The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 361 - 360 Shocking

Chapter 361: Chapter 360 Shocking

The assassination incident caused an uproar that could be described as a major earthquake in the Cultivation World, even more sensational than the time when Kongyu and others had ambushed Xie Jiu’s mother.

Because there had been no Shadow Stone recording of the incident that year.

This time there was a Shadow Stone as evidence.

Besides this matter, Ao Zhan’s leading a slaughter in a city directly sparked public condemnation.

Members of other families came forward one after another to distance themselves, claiming that it was Ao Zhan’s own doing and had nothing to do with their families, and publicly condemned Ao Zhan and others. Some strong individuals, in order to gain trust, even swore in public that their own families would absolutely never commit such a massacre.

Xie Jiu muttered softly, "Are they trying to sacrifice the pawn to save the chariot?"

"Not exactly. Those who dare to swear in public are indeed free from intentions of massacre; it’s very likely that what happened was done on Ao Zhan’s own initiative. On the day, by a stroke of luck, one person escaped and has been taken away by people from the border patrol."

Chaoruo had been paying close attention to this matter.

After his family was annihilated, Ao Zhan vented his anger on Yunmu City.

This was not difficult to understand; it was simply the Xie Family’s misfortune.

Chaoruo then said, "Yuanxi, you go back to Zhengyang Peak first, I have some private matters I’d like to discuss with your master."

"Okay."

Xie Jiu got up to take her leave.

Stepping out of the grand hall, she threw out the Broken Sword, then with a light tap of her toe, she soared onto the sword.

With a whoosh, the Broken Sword flew away.

Consequently, many witnessed Xie Jiu’s appearance at the Sect.

A Sect Disciple was originally flying with his sword; while still in midair, he almost lost his focus and fell, exclaiming, "Wow, who just flew by? Was that the Little Profiteer?!"

"It really is the Little Profiteer, she’s returned to the Sect!"

"Ah, she’s not dead, she’s back!"

"I have to tell my friends about this. Who was the scumbag who said she was dead?"

"I don’t know who started the rumor, but I heard it from you."

"How could that be? You must have remembered wrong!"

"..."

The Sound Transmission Talismans began to fly in all directions, and over ninety percent of the messages were related to Xie Jiu’s return to the Sect.

She wasn’t dead and had returned unharmed.

Among the Sect Disciples, many had seen the footage, especially the one where the ten Divinity Transformation experts struck together, and not even the great immortals could have saved her. Some speculated that she had died, and during this time, the rumors in the Sect had become wilder. Everyone who had seen the footage believed it without a doubt.

To everyone’s surprise, the person in question suddenly appeared!

Xie Jiu returned to Zhengyang Peak and immediately saw Bai Mudan.

Bai Mudan handed two letters to Xie Jiu, "These are messages my brother sent back the day before yesterday."

Bai Mudan stood in place with a worried look in her eyes as she gazed at Xie Jiu.

The entire Cultivation World was gossiping that Yunmu City had been massacred and had become ruins, with countless dead or injured.

"My lady, are you alright?" Bai Mudan asked anxiously.

"I’m fine."

Xie Jiu examined the two letters.

One contained the latest rumors from outside, all of which she knew about. The other, surprisingly, was not from Bai Ruiting, but from Old He from the Southern Region.

It was an apology letter.

He had been in the city at the time and, in the end, the many Nascent Souls could not withstand a single strike from a Divinity Transformation expert.

This time he was lucky to have survived but was gravely injured. He expressed deep regret for being unable to protect his parents, among other things.

She placed the letters into the Small Turtle Shell Space.

Following that, Xie Jiuniang immediately wrote a letter and instructed Bai Mudan, "This letter is for your brother; deliver it out of the Sect as quickly as you can."

"Yes."

Bai Mudan hurried away.

Someone in the Sect received the news and rushed to Zhengyang Peak immediately.

