Chapter 111: Chapter 96: Strange Tales of Tian Xie (Part 2)

Despite a group of law enforcement cultivators arriving, Chu Xuan calmly drank the "Drunken Immortal Brew," while Qingqing lowered her head and ate in small bites, without the panicked look of a mouse meeting a cat.

The leading law enforcement cultivator didn’t even glance over there, instead, he stared intensely at the middle-aged loose cultivator and said in a deep voice:

"He Danian, I ask you, did you spread rumors publicly in Flying Heaven Tower, damaging the reputation of the righteous sects? Is there such a thing?"

The loose cultivator, called He Danian, immediately changed his expression, "I, it’s not, I didn’t."

"Don’t make random accusations, which righteous sect did I discredit?"

"I was just having some drinks with friends, saying some drunken words, and you want to interfere? Isn’t that too overbearing?"

The law enforcement cultivator didn’t listen to He Danian’s defense, instead coldly said: "Take all of these people back, investigate them thoroughly, and if there’s any resistance, capture them directly!"

The subordinate cultivators responded loudly, and He Danian and his band of cronies instantly turned pale.

They were fully aware they couldn’t possibly be opponents, so they didn’t dare resist and had no choice but to be honestly taken away with pipa bone pierced and locked.

Once the group had left, the main hall on the first floor began to bustle again, everyone was extremely surprised, whispering to each other.

At first, they were quite puzzled, wondering if something big had happened given the situation? It turned out to be for this reason.

Because He Danian’s voice was loud, many heard his remarks, and now some cultivators were gloating:

"Serves him right! Talking nonsense, if you talk about Celestial Evil’s romantic scandals, recount his past love affairs, would anyone mind?"

"Why fabricate something about an ancestor of a righteous sect, and then a Fairy Yunxia, now you’re in trouble, right? Didn’t you know that East Immortal Pavilion is the righteous sect’s main base?"

"Dare to speak badly about them here, just an accusation of implying the upper echelons could make you suffer a lot."

Although not everyone agreed with these remarks, some thought the East Immortal Pavilion cultivators were too oppressive.

But overall, not many sympathized with He Danian.

Who told him to like fabricating rumors, he deserves to taste some bitterness, anyway East Immortal Pavilion likely won’t kill him.

Gradually, fewer people discussed the matter, and everyone went back to their business.

Chu Xuan saw Qingqing had almost finished eating, so he took her hand, paid, and left.

...

After walking far away from Flying Heaven Tower, Qingqing was still somewhat anxious, "Why did you suddenly get angry? Did I eat too much?"

Chu Xuan was still pondering the matter of He Danian being captured, but hearing her say this, he couldn’t help but chuckle.

"It’s nothing, feel free to eat, I can afford to support you."

Then Chu Xuan was a bit surprised, I didn’t show it, how did Qingqing know I was angry?

Qingqing quickly withdrew her left hand from Chu Xuan’s palm.

This guy, holding so expertly, it wasn’t for misunderstanding you disliked me, I wouldn’t let you succeed!

Chu Xuan didn’t answer why he was angry, he both shifted the topic and genuinely curiously asked:

"Qingqing, can you really tell if someone is lying?"

Speaking of this, Qingqing was a bit proud, "Yes, is there a problem with that?"

"Just now that He Danian, was what he said true or false?"

Seeing Chu Xuan slightly tense, Qingqing wanted to laugh, "No way you actually believe that, right?"

"All false?" Chu Xuan was still apprehensive, he probed further.

"Actually, I didn’t believe it either, but He Danian ended up captured?!"

"To be honest, if East Immortal Pavilion hadn’t captured him, I would have just considered him spouting nonsense; but with him being grabbed, I instead began to suspect, could what He Danian said be true?"

Don’t misunderstand, what Chu Xuan suspected wasn’t the in-your-face betrayal part, but the Fairy Yunxia part, did Celestial Evil really do something so perverted?

So the righteous side might have been secretly protecting the reputation of that fairy from back then, not wanting her to be hurt again, hence the strict control of related remarks.

Qingqing originally only listened to this as a joke, but being told this by Chu Xuan, she also hesitated.

"These law enforcement cultivators came too quickly, indeed there’s something odd."

"As for what He Danian said, the part about Fairy Yunxia, he heard it from someone a few years ago, even he doesn’t know if it’s true or false, he casually brought it up as bragging while drinking with friends."

"But as for that ’in front of the victim’s face’, that part was purely made up on the spot while drunk, not a shred of credibility."

Chu Xuan slightly frowned, meaning even Qingqing couldn’t be sure if the story of Fairy Yunxia was true or false.

It’s a pity He Danian was captured, otherwise, he could have tried to ask him where this "curious tale" was heard from.

The reason Chu Xuan was so concerned wasn’t just for the sake of reputation.

But because he suspected, when Celestial Evil Demon Venerable captured Fairy Yunxia, it was to test whether his revival plan could proceed smoothly.

After all, it involved the "Time Dao," involved "rejuvenation," involved "memory erasure," conducting a pre-test was quite reasonable.

But if that’s really the case, Celestial Evil shouldn’t have let Fairy Yunxia go, because this involves his grand plan of revival, according to the style of the demonic path, after completing the test, he should kill to silence, only the dead won’t leak secrets...

Chu Xuan extended his five fingers and calculated for a while, but perhaps because it involved himself, he couldn’t get any results.