The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

"Chi Miao? That name sounds familiar..."

Qin Fen murmured beside Chi Miao. He usually focused on cultivation and paid little attention to other things, so there weren't many names he knew.

He looked up at Chi Miao blankly: "Elder, are they talking about you?"

I can't hear you, I can't hear you, I can't hear anything!

Chi Miao timidly covered her ears, pretending she knew nothing, and just wanted to slip away as quickly as possible.

However, it was all too late.

"Where are you running to?"

Chi Miao walked forward with her eyes closed, completely unaware that someone was blocking her way. Before she knew it, her head had bumped into the person's chest.

A cool, pine-like fragrance wafted into her nose, faint yet slightly warm. The soft, bouncy texture instantly relaxed her, and she couldn't help but exclaim, "You smell so good..."

I looked up.

It turned out that she had stumbled into Ying Wuhuo's arms.

Ying Wuhuo clenched his teeth, a faint blush rising to his pale skin from shame: "Deceiving superiors and subordinates, morally corrupt! Insulting the name of the Supreme Elder, and yet so shamelessly spouting such arrogant words, Chi Miao... you have truly audacity!"

Those words truly conveyed a sense of anger.

It's unclear whether she was enraged by the teasing or because Chi Miao had lost all conscience.

Chi Miao: "Ying Wuhuo, you...you shouldn't talk nonsense! How have I tarnished the Supreme Elder's reputation? Isn't everyone starting to worship the Supreme Elder now?"

"You can insult my character, but you can't slander my morals!"

Jin Shengfei jumped in: "Exactly! How could you slander something she never had?!"

Chi Miao: "???"

"Jin Shengfei, you—"

She couldn't tell whether he was speaking up for her or scolding her. When did Jin Shengfei become so eloquent?

Everyone else was stunned, staring blankly at the scene.

Their minds were practically on fire at that moment.

"Chi...Chi Miao?"

"Is this the Chi Miao I'm thinking of? No way... Hahaha, how could that be? It must be a coincidence of names, it must be!"

"So the Supreme Elder's name is also Chi Miao. What a coincidence. But the Supreme Elder's brilliance completely makes people ignore the bad luck of this name."

A group of people stood there awkwardly laughing, frantically trying to find reasons to explain the current situation.

How could the Supreme Elder, who cares for the people at the grassroots level and develops new uses for the Tianliu Waterfall, be Chi Miao?

Chi Miao was originally going to thank everyone for being so kind.

As a result, Ying Wuhuo shattered everyone's last shred of hope with a single sentence: "Don't overthink it, she is the Chi Miao you're thinking of, the Chi Miao who should be locked up in Lei Fa Feng Prison, but who still manages to cause chaos throughout the entire sect."

A group of people were bewildered in the wind.

"How is that possible? You said yourself, isn't she locked up?"

"That's right, and... and if she weren't an elder, how could she have discovered how to use the Heavenly Flow Waterfall and unleash a terrifying three thousand damage in a single punch!"

Jin Shengfei: "Because Chi Miao is a genius, you know. Her talent and comprehension surpass even mine and Senior Brother Wu Huo's. Don't you know what she did during the entrance trial? As for the three thousand points... if you were all struck by lightning for a few hours, you might have achieved quite a few points as well."

Chi Miao tensed up: "Jin Shengfei, why are you siding with outsiders? Didn't we agree we were teammates? Shouldn't you have kept my identity a secret?!"

Jin Shengfei smiled and said, "This is the only time, to get revenge for the feelings you deceived me back then."

Chi Miao was startled and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Um... well, please continue."

Jin Shengfei knew everything, so how could she dare to say anything!

So what if the alias is gone? It was bound to be gone sooner or later anyway.

If the horse is gone, surely the friends can be gone too?

God knows how devastated she was. One second she was enjoying a carefree life, and the next she was in a living hell.

Or should we lock her up in prison and make her reflect on her actions?

The others were still stuck on Jin Shengfei's words.

"Did I hear that right? Jin Shengfei said... Chi Miao's talent and comprehension surpass his and Ying Wuhuo's?"

"How is this possible? They're both in the top tier of the cultivation world! Their root values ​​are over ninety!"

"What does 'being struck by lightning for several hours' mean? I don't understand at all!"

Until someone explained it to us.

"Not long ago, some freshman kept bragging, saying that when Chi Miao was testing her root value, both the testing stone and Elder Yan Ge, who was probing the soul, exploded once. After climbing five hundred floors of the Heavenly Ladder, she was kicked down by the Heavenly Ladder after being blessed by it. She also said that she forged a mysterious magic weapon in the Sword Tomb, summoned heavenly lightning to destroy ten thousand ghosts, and then drew the Weeping Sword, causing ten thousand swords in the Sword Tomb to resonate, and joined forces with everyone to destroy a Tribulation Transcending stage expert. These things... can't be true, right?"

After someone brought it up, a chill ran down everyone's spine.

Unable to witness it firsthand, they dismissed the freshmen's claims as mere boasting and exaggeration.

Because it's really too exaggerated.

This is an unprecedented exaggeration!

But now Jin Shengfei has spoken up.

They were forced to feel a chill down their spines and re-examine this information.

People discussed it animatedly, trying to ascertain the truth of these events.

Until Ying Wuhuo spoke, his face as cold as ice: "These things are all true."

Immediately.

Everyone gasped, looking at Chi Miao with disbelief.

"Is...is it all true?"

"Is she even human? Are these things even possible for a human being?"

"Stop talking! If you keep going, I'll break down. We all climbed up from the Qi Refining stage, why should we be the ones to lose?"

Chi Miao felt the envious and jealous looks from everyone, and felt embarrassed.

"Don't be like that. These things are very ordinary, very common. Doing these things is as easy as pie! What's the big deal? It's as easy as pie!"

As she spoke, she demonstrated how to flip her hand over.

Everyone fell silent.

Ying Wuhuo smacked Chi Miao on the head: "Stop pretending!"

Chi Miao held her head, feeling wronged.

"You hit me!"

"I'll hit you whenever I want, do I need to pick a day?"

"I must tell the sect leader! Ying Wuhuo has oppressed the common people and wreaked havoc on our sect; his crimes are unforgivable!"

Ying Wuhuo: "..."

Jin Shengfei: "..."

The onlookers: "..."

Silence, utter silence.

Who on earth is wreaking havoc on my sect?! Ying Wuhuo, isn't this what you call acting on behalf of Heaven?!

After a while.

It took everyone a while to process the news, and finally someone asked, "Wait a minute, aren't we the ones who should be cursing and hitting Chi Miao the most? Why do we have so little screen time?!"

"Dude, don't even think about it. No matter how bad Chi Miao is, she did indeed discover the true use of the Heavenly Flow Waterfall, benefiting everyone. Besides... I don't think you can beat her."

Previously, people could still think about it.

But now that it's officially verified, all those amazing things Chi Miaoqian did are true. Do you still dare to dream about it?

No matter how much I think about it, I'm not afraid of being killed in return.

Just then, the sound of crying came from the side.

Everyone looked over and saw that it was Chen Heng.

"Chen Heng, what's wrong?"

Chen Heng stared at Chi Miao, took a deep breath, and suddenly burst into tears and howls: "All my efforts these past few hours... have been in vain!!!"