Lin Xinyi looked somewhat flustered, clearly not expecting Murong Xue to suddenly say such a thing.
Although she was panicking internally, this panic only lasted for a moment before Lin Xinyi forcibly composed herself, revealing a faint smile.
“I wonder where the Sect Leader heard such rumors. Saying this to my face like this is rather disheartening, isn’t it~?”
“Is that so? It seems I was too direct with my words…”
Seeing Lin Xinyi’s reaction, Murong Xue also lowered her head, appearing thoughtful.
While Lin Xinyi seemed calm on the surface, she had secretly prepared a talisman to break the barrier.
As long as she could break the barrier, with so many eyes watching, the other party wouldn’t dare to do anything to her.
“Sect Leader, if there’s nothing else, perhaps you could let me leave first? We’ll have plenty of time to chat in the future.”
Lin Xinyi responded while slowly bringing the talisman in her hand closer to the barrier behind her.
After all, such a fragile barrier could be easily broken with just one talisman.
The only trouble now was Murong Xue standing before her.
Although the other party showed no outward release of spiritual power, Lin Xinyi could feel countless sharp blades surrounding her body.
If Murong Xue wished, she could be sliced to pieces in an instant.
“Although I may have indeed misunderstood Elder Lin, could you first put away that barrier-breaking talisman behind your back?”
Just as Lin Xinyi was about to stick the talisman onto the barrier behind her, Murong Xue reached out a hand and placed it on her shoulder.
Hearing those words, Lin Xinyi was instantly frightened into stillness.
When the talisman paper was taken from her hand by Murong Xue, no matter how unwilling she felt inside, Lin Xinyi could only let it happen.
Watching the talisman paper being taken, she immediately feigned an angry expression.
“Sect Leader, if you have matters to discuss with me, you could have simply summoned me directly. But why trap me here like this…?”
….
Seeing her little scheme about to fail, Lin Xinyi now had no desire to waste any more time here.
Although she didn’t worry about being eliminated on the spot, she also didn’t know how to make the Murong Xue before her leave quickly.
Murong Xue looked at Lin Xinyi’s displeased expression but didn’t seem to mind. She simply took out a crystal at her own pace.
“My earlier words might have been somewhat rude. After all, your personal disciple Qin Huaiyin possesses such pure spiritual power, it’s hard not to be suspicious…”
“So the Sect Leader falsely accused me based on that alone…?”
Lin Xinyi’s words carried a hint of anger.
She thought to herself that since Murong Xue had no evidence of her using Qin Huaiyin as a cultivation furnace, otherwise she probably wouldn’t be chatting with her so calmly here.
Lin Xinyi just wanted to end this topic quickly.
After all, once news of the demonic sect spy came through, she still needed to be the one to guide the situation.
At the same time, her eyes involuntarily glanced toward Bai Yuqian sitting on the fiftieth step.
Murong Xue had trapped her here, giving her no chance to leave.
If Lin Xinyi hadn’t been confident in her secrecy, she might have thought she was already exposed.
“It was indeed my preconceived notion. After all, Elder Lin’s disciple awakened the Dragon Transformation Body. That hardly seems like someone being used as a furnace. I apologize for my earlier words…”
Hearing the other party back down, Lin Xinyi thought her chance had come.
She intended to take the opportunity to step down, but unexpectedly, Murong Xue suddenly shifted the topic and took a step forward, further compressing Lin Xinyi’s space to move.
“What I wish to discuss with Elder Lin is the matter of the demonic sect spy within our sect…”
“Shouldn’t the Sect Leader discuss such matters with the Inspection Elder? What does it have to do with me!”
Seeing Murong Xue suddenly move closer, Lin Xinyi panicked even more internally, not understanding what the other party intended.
Hearing the term “demonic sect spy” also made her heart tighten sharply.
‘Those two spread the news that fast? How did the Sect Leader learn about this so quickly…?’
….
A trace of confusion appeared in Lin Xinyi’s eyes, but she never imagined that everything she had just done had been seen by the other party.
