Chapter 178: The Grand Preceptor’s Interrogation
“Misunderstanding?”
Hearing this word, the Grand Preceptor’s lungs were about to explode.
Ye Qingfeng’s complaint to the Canglan imperial family had not only exposed the relationship between Su Lingxi and Luo Chuxue.
Most importantly, the exposure of the relationship between Su Lingxi and Luo Chuxue indirectly proved that his plan to offer the aphrodisiac water to the Canglan Emperor that day was completely making a wedding dress for Su Lingxi.
If it weren’t for his pivotal position in the Canglan imperial family, the Canglan Emperor might have taken his life in a fit of anger.
Although his life was saved, he had to volunteer to the Canglan Emperor to come to the Snowfall Sect in the Glacial Snow Domain to deal with these troubles.
Whenever he thought of those things, the Grand Preceptor wished he could cut Su Lingxi into a thousand pieces.
Under the Grand Preceptor’s anger, the maid who had reported the false rumor was also beaten to death by him.
All the maids and eunuchs related to this matter were punished.
The Grand Preceptor had come to the Snowfall Sect with the goal of winning.
If the spiritual ark hadn’t inexplicably broken down and delayed him for two or three days, he would have arrived long ago.
The Grand Preceptor kept a straight face. “Don’t play tai chi with me here. As the Great Elder of the Snowfall Sect, how could you not know about the matter between Su Lingxi and the Princess?”
The Great Elder scratched his head. “My Snowfall Sect has never interfered with the relationships and secrets between disciples.”
“The Grand Preceptor can ask around in my Snowfall Sect. Before Su Lingxi became the Sect Master’s personal disciple, she was disguised as a man.”
“We never exposed her either.”
“This is enough to prove that my Snowfall Sect does not interfere with the private affairs of disciples.”
Seeing that the topic was getting further and further away, and the Great Elder had completely shirked the responsibility, the Grand Preceptor no longer wanted to talk to the Great Elder.
“I’m too lazy to waste my breath on you. We will naturally investigate the matter clearly.”
The Great Elder smiled. “It is the Grand Preceptor’s freedom to investigate whatever he wants, but the matter between Su Lingxi and the Princess is not something worth publicizing for the Canglan imperial family.”
“If the Grand Preceptor asks around with great fanfare… I’m afraid it will arouse the vigilance of the Snowfall Sect disciples.”
“Actually, it’s fine. After all, my Snowfall Sect is an inclusive sect, and the disciples have long accepted it.”
“Just be careful of the rumors outside. Don’t let it spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. I’m afraid it won’t be long before the entire Canglan Nation knows that the Princess likes a woman…”
“Enough! Are you threatening me?” The Grand Preceptor interrupted the Great Elder’s speech with an angry face, and there seemed to be flames burning in his eyes.
Faced with the Grand Preceptor’s anger, the Great Elder was not afraid at all.
He still smiled and said, “How could I threaten the Grand Preceptor? This is just a friendly warning.”
“Hmph, take me to see Sect Master Jiang. There are some things you can’t decide!”
The Grand Preceptor snorted coldly, flicked his long robe, and walked past the Great Elder.
“Alright, I’ll lead the way for the Grand Preceptor.”
The Great Elder suddenly walked in front of the Grand Preceptor again, as if he was specifically there to be an eyesore.
The group walked towards the Sect Master’s Hall on the top of the Snowfall Sect’s mountain.
Before long, they arrived at the Sect Master’s Hall.
The Sect Master’s Hall was still closed. The Grand Preceptor asked, “What? I’m already at the door, and Sect Master Jiang is still unwilling to come out?”
Great Elder: “No hurry. Grand Preceptor, please wait patiently for a while.”
Not long after the Great Elder finished speaking, the Sect Master’s Hall suddenly opened.
A clear and cold voice came from inside, “I apologize for not welcoming the Canglan Grand Preceptor from afar. If you have anything to say, please come into the hall.”
Only then did the Grand Preceptor’s face look a little better. He walked straight into the hall.
The several elders followed him and also walked straight into the Sect Master’s Hall.
