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Chap 717

Chapter 717

Chapter 717: Poison, the greatest weak point Original and most updated translations are from volare. If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen. Please stop supporting theft.

Cang Qiuzi was going to leave after saying his piece, but Long Feiye was still blocking his way. Han Yunxi wasn’t the only one unpleased with this turn of results! He couldn’t swallow it, either Han Yunxi was still striving to remember the past to break through his words when Long Feiye already spoke up.

“Martial Uncle Cang, since Duanmu Yao and that servant girl are both on Celestial Mountain, why not call for them to come down and answer the questions clearly in front of of the other three elders?”

“What, does Feiye doubt martial uncle’s words?”  Cang Qiuzi gave an icy laugh H had prepared his words ahead of time, along with the servant girl. He didn’t fear Long Feiye’s prying. There were only so many witnesses at Lost Void Lake. Since the City of Daughters’ Leng Clan had been decimated by Long Feiye himself, they wouldn’t be in a rush to act on the man’s side.

“Since master is in closed door cultivation, there’s no need to bother him with such matters. Today Grann You, Second Martial Uncle, and Third Martial Uncle are all present. How about calling down all witnesses to get to the bottom of this? If Martial Uncle Cang really wasn’t an accomplice, then that’s that. Your lordship won’t look for your part in this matter.” Long Feiye’s tone was polite despite his lack of tact in word choice!

Cang Qiuzi was full of confidence. Since things were already such a big deal, he really should call down the main culprits to clear his own guilt. Otherwise, the disciples present were capable of spreading all sorts of rumors. If he seized this chance to prove his innocence, he’d have more right to speak up when Long Feiye and Duanmu Yao’s started contending against each other later.

“Heheh, this old man wanted those two to come down as well and testify in person. But you know Yao Yao’s personality. It’s uncertain whether she’d really come. How about you invite her down personally as her senior brother?”

Faced with Cang Qiuzi’s strength, Duanmu Yao had long turned utterly obedient. He was simply putting on a realistic show for the masses, that’s all. With such a big fuss and disciples from all four senior factions present, Duanmu Yao would definitely know what was going on. In fact, she had long started observing the situation from a distance while various junior sisters from Lockheart Courtyard relayed her the latest news. Han Yunxi’s doubts and Long Feiye’s attitude seem to indicate they’d latched onto Cang Qiuzi’s weak point. Although she couldn’t figure out what that was, she believed that Long Feiye wouldn’t fight a war he couldn’t win. Without a word, she simply waited.

Naturally, Long Feiye wouldn’t go to personally pick her up, but sent someone else in his stead. Before that person ever reached the peak, Duanmu Yao was already flying down with a servant girl dressed in dark robes. Having understood the situation at hand, she was all too eager to come down at Cang Qiuzi’s word. Mistress and servant descended, one dressed in white robes, the other in black. They were like a pair of fairy maidens alighting from the nine realms of Heaven, catching the eyes of the onlookers below. Many men grew dazed at the sight.

Duanmu Yao was a well-known beauty possessing looks detached from the mortal realm. Just like a divine fairy, her aura was ethereal and thus quite attractive to mortal men. It was hard for disciples to even catch a glimpse of her on Celestial Mountain itself. Everyone knew it had been ages since she returned, but none of them had caught sight of her yet.

Now they could!

But the reality soon disappointed all the men. Duanmu Yao had come wearing a face mask--silvery white--that covered all of her features. Only her eyes and mouth were showing. As soon as she landed, it was to look at Han Yunxi with eyes of loathing, the type of deepset hatred that seeped to her very bones! Because Han Yunxi’s One Night Like One Year had turned her face full of wrinkles and age spots, making it so ugly that she was afraid to look in a mirror, much less show herself without a mask.