Xu Xinrou's complexion visibly worsened.
Seeing this, Su Nian hurriedly explained, "Um... Senior Sister Xu! Don't misunderstand! Si Shulan is Qiu Shan's personal disciple. She's here because..."
"Junior brother," Xu Xinrou said with a smile, though the smile held a hint of danger.
"You're not trying to say that Shulan came here specifically to make you call off the engagement because she's unhappy with her master's marriage proposal, are you?"
Su Nian breathed a sigh of relief, thinking how wonderful it was that her second senior sister was so perceptive.
"Yes, yes, that's it, Senior Sister, you guessed right."
"Hehehe... I just made up a reason for you on the spot, and you actually guessed it right?" Xu Xinrou had a cold smile on her lips.
She glanced sideways at Si Shulan, who looked like a child who had done something wrong, then at Su Nian, who showed no remorse whatsoever, before turning away in disappointment.
"Junior brother, you really... have disappointed me so much..."
Su Nian was taken aback, then immediately explained, "Hey, hey, hey! Senior sister, you've misunderstood! This really is just a misunderstanding! Si Shulan and I really didn't do anything! We're innocent!"
Si Shulan chuckled to herself, but was glared at fiercely by Su Nian.
"What are you laughing at! Everyone's gone in anger! It's all your fault for sneaking in in the middle of the night! Now look what's happened! What are you going to do to make it up to me?"
"Compensate you? What compensation?!" Si Shulan straightened her chest, refusing to back down. "How dare you say that? I'm an unmarried girl! If word gets out that you forced me into bed like this, what will become of my reputation?"
"Isn't it because you were going to snitch on me?"
"Hmph! I think you're just feeling guilty! This is good, it lets your senior sister know how much of a womanizer you are!" Si Shulan muttered discontentedly, "You clearly have my master, yet you still have feelings for other women? I think you should be castrated! That way you'll never have any improper thoughts about other women for the rest of your life."
"What kind of person do you take me for? I didn't invite my senior sister to come with me for that kind of purpose!"
Su Nian had a headache.
But since things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time.
I hope that my senior sister will not distance herself from him because of this, and that she will not give him any chance to explain.
After that, Si Shulan left, but before leaving, she revealed to Su Nian that she had sneaked out of Holy Fire City and would not be attending the birthday celebration competition of the Grand Elder of the Holy Glory Sect.
This was within Su Nian's expectations, because in his memory, at this time, the three upper sects and the Blazing Sun Temple had successively closed their mountain gates. The Moon Pavilion and the Seven Star Sect should have realized that something was wrong, and the entire sect was making tense preparations for the disaster that was about to happen.
In the latter half of the night, the elders from various sects who had gone to the Holy Glory Sect all returned.
Su Nian went to visit Li Baiyu as soon as she returned and asked her about the situation at the scene.
Li Baiyu stroked his chin, recalling what had happened at the banquet the night before, saying that there was nothing unusual about it, just an ordinary banquet.
Su Nian felt that things were strange, but she couldn't figure it out, so she could only give up for the time being.
Two more days passed, and the Holy Fire City was calm and peaceful.
Ji Changxi, the Holy Son of the Rakshasa Sect, and the other disciples have disappeared without a trace in the past two days. Ye Hua has also stayed in his room without any sign of going out.
Su Nian visited Ye Hua three times in the past two days. Each time she came to his room, she saw him hiding under the covers and refusing to turn around and talk to her.
For some reason, Su Nian always felt a strange sense of unease during her conversations with Ye Hua.
And... a faint trace of demonic energy.
Is the source of this demonic energy the phantom he raised?
Su Nian couldn't confirm it; this demonic energy was extremely peculiar, and only he could sense it.
He once suspected that Ye Hua had switched the objects, allowing the illusionary demon to transform into his appearance and disguise himself in the room, while his real body went out to secretly prepare with the black-clad demon.
But he was wrong. He suddenly pulled back Ye Hua's blanket and confirmed that the person in the blanket was indeed Ye Hua.
A strange sense of unease spread throughout her body. Su Nian pondered her preparations over the past few days and kept thinking about what Ye Hua was up to. In the end, she couldn't come to a clear conclusion and could only shake her head and give up.
Although the two were secretly plotting something behind each other's backs, Su Nian's trump cards were no less than Ye Hua's.
Soon, the birthday of the Grand Elder of the Holy Glory Sect arrived.
The Holy Glory Sect opened its gates wide, and sects large and small from all over the Nine Provinces gathered there. Cultivators were everywhere, and countless people exchanged greetings and laughed and reminisced in the lively atmosphere.
Quan Xiu, being a minor figure among the nine major sects, attracted much attention from the moment he appeared.
As Su Nian mingled among Quan Xiu's team, she felt countless gazes that seemed to be fixed on prey.
He frowned slightly, silently noting the source of these gazes.
"Why do so many people see me as a thorn in their side? For those who want to snatch the prizes, my cultivation has been mostly destroyed, so I shouldn't be such a big threat anymore. Also... this overwhelming demonic energy I felt as soon as I entered the Holy Glory Sect... who exactly is it coming from?"
Su Nian looked up at the mountaintop of Shengyao Sect, a sense of foreboding creeping into her heart.
The air was filled with countless chaotic and tiny demonic energies. If it weren't for Qian Weiwei, who was extremely sensitive to demonic energy within him, even he, the former Reincarnation Emperor who had been entangled with the demon race for hundreds of lifetimes, probably wouldn't have been able to detect it.
What terrified him even more was the overwhelming demonic energy emanating from the mountaintop! This demonic energy was chilling, as if it could blot out the sky and devour everyone here.
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