The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 337 - 336: Wonders of the World

Chapter 337: Chapter 336: Wonders of the World

Song Baobao stammered, "Xiaojiu, is the Little Kirin your Contracted Beast?"

"That’s pretty normal."

With the news exposed, those who knew certain insider information would only see it as a matter of course. Because who the Child of Destiny is remains an unspoken fact among some great powers.

Jian Lingyan was utterly despondent, "Master, we’ve been tricked by the Scheming Beast again."

Xie Jiuniang gave the Water Kirin a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.

The Water Kirin shrank its little head, feeling quite guilty.

Song Baobao quickly declared her stance, "I won’t tell anyone, I promise."

"It doesn’t matter whether you tell or not, we don’t need to wait until we return to Zhengyang Peak. The people who should know about this already do." She was watched daily by many people, and since they were outside, there was no isolation formation set up earlier.

However.

The news spread even faster than Xie Jiuniang had anticipated.

Because a "passing" Nascent Soul had "just happened" to hear the Water Kirin’s words and, shocked by the truth that had been concealed for twenty years, hurriedly shared the news with a close friend.

And that friend talked about it with another friend.

In less than half a day, even ordinary disciples knew about it.

"What? The real master of the Water Kirin is the Little Profiteer?!"

"Must be someone spreading rumors, I heard it was from Purple Sun Peak before."

"I also doubt it’s true, the rumor is too absurd." Many disciples refused to believe it upon hearing it.

The one who relayed the news swore, "It’s absolutely true, it was shared with my master by his close friend, and I happened to overhear them."

"No way, the Water Kirin isn’t Xie Ying’s Contracted Beast? She always loves to show off with the Water Kirin. She’s really lost face this time."

"Actually, when you think about it, the Little Profiteer’s move is quite mean."

"Hahaha, that’s the true nature of the Little Profiteer, impressive. We need to learn from her; my master always tells me to emulate her. Suddenly, I feel it’s quite good, heh heh."

"Do you dare to do something like this?"

"Heh heh, one must have dreams..."

The gossip storm that arose behind the scenes was still fermenting.

Song Baobao’s Lotus Flying Vessel was nearing Zhengyang Peak.

Received a Sound Transmission Talisman from Chaoyan, "Disciple, come to the Grand Hall of the Main Peak, and bring the Water Kirin."

Xie Jiuniang sighed softly.

The message from her master was already reminding her.

She picked up the Water Kirin and said to Song Baobao, "I need to go to the Main Peak. Let Bai Mudan entertain you then."

Sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Bai Mudan.

Bai Mudan was already at Zhengyang Peak and soon came to take over from Song Baobao. Xie Jiuniang, taking the Water Kirin, headed for the Main Peak.

In the Grand Hall of the Main Peak.

There weren’t many people, Chaoyan and Chaoruo were both there; in addition, Lord Ziyang and Xie Ying were present as well.

Xie Ying’s eyes were red, and her complexion was obviously not good.

Chaoyan knew that settling this matter wouldn’t be easy.

When Chaoruo first heard the news, his initial thought was that someone was trying to target Master Yuanxi. After all, it was the first he had heard of such a rare occurrence in his long life.

Passing off a Contracted Beast to someone else to raise, only to claim it as ready-made for oneself?

No one in the Cultivation World had ever done such a thing.

As a result, Lord Ziyang, accompanied by Xie Ying, had come knocking on their door. Chaoruo had urged him not to be impulsive, to investigate thoroughly before concluding, and even spoke a few good words for Yuanxi’s Master, but Chaoruo was quickly proven wrong.

Chaoyan blatantly told him that the matter was true.

The Master could be said to have pioneered the Human’s Contracted Beast tradition, a fact that could be recorded in the annals of the Cultivation World.

Thus, even the Sect Master facing Ziyang, felt somewhat insufficient in confidence.

Just at this time, two mighty figures arrived, looking for entertainment.

