The male supporting character was actually myself.

She hurriedly knelt down and explained, "That night I just went to the Purple Bamboo Grove to watch the shooting stars, and I happened to run into Lin Xucheng. He...he..."

Zhou Zhixue bit her lip, hardened her heart, and threw the dirty water on the other party's head. She raised her head and looked at Fairy Xuanzhu with a sad face. She choked up and said, "He took the initiative to come up to me and chat. Since we are both disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect, I did not have any suspicion."

Who knew he would actually…

A tear rolled down her cheek as she sobbed, "He was arrogant because of his strength and lustful for my beauty. At the time, the Purple Bamboo Forest was vast and deserted. I was afraid he would kill me in a fit of rage, so I had no choice but to give in. Afterwards, Lin Xucheng forced me to learn a strange cultivation technique to practice with him."

Master, I know I was wrong!

I shouldn't have been cowardly and afraid of his persecution, and thus concealed this matter. Please, Master, save me!

Chapter Four: Confrontation in Court

"Host, the script has indeed started updating!"

The fluffy ball squatted on the deck of the fairy boat, its fluffy fur as smooth as water in the breeze. Its eyes sparkled with gold as it looked at its host with admiration and meowed, "Besides encouraging those two big-mouthed birds to spread rumors about a rendezvous in the Purple Bamboo Forest, you clearly didn't do anything. How could you force the script to a dead end?"

Furthermore, the script only briefly mentions how the male lead used his special aura to win over Zhou Zhixue. How did you, Host, know so much detail?

Jiang Chen was engrossed in studying the secret manual for refining pills when he heard this. Without even looking up, he laughed and said, "This is what you call drowning someone in spittle!"

Cultivators who pursue the Great Dao in the cultivation world are very concerned about their reputation. Choosing a like-minded partner is of paramount importance, even more so than marriage in the mortal world. After all, in the mortal world, couples can divorce if they can't get along, but for cultivators who don't want to continue the relationship, the procedures for dissolving the relationship are very complicated.

Those who cultivate themselves are focused on achieving longevity and rarely indulge in romantic love. Furthermore, due to various reasons such as the cultivation of techniques and the cherishing of reputation, they are extremely cautious about dual cultivation.

If one truly encounters love and wishes to become a Daoist couple, one must follow ancient customs and rituals, including a formal marriage ceremony with matchmakers, incense burning, prayers to the gods, recording the union in the family genealogy, and holding a wedding ceremony to announce it to the world.

If one comes from a major sect, it will also involve personal relationships and interests such as whether the sects recognize each other.

This mission world also has examples of disciples from rival sects falling in love but being forced to separate. There is a fish in Lin Xucheng's fishpond that was rejected in love and tried to commit suicide, which Lin Xucheng picked up.

Their secret rendezvous in the bamboo grove was already a major taboo; who would care about the specifics of what happened?

As the initial simple descriptions circulated, more and more people embellished them, naturally enriching the details. The Xiaoyao Sect, a reputable and orthodox sect, did not oppose dual cultivation, but it was only permitted after a proper marriage and residing on Yuanyang Peak.

Lin Xucheng and Zhou Zhixue's underhanded behavior, under the strict rules of the ancient sect, is, at worst, tarnishing the sect's reputation. They haven't even begun to distinguish themselves or become the sect's rising stars yet; if they don't want to take responsibility, they'll have to tear each other apart.

The little white cat was quite surprised, and after pausing for a few seconds, it chuckled and said, "I didn't expect that cultivators would be so strict about dating."

"It's not that dating is strict," Jiang Chen corrected and explained seriously. "Unless you're a disciple of a special sect, dating is generally very free. It's mainly the rules of etiquette that are strict."

It's not hard to understand if you think about it, since cultivators can live for thousands or tens of thousands of years.

Many of the prominent figures listed at the beginning of the genealogy of various sects and clans are still alive!

If there were no strict rules of etiquette and laws that allowed people to hold hands and sleep together casually, wouldn't there be illegitimate children everywhere and everything be in chaos?

Besides, some powerful figures go into seclusion for centuries. When they emerge and take a fancy to a young and beautiful descendant, without strict rules of etiquette or family records to verify their lineage, who knows if the person they win over is truly their own bloodline?