From beginning to end, she never considered that her actions might be exposed.
“I merely thought that with Elder Lin’s many schemes, you might have some good suggestions…”
“The Sect Leader certainly has a high opinion of me…”
Hearing the other’s description of her, Lin Xinyi couldn’t help but twitch.
She never expected her image in the Sect Leader’s mind to be that of someone “with many schemes.”
The more Lin Xinyi thought about it, the more obvious her internal dissatisfaction became.
She thought about using this dissatisfaction as a reason to leave, but before she could, a crystal was placed directly into her hand.
“This, this is…?”
“A Memory Stone. Won’t Elder Lin take a look?”
Looking at the Memory Stone in her hand, Lin Xinyi immediately had a bad premonition.
But when she looked up, she saw the faint, almost imperceptible smile at the corner of Murong Xue’s lips.
Murong Xue gently rubbed her slender, long fingertips with one hand, while her other hand guided Lin Xinyi’s fingers to close one by one.
With each touch of those perfect fingertips, Murong Xue’s fingers would lightly stroke across Lin Xinyi’s palm.
“On my way here today, I happened to see something interesting. I thought I’d share it with Elder Lin…”
At that moment, seeing the Memory Stone, Lin Xinyi’s back was already soaked with cold sweat.
Although she didn’t want to believe the other party had obtained any information, given the current situation, Murong Xue must have learned something.
‘Damn it! Isn’t she the Sect Leader? Doesn’t she have anything better to do? Why is she paying so much attention to me!’
Lin Xinyi was beginning to lose her composure.
But looking at the Memory Stone in her hand, she didn’t check its contents.
Instead, she tightened her grip.
The already fragile Memory Stone shattered into a pile of fragments with just that slight pressure.
Watching Lin Xinyi’s actions, Murong Xue didn’t seem particularly anxious.
Instead, she crossed her arms in front of her chest, wanting to see what the other would do next.
…..
“Elder Lin, destroying evidence? Isn’t that behavior a bit too foolish…?”
“I don’t need to know what’s inside, nor do I wish to know what the Sect Leader has discovered…”
Although Lin Xinyi was somewhat panicked internally, she still forced herself to remain calm.
Hearing Lin Xinyi’s words, Murong Xue became interested, a hint of amusement appearing in her eyes.
“The Sect Leader may know something, but my actions have absolutely no intention of harming the sect. May I request that the Sect Leader pretend nothing happened…?”
“Don’t you want to know what leverage I have on you?”
“This humble one only asks the Sect Leader to let the matter rest. As for the leverage, since it already exists, there’s no need to know what it is…”
Looking at the shattered Memory Stone on the ground, Lin Xinyi felt extremely conflicted.
Although she hadn’t looked, based on Murong Xue’s earlier words, her recent actions had likely been witnessed by the other.
In this situation, no matter how much she tried to argue, it was probably useless.
It was better to admit it straightforwardly.
As the Sect Leader, Murong Xue hadn’t stopped her, which showed she had her own considerations.
After all, as an elder, Lin Xinyi was far more important than two injured outer sect disciples.
“Why should I agree…?”
Murong Xue wasn’t in a hurry to respond.
She simply crossed her arms, looking calmly at Lin Xinyi before her as if she didn’t care much.
But Lin Xinyi understood that the moment this question was asked, the discussion had already signaled her victory.
Since Murong Xue was asking why she should agree, it meant agreement was still possible.
As long as she offered a tempting enough condition, even a Sect Leader could be persuaded.
“In short, as long as you agree, what can’t I give to the Sect Leader~?”
Hearing this, Murong Xue clearly hesitated for a moment.
Then, her gradually narrowing eyes slowly shifted to look at Lin Xinyi’s hands, at the silky gloves adorning those slender fingers.
The pure white silk tightly enveloped those enticing hands.
…..
“The gloves I gave you, are they comfortable to wear?”
“Does the Sect Leader want them back~?”
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