Others hesitated to speak up, but he was different. He was Tian Ning's own brother, and moreover, under those circumstances, he had helped Tian Ning obtain a Concealment Talisman from everyone.
Tian Ning was asking a crucial question.
The Wanjian Sect Senior Sister said that they had arrived early and were guarding the Binglin Herb with the spirit beasts, waiting for the moment it matured to fight with the spirit beasts for it.
Because the Six Great Sects and Eight Great Families had long ago agreed to divide the Binglin Herb equally. However, if the situation changed, for the safety of their disciples, they would withdraw even if they had to give up the Binglin Herb.
But before the Binglin Herb matured, an accident happened. So many people and spirit beasts watched helplessly as the Binglin Herb disappeared without a trace; for a time, no one knew who had stolen it!
Ninth-Grade Spirit Plants are extremely rare! The spirit beasts immediately flew into a rage, believing that the human race had used some means to steal the Binglin Herb!
The Six Sects naturally wouldn't admit to something they hadn't done, but the enraged spirit beasts weren't reasonable. The Spirit King flew into a rage, triggering a Beast Tide, which led to what happened later…
Tian Ning ignored Wenren Bai and continued to ask, “Earlier, I heard someone say that everyone was fleeing in different directions, but the chaotic Beast Tide only attacked your side?”
“That's right…” A Wanjian Sect disciple recalled the situation at that time, “At that time, there was a snow-white fox commanding the spirit beasts to charge towards us… I don’t know why.”
A disciple sighed, “Yeah, if the Beast Tide had been dispersed, we wouldn't have been trapped so miserably.”
“That was a Nine-Tailed White Fox, the guardian spirit beast of the Binglin Herb.” A Dan Ding Sect disciple approached at some point to explain to everyone, “Um… I am a disciple of the Dan Ding Sect. We’ve met Tian Ning Junior Sister before. We encountered the Bloodthirsty Formation in the Secret Realm; we are grateful for your help that time!”
Upon hearing this, several more Dan Ding Sect disciples came over. There weren't many disciples from other sects who went to that Secret Realm; there were the most Pill Cultivators.
Everyone crowded together, almost pushing Wenren Bai out.
“Sixth Sister…”
Wenren Bai almost couldn't maintain his gentle and refined demeanor. Compared to the fourth brother, who lacked brains, he had already been so kind to this girl, yet Tian Ning had this attitude towards him?
Unfortunately, his voice was drowned out by the Dan Ding Sect disciples.
“You are Daoist Friend Tian Ning! I heard my Senior Brother say that you refined a full furnace of Top-Grade Aphrodisiac Pills and saved everyone!”
“Yes, yes, I saw it with my own eyes! Those Aphrodisiac Pills were improved versions!”
“That's right, it was all thanks to Daoist Friend Tian Ning that my Junior Brother was saved!”
…
Wenren Bai and Long Ye never expected Tian Ning to be so popular. The disciples of other sects were also equally stunned.
“She… is she a powerful figure?” Someone was curious.
“I don’t know…”
This girl looks to be only of coming-of-age, how powerful could she possibly be?
But the Dan Ding Sect disciples said that she had saved everyone in a Secret Realm before… Is that really possible? By using something like Aphrodisiac Pills?
With the Dan Ding Sect disciples present, Tian Ning simply asked many detailed questions.
Regarding the Nine-Tailed White Fox as the guardian spirit beast of the Binglin Herb, even if the Binglin Herb wasn’t fully mature, it could still smell the remaining scent…
After Tian Ning's questioning, others also understood.
If someone among them stole the Binglin Herb to keep it for themselves, and was discovered by the Nine-Tailed White Fox while escaping, then that thief had implicated everyone, causing them to be trapped here!
“Which bastard did it!” A Pill Cultivator stomped their foot in anger.
But even the spirit beasts couldn't confirm who the thief was. There were hundreds of cultivators gathered here, and for the moment, they couldn't pinpoint anyone.
