Chapter 127 Farce
Soon, Sect Leader Yun Chen and several elders arrived at the council hall. Upon seeing Yun Xi, Yun Chen immediately scolded her: "Why are you causing trouble as soon as you get back?"
Yunxi was quite hurt that her own father's first words to her in front of so many people were a reprimand, but she quickly composed herself and adopted a businesslike demeanor:
"Reporting to the Sect Leader, Yunxi did not cause trouble intentionally. The specific reasons have been explained to Elder Hu. Please investigate thoroughly, Sect Leader."
Seeing Yunxi like this, Yunchen felt a headache coming on. He didn't know when it started, but his soft and cute daughter from when she was little had become rebellious, arrogant, and bullied the weak.
If Yunxi knew that this was how her biological father viewed her, she would definitely confront Yunchen to find out where he got such a conclusion.
However, Yunxi's main target now is Qin Yan. She needs to find out Qin Yan's background first. Even if she doesn't have any demonic background or any secrets against the sect, she still needs to expose her true colors in public to prevent more and more idiots from being bewitched.
Elder Hu recounted the entire story of Yunxi's Nascent Soul Ceremony and Yunxi's analysis, and the other elders immediately noticed something amiss.
Yun Chen's expression changed. "Xi'er, are you worried that your cultivation is advancing too fast and your mental state can't keep up, so you want to continue training?"
Elder Hu then realized something was amiss. "Are there two imposters, not just one, which is why their excuses don't match?"
Yunxi looked at Yunchen with a strange expression. "Sect Leader, who told you that? It wasn't me, was it?"
Yun Chen looked embarrassed. "It wasn't you, it was your master and junior sister who said it."
Yunxi understood, but still pretended to be very surprised. "Then it's possible that there are several people impersonating disciples of our sect, or even my master. Please investigate thoroughly, Sect Leader."
Several elders felt that the matter should not be delayed and that a slow investigation was not an option. They decided to have the elders of the Enforcement Hall lead a group to find Dao Yan Zhenren, Qin Yan, and Yun Xi's other senior brothers.
Anyone who had contact with Yunxi was summoned for questioning.
Yunxi had been waiting for this opportunity. As both a party involved and a suspect, she was naturally among those to be questioned and was waiting in the council hall as instructed by the elders.
She remained unfazed by the scrutiny of the elders.
A quarter of an hour later, Dao Yan Zhenren, Qin Yan, and Han Chuan and his fellow disciples arrived.
Yunxi seized the opportunity and, when everyone came over, pretended not to see Qin Yan, then poured an entire bottle of premium truth potion on Qin Yan.
Ning Xuan traded this to Tetlina. Compared to the high-grade truth potion, the premium truth potion doesn't need to be taken to take effect; it works as soon as it touches the skin. Moreover, it's very potent, with just one drop lasting a whole day.
It took Katerina a lot of effort to refine this premium truth potion, and she only managed to make ten bottles. However, once she had the formula, the process was much faster, so she kept one bottle for herself and traded the rest to Ning Xuan.
Ning Xuan gave Yun Xi two more bottles. Yun Xi was worried that she would not be able to contact Qin Yan again afterward, so she simply poured out the whole bottle of truth potion. For a long time afterward, Qin Yan only told the truth.
Ning Xuan planned to use the remaining bottle drop by drop on her master and a few senior brothers, but not now. She intended to use it privately, as a way of saving face for them.
Several elders started by asking questions of Dao Yan Zhenren. Just as Yun Xi had guessed, Qin Yan had gone to sow discord among these idiots again, saying how envious she was of her senior sister for reaching the Nascent Soul stage so quickly, while she herself had only just reached the Golden Core stage. Then she said how wonderful it would be if she could be as powerful as her senior sister.
As it turns out, some idiot was the first to respond, suggesting that Yunxi postpone the Nascent Soul Ceremony. Otherwise, it would be too much of a blow to Junior Sister Qin Yan, who had just been injured, if Yunxi held such a grand Nascent Soul Ceremony.
Yunxi had absolutely no idea how this guy's thought process worked. He actually came up with the idea of having Yunxi and Qin Yan hold the Nascent Soul Ceremony together after Qin Yan formed her Nascent Soul, which would be a double celebration, with two beauties from the Yunxuan Sect...
Yunxi couldn't help but interrupt her brainless third senior brother's reminiscence, "Senior brother, have you ever thought that I might reach the Nascent Soul stage before Qin Yan even reaches the Nascent Soul stage? Should I hold both the Nascent Soul Ceremony and the Nascent Soul Ceremony at the same time, so it's a double celebration?"
"The breakthrough from Nascent Soul to Out-of-Body is not so easy!" the third senior brother couldn't help but retort.
Yunxi retorted, "Is it really that easy to break through from Golden Core to Nascent Soul?" The way Yunxi looked at her senior brothers made them understand her meaning: if it were that easy, why hadn't they all reached Nascent Soul stage yet?
Elder Ling of the Enforcement Hall slammed his fist on the table. “Nonsense! You lot are utterly ridiculous! The Nascent Soul Ceremony is a major event in the sect, and it’s also very important to Yunxi herself. How could you possibly want Yunxi to postpone the Nascent Soul Ceremony for the sake of a disciple who has only recently broken through to the Golden Core stage? What were you thinking?”
Knowing that it was all a farce, and that no alien race had impersonated someone from the sect, several elders, especially the elder of the Enforcement Hall, were so angry that they cursed loudly.
Seeing this, Qin Yan knew things couldn't go as she had planned, and she couldn't embarrass Yun Xi. She could only take this opportunity to win over Dao Yan and her senior brothers.
She wanted to say that it was all her fault, taking the blame on herself as usual, so that those men would feel sorry for her.
But to his surprise, what came out of his mouth was: "I actually just wanted to see if I could embarrass Yunxi. She's already broken through to the second stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but no one in the sect cares about her Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony. If word gets out, she'll definitely be ridiculed..."
Realizing what she had said, Qin Yan quickly stopped, then tried to make amends by saying that she didn't think that way. But what came out was actually her true thoughts: "Who knew these people were so easy to fool? They believed whatever I said."
Qin Yan covered her mouth again and shook her head frantically, while Dao Yan Zhenren and Han Chuan's faces were as cold as ice.
Second Senior Brother Jiang Ming looked at Qin Yan in disbelief, "Junior Sister, what are you saying? Haven't you always been thinking of Yun Xi's best interests, worried that her cultivation is growing too fast, that she's reached the Nascent Soul stage at such a young age, and that her mental state isn't good enough, making her prone to inner demons when she breaks through again?"
Qin Yan realized that something was wrong with her and decided to stop talking, but unfortunately, she had used the truth potion and couldn't refuse any questions asked of her.
Qin Yan's mouth moved faster than her brain: "Who's worried about her? I'm just jealous of her. We're both disciples of the same master, both female cultivators, how come her cultivation speed is so fast? Where does that leave my dignity?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com