Chapter 2964 — Tian Chan's Reason
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"Grand Elder, I will cultivate diligently and strive to complete the inheritance as soon as possible..." Ye Rou'er said, a little despondently.
"So long as you know to work hard, that's enough! When the heaven-tier assembly comes, I don't want our Dark Night Palace struck from the rolls because of you!" said the Grand Elder.
Word that the Silkworm Mutation had thrown its weight behind Wei Zhao soon reached the hidden Zhao family, and old Master Zhao, who had been beside himself with joy, felt as though he had been plunged into an ice cellar—his elation snuffed out in an instant.
The hidden Yu family backing Wei Zhao was understandable enough. But the Silkworm Mutation backing Wei Zhao? How could that be? Didn't Wei Zhao have a grudge against the Xuandan Sect?
The hidden You family, too, received the news at the first opportunity—yet they were even more baffled than the hidden Zhao family. Hadn't their poison come from Elder Kang Jingming, who answered to the Xuandan Sect? So why was the Silkworm Mutation stepping forward on Wei Zhao's behalf?
At that, even the Qianshan Sect and the Jinzhong Sect, which had been lying in wait to move against Wei Zhao, snuffed out their designs. However formidable they might be, they dared not set themselves against an ancient sect—least of all one of the mightiest of the ancient sects!
Not long after Tian Die'er returned to the Xuandan Sect and reported to Tian Chan, Tian Chan received a summons from Patriarch Xuanchen! For Kang Jingming had also been questioned by the hidden You family, which meant Patriarch Xuanchen had gotten wind of it.
Tian Chan was not worried. She had long since prepared her explanation, and went straight to Patriarch Xuanchen's chambers! The only thing that nettled her was that Kang Jingming was there as well.
"The Silkworm Mutation pays respects to Uncle-Master Xuanchen!" Tian Chan greeted him respectfully.
"Mm. Sit, Silkworm Mutation." Patriarch Xuanchen nodded, gesturing for the Silkworm Mutation to take a seat and talk.
The Silkworm Mutation did not decline; she sat directly opposite Patriarch Xuanchen—a courtesy not even Kang Jingming was afforded. After all, the Silkworm Mutation's station was that of the Xuandan Sect's young master.
"Uncle-Master, you wished to see me. Is something the matter?" Though the Silkworm Mutation had a fair guess at what this was about, she still asked as though ignorant.
"Silkworm Mutation, I hear you paid a visit to East Sea City?" Patriarch Xuanchen asked evenly. "Went to help Wei Zhao and resolve the conflict with the Dark Night Palace?"
"Yes, Uncle-Master. I've only just returned." The Silkworm Mutation nodded and answered readily.
"Oh? Do you not know that Wei Zhao and I are at odds? Why go and help him?" Patriarch Xuanchen's tone was mild, but it carried a note of reproach.
"I know. But compared with Wei Zhao, I dislike the Dark Night Palace even more," Tian Chan replied. "The Dark Night Palace and the Xuandan Sect have been enemies for many years. And this time, I wasn't helping Wei Zhao—I was acting for the fairness and justice of the Xuandan Sect's trial!"
"Oh? How so?" Patriarch Xuanchen was slightly taken aback, though Tian Chan's answer rather satisfied him. The feud between the Xuandan Sect and the Dark Night Palace was a legacy of the previous generation—stemming, of course, from the two ruthless figures who had intervened back then and stopped Ye Rou'er from aborting her child and following the Xuandan Sect's young master of the day, Tian Jixing, as his concubine. Had they not, the Dark Night Palace and the Xuandan Sect would have been in-laws, and things would never have come to such bitter blows!
So the reason Tian Chan gave for stepping in seemed to him perfectly sound. (To be continued)