Fluffy dumpling: !!(o'?'o)?o????

Yes, that makes sense!

As long as cultivators don't court death or fail their tribulations, they are all incredibly resilient.

Without strict regulations, the world would truly descend into chaos!

"Many cultivators' children do not have the talent for cultivation and can only be sent down the mountain to live as ordinary people in the mortal world to continue their lineage. However, their offspring are very likely to have exceptional talent and be able to cultivate, thus entering the ranks of cultivators again."

With such lax management, the bloodline reproduction of the entire cultivation world becomes chaotic, even worse than that of wild beasts. How can one cultivate to become an immortal?

In reality, as long as female cultivators don't care too much about the formalities of marriage, there are many couples who secretly engage in dual cultivation, but they would never dare to have children.

Like the male protagonist Lin Xucheng in the script, who is promiscuous and has illegitimate children everywhere, creating a chaotic bloodline, once exposed, the cultivation world will never tolerate them.

As Jiang Chen watched the enormous immortal ship slowly dock on a vast and prosperous continent, he stood up, put away the secret manual, and laughed, "Couples who don't follow the official path only dare to cultivate secretly, but Lin Xucheng and Zhou Zhixue have made it known to everyone."

I wonder how the script team will handle things for the male lead.

"We don't care about all that, let's go and overturn the protagonist's fishpond first!"

"Yay!" The little white cat jumped onto its host's shoulder and stood on tiptoe to look around at the bustling and vibrant mega-town.

The Blissful Sect is not an ancient sect, but a rising star that has emerged in the last few hundred years.

The territory it occupies is not large, but because the mine produces a rare white mineral called Bliss Land, which is highly regarded by mortals, the Bliss Land is rich and prosperous, and the tribute it pays to the Bliss Sect, which protects the peace of the region, is naturally generous.

In short, the Blissful Sect is a newly rich, upstart sect in the cultivation world.

With money and power, the sect leader, the elegant, beautiful and unparalleled Lian Yunzhi, became the most favored big fish in the male protagonist Lin Xucheng's fishpond in the early stages. She not only contributed money and effort, but also helped him catch fish in the fishpond in various accidental ways.

As the saying goes, to catch a thief, you must first catch the king. If Lin Xucheng is prevented from getting to know Lian Yunzhi, then his biggest help in the early stages will be gone.

When Jiang Chen visited the Blissful Sect accompanied by a special protector from his sect, the Carefree Sect was bustling with activity.

"Sect Master, you must stand up for Qiu Bai Peak!" Qiu Bai Zhenren exclaimed, his long white eyebrows and beard fluttering as he radiated anger. "Xu Cheng is my most talented disciple. He ascended from the lower realm to the cultivation world. When he ascended, the Chaos Bell rang nine times!"

Such a promising young disciple had his essence stolen by Zhou Zhixue, a little vixen lurking within the sect. If I cannot avenge my disciple, what face will I have left to govern Qiubai Peak?

Sect Master Yanxuzi couldn't help but sigh and put his right hand to his forehead.

Despite having cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm, he had taken a Youth Preservation Pill by chance when he was in his thirties, so Yan Xuzi still looks as handsome as he did when he was young.

Compared to the white-haired, youthful-looking, and otherworldly-like junior, Master Qiu Bai, the sect leader seems like a rather helpless junior.

"Qiu Bai." After a few breaths, the sect leader looked up at him and frowned slightly. "Back then, the Chaos Bell, which had not rung for tens of thousands of years, rang nine times, shocking the entire cultivation world. Immediately afterwards, Lin Xu City ascended from the lower realm."

The Chaos Bell has never been struck nine times, and everyone says that whoever strikes it nine times will become a future God Emperor.

As a result, the old monsters of various sects appeared one after another to compete for Lin Xucheng to join their sects. Our Xiaoyao Sect, relying on its ancient foundation, took him into its mountain gate. You also went to great lengths to win him over.

I understand your expectations for Lin Xucheng.

However, regarding this matter... back then, in order to avoid revealing the true face of the Nine-Sound Divine Child and causing jealousy and disputes, after bringing Lin Xucheng back to the sect, I joined forces with several elders to cast a spell to conceal his true appearance. Therefore, no one in the sect knew that he was the legendary Divine Child.