“Third Brother,” Tian Ning suddenly called sweetly. Her eyes curved, it seemed like a casual question: “Do you know who stole the Binglin Herb?”
“…”
No, what does she mean?
Suddenly blurting out that sentence, Wenren Bai almost thought she knew.
“Ning’er is joking… How would Third Brother know?” He almost got exposed. But it’s impossible for anyone else to know about this!
Tian Ning smiled. This guy had troubled her several times, and she wouldn’t let him off easily.
“Oh, oh, Third Brother, do you think there might be more than one thief?”
Wenren Bai: “…”
He said he didn’t know anything!
Why is she still asking him!
Tian Ning seemed to have set her sights on him, continuing to ask, “Could there be three thieves?”
Wenren Bai: “…”
Tian Ning pondered, “What were Third Brother, Long Ye, and Long Han doing at that time?”
Wenren Bai: “…”
Tian Ning: “Third Brother, were you sweating profusely?”
Wenren Bai was truly exposed. At this moment, he wished Tian Ning would treat him as invisible!
The scene fell into an eerie silence. This girl was eloquent, she was practically engraving the words 'thief' onto Wenren Bai, Long Ye, and Long Han’s foreheads!
“Enough!”
Long Ye angrily unleashed his Nascent Soul Stage oppressive pressure. His golden vertical pupils were filled with killing intent as he looked at Tian Ning: “You dead girl, dare to slander my Dragon Clan! Little Bai is still your own brother, is this how you treat your own blood relatives!?”
This dragon really had a nerve. Didn’t he see Wenren Bai’s guilty silence?
Tian Ning wouldn’t indulge this Young Prince. Did he think she had no way to prove that the Binglin Herb was on him?
Just as Tian Ning’s hand reached into her Dimensional Pouch, the coffin next to her, covered with Concealment Talismans, moved. After a while, a small head popped out. Long Yunqi, who had just woken up, waved his little hand, “Sister, I smell delicious food!”
“Ah! This child is so cute!”
Female cultivators have no resistance to such adorable creatures. A Dan Ding Sect female disciple who was closest immediately clutched her chest.
Long Yunqi’s ocean-like blue eyes stared at Long Ye, his expression clearly conveying: Hungry, wants to eat!
Tian Ning paused. She didn’t know what abilities the young dragon had. Could it be that he could accurately sense Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures?
To verify her guess, Tian Ning asked, “Yunqi, do you know where the delicious food on him is hidden?”
“I know!” Long Yunqi pointed at the folding fan hanging from Long Ye’s waist, utterly certain, “It’s inside!”
Long Ye’s expression changed drastically. He never imagined that he had fooled the Six Great Sects and Eight Great Families, only to be exposed by a three-year-old child in the end.
Long Yunqi?
For some reason, Long Ye felt immense disgust towards this child from the first moment he saw him. Even though he was just an ordinary mortal with no spiritual energy, he found him annoying just by looking at him!
“Ignorant fool! Since your parents didn’t teach you not to talk nonsense, I will teach you a lesson today!”
He condensed the power of thunderbolts in his palm, showing his killing intent towards a child without any concealment, relying on his Nascent Soul Stage cultivation and his noble status as a member of the Dragon Clan to attack directly!
As long as he made an example of this in front of everyone, these humans without evidence wouldn't dare to suspect him casually.
Once he successfully left this wretched place, he would immediately give the Binglin Herb to Xue’er to consume. By then, even if the Six Great Sects and Eight Great Families reacted, what could they do?
The reason for his urgency was mainly because Wenren Xue’s cultivation had fallen too severely. He didn't know what kind of strange evil arts those people from Sword Protecting Mountain had used when they harmed Xue’er. No matter how many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures she consumed, Wenren Xue's cultivation only increased slightly…
Now, only this rare Ninth-Grade Spirit Plant – the Binglin Herb – could help Xue’er restore her previous cultivation!
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