They were none other than Lord Guangcheng and Lord Xiaoyuan.

Lord Guangcheng made a special trip to see the spectacle himself.

This was because that annoying thing of his had made him the butt of jokes, and his visit this time was to enjoy the embarrassment of others. In terms of causing headaches, the Ya Family’s situation was worse.

Lord Xiaoyuan came under the pretense of having Chaoyan treat him to a drink, saying that his little disciple had personally told him to seek his master if he wanted a drink, and incidentally, witness a wonder of the world.

"Pretend I’m not here," Lord Xiaoyuan said as he sat down, a slight smirk on his lips as he also poured a cup of Spiritual Tea for Ziyang, "Ziyang, my friend, have some Spiritual Tea to cool down."

Lord Ziyang didn’t feel like acknowledging his friend.

He knew the man had come specifically to enjoy his misfortune.

Xie Jiuniang stepped into the grand hall, followed by the closely attentive Water Kirin. She first bowed to the Sect Master, her grand teacher, then greeted her own master and the three lords in turn.

Only after did she greet Xie Ying.

Xie Ying, her eyes red, looked at the Water Kirin, opened her mouth as if to say something, then bit her lip and held back.

Chaoyan didn’t send a message to Xie Jiuniang.

In front of Lord Ziyang, it would be inappropriate to send a message, otherwise, he might suspect some kind of conspiracy between the master and disciple.

"Ahem."

Chaoruo coughed lightly, "Little Yuanxi, why don’t you give us an explanation, and let’s have the truth."

Honesty was what was most needed in this matter.

To truly resolve this issue, sincerity was the key.

Xie Jiuniang understood this well.

So, she brought out the Water Kirin, "You might not believe what I say, so let it speak for itself, and then I’ll add anything that’s missing."

The Water Kirin blinked innocently, "What should I say?"

Your "rice bowl" knows that I’m your master, so start from the Tianshui Secret Realm," Xie Jiuniang said gently, "Explain why you followed your ’rice bowl’ instead of your actual master."

"Rice bowl?"

"Pfft—"

Lord Xiaoyuan couldn’t help but laugh, "A ’rice bowl,’ is it?"

Ziyang gave him a cold glance, and Xiaoyuan obediently shut his mouth, still smiling.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t use her contract to communicate with the Water Kirin.

After all, she didn’t plan to hide anything about this matter.

Seeing the Water Kirin looking at her with inquiring eyes, Xie Jiuniang said candidly, "Just tell the truth, there’s no need to look at me."

The Water Kirin took a glance at the others present and said in a babyish voice, "It was Shuishui who wanted to contract with the master, it has nothing to do with the master. When Shuishui was still an egg, many people came to snatch it."

Everyone was aware of that incident.

At that moment, the Water Kirin shared a surprising piece of news, "The master didn’t want to contract with Shuishui. After Shuishui hatched, it seized the opportunity when the master wasn’t paying attention and forcibly contracted itself. Then, the master was so poor, she couldn’t even take care of herself, let alone Shuishui. She told Shuishui to fend for itself... Later, Shuishui had to find its own ’rice bowl.’"

"Don’t blame the master, Shuishui did it all," the Water Kirin took the blame upon itself.

Xie Jiuniang raised an eyebrow; it was surprisingly whitewashing her.

Everyone’s gaze turned to her.

Xie Jiuniang simply decided to throw caution to the wind, "It was I who told it to find my elder sister. After all, it’s not nice to exploit outsiders. Back when we were in the family, my elder sister said we’re blood relatives and should seek her out if we run into trouble in the Sect. She said she’d help with anything she could, so what’s wrong with having her take care of a Contracted Beast for a bit?"

In just a moment,

aside from Xie Ying, everyone else was rendered speechless.

Shamelessly pointing out that taking advantage of her own elder sister, what’s the big deal?

Aren’t they all family?

This was utterly shameless, with impudently thick skin, and yet according to her justification, they really couldn’t fault her.