The Third Elder couldn't wait to speak: "I heard from Xue'er that you obtained the Demon Lord's Seal. Quickly hand over the Demon Lord's Seal to the sect for disposal."
"Under the sect's suppression, the Demon Lord's Seal will certainly not fall into the hands of the demon race again. Without the Demon Lord's Seal, they will not be able to have a Demon Lord. At that time, the annihilation of all demons will be just around the corner!"
Upon hearing what the Third Elder said, Xiao Feng smiled and then calmly asked, "How do you think I can escape from the Demon Clan and successfully protect the Demon Lord's Seal?"
The Third Elder was somewhat speechless. The Sect Master spoke up at this moment to quell the crowd's silence, and then said, "It's good that you're back. The Demon Lord's Seal isn't important. What did you experience in the Demon Realm?"
"It's all the sect's fault for finding out too late. Fortunately, you're back safely, and we can bring back the inner disciples we sent out."
In the entire Qing Sect, only the sect leader truly regarded him as a disciple and genuinely cared about his life and death.
Xiao Feng treated the sect leader much better than he treated the other old scoundrels.
After bowing respectfully, he said, "It was my fault for causing Master concern. I am fine. Those people wanted to obtain the Demon Lord's Seal from me."
"I had hidden myself well, but I didn't expect that when I tried to escape, the other party's Holy Maiden would seize the opportunity and summon the Demon Lord's Seal."
“At that time, I was seriously injured. If I had stayed in the Demon Clan, I would probably have lost my life. Moreover, the Demon Lord’s Seal had fallen into their hands, and I had no way to stop them.”
"I could only hurry back to the mortal realm, and then I returned to the sect. It was my fault for failing to protect the Demon Lord's Mystic Seal. I hope Master will forgive me!"
After saying this, Xiao Feng immediately knelt down.
But before he could kneel down, the sect leader's magic power supported his legs, allowing him to stand up again.
The sect leader gave Xiao Feng a kind smile and said, "It's good that you came back alive. Nothing else matters. The Demon Lord's Seal originally belonged to the Demon Clan, so it's normal that it fell into their hands."
That's what the sect leader thought, but the other elders didn't think that way.
An elder who disliked Xiao Feng snorted and immediately began to ask how Xiao Feng had escaped from the Demon Clan.
What happened in between?
Xiao Feng didn't hesitate either.
She told them everything about how she was captured by the demons, how she outwitted and outmaneuvered them, and how she met Li Cai'er along the way.
The elders were filled with doubts about the details after hearing this.
Xiao Feng naturally omitted the fact that he was thrown into the Demon Hunter's Cave and then encountered the former Demon Lord.
Xiao Feng realized that they could not detect the demonic energy on his body.
He also knew that if he told the sect about this, he would surely die.
So, since everyone looks out for themselves, he decided to keep the matter hidden for now.
He only said that he had encountered a senior in the cultivation world.
"That senior used up his last bit of divine soul power to allow me to successfully release the suppression on my body and leave the Demon Hunter Cave. If I hadn't seriously injured the Heavenly Demon Envoy, I probably wouldn't have been able to escape the Demon Clan." Xiao Feng sighed with regret.
However, an elder did not believe it and asked, "You said you kidnapped Li Cai'er on the way, and that Li Cai'er is the Holy Maiden of the Demon Clan. How did the Demon Lord's Seal end up in her hands?"
Xiao Feng blinked at the elder who had spoken earlier, and then said, "Although I escaped from the Heavenly Demon City, I am no match for the many demon pursuers, so I cannot kill Li Cai'er."
"I could only keep her by my side. I originally planned to kill her after we arrived in the mortal realm, but I didn't expect that she had been pretending all along and suddenly broke out at the last moment."
"Although I also slandered her, she still managed to find an opportunity to drip her blood directly onto the Demon Lord's Seal. Since she was originally a member of the Demon Clan, her blood naturally had a fatal attraction to the Demon Lord's Seal."
"Since I can't control the Demon Lord's Seal, it naturally fell into her hands."
The elder clearly still didn't believe it, but the sect leader simply raised his hand to suppress the elder's doubts.
He then openly defended Xiao Feng, saying, "It's good that he's back. Why are you asking so many questions? Do you suspect that my disciple will defect to the Demon Clan? I can sense that he still has hidden injuries. Let him go and rest."
With the sect leader speaking, the other elders naturally had nothing to say and all shrank back, refusing to utter another word.
However, news of Xiao Feng's safe return from the demons spread throughout the sect.
Some inner disciples felt that Xiao Feng had already rebelled and had returned as an undercover agent.
Some admired Xiao Feng for escaping from the clutches of the demons on his own.
Some people simply don't care because it's none of their business.
Some people, however, are watching with a cold eye how Xiao Feng will resolve this trouble.
When the rumors and gossip grew bigger and bigger, the sect had no choice but to step in and deal with them.
When the time comes, all we need to do is use the magic weapon to examine it, and we will naturally know whether Xiao Feng has betrayed the Qing Sect.
After hearing about this, people from all around rushed over to visit Xiao Feng.
Seeing that Xiao Feng was full of energy and didn't seem to have suffered serious injuries, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, somewhat angrily, he told Xiao Feng about the rumors circulating in the sect.
"You finally made it back, and they're spreading rumors about you like this. I heard that several of them have had grudges against you before." Seeing the angry looks around him, Xiao Feng chuckled.
He then raised his hand and patted the shoulders around him: "Relax, I'm back now, and I'm innocent. Let them say what they want. They can't find anything wrong with me anyway, so all they can do is make sarcastic remarks."
Those around him breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Xiao Feng was completely unaffected, and then nodded vigorously.
After learning that rumors were flying everywhere within the sect, Xiao Feng decided to stop hiding in his residence.
He really needs to be wary of the demonic energy within his body.
But preserving one's reputation is more important right now.
After they left, some disciples who disliked him began to openly and secretly provoke Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng refuted them one by one, which finally put them to rest for a while.
Xiao Feng's martial arts were pure and showed no sign of demonic possession, so the crowd gradually fell silent.
The people who secretly made the move were furious, but they could only swallow their anger.
Ten days after Xiao Feng returned, another major event occurred for the Qingzong sect.
The sect leader of Xuantian Sect, which is on good terms with Qingzong, brought his daughter Bai Shishi to visit Qingzong.
It seems they are discussing some important matter together.
Xiao Feng learned about this when he first met Bai Shishi.
"Honestly, what's the big deal about this woman? It's just a woman, what's the big deal? They even want me to see how pretty she is?" Xiao Feng, with a blade of grass in his mouth, lazily walked past the square.
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