"What?!" Yin Hongniang's expression froze slightly. She looked outside the door and asked anxiously, "Why is the library on fire?"

"I don't know. I heard that it started to smoke this morning. When I found it, it was already on fire! It's still burning now."

Wang Qiliang said hurriedly.

When Yin Hongniang heard this, her brows furrowed and she didn't know where to put her fair, round hands.

She stood up from the futon, wandered a few steps, lowered her head and muttered to herself, "The library was burned down. Has the power outside become so rampant?!"

The library is the hard work of Qingluan Valley.

It contains various secret manuals on martial arts, a large number of ancient books on medicine, and even the world's rumors and history are recorded. It is more prosperous than the library in the Daqian Imperial City.

But now such a precious building has been set on fire.

"I have to go out for a while, so I'm sorry to neglect you."

"I'll go with you to check out the situation."

"Okay."

Yin Hongniang nodded.

Then she immediately went down the mountain, and Xu Qiu followed behind her.

Take your time.

In the eyes of outsiders, he is a first-rate warrior. Yin Hongniang took light steps in the air and floated down from the top of the mountain to the valley. Xu Qiu was not bad either. He touched the water like a dragonfly and then fell thousands of feet.

The disciple saw this and showed admiration on his face, "Qin Jianjia's husband and uncle are too strong. A mountain that is hundreds of feet high has fallen into the valley in less than a cup of tea."

Even a first-rate warrior would find it difficult to do this.

Qingluan Valley Library.

The library is located on a low mountain, and there is a straight five-story pagoda that can be seen as soon as you enter the entrance.

It can be said to be the landmark building of Qingluan Valley. It looks like a pagoda in the style of the Tang Dynasty. At this moment, it is burning with raging flames. The fire devours every inch of the tower. At the same time, a large number of books are turned into ashes, and smoke and dust are rolled up in the sky.

The disciples who were fighting the fire were in a panic. Many of them lifted up the water, jumped into the air, and poured every bucket of water that fell from the sky.

However, the fire showed no signs of abating, as if someone had ignited it with kerosene.

“What should I do?!”

"The library is going to burn down? This is the hard work of Qingluan Valley!"

"Have you informed the elders?"

"The elders have been notified, and they are on their way."

All the disciples were busy putting out the fire.

Unfortunately, the number of disciples in Qingluan Valley was not large to begin with, and all of them added up never exceeded a hundred.

After all, Qingluan Valley is just a mountain gate, not a big sect in the world of immortal cultivation.

When the disciples were in confusion.

"Let me do it." Yin Hongniang's voice came over, and then she struck out with a palm, and the wooden pillars of the library broke instantly. The remaining wooden pillars were also cut off by the strong energy. The library collapsed with a loud bang, and a large amount of flames were crushed underneath.

Many raging fires were extinguished under the wreckage of the buildings, leaving only sporadic flames. Upon seeing this, the other disciples rushed forward frantically and put out the fires.

Soon, the fire in the library disappeared.

A disciple cheered: "The flames are finally extinguished!"

However, Yin Hongniang felt a chill in her heart when she saw the collapsed library. She immediately ordered, "Purge the books in the library. Don't leave any books behind!"

"Yes, Uncle Master!"

Many disciples nodded and busily flipped through the books in the library.

A large number of books were either burned or soaked by water.

The disciples looked distressed.

Xu Qiu looked at the scene in front of him carefully, picked up a book and opened it casually, but soon threw it aside.

[The quality of these books is very ordinary, they are all useless]

Xu Qiu shook his head. In the world of cultivating immortals, only small families in the mortal world would collect these books. Ordinary small sects would not even glance at these tattered books. These books were almost everywhere in the world of cultivating immortals.

When Yin Hongniang heard this, she became furious.

Just when I was thinking of a way to teach him a lesson.

Xiahou Zongxing arrived late and saw the collapsed library. He couldn't help but say, "Who on earth was the bastard who burned down the library?"

Other elders around also came over.

Among them, the third elder, Ni Taowan, looked at the disciples around her and asked, "Did you find anyone doing something strange in the library?"

He seemed to know nothing about anything.

The third elder, Ni Taowan, continued, "Is there anyone suspicious inside the mountain gate?"

The disciples also shook their heads.

Someone suddenly asked, "Are there outsiders?"

"who?"

"Senior Sister Qin's husband and her sister were brought back by the Great Elder."

The young disciple suddenly said.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned to look at Yin Hongniang and Xu Qiu beside Yin Hongniang.

At this time, Xiahou Zongxing fanned the flames and said, "I'm confused. The day after Hongniang brought them back, the library caught fire. This is too coincidental. We have been doing fine all along."

His words directly directed everyone's attention to Xu Qiu.

"That seems to be the truth."

"Our library never catches fire, but it caught fire the day after they came in. This is too strange."

"But they don't have to!"

"'Outsider', you know what I mean? Without outsiders, we are still safe here."

The disciples' discussions were heard one after another, all directed at Xu Qiu.

At this time, Wang Qiliang shouted to the crowd: "It definitely won't be my brother-in-law and his men. They have been staying in the yard the whole time. I can guarantee it!"

He looked like he was about to swear.

Unfortunately, no one paid for it, and there were constant voices of ridicule.

"Huh~ You even called your brother-in-law, and you're so affectionate."

"Sister Qin was expelled from the sect because she stole something."

"Indeed, I wonder if he would be as bad as Senior Sister Qin. Maybe he wanted to avenge Senior Sister Qin and therefore deliberately set the library on fire."

These sounds are extremely harsh.

When Wang Qiliang heard this, he clenched his fists. He was clearly a witness, proving that Xu Qiu and Qin Yumo had an alibi, but no one believed him.

"You are so abominable!"

Wang Qiliang was so angry that his teeth itched.

While everyone was arguing, the third elder enforced the law impartially and said, "It's meaningless to argue about this now. It's better to conduct an interrogation. After all, the library wouldn't catch fire for no reason!"

When the third elder Ni Taowan spoke, her eyes were always fixed on Xu Qiu.

However, Xu Qiu looked frank, with his hands behind his back, looking straight into her eyes with a condescending look, showing no concern at all.

At this moment, Yin Hongniang discovered that everyone was targeting Xu Qiu.

He said directly: "He has been by my side the whole time, what do you need to interrogate?"

As she spoke, she put her hand on Xu Qiu's shoulder and guaranteed Xu Qiu in her own name.

"He has always been by your side. Do you plan to accept him as your disciple?" Ni Taowan was puzzled, staring straight at Yin Hongniang.

"What does it matter if I accept it or not?"

"Do you know how much loss Qin Jianjia caused our Qingluan Valley back then? Now you still dare to accept people around her as your disciples. Did you instigate what happened in the past?"

Ni Taowan said aggressively.

Xiahou Zongxing on the side said earnestly: "That's what I said, Hongniang, don't do anything stupid, it's not worth it for such a person!"

Yin Hongniang frowned, she could feel that these two people were trying to force her to abdicate.

It's nothing more than their own strength declining, so they increasingly ignore the Great Elder.

However, Xu Qiu must be saved.

She said without fear: "You can doubt me as much as you want. If I say he didn't do it, then he didn't do it!"

"Are you defending him just like you defended Qin Jianjia back then?" Ni Taowan retorted, staring at Yin Hongniang.

Just when the two sides were on the verge of a fight.

An abrupt voice sounded, "Elders, I can prove that Senior Sister Qin did not steal back then. She was framed by someone, and the person who framed her was none other than Huang Yue'e!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Nangong Wan'er falling into the crowd with a treasure box in her hand.

(End of this chapter)