I don't talk about love with my Martial Sister

Chapter 15

There are countless things to worry about.

With little time to relax, Shang Can hurriedly tidied herself up and went to the Demon Lord's palace in the Bi Luo Huang Quan. Upon reaching the entrance, she saw Wan Shao surrounded by several elder demons, all of whom were puffing out their beards and glaring. In the middle, Wan Shao had a long face, facing the verbal bombardment of the elders with a hesitant response.

Shang Can patiently waited outside until the elders left before poking her head in and walking over to Wan Shao, who was slumped over the table.

"...I'm sorry for getting you scolded," she said softly.

"It's fine; I knew I'd get scolded for insisting on going out this time," Wan Shao replied, sitting up and rubbing her temples with fatigue.

"To put it simply, we've already taken the blame."

"According to what those old men just said, news about Bi Luo Huang Quan attacking Tian Wai Tian has spread, including your involvement—" She suddenly grew indignant. "Clearly, without your fire, Tian Wai Tian would have lost people, yet the rumors don't mention you at all!"

"What's even more infuriating! You won't believe it. Even though you cleared the field so well, that useless bunch from Tian Wai Tian still—"

Wan Shao became furious, slamming her hand on the table and standing up.

"—Still let those impostors posing as Bi Luo Huang Quan steal the Dao Heart Lotus Seeds!"

"...Really?"

Shang Can was momentarily speechless and instinctively questioned, "...Is that true?"

"Can it be fake? That was directly said by that substitute sect leader Pei Chen!"

Wan Shao angrily sat back down, gritting her teeth in frustration. "It's like a beautiful pillow stuffed with straw. If I had known the Dao Heart Lotus Seeds were so easy to steal, we should have acted first and taken them before leaving. So infuriating!"

Compared to Wan Shao, Shang Can appeared calmer. She quickly pulled herself out of the absurdity and slightly furrowed her brow.

"...Something feels off."

She couldn't shake the feeling that something was amiss.

The beast attack had charged straight towards the arena, and now it seemed it was because the Dao Heart Lotus Seeds were being carried on Pei Chen.

Though Shang Can had previously remarked that Pei Chen was not as capable as her, his position as the substitute sect leader of Tian Wai Tian indicated he possessed some skill. After she broke the spiritual barrier, there was no way the group of weak beasts could have taken the Dao Heart Lotus Seeds from Pei Chen, who was recovering his spiritual energy.

What happened after they left? Or was it—

Shang Can's gaze turned colder as her thoughts returned to that arena.

At that time, things had happened too suddenly, causing chaos that made it difficult for her to investigate, but it had been bothering her all along.

—Who injured Yun Duan?

Shang Can was confident that while fighting alongside Yun Duan in the arena, she had never lost sight of her. When Yun Duan suggested breaking the barrier, she had been fine, and even after battling in the beast tide for nearly an hour, Yun Duan's pristine white clothes remained spotless, like the first snow in that hellish battlefield.

The only moment her attention had shifted away from her was—just for a moment.

It was after she returned to the arena.