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Two old men descended from the sky. One of them was wearing distinctive colored military armor, as if he were a commander of an army.
The other one was bald and had a droopy face. His clothes were orange colored; it was clear that he was a Buddhist Monk.
The two exuded an aura that made the ground tremble, but Xuan Ye didn't even flinch.
Xuan Ye stepped down from the Temple's stairs and asked, "Esteemed Seniors, what brings you here?"
The Monk finally spoke, " I'm Mingzhu Guangchan, 1st elder of the Great Buddhist Clan, he is the Commanding Officer of the 3rd army of the Immortal Court, Yuancang Tianque."
"I brought him here after learning someone has intruded in the Forbidden Buddhist Temple, but to think it was you, Young Master Xiao Wuchen?" Mingzhu Ghuangchan had instantly recognized the face of Xiao Wuchen.
However, before they reached any conclusion, Xuan Ye stepped forward and made a painful expression. "I know what you want to say, Elder Mingzhu. I also felt the same pain when I entered the Forbidden Buddhist Temple, but I had no choice."
Yuancang Tianque frowned, "What forced you to enter the Temple, then?" His tone was polite, yet it contained a hidden threat. He didn't want to offend the Xiao Clan without any reason.
Xuan Ye continued, "Esteemed Seniors, actually, this morning, I saw a person sneaking into the Temple. I was furious and wanted to teach him a lesson. So, I followed him, but then what I saw was too painful."
"The Person was one of the prodigies of the Crimson Phoenix Clan, Liang Tian. He was trying to perform a demonic ritual to forcefully become the master of Golden Buddha's Treasured Stick."
"However, by the time I reached there, he had already completed the ritual. Still, I spared no effort to stop him, but in the end, I was powerless."
"Look, he used his demonic Halbred to stab my heart, but thanks to my life-saving artifact, I was barely able to save my life."
Both of them looked at his wound. It was really made by a Halbred. They saw his sorrow and the eyes that sought justice, and those emotional gestures looked honest as well.
Both deemed him innocent. Yuancang Tianque and Mingzhu Guangchan ordered their subordinates to head over to the Crimson Phoenix Clan to demand an explanation.
Before leaving, both cupped their fists to Xuan Ye and told him that they were inspired by his actions. Despite being lower in cultivation, he actually went against a prodigy who had increased his cultivation realm by turning to demons.
This deed is beyond commendable.
Both were extremely satisfied by seeing how righteous the young master of Xiao Clan was. They wanted their disciples to learn a thing or two from him.
After everyone left, Little Mao came out. "My Lord, you are the God of Acting! The Golden Stick was stolen by you, but they are targeting Liang Tian, who doesn't even exist anymore..."
"You are so great! My Lord! I believe if I live with you, I would soon become the strongest system in existence."
"That's enough", Xuan Ye stopped her. He didn't like it when people excessively praised him, when he did nothing special.
He remembered the location of the Xiao clan from Xiao Wuchen's memories and flew.
Hours later, he arrived at the Xiao Clan.
Calling the Clan Building a large structure would be insulting... To put it in words, it was more like a small town. It had walls that covered the immensely long boundaries. Inside those boundaries were streets with buildings, shops, training halls, etc.
All of them were outer disciples and servants of the Xiao Clan. Xuan Ye flew over the street; he didn't want to cause commotion.
Moments later, he saw another large boundary of walls. On the other side of the wall was the Xiao Clan's inner sect.
Xuan Ye descended on the surface. There were two guards at the entrance of the inner sect.
Both bowed after noticing Xiao Wuchen was coming.
They opened the Large Gate.
The Inner sect was beautiful, like a portrait. It had multiple peaks, mountains, and rivers. Cranes were flying in the sky, while near the river, some disciples were fishing. It was beyond the scale of a sect.
When he looked above, there were floating structures. Some of them were chambers, some of them were pavilion halls. In the centre stood the largest structure. The Xiao Family Manor.
Xuan Ye flew over to the Xiao Family Manor.
