Wen Xuan's first thought was naturally the core disciples who were closer to him. Under the circumstance that the attitude of ordinary disciples towards him is so obscure, probably only those core disciples can interact with him on an equal footing and give him the answers he wants.
Among them, Luo Qingquan didn't agree with him, Shi Buhui was always dull, and only the junior sister Zhang Xiaoqing, who was deeply loved by the head, was his best choice at this time.
Wen Xuan immediately rushed towards Zhang Xiaoqing's residence.
He didn't know if it was lucky or unfortunate, but on his way there, he saw Zhang Xiaoqing standing with another junior sister, stopping by the roadside and talking.
Wenxuan and Zhang Xiaoqing have always had a good relationship, so he immediately greeted them with a smile on his face.
At this moment, the other junior sister just looked up at him, her expression changed, and she quickly pushed Zhang Xiaoqing. Zhang Xiaoqing also looked up and saw Wen Xuan, but her face changed drastically.
Wen Xuan's heart sank, already feeling very bad.
The horror on Zhang Xiaoqing's face gradually faded, turning into an indescribably complicated color. She just looked at Wen Xuan in such a complicated way, and then when she saw Wen Xuan was about to approach, she stepped back abruptly, and with her friends, she ran away like a frightened bird.
Wen Xuan arrived at the place where they were just now, but he could only stop in a daze, and even the smile froze on his face.
After a long while, Wen Xuan regained his senses and clenched his fists tightly.
If it was said that the indifference of those disciples in the past only caused a dull pain in his heart, Zhang Xiaoqing's escape at this time would undoubtedly have stabbed him in the heart.
He still remembered that when he chose to fall to the foundation in order to go further, Zhang Xiaoqing knelt in front of Chu Lian and begged for mercy for him. In the past years, Zhang Xiaoqing had a very good relationship with him, and was a junior sister whom he loved very much. What happened, even she did this to him
After a long time, Wenxuan returned to calm, turned around, thinking about the next person to ask, but this thinking was inevitably a bit slow.
Perhaps it was because of this sluggishness that Wen Xuan didn't stop abruptly until he took a few steps forward, realizing that someone was secretly watching him.
In fact, since he came back, there were quite a few disciples who dared not come out to say hello to him but secretly watched him from behind. But this one, his eyes are especially hot. Most of the others just glanced away secretly, but this one seemed to be following him.
Wenxuan tried to take another two steps forward, but the eyes from behind really followed closely.
It's not long before the foundation is established, and it's very weak.
Wenxuan made a judgment in his heart, and then his body flashed suddenly, seeing nothing at a distance of several tens of meters, and in the blink of an eye he appeared in the direction of that gaze.
The one who was looking at him secretly was a junior in the sect. Seeing Wenxuan suddenly approaching his eyes, this junior brother was obviously startled, said "Ah" loudly, and stepped back abruptly, accidentally tripped by a tree root, and was about to fall to the ground.
Wen Xuan stretched out his hand, grabbed his arm, and stabilized him. At the same time, Wenxuan looked at the junior brother for a while, and finally recognized it, "Is it you?"
Wen Xuan recognized almost all of Shuiyunzong's inner disciples, and this was no exception. But this one in front of him had a deeper impression in Wen Xuan's mind than others. At the beginning, it was this disciple who was caught by Luo Qingquan in order to speak to him, and because of this, he and Luo Qingquan had another fight. As a result, he defeated Luo Qingquan that time and moved back to Yicheng.
This junior brother worshipped him originally, and after being rescued by him at that time, he was even more grateful to him.
But at this moment, this junior brother has also become like the others, not even willing to say hello, only watching secretly from behind.
Wen Xuan let go of his arm.
The junior brother stood by himself, but did not thank him, but looked at Wen Xuan with more complicated eyes.
"When you come back this time, your attitude towards me is a little strange." Wen Xuan asked him, "Did something happen?"
The other party opened his mouth, closed his lips again, and gritted his teeth.
Does no one want to tell him? Wen Xuan was a little disappointed. He shook his head, without entanglement, turned and walked back. He felt that maybe he should go back to his cave now and take a breath.