Several Sect Disciples from the Xie Family who had originally come to the Main Peak received the news and came over to pay their respects; Xie Siniang also hurried over.

"Xiaojiu."

Xie Siniang seemed much thinner, her eyes red and bloodshot.

Xie Jiuniang rose to greet her, "Fourth Sister, why do you look so haggard?"

Xie Siniang rushed forward to embrace her, tears unstoppable, "Xiaojiu, I thought you were dead. It’s so good that you’re alright."

"I’m fine; I’m doing well."

Patting her back soothingly, Xie Jiuniang started to offer comforting words but swallowed them back, "Are you worried about Second Uncle?"

The mention of him only made her cry harder.

In Xie Siniang’s heart, she had heard about the disaster in Yunmu City early on, and Xie Xu, along with several family juniors, had hastily left the Sect to return to Yunmu City and had not yet come back.

While crying, Xie Siniang said, "Xiaojiu, our family is gone, our great-grandfather and grandfather are gone... my father is gone too..."

"Second Uncle might still be alive, and most of our family as well," Xie Jiuniang suddenly interjected, "But Great-Grandfather has fallen, so has Grandfather, and so have the clan elders."

She had used Time Retrospection and hadn’t seen anything happen to Second Uncle.

In that situation, with Second Uncle not even possessing a Golden Core cultivation base, he didn’t even qualify to sacrifice his life to activate the grand formation.

Xie Siniang suddenly released her and stared intently into her eyes, her hands trembling with excitement, "Are you serious? My father is alright?"

"Yes, he should be fine. A mighty person from the Nalan Family saved the people of a city, and the Xie Family members are all among them."

"Where are they now?"

"In the Southern Region."

Xie Jiuniang disclosed the truth.

It wasn’t just Xie Siniang who was excited by this revelation; the few Xie Family Disciples standing quietly beside also cried with joy.

Just then, Xie Haoran and Xie Ying were seen hurrying over.

Xie Haoran had also grown much thinner, clearly under a lot of pressure during this period, "Xiaojiu, it’s good that you’re safe."

"Yes, it’s a relief that Little Sister is unharmed. During this time, everyone’s been so anxious, look at my elder brother, he’s wasted away to hardly anything," Xie Ying spoke slowly and sorrowfully.

"Oh."

Xie Jiuniang’s cool gaze swept over her, and she said slowly, "Elder brother has become haggard; Fourth Sister has grown thin as well, fortunately, our eldest sister hasn’t, remaining as radiant as ever."

The people present instinctively looked at Xie Ying.

As if on cue, they all looked away simultaneously.

Xie Ying’s face darkened, "What do you mean by that, Little Sister?"

"The distress letter from home—did you receive it?" Xie Jiuniang’s gaze bore into Xie Ying, and just as Xie Ying was about to say something, she cut in before her, "Don’t say that you didn’t receive the letter; I got one, so it’s impossible that you didn’t."

She had missed it because she was in seclusion.

But Xie Ying wasn’t!

The family’s call for help wouldn’t have been sent to only Xie Jiuniang; even Xie Haozhi, who was far in the Southeast Sea Region, had received a letter, let alone Xie Ying, who had been accepted by the Divinity Transformation Sect.

Xie Ying suddenly burst into silent tears and cried out, "I received it, but the letter said that seven Divinity Transformation experts were blockading the city. I wanted to go help but was powerless. I thought of seeking help from my master, but he had just left the Sect, and hasn’t returned yet. What could I, a mere Junior Disciple, possibly do?"

"Don’t blame your eldest sister, Xiaojiu. She talked to me about it at the time, but I was just as helpless," Xie Haoran said dejectedly.

After joining the Sect all these years, they were doing okay but only among the common disciples. They had no access to the mighty Divinity Transformation experts. Even seeing a high-level Sect leader was difficult, not to mention asking several Divinity Transformation experts for help.

Not everyone is like you, Xiaojiu.