After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

Other disciples of the Hunyuan Sect.

The sect leader will use a compass and a small mouse demon to test whether they have the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit.

No one objected.

After all, they didn't have anything, and they weren't afraid that the compass mouse demon would find anything.

So everyone cooperated.

Liu Ruoci, on the other hand, began to sweat profusely.

"I'm not a disciple of your Hunyuan Sect, do I still have to undergo an examination?"

Liu Ruoci forced herself to calm down, raised her eyes, and took the initiative to speak.

Since leaving, Qiao Shouxuan had been preoccupied with not finding the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit and hadn't paid much attention to Liu Ruoci's situation.

It wasn't until she spoke up that she realized he wasn't in a good state.

He lost an arm.

The clothes had been cleansed and were much cleaner, but the fabric was tattered, clearly indicating that they had been through some fierce battle.

Most importantly, the "Junior Sister Su" who had always been by his side was nowhere to be found.

Qiao Shouxuan stared at Liu Ruoci for a long time, his mind racing with thoughts.

Then, he took the golden mouse and the compass and walked step by step to Liu Ruoci.

"Did you obtain the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit?"

Interrogative sentence.

But the tone was certain.

Liu Ruoci did not back down, but simply looked up at Qiao Shouxuan.

An old man is an old man; he figured out the truth from just one sentence.

Liu Ruoci had no choice.

He could tell at a glance how accurate the two things in Qiao Shouxuan's hands were.

If he, Su Mingyue, and Luo Huanzhen had arrived at the lake where the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit Tree was located a few days later at the start of the secret realm...

All the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruits on this tree will surely fall into the hands of Qiao Shouxuan and his group.

Therefore, rather than letting Qiao Shouxuan use these two things to detect that he has the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit, it is better to...

It's better to take the initiative and speak up yourself.

"Yes, I have one, but I only have one," Liu Ruoci said, then raised her hand, took out her Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit from her Qiankun bag, showed it to Qiao Shouxuan, and then put it away.

Although Liu Ruoci moved very quickly.

However, Qiao Shouxuan still saw clearly that it was indeed the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit. Its appearance and the spiritual essence it released when it was first taken out proved that it was a genuine product.

He was tempted, but upon hearing Liu Ruoci's words, he frowned.

"How is that possible?! You only got one Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit from that tree?"

He suspected that Liu Ruoci was lying.

But as I looked at his face, I found no clue that he was lying.

Qiao Shouxuan immediately thought of the blood and fighting marks all around the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit Tree when they first entered that area.

He immediately transmitted his voice: "Return to the sect first. After returning, tell me what happened to the lake where the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit grows? Who got the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit?"

The disciples were all staring intently at them, and there were too many cultivators from other sects around this place.

Too many people and too much attention.

This is not the occasion to discuss such important matters.

Therefore, it would be more appropriate to return to Hunyuan Sect first.

Moreover, Liu Ruoci's strength is quite average.

Since Liu Ruoci was able to snatch a Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit from the other party...

If I take matters into my own hands, I'm sure I can get everything.

This reassured Qiao Shouxuan, making him less anxious and restless than when he first came out of the secret realm.

Seeing that their sect leader was no longer saying anything, all the Hunyuan Sect disciples packed their belongings.

Soon, everyone boarded the spirit boat to return.

……

Upon arrival at the sect.

Qiao Shouxuan and Liu Ruoci arrived at the sect's secret council chamber immediately.

Although Qiao Shouxuan was very strong, Liu Ruoci was at a disadvantage when the two were alone together.

But in reality, Liu Ruoci was not worried.

He also possessed a secret that Qiao Shouxuan desperately wanted to know, so no matter what, Qiao Shouxuan wouldn't dare kill him.

Inside the council chamber.

Liu Ruoci spoke first: "The Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit was found by my junior sister Su and me."

"But when the two of us entered, Luo Huanzhen followed behind my junior sister and me. My junior sister has a special identity; she is not actually a disciple of Medicine King Valley, but comes from Xuantian Sect."

"Of course, I didn't intentionally hide her background. It's just that she has done many wrong things in the past, and in the eyes of the righteous path of cultivation, she may not be worthy of forgiveness. But I have a deep affection for her, and I must help her."

"Now that my junior sister has been killed by Luo Huanzhen, there's no harm in telling Sect Master Qiao the truth we've been hiding."

"Luo Huanzhen is very famous in the Eastern Continent. He was the youngest disciple of the previous sect leader of the Xuantian Sect. However, he was accidentally lost when he was young, and the sect mistook him for a little girl and took in Junior Sister Su. Junior Sister Su had a difficult life. She finally received warmth and the favor of her senior brother and master. In order to stay in the sect, she took on the identity of 'Luo Huanzhen'."

Ten years later, Luo Huanzhen returned to the sect, and Junior Sister Su's true nature was exposed. Fearing the loss of everything, she began to oppose Luo Huanzhen at every turn, even going so far as to collude with the alien demons, almost causing a great disaster in the cultivation world.

"After Luo Huanzhen took power, his first act was to throw her into the Demon-Slaying Platform to be tortured. I couldn't bear to see her suffer, so I rescued her..."

At this point, Liu Ruoci couldn't help but look up and smile, "Everyone has their own selfish motives, Sect Leader Qiao should be able to understand me, right?"

After all, when he first came out of the secret realm, the smell of blood on his body was extremely strong.

The sect leader of the righteous cultivators, in the secret realm, killed countless disciples from the Central Continent and looted countless Qiankun bags in pursuit of the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit.

He and I are the same kind of people.

Qiao Shouxuan neither admitted nor denied Liu Ruoci's statement, but chose to ignore it.

However, he felt contempt in his heart.

This young man, though seemingly mature and shrewd, is doing things that blur the lines between right and wrong for the sake of petty love and affection.

He and I are very different.

Everything I do is based on something tangible and profitable.

Vague and intangible emotions were not within his consideration.

Qiao Shouxuan: "Continue."

Liu Ruoci smiled softly.

The old man's eyes were practically overflowing with contempt.

How could he not know what he was thinking?

However, he was telling the truth, and all the elders and disciples in Medicine King Valley thought he was being misled by Su Mingyue.

Only Liu Ruoci himself knew that everything he did was for the purpose of becoming stronger.

It's just a bit of a pity.

Su Mingyue died too suddenly; she wasn't fully utilized.

Liu Ruoci suppressed her regret and continued, "In short, Luo Zhenhuan saw you, me, and Junior Sister Su before the secret realm began. She had been thinking of killing Junior Sister Su completely ever since. She followed us into the secret realm, and when we found the Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit and there were no other cultivators around, she attacked us."

"She didn't intend to kill me."

"But Su Mingyue was determined to kill me. I obtained this Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit before she made her move."

"Sect Leader Qiao, I also really need this Purple Swallow Spirit Fruit. If you truly want it, you should go find Luo Huanzhen; she has at least twenty or so..."

Qiao Shouxuan's expression changed: "I'm looking for her?"

Did the old man hang himself because he thought he was too old to live?