even we don’t know, yet it all makes so much sense. It’s really strange.”

"Hmph, what's so strange about that? This must be true. That little lecher..." Seeing everyone's expressions, the second senior brother Ji Dengtu had no choice but to stop himself from saying the rest of his sentence. "Everyone knows what kind of person he is. How could he possibly let go of beauties like Yan Xuehen and Yun Jianyue?"

Back then, that guy sent him those top-quality storybooks, wasting countless sheets of paper. Now, these storybooks are all things that the guy surnamed Zu has already finished playing with. He even suspects that these storybooks might have been written by the other party and were deliberately leaked out.

We absolutely have to keep Xiaoxi away from him. Xiaoxi is as innocent as a white flower; how could she possibly outmaneuver a seasoned player like him?

“But the identities of Abbot Yan and Master Yun are special, and their disciple and the High Priest are also publicly a couple. This matter is still somewhat unbelievable.” The fifth senior brother kept turning a chess piece between his fingers, clearly his mind was not so firm now.

The fourth gentleman, Shen Xuzi, in his wheelchair, said in a muffled voice, "What's there to worry about? Just go and ask!"

Everyone rolled their eyes; Shen Xuzi was indeed only used to dealing with puppets.

Qi Yaoguang looked at Yan Xiangu: "Senior Brother, you could actually ask Wen Yun."

After all, the other person and the chief priest are a couple, and they have been together for many years.

"This might not be a good idea..." Yan Xiangu said, but still lit a talisman to summon Xie Daoyun.

Everyone chuckled inwardly, surprised that even the usually rigid senior brother was curious about this matter.

Xie Daoyun arrived at the scene quickly, and upon hearing their question, her little face instantly turned bright red: "I don't know either!"

...

Inside the palace, Bi Linglong's face was frosty: "Have you found out the origin of those storybooks? Who exactly is behind this?"

“We’ve found out,” Zhang Zitong below said with a strange expression, “but it seems that the stories all originated from the academy.”