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During the meal, Tian Jue was curious as to why his senior brother had been hunted down in the south and not leave the mountain with the Storm Sect.

Xiao Qi sighed and put down her chopsticks, her expression very sorrowful.

"Junior is being rude, I hope senior brother will forgive me." Tian Jue quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up, and cupped his fists as he said.

Xiao Qi hurriedly supported Tian Jue, sighing, "Junior Brother, don't blame yourself. That period of time was Senior Brother's darkest time, but it's not like you can't talk about it. Humans need to have the guts to face it."

Following that, Xiao Qi's words caused Tian Jue to be greatly shocked. What happened was like this:

That day, the Wind and Rain Sect received a letter from the Water sect. They learned that the Western barbarians would attack from the south.

For a moment, Xiao Qi was fond of playing, so she insisted on following the rest of her fellow disciples. When the group of twenty arrived in the Southern Lands, they were surrounded and killed.

Many Western and Southern clan experts had died along the way, leaving Xiao Qi behind. Xiao Qi could not forget the last senior brother that had helped him lead those people into being killed, and he had personally witnessed his senior brother being tortured to death.

They did not return to the Wind and Rain Sect at the scheduled time. The Sect Leader thought that something must have gone wrong and was worried for a moment. He then sent his experts to investigate.

In the end, the news that came back was that Xiao Qi's group had been completely annihilated and that the Rainstorm Sect's Sect Leader was furious. At that time, the Western Wasteland had launched an attack, but the Sect Leader was not an emotional person.

Although the disciples of his sect were not all that powerful, they all practiced cultivating with the Heavenly King Record. If it weren't for the fact that the other party had been prepared for them, they would not have been able to kill all of them.

As a result, the leader of the investigation, the Wind and Rain Division's leader, the Fifth Elder, and the Sect Leader of the Northern Martial Sect found out that there were spies within the sect, and that their Senior Brother was the most suspicious.

"Since I knew that eldest senior brother would be suspicious of me, why don't I let him go with my junior brother to the Northern Plains to search for the ice grass?" Tian Jue looked puzzledly at Xiao Qi as he asked.

"Senior brother does not dare to make wild guesses about this matter. Perhaps he has not been certain. Perhaps master is benevolent and still harbors a sliver of hope in Eldest Brother?" Xiao Qi shook her head.

Tian Jue did not say anything. He had thought that with his master's ability, he would not make such a low level mistake. However, for some reason, could it be that he wanted to lure his eldest senior brother out and have the Sect Leader kill him?

After Xiao Qi left, Tian Jue made some adjustments before leaving for the Northern Martial Palace.

The guards of the Northern Martial Palace were extremely tight as well. Aside from the disciples in charge of guarding the entrance, there were also disciples patrolling outside the palace. Tian Jue's identity was all over the place, and everyone in the Wind and Rain City knew that the patrolling disciples did not stop him.

However, when they arrived at the gatekeeping disciple's place, one of the disciples went up and clasped his fists as he greeted, "May I ask if you are Sir Tian Jue?"

"That's me." Tian Jue cupped his fists and replied.

"This little sect master knows that Lord Tian Jue will be coming. He has already been waiting in the palace for a long time. Sir Tian Jue, please follow me." The disciple made a gesture of invitation and said.

Puzzled, Tian Jue followed this disciple to the main hall of the Northern Martial Palace — the Northern Martial Palace.

At this moment, there was no one else in the Northern Martial Palace other than the disciples who were guarding the hall. After Tian Jue entered the hall, all the disciples left, leaving behind only a group of elders.

What was strange was that the main seat in the main hall was empty. Sect Head Wu was seated on the right side of the main seat, while the Great Elder was sitting on the left side of the main seat.

"Welcome, Young Lord!" After Sect Master Wu saw that his men had retreated, he suddenly stood up and clasped his hands toward Tian Jue.

"Welcome, Young Lord!" After that, the other elders all stood up and cupped their fists towards Tian Jue as they greeted him.

Tian Jue was shocked. This formation was off!

"Young master, please take a seat!" Sect Master Wu saw that Tian Jue wanted to say something, so he hastily opened his mouth to speak.

"Young master, please take a seat!" The hall once again spoke in unison.

"The heir is not decided yet, Sect Master Wu is not in line with the rules!" Tian Jue frowned as he thought to himself that the fear in his heart was fake.

"Little master, please sit. I'll explain everything to you in detail." Sect Leader Wu said.

"Young master, please take a seat!"

Tian Jue had too many questions, and other than Sect Master Wu, he did not know who else to answer for him. These were all old seniors of the martial arts world, so it was not appropriate to invite them to sit down.

"Little Lord, please don't be so modest. Besides you, no one here dares to sit!" Sect Leader Wu said.

When Tian Jue heard this, he immediately clasped his fists towards Sect Master Wu and said, "How could this Tian Jue dare to sit?"

Sect Master Wu arrived in front of Tian Jue in an instant and supported Tian Jue who was in the middle of saluting, "Little Lord, that seat was reserved for you. Other than you, no one else is daring enough to sit."

"Young master, please take a seat!"

Hearing the words of the crowd, Tian Jue braced himself and walked towards the seat of honor. As the saying goes, if there were two more times, there won't be three more. This was already the third request. He would need the support of these seniors in the future.

"Sect Leader Wu, what's the meaning of this?" After taking his seat, Tian Jue looked at Sect Head Wu with a puzzled expression.

Sect Master Wu solemnly stood up and cupped his fists toward Tian Jue. "Reporting to Young Lord …"

According to Sect Master Wu, he had investigated the suspicion that Eldest Senior Brother was unable to get rid of him. However, when he wanted to capture him after the banquet at the Wind and Rain Palace, he was obstructed by the host.

When he arrived at the Northern Plains, he understood that after the leader found out that Xiao Qi was still alive, he sided with Xiao Qi and wanted to borrow Eldest Senior Brother's power to kill Tian Jue.

As for Xiao Qi's hidden ailment, it was not important if she could not find the Soul Shaping Ice Grass. The Master of the House could use his five hundred years of internal energy along with some medicinal ingredients to cure it.

Eldest Brother had colluded with the other nations and was killed by Sect Master Wu in the North Plains.

"Co-host, your selfishness is too great. Although Xiao Qi is extremely talented, her potential is not as great as little lord's. Our co-owner has been living in the North Lake for a long time, how could I know the situation? I know much more about little master than you do." Sect Head Wu clasped his fists.

Hearing this news, Tian Jue's mouth opened wide in disbelief.

"How can I trust Tian Jue?" Tian Jue regained his senses and said.

"I heard that Xiao Qi was raised by our master, and she is the child of our master's junior sister when she was young." The Great Elder stood up and said.

"On the surface and in secret, there are a lot of people who support Xiao Qi, which is why your Eldest Senior Brother risked exposure to get rid of her." Sect Leader Wu said.

"..."

As Tian Jue listened to Sect Head Wu and Grand Elder speak, he suddenly understood. No wonder he felt that something was off.

"However, we witnessed how kind Xiao Qi is." Sect Leader Wu shook his head.

"Then why didn't you obey the wishes of the co-owner and come to find me?" Tian Jue looked at Sect Master Wu in doubt, then looked at the other elders and asked.

"There is another important reason besides the common master breaking the rules. Your potential and your background, if you really died in the north, with the situation of the Storm Sect, I'm afraid …"