But Lin Xucheng knew it himself!

Since he was able to ascend from the spiritually barren lower realm through cultivating the Great Dao, and his strength was two realms higher than Zhou Zhixue's, I simply cannot believe that he was not easily tempted even with this much self-control.

Hehe, I'm afraid they were already lustful, and then they hit it off and tasted the forbidden fruit.

To say he was bewitched by a witch is just a pretext he made up to escape blame as things escalated and he worried about getting himself into trouble. It wasn't a big deal to begin with; in fact, it shows this kid isn't cut out for anything.

Master Qiu Bai, feeling somewhat embarrassed by the lukewarm response, sat down on the futon, picked up the spiritual tea on the table, drank it all in one gulp, and huffed, "The rumors have spread throughout the entire Xiaoyao Sect. There has to be an explanation!"

"What a coincidence! The Peak Master of Ten Thousand Flowers Peak has arrived at the door with Fairy Xuanzhu and her apprentice. Would you like to come in and sit for a while to hear what they have to say?"

After Qiu Bai Zhenren got up and went to the back hall in a huff, Yan Xuzi waved his hand to hide the tea set on the table. His face darkened and he sneered in his heart: "The cultivation world is getting worse with each generation. Many people have long lost their moral restraint. We must take this opportunity to warn them. Otherwise, even the dignified Xiaoyao Sect will degenerate and become a laughing stock!"

"Greetings, Sect Master." The Peak Master of Ten Thousand Flowers Peak was a woman with mottled hair who looked to be about fifty years old.

She wore a Taoist robe and had her hair styled in a Taoist bun. Her slightly plump, wrinkled face remained as serious as ever, without any other expression. After bowing, she pointed to Zhou Zhixue, who was kneeling on the ground, and said coldly, "The sect leader appointed me to manage Wanhua Peak, but I never expected that my governance would be so lax and such a scandal would occur."

"I have already inquired beforehand. Zhou Zhixue, please relay these words to the sect leader again. If there is any deception, he must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others!"

Zhou Zhixue never expected that things would escalate to the sect leader's level, and she knelt on the ground, trembling.

The sect leader is a powerful being at the Nascent Soul Realm, a terrifying existence who can make one's soul scatter with just a glance!

The thought of lying to him made Zhou Zhixue's heart tremble, but now there was no turning back.

In her loneliness and helplessness, she recalled Liu Jiangchen's gentle smile and upright figure, and her heart was filled with regret. If he had pleaded with the sect leader for her sake out of our past relationship, she might have been able to escape this calamity...

Seeing her trembling and silent, the peak master of Wanhua Peak was filled with rage and shouted, "Speak!"

"Yes!" Zhou Zhixue trembled, all the chaotic fantasies in her mind were shattered, and she said tremblingly, "This disciple only successfully established her foundation half a year ago with the help of the pills given to her by Senior Brother Liu, and her strength is very weak."

Two months ago, while watching shooting stars in the Purple Bamboo Forest on the back mountain, I ran into Lin Xucheng, a disciple of Qiubai Peak.

He lusted after his disciple's beauty, making lewd remarks and even threatening him with his Golden Core realm strength. The disciple was powerless to resist and could only submit to him... Afterwards, Lin Xucheng taught his disciple a cultivation technique and forced him to practice it before engaging in dual cultivation with him...

"Sect Master, please understand! I was cowardly and afraid to speak out because I was threatened by evil people. I know I was wrong, and I beg you to investigate!"

When Qiu Bai, who was sitting in the back hall practicing Qi cultivation, heard this, he felt a chill in his heart. Zhou Zhixue had only just successfully established her foundation.

What superior cultivation technique could a Foundation Establishment stage female cultivator use to successfully seduce Lin Xucheng, a Golden Core stage cultivator?

"Damn it, this kid actually fooled me!" Qiu Bai Zhenren was furious, and his aura was immediately detected by the Wan Hua Peak Master.

The other party's sharp eyes turned towards the inner hall, and he said coldly, "Since Senior Brother Qiu Bai has already arrived, why not call your good disciple over as well? Let the sect leader decide who is right and who is wrong."