"Senior Brother Wen!" Seeing that he was about to leave, the younger brother finally couldn't help shouting, and hurriedly stopped him.
Wenxuan stopped and turned around.
The junior brother took a few breaths, the corners of his eyes suddenly turned red, and he asked a little excitedly, "Those people are talking nonsense, they wronged you, right?"
This is an interesting question. Wen Xuan's heart trembled, and he turned around to look at the person again, but his expression was calm, "Who are you? What did you say?"
The younger brother's lips trembled.
"If you don't tell me this, how can I answer you?" Wen Xuan asked him.
"Many people, everyone is saying that." This junior brother opened his mouth slowly, but the corners of his eyes turned red, "They all said that you colluded with demons."
Collusion with demons? Wen Xuan was stunned, his first reaction was that this was all nonsense.
However, he quickly remembered his identity as a half-demon, and quickly remembered the love he had pleaded for that possessed demon a few days ago, and his heart suddenly sank two points.
But his thoughts turned and turned, but he felt that something was wrong.
If you collude with demons, it is probably a matter of life experience. If it colluded with the demon, it was probably the problem of the possessed shadow demon. But colluding with demons, this statement is vague and somewhat suspicious.
"Do you believe it?" Wen Xuan asked without answering.
"I don't want to believe it, I've always been reluctant to believe it, but..." This junior brother's eyes turned red, "Everyone said that, everyone, everyone, everyone said that."
Wenxuan comforted him for a while, let his emotions stabilize, and then asked more carefully.
The fact was somewhat unexpected, but not particularly surprising. This kind of rumor that he colluded with the demon was not because he realized his life experience, nor after the demon was born, but before that, when he just left the sect, he didn't know where to start. Rise up.
Thinking about it too, with Wenxuan's previous reputation in the sect, if such rumors had only started a few days ago, it would definitely not be able to achieve such an effect. In fact, when this rumor first started, most people dismissed it as nonsense.
However, how long has Wenxuan left the sect? It has been there for half a year.
In the past six months, people have been saying this every day, and people have said it from time to time, and even unconsciously, everyone has started to say it, and it is impossible not to hear the rumors for a moment. The so-called three become tigers, the power of repetition is terrible.
So now, even the most loyal believer in front of him has been shaken into this state.
Wen Xuan clenched his fists, his anger was unspeakable.
This fact makes it very clear that the rumor has nothing to do with his background, let alone the shadow demon, it is just a deliberate framing. The person who designed this framing doesn't even need the slightest evidence, just by letting these statements take root in the hearts of the people while he is away, he can hollow out all the popularity he has accumulated in Shuiyunzong for so many years, and make him rejected by everyone. thousands of miles.
"I didn't believe it at first, but, but..." The junior brother said again, "Just a few days ago, that devil, it was... Everyone said that this was all designed by you, that you colluded with that devil. , I just told the sect that the location was a good place, in fact, it was just to let the devil out..."
Wen Xuan was stunned, as if the blood in his body had suddenly cooled. The anger just now turned into cold sweat and dripped from him.
Wen Xuan suddenly realized that what he was facing was not simply a frame-up without evidence, otherwise there would be no reason for it to be such a coincidence.
He suddenly remembered a sentence said by Jian Jian a few days ago, "Which of those people is not a human being? Even if I didn't say it, could they not have noticed it? Brother, they know far more than us."
And the most terrifying part of this trap is that it is specious.
The other party mixed demons and demons together, which seemed vague, but what about the vagueness? Even if nine points of falsehood are mixed with one point of truth, as long as that point is truly true, as long as there is one point that cannot be explained, Wenxuan will be finished.
However, the bloodline of the beast in Wenxuan's body is unexplainable, and it is an ironclad proof.
"This rumor..." Wen Xuan's mouth became dry, "In the beginning, where did it come from?"
The younger brother in front of him shook his head. The rumors have spread so widely that the origin has not been found.
"But there are a few people who are very annoying and arrogant." The younger brother gritted his teeth fiercely, "They shouted half of the messages. They also let out words. If any of us think they are talking nonsense, we can wait for you. When you get back, I'll let you confront them and see who's right."
Then he reported the names of those people.