In the hall, Jiang Xianyue sat on the main seat, her long, jade-like legs casually crossed.
Her fingertips played with a strand of loose hair, and her beautiful eyes were lowered, not even looking at the Grand Preceptor, nor did she mean to get up to welcome him.
Faced with Jiang Xianyue’s almost ignoring attitude, the anger that the Grand Preceptor had just suppressed rose inexplicably again.
Was his status as the Grand Preceptor very lowly?
Why did few people in the Snowfall Sect, from top to bottom, respect him?
But Jiang Xianyue was, after all, a veteran Mahayana realm expert of the Canglan Nation. It would be easy for her to kill him.
The Grand Preceptor suppressed his anger and found an ice chair to sit down for the sake of his face.
“Long time no see, Sect Master Jiang. I heard some time ago that the Sect Master encountered danger in the Snow Realm and was seriously injured. Now it seems that your complexion is full, and you don’t look like you’ve been seriously injured at all.”
Jiang Xianyue stopped her movements, and her gaze lingered on the Grand Preceptor for a few seconds.
“Why… does the Grand Preceptor seem to want to see me injured?”
With that, the few people felt that the temperature in the Sect Master’s Hall had dropped a few degrees.
The Grand Preceptor’s tone softened slightly. “Not at all. The Canglan Emperor is concerned about Sect Master Jiang’s health and specially ordered me to send high-quality healing pills.”
As the Grand Preceptor spoke, he took out an exquisitely packaged jade box from his spatial ring.
Just from the aura inadvertently revealed by the jade box, this healing pill was at least sixth-grade.
It showed the importance the Canglan Emperor attached to it.
But it was normal.
It was said that when the Canglan Emperor was forty or fifty years old, he had already taken a liking to the twenty-year-old Jiang Xianyue and had wanted to take her as a concubine many times.
But he had been rejected by the former Sect Master of the Snowfall Sect. The Canglan Emperor could only watch as Jiang Xianyue grew step by step to a strength similar to his.
Now he could only hope to move her with sincerity.
Jiang Xianyue’s gaze lingered on the jade box for a few seconds. “The Canglan Emperor is thoughtful. I don’t need such high-grade pills for healing now.”
“But there are still many injured disciples in my Snowfall Sect waiting in line for pills to heal their bodies. So I’ll thank the Canglan Emperor on their behalf.”
Jiang Xianyue glanced over, and a disciple next to her put away the pill.
The Grand Preceptor didn’t care what Jiang Xianyue did with the pill. Anyway, he had given the pill, and his task was considered complete.
The Grand Preceptor’s gift eased the atmosphere a lot, but the purpose of the Grand Preceptor’s visit this time was destined to offend the Snowfall Sect in some way.
So he had prepared himself mentally long ago.
Grand Preceptor: “Since Sect Master Jiang is fine, I am here on the orders of the Canglan Emperor to take the Crown Prince and the Princess back first.”
“The Crown Prince and the Princess are also disciples of my Snowfall Sect. If the Grand Preceptor wants to take them back, you should ask for their own opinions.”
“Someone, go and call Luo Yunxuan and Luo Chuxue over.”
With Jiang Xianyue’s order, the transmitting disciple immediately went out to find Luo Yunxuan and Luo Chuxue.
The two had not gone far and were staying in their own courtyards.
Before long, Luo Chuxue and Luo Yunxuan walked over.
The Grand Preceptor quickly stood up and bowed. “Long time no see, Your Highness, Crown Prince, and Your Highness, Princess.”
Luo Yunxuan said unhappily, “Alright, Grand Preceptor, there’s no need to be polite. We haven’t seen each other for only about a month since Father Emperor’s birthday banquet. Where does ‘long time no see’ come from?”
The Grand Preceptor was a little embarrassed.
Jiang Xianyue looked at Luo Yunxuan and Luo Chuxue. “I heard that the Canglan imperial family wants to take you two back. Are you willing to go back?”
Luo Yunxuan was silent and did not answer.
Luo Chuxue replied directly, “No!”
