C1022 Is the Great Elder Waiting for Someone?

That person had already left. Even if she wanted to throw a tantrum because of him, she wouldn’t have the chance anymore.

She nodded gloomily, and she didn’t seem to be able to get her spirits up.

“Ruo-Er, your mother doesn’t seem to be in a good mood. Have you been too tired recently?”

Hua Qing saw that Hua Ruo seemed to be in a daze, so she couldn’t help but feel concerned. In the end, she had given Ruo-Er too little love.

Thinking of this, she felt even more guilty.

Hua Ruo’s entire body was in a mess, but she didn’t want to say anything. So she nodded and vaguely hummed.

“Then you don’t need to stay with me. Go back and have a good rest. Don’t tire yourself out. Your mother will feel sorry for you.”

Hua Qing held Hua Ruo’s hand with a face full of pity. She wanted to keep Ruo-Er here to rest, but unfortunately, there was a strong smell of medicine everywhere, and it wasn’t very nice.

Hua Ruo felt relieved, and she secretly sighed in relief. She held Hua Ruo’s hand and said, “Mother, I’ll go back first. Take care of yourself and rest. I hope you can recover as soon as possible.”

“Okay, go back.”

Hua Qing patted her back, and her eyes were full of doting.

“Okay.”

Hua Ruo stood up and walked out of the hall with light steps.

When she walked out of the hall, she saw the white-haired, sage-like Great Elder standing not far away with his hands behind his back. He seemed to be waiting for someone.

She stopped her steps subconsciously and frowned.

Apart from her and Yun Yixuan, the three Supreme Elders erased all the memories of the disciples and elders except for the First Elder who wasn’t present.

He was still cultivating last night, so he didn’t show up after the three Supreme Elders took action. After all, he couldn’t do anything since there were three Supreme Elders.

He didn’t show up, but he knew everything and avoided the memory being erased.

She met the First Elder on the way to visit her mother. That was why she knew about it. Hua Ruo was confused at the time. She forced herself to calm down and asked him to hide the incident from her mother.

The First Elder hesitated, but he agreed.

The incident had passed. Was the First Elder waiting for her?

Hua Ruo felt uneasy, but she still braced herself and walked toward the First Elder. It was a blessing, not a curse. She wasn’t someone who could just run away.

She asked the First Elder to hide the incident from her mother because she was worried about her mother’s health, not because she was afraid of her mother’s punishment.

“Is the First Elder waiting for someone?”

She calmed down completely when she spoke.

The First Elder turned around and looked at her. He had white hair and beard. Even though his face was gentle, his aura couldn’t be hidden.

“Ruo-Er, answer me honestly. What happened last night? Why did the Black Dragon appear in our Hundred Flower Sect?”

He knew what happened last night, but he didn’t know why.

Hua Ruo’s heart tightened. She bit her lips and said nervously, “First Elder, actually, the Black Dragon was a pet I contracted from a secret realm…”

She was nervous not because she was afraid of the First Elder, but because she wasn’t good at lying. That was why she was so nervous when she lied.

“However, the Black Dragon’s cultivation was too strong and it was too naughty. Even though I was its master, I still couldn’t control it. Last night, it was just playing around, but I didn’t expect it to cause such a disaster.”

She firmly believed that the First Elder wasn’t the Flower Shadow Emperor, and she hadn’t seen the Hellish Demonic Dragon before. That was why she wasn’t sure about the Black Dragon’s identity.

That was why she thought of this excuse.

The First Elder didn’t doubt Hua Ruo’s words. He frowned and his old face was filled with worry.

“Ruo-Er, you’re messing around. How could you contract such a wicked creature? Last night, I saw it with my own eyes. That beast was extremely violent and had a strong killing intent. It was hard to control it. If it was attacked by it, the consequences would be unimaginable…”

Hua Ruo felt warm in her heart when she saw the worry on the First Elder’s face. She suddenly felt guilty. The First Elder was really worried about her, but she was lying to him.

She sighed and said, “Don’t worry, First Elder. A powerful Contracted Beast will increase Master’s cultivation. The Black Dragon is my fortune. Nothing will happen to me.”

The First Elder looked at her stubbornness and couldn’t help but feel pain in his head. He said earnestly, “Ruo-Er, a powerful Contracted Beast is not a fortune. It is a double-edged sword. If you tame it, your cultivation will rise, but if you can’t control it, it will harm you…”

He really didn’t want to see this girl get hurt by the Contracted Beast. She was talented and had excellent aptitude. There was no need to take such a risk.

Hua Ruo didn’t want to make the First Elder worry, so she nodded and said solemnly, “I will remember what First Elder said.”

She hoped that the Black Dragon was her Contracted Beast. She wasn’t afraid of it even if it was a double-edged sword.

Unfortunately, she didn’t have such an opportunity. That guy had used some heaven-defying method to reverse the power of the contract and change their roles.

The First Elder sighed and said, “What happened to the black-robed man who came last night? And the three Supreme Elders…”

His face suddenly became terrified, and his voice was shaking as he said, “He contracted the three Supreme Elders and made the Supreme Elders erase all the memories of the disciples and elders?”

Hua Ruo’s face became heavy when she mentioned the black-robed man.

She said in a low voice, “I don’t know who he is, but he is related to the Black Dragon and Yun Yixuan. Last night, he asked the three Supreme Elders to erase the memories of all the disciples and elders because he was worried that the news of the Black Dragon would be leaked. He was protecting the Black Dragon…”

The First Elder’s eyes instantly opened wide as he said in disbelief, “He knows Yun Yixuan? What’s the identity of that kid Yun Yixuan?”

Hua Ruo shook her head. She didn’t know anything either.

She paused for a moment and turned to the First Elder. She said, “First Elder, in short, that black-robed man shouldn’t be able to harm our sect. Otherwise, he would have annihilated our sect last night and not just erase the memories of the three Supreme Elders.”

The First Elder nodded, but he still felt scared.

He felt scared when he thought about the three Supreme Elders becoming the slaves of someone else.

The three Supreme Elders were the only trump cards of the entire sect. Now, the three Supreme Elders had become the slaves of someone else. If that person really wanted to destroy the Hundred Flower Sect, it would be as easy as blowing off dust.

The Hundred Flower Sect would be turned into ashes in an instant if the three Supreme Elders acted.