The more he listened, the more numb Wenxuan became and the colder his heart became.
He knew all of these people, and all of them were disciples or relatives of the elders in the sect. These people dared to be so arrogant, no doubt they were instructed by those elders. Wenxuan knew that he had indeed offended those elders for the sake of easy access to the inner door. But just relying on those elders, definitely can't make such a big climate, can't make such a big situation.
"Senior Brother Wen," the younger brother looked at him expectantly, "you will confront them, right?"
Wenxuan stood there, silent.
"You'll prove they're all nonsense, right?"
"Junior Brother Sun." Wen Xuan finally said, "I'm a little tired, you should go back and rest earlier."
Let's talk, he turned around and went back, leaving only the junior brother, standing there dumbfounded, looking at his back, he was almost dumbfounded.
It wasn't until Wenxuan walked a long way that the junior brother finally reacted and shouted hysterically from behind, "Senior Brother Wen! What do you mean! Haven't those people been talking nonsense all the time! Why didn't you confront them! Why didn't you prove it? Your own innocence! Why!"
Wenxuan felt that if his heart continued to hurt like this, he might become numb.
The only thing I'm sorry for is that the current name actually wants to believe in him.
Then Wenxuan thought of another way, and continued to inquire about this matter a little bit. Finally, he found the scene where the arrogant people were calling at him, and listened to it.
Sure enough, the younger brother did not say everything.
In the clamor of these people, there is a clear sentence, "Do you think he really dares to come? Haha, if he really wants to come, he has to think clearly, there are more hidden things about him! Now there are only so many rumors, it is to save his face!"
This is a threat, a clear threat.
But Wenxuan hid and listened, and could only laugh at himself. This is a real threat.
Compared with the so-called collusion with the demon, the blood of the demon in his body is more deadly. At this time, they threatened to save face for him, and it was impossible for him to take the risk of revealing his life experience to confront them seriously.
Is it really just to save his face? No. The fact that the eldest brother of the sect was actually a half-demon would not only destroy Wenxuan, but also greatly hurt Shuiyunzong's face. If not, this so-called face would not really be reserved for him.
Wenxuan returned to his cave, gritted his teeth, couldn't help clenching his fists, and slammed into the wall.
He raised his head, his eyes were almost bloodshot and he looked in a direction outside the cave.
The great hall high above the clouds.
Chief Kiko Ang!
Yes, only Ji Ziang can do all this. When did Ji Ziang know about Wenxuan's half-demon life experience? Perhaps as early as the beginning, when Chu Lian brought him back, the Sect Master knew.
Otherwise, no matter how much Chu Lian neglected this apprentice, how could he dare to use Wen Xuan like that, so dare to use such means on Wen Xuan? Yes, Wenxuan should have thought of it long ago. Many things that were originally unbelievable, once combined with their own life experience, are so natural.
Wenxuan had also temporarily left the sect countless times before, Ji Ziang had never dealt with him, and even defended him in every possible way. Just because Ji Ziang still coveted his root of extreme water at that time, and also counted on him to practice the exercises that Ji Ziang provided. Until that day, Wen Xuan chose to return to the foundation building, and even obtained the exercises left by Ye Shengge from Chu Lian. For Ji Ziang, he completely lost the value of using it, and it was just an annoying burden.
Wenxuan retracted his fist, which was a little painful, and sneered.
He hates it.
He is the one who has always been the head of Shuiyunzong. Even if Ji Ziang lied to him like that before, he could only see clearly an elder he trusted. But now, Ji Ziang has used this method to destroy his entire family.
But after hating it, what can he do
Wenxuan sat down in the cave, looking at the blue sky and green space outside, sitting alone. He knew that he could not fight Ji Ziang. But what he couldn't compete with more than Ji Ziang was the blood flowing in his own body.
He wants to carry his own blood and move forward, and this is the pain he must endure.
Just when I was most disheartened, the familiar footsteps sounded outside the door.
Wenxuan saw that it was Jian Yizheng walking over with a smile on his face, "Senior brother, I'm sorry, I'm late. My master hasn't seen me for too long, so he just can't bear to leave."
As if history were repeating itself, a familiar warm current flowed through Wenxuan's heart.