As he stepped into the Grand Hall, A beautiful girl approached him.
Her presence felt like she was a goddess. Her long, luscious black hair bounced with her every step. Her well-proportioned body seemed like it was crafted by the best artisan. She wore a deep crimson colored dress.
Her voice was soft and sweet. But it didn't look like she had any affection for Xiao Wuchen.
Xuan Ye recognized this girl as Feng Liyue, Xiao Wuchen's fiancée, who was the daughter of one of the strongest ancient clans of the immortal world.
With a furious face, Feng Liyue said, "Xiao Wuchen, you've embarrassed both your clan and mine today."
Xuan Ye was dumbfounded because, as per Xiao Wuchen's memories, this girl loved him. But now, it didn't look like that.
He gently asked, "What did I do?"
Feng Liyue frowned, "Don't pretend to be dumb! Didn't you go after Liang Tian once again?"
"Why are you openly trying to kill him? Don't think your family would always save you!"
By now, Xuan Ye had realized that Xiao Wuchen was officially playing a villain's role in the immortal world. And the affection Feng Liyue had towards him in his memories was just him making things up.
But again, he thought it wasn't entirely his fault. His upbringing was right. From childhood, he was raised by nannies. The Clan's Elders and his relatives were busy managing the Clan, while both his parents were forced to ascend to the God Realm since they had hit the cultivation limit of the Immortal world.
However, even after learning that Xiao Wuchen's memories aren't that useful to him, it didn't solve Xuan Ye's current problem.
He had to do something on his own.
Once again, He began a new act, bent a bit, and said, "Feng Liyue, I apologize for whatever I did to you from the beginning."
"To tell you the truth, I was cursed by someone and did all those things under the curse's influence."
"What Bullshit!" Feng Liyue was enraged; she thought he was deceiving her again.
However, then Xuan Ye stepped up his act, "I understand you are angry, but believe me. See, this wound, it was given to me by Liang Tian. I indeed tried to kill him, but that was also the curse's fault."
"Actually, today, when I followed Liang Tian, I saw him entering the Forbidden Buddhist Temple. So, I also had no choice but to enter it as well."
"However, there I saw he was doing a demonic ritual to forcefully gain the inheritance of Forbidden Buddha."
"I tried to stop him, but was severely injured by him. However, I still managed to drive him away from the temple."
"At that time, a golden light came out of the Buddha Statue, and it helped me break through two major realms as a thanks for protecting the Temple."
"The Statue also told me about the curse, saying that its caster was someone from the Crimson Phoenix Clan, but the Statue had removed it for me."
"I don't know if you believe me or not, but all I can do is apologize to you."
Feng Liyue was perplexed; she didn't entirely believe in Xuan Ye's story, but she also didn't think it was a lie.
Besides that, one more thing bothered her. Since the beginning she met him, he called her with different names like Liyu, Yue'er, Xiaoyue, but there was never a time when he called her Feng Liyue.
From the other side of the grand hall, an old man with a long white beard came; he wore white clothes that had golden lines on them.
His face looked aged, and his body frail. It was all but a deception. The person was one of the Supreme Elders of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Tainrong.
He had overheard Xuan Ye and Feng Liyue's conversation from his chamber.
"Wuchen! Is what you are saying true?" He asked in a tense and serious tone.
Xuan Ye continued his act, "Yes! Grandpa Tianrong, it's true! Still, if you don't believe me, I can show you proof."
Xuan Ye exerted his aura.
Both Feng Liyue and Xiao Tianrong were stunned.
It was actually the aura of a Heavenly True Immortal Realm Cultivator.
They believed Xuan Ye's words, because there's no way Xiao Wuchen can break through from the Celestial Immortal Realm to the True Immortal Realm.
If he had that talent from the beginning, why did he fool around until now?
Xiao Tianrong was furious, "Crimson Phoenix Clan!! How dare that Puny Clan attempt to ruin our Clan's future with their demonic schemes?"
In an Instant, He flew in the sky and announced, "My fellow brothers, gather at once!"
"It's time for War!"
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