Originally, he wanted to interrogate Lin Xucheng again after returning home, so as not to be deceived and blindly stand up for him. Unexpectedly, the other party noticed and Master Qiubai came out of the inner hall with a long face.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Sect Master Yanxuzi sat in the main seat, slowly drinking tea without saying a word, and the atmosphere in the hall was very heavy.

Not long after, Lin Xucheng, who had just finished resting, was urgently summoned to see the sect leader. He could only swallow two rough pills to barely suppress his injuries before rushing over, clutching his chest, and kneeling down to pay his respects.

"Lin Xucheng, there are many rumors circulating within the sect. Do you have anything to say about this?" Yan Xuzi took a sip of tea, his calm and composed face revealing no emotion.

Lin Xucheng knelt down and stole a glance at his master sitting to one side. He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "This disciple's cultivation level is not high enough and his willpower is insufficient. Two months ago, while cultivating the Great Dao in the Purple Bamboo Forest, I was seduced by Zhou Zhixue, a demoness who cultivated bewitching arts. In a daze, my essence was taken away."

Practicing the art of seduction is forbidden. This disciple ascended from the lower realm to join the sect and has never had any romantic feelings for a woman. However, I inevitably have complicated feelings for the demoness but did not report her. This disciple knows my mistake and is willing to accept punishment.

"As long as the sect leader takes the demoness Zhou Zhixue to the punishment hall to examine the cultivation technique she practices, he will know that his disciple is not lying!"

"Lin Xucheng!" Zhou Zhixue, her face pale with rage, was furious that her master, Fairy Xuanzhu, had concealed her aura with her magic. She rushed out of the inner hall, disregarding the presence of the sect leader and many other elders, and slapped him hard across the face, shouting, "It was clearly you who forced me with your Golden Core Realm, and you forced me to cultivate that technique! You've turned black into white and slandered your fellow disciples! You... you deserve to die a horrible death!"

"Pfft!" Lin Xucheng could have dodged the slap, after all, the other party was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

He still pretended to be pounding his blood from the beating, lying on the ground spitting out a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale and extremely weak, saying, "I beg the sect leader to see the truth! This demoness has cultivated heretical and evil techniques and is no longer an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator. As long as we drag her to the Punishment Hall for soul-searching... Pfft! Cough cough, we can definitely tear off the demoness's disguise!"

The protagonist's aura shone brightly, enveloping the entire hall.

Seeing that his sensible and obedient disciple had suffered new injuries before his wounds had healed, Master Qiubai stood up with a fist and clasped his hands, saying with heartache, "Sect Master, I beg you to do justice for Qiubai Peak!"

"Sect Master, since I took charge of Wanhua Peak, there has never been a case of female cultivators engaging in illicit affairs." The Wanhua Peak Master, not to be outdone, bowed and said coldly, "Whether it was coercion by force or seduction by seduction, we must find out the truth. Otherwise, wouldn't the many female cultivators of the dignified Xiaoyao Sect's Wanhua Peak be scorned and become a laughing stock?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Xucheng, this hypocrite, was so good at pretending. Zhou Zhixue, who was originally troubled by love, disregarded everything else when it came to her reputation and life and death. She knelt in the hall and said sternly, "Sect Master, please be wise. The rumors circulating in the sect are all about the senior demon beasts in the back mountain. Please invite the senior demon beasts to come and confront them!"

Yan Xuzi coldly watched Lin Xucheng put on an act, which had not been seriously damaged. He put down his teacup, stood up, and waved his sleeve, saying, "The two peak masters don't need to ruin their harmony over this; you two don't need to be angry."

As for the Demon Beast Valley, well, they haven't yet taken human form, and they might not fully understand human emotions and love.

Why don't you all come with me to the Purple Bamboo Grove?

"It happened just two months ago, not thousands of years ago that are impossible to verify. Using time travel to see the truth for ourselves isn't difficult at all."

The art of time reversal?!

Lin Xucheng and Zhou Zhixue were both stunned when they first heard this new term.

Could there really be such profound magic in the world that could turn back time and reveal the truth of that night?

The two, who had initially thought that their half-truthful accusation would create a Rashomon-like situation and ultimately help them escape disaster, suddenly turned pale, shivered, and felt a sense of despair rise in their hearts.