Qiu Xiu: ? ? ?

Qiu Xiu didn't understand?

Is he crazy, or is the world crazy?

Why doesn't anyone believe him when he tells the truth? Shouldn't everyone be helping him to condemn that brat?

If Qiu Xiu said that Tian Ning fed him one or two top-grade healing pills, everyone might believe him, but a whole basin of them... Haha, do you think top-grade healing pills are like cabbages at the market?

Apart from Qiu Xiu, Tian Ning, and Shi Qinxin, no one present believed Qiu Xiu's words.

Helian Boda had probably had enough of him, and frowned as he said, "Enough, Junior Brother Qiu, stop being so unreasonable."

"What? I'm being unreasonable?"

Qiu Xiu is going crazy!

Tian Ning, however, seemed to think he wasn't frustrated enough. In front of everyone, he took out the recording stone and revealed a look of sudden realization: "I think I know why now."

Qiu Xiu's eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at what she was holding.

"These are the words that my third senior sister and I extracted from them after enduring countless humiliations..."

She suffered endless humiliation?

Qiu Xiu was incredulous; he had never seen such a shameless person in his entire life!

Tianning completely ignored him and continued her performance: "I was so angry about what he did to my senior sister that I secretly recorded it with a recording stone. My original intention was just to reveal the truth and let everyone know that my third senior sister is not the kind of person this senior brother described. But now that I think about it... this senior brother probably already knew about my recording. He was planning to turn the tables on us! He wanted to label us all as villains so that no one would believe us..."

She became more and more aggrieved as she spoke, and her pitiful appearance caused everyone present to point and whisper about Qiu Xiu.

Seeing that the atmosphere had been built up enough, Tianning used his spiritual power to activate the recording stone, and Qiu Xiu's words immediately reached everyone's ears.

How meticulously he plotted, deliberately framed, and was so calculating...

When he was exposed in public, no one stood by Qiu Xiu anymore, and even his fellow disciples from the Dan Ding Sect felt ashamed!

"You, you..." Apart from Shi Qinxin, this was the second time in Qiu Xiu's life that he had fallen into such a deep trap because of someone. He held back for a long time before finally managing to utter a sentence: "You just wait!"

Ignoring the stares of those around him, he angrily pushed aside the disciple beside him and ran back to his room without looking back.

Helian Boda stepped forward and said a few polite words, which made the onlookers disperse.

Shi Qinxin gave Tianning a thumbs up: "Junior Sister is awesome! Third Senior Sister will cook you something delicious and fun when we get back!"

No wonder he's the sixth son in their family!

"Third Senior Sister, I want to eat your homemade beggar's chicken!" Tianning didn't stand on ceremony and took the initiative to order.

"Okay! Okay! Okay! Third Senior Sister will make it for you!" Shi Qinxin stroked her soft, tousled hair affectionately; she liked this junior sister.

However, before the two could return to their house, they were stopped in their tracks.

"Senior Sister Shi, Junior Sister, I apologize for what happened today. I apologize for Junior Brother Qiu's rudeness." It was Helian Boda, the chief disciple of Dan Ding Sect.

This man had red lips and white teeth, and clear, bright eyes; he was the very picture of a fine young master from a noble family.

"What happened earlier is over," Shi Qinxin said calmly.

This matter originally had nothing to do with Helian Boda, but after hearing Shi Qinxin's words, he did not leave.

“A mistake is a mistake, and an apology is necessary. However…” Helian Boda continued, “This junior sister is young and doesn’t know any better. I hope Senior Sister Shi will prioritize the reputation of the sect. Junior Brother Qiu’s mistake can be resolved privately at Dan Ding Sect. There’s no need to make such a fuss and damage the relationship between the two sects.”

"Helian Boda, you're still as old-fashioned as ever." You prioritize the sect's honor above all else. You truly deserve to be a candidate for the future leader of the Dan Ding Sect.

Shi Qinxin disliked dealing with this kind of person, and her disdain was undisguised.

In her opinion, people like Helian Boda should join the Buddhist order, just like those bald monks who are always looking for trouble and lecturing people.

Tianning just wanted to go back to her room to read the storybook as soon as possible, but she was stopped again.

"Senior Brother Helian, I think you should have arrived at the inn earlier than my third senior sister and me, right?"

She suddenly asked, "If that's the case, why didn't you step in when that Senior Brother Qiu spoke rudely?"

"I……"

"With such a commotion at the time, even if Senior Brother Helian was in a guest room, he should have been able to hear what was happening downstairs, right?" Tian Ning laughed. "My revealing the truth is considered to affect the relationship between the two sects? Those Dan Ding Sect disciples made false accusations in public without cause, embarrassing the Wan Jian Sect disciples. Doesn't that affect the relationship between the two sects?"

Helian Boda turned his gaze slightly to Tian Ning, his expression somewhat serious, as if he disagreed with her words.

"I don't usually get involved in the petty squabbles between my disciples. I only intervened this time because my fellow disciple told me that Junior Brother Qiu was in trouble."

“It’s all over now,” Tianning said. “I’d like to trouble Senior Brother Helian to move aside, as you’re blocking our way back to the house.”

"..."

The crowd that had been watching the spectacle had mostly dispersed, except for two people in the westernmost corner who were still looking towards where Tian Ning had left.

"Sixth Sister..."

Wenren Yang swallowed his food listlessly, not expecting to see Tian Ning here. He was completely unaware of the murderous intent in Long Han's gloomy eyes beside him.

"Xiao Yang, I have some things to take care of in the secret realm this time, so we'll be separated for a while. I'll come find you later," Long Han said.

"Ah...is that so? Okay, I understand."

Wenren Yang replied absentmindedly.

The incident at the mansion had reached Mother's ears. Mother was also surprised and said that he had done the right thing. She then gave her second brother and sister a stern lecture.

But ever since then, his second brother and sister have deliberately distanced themselves from him. This time, it was only with great difficulty that his sister took the initiative to talk to him.

He expressed his desire for the beauty-enhancing flower in the secret realm. In order to ease the tension between his siblings, he specially asked his father for a spot to come here, but he never expected to meet his sixth sister here.