Song Wanning didn’t want to dwell on the matter. She had the Golden Small Sword act as her protector while she focused completely on transcribing the entire inheritance from her Sea of Consciousness into Jade Scrolls.

Her energy was limited, and she had no intention of trying to force her way through the path of Arrays.

But just because she lacked the talent for it didn’t mean the disciples of the Song Family did too!

Since Feng Jiuxiao had been willing to give the inheritance to her in the end, he naturally wouldn’t restrict how she used it.

Therefore, she planned to send this inheritance back to the Song Family to cultivate future generations of disciples.

「Human Clan Territory.」

The affair concerning Liu Yao had spiraled out of control, causing a massive uproar.

It was all because the Hundred Ghosts Sect had not only spread rumors that Liu Yao had depraved tastes, but that he was an Evil Cultivator!

Even the Sect Master of the Mountain Gazing Sect was implicated.

Rumor had it that the Mountain Gazing Sect’s Sect Master had a wicked heart and enjoyed amusing himself with catamites, with hundreds of lives lost at his hands.

Once this news broke, the entire Cultivation World erupted.

The Mountain Gazing Sect became the target of public condemnation, and all its members holed up within the sect, not daring to step outside.

Disciples who were away from the sect quickly shed their sect robes, not daring to reveal their identities to anyone.

At that time, Liu Yao finally saw Liu Yiyi, who had come looking for him. His clothes were in tatters, his body was covered in wounds, and he had deliberately used his messy hair to hide his face.

Seeing his sister standing at the city gate, Liu Yao wept with joy and relief, desperate to rush over to her immediately.

With his Storage Ring stolen, his injuries still hadn’t healed. For a dignified Nascent Soul Cultivator to be reduced to such a state was truly rare.

However, he was still unaware of the gossip circulating outside and happily started walking toward Liu Yiyi.

He had only taken a few steps, however, when he overheard some Cultivators entering the city discussing, "Where do you think that Liu Yao has gone into hiding?"

"People are looking for him everywhere now, but they haven’t found a single trace of him!"

"He is a Nascent Soul True Monarch, after all. If he really wants to hide, it’s normal that no one can find him..."

’Those people are looking for me?’

Liu Yao’s heart tightened, and his pace slowed.

He lowered his head and pricked up his ears, continuing to listen.

"Sigh, before we’ve even gotten to the bottom of this Liu Yao business, the matter with the Mountain Gazing Sect’s Sect Master has been exposed!"

"The Mountain Gazing Sect has its hands full right now. I doubt anyone cares about Liu Yao anymore!"

"Do you really believe that story about the Mountain Gazing Sect’s Sect Master?"

"To be honest, I don’t really buy it. The Sect Master possesses both virtue and talent. He’s led the Mountain Gazing Sect for so many years with hardly any mistakes. I don’t think he’s that kind of person!"

"I agree. Most people now think the Hundred Ghosts Sect is deliberately slandering the Sect Master of the Mountain Gazing Sect!"

"..."

The people around him entered the city as they spoke.

Liu Yao watched their backs, his steps growing slower and slower, not daring to approach Liu Yiyi rashly.

From what those people had just said, it seemed he was in trouble!

The Sect Master was in trouble too!

’Could it be that Song Wanning has exposed what I did to her?’

"Damn it! That bitch is a menace!"

Liu Yao’s worst fears had come to pass.

As the precious daughter of the Song Family, Song Wanning’s situation gave the Song Family more than enough reason to move against him. Even the Sect wouldn’t be able to protect him.

He had schemed to drag Qi Xiezi into this precisely to prevent such a thing from happening.

Who would have thought he would end up getting dragged in himself?

Liu Yao spun around and headed back away from the city gate, simultaneously sending a secret voice transmission to Liu Yiyi.

"Yiyi, follow me!"

Standing at the city gate, Liu Yiyi suddenly heard a familiar voice. Overjoyed, she instantly looked outside, only to see the back of a "beggar."

Looking closer, she realized that the "beggar" actually had Peak Nascent Soul Cultivation, but was injured.

’Big Brother?’

Stunned, Liu Yiyi quickly and secretly followed him.

For days, she had been living incognito, lurking in the city and searching for any trace of her brother.

Now, she had finally found him.

She quickly followed Liu Yao back into the mountains, where the two of them stopped in a secluded spot.

Liu Yao raised his head, his expression cold and desolate as he looked at Liu Yiyi. "Yiyi, I’ve finally found you!"

"Big Brother, how did you end up like this?"

Liu Yiyi was deeply shocked to see her brother in such a wretched state. She quickly took an inner robe from her Storage Ring and gave it to him to wear.

After putting on the clothes, the color returned slightly to Liu Yao’s face, and he told Liu Yiyi everything that had happened.

"You’re saying that Qi Xiezi was turned against you?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Liu Yiyi’s voice shot up. A surge of qi and blood rushed through her, and her face flushed red with anger.

"I told you back then that Evil Cultivators can’t be trusted, but you refused to believe me! Do you have any idea what kind of rumors are spreading outside now?"

She clenched her fists, feeling that the man before her was utterly useless.

She had warned him time and again, but Liu Yao had guaranteed that nothing would go wrong. And now?

"Yiyi, you can’t blame me for this."

Liu Yao felt a pang of guilt. Qi Xiezi had always lived by devouring vital essence; logically, he should have been drooling over Song Wanning.

Who could have known he would suddenly turn traitor and drag him down too?

"It’s useless to talk about that now. Is the Song Family hunting me?"

That was the question Liu Yao cared about most.

Hearing this, Liu Yiyi grew even angrier, glaring at him in exasperation.

"It would be better if it were just the Song Family hunting you. Do you realize that everyone now believes you’re an Evil Cultivator?"

Evil Cultivators were a target for all to kill. Now, all the righteous Spirit Cultivators in the world had become Liu Yao’s enemies.

"What do you mean by that?"

Liu Yao’s brows furrowed, his unease growing.

"If it’s just about Qi Xiezi, I can explain everything! I can even expose her conspiracy with him and clear my own name!"

Even at a time like this, he was still thinking about how to get revenge on Song Wanning.

But Liu Yiyi’s next words turned him to stone.

And when he saw the disgusting images she projected into the air, Liu Yao’s world crumbled.

His eyes turned bloodshot. Like a maddened beast, he grabbed Liu Yiyi by the collar. "You’re saying—you’re saying she took the Memory Stone—"

’How dare she?’

’Wasn’t that supposed to be her leverage to control and threaten me?’

’How dare she spread it everywhere? She even went to the Hundred Ghosts Sect?!!!’

Liu Yao’s hair flew about wildly, his bloodthirsty eyes filled with crazed violence. If Song Wanning were in front of him right now, he would have torn her to shreds.

"Let go of me!"

Furious, Liu Yiyi shoved Liu Yao away, her heart filled with growing resentment.

"What are you doing taking out your anger on me for something you did?"

"Right now, you should be thinking about how to clear this up. Otherwise, even I can’t help you!"

Liu Yao was now a public enemy; she didn’t even dare reveal her own identity!

’Was this any different from being a rat everyone wanted to beat?’

"Clear my name? Yes, clear my name!"

The scolding snapped Liu Yao to his senses. He began pacing back and forth anxiously.

’How was he going to clear his name?’

’Right, I’ll sling the mud right back at her!’

’I’ll just say that Song Wanning colluded with an Evil Cultivator to deliberately frame me!’

"Even if my reputation is ruined, that bitch Song Wanning must go down to hell with me!"