Chapter 0410 – Step by Step – The Absolute Return

After returning to their residence, Sword Wuji and Cold Snow told Drunken Devil and Li An about their conversation with Xu Luo.

“It seems that our initial decision to leave this matter to the Young Sect Master was correct.” Cold Snow said.

She had originally thought that Jian Wuji was just making a show of being mysterious, but now it seemed that he did have some skills. Although he was not a “transcendent” person, he was by no means idle.

Jian Wuji turned his head to Li An and said with a smile, “How dare you push things onto your superior?”

“A good boss should know how to sympathize with his subordinates, shouldn’t he?” Li An responded with a smile.

“It’s not easy being a boss.”

“That’s because you’re working too hard, Young Sect Master, the leaders of other sects don’t work as hard as you do.”

Cold Snow still couldn’t understand the mode of getting along between them, she felt that, between upper and lower ranks, they should keep a certain distance, otherwise it would be easy for problems to arise.

“Do you know who Elder Xu’s closest person is?” Jian Wuji asked.

“Of course it’s the Palace Master.” Cold Snow replied.

“Tomorrow, can you arrange a meeting between me and the Palace Master?”

“Could be.”

“But I want to see her alone tomorrow.”

“Why?”

Jian Wuji explained, “Because in front of the child, she is not a Palace Master, but a mother.”

Cold Snow felt that Jian Wuji seemed to have some misunderstandings about her mother.

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

“As a parent, there are always feelings that a child can’t understand.”

“How can you understand what it’s like to be a parent when you don’t even have a family yet?”

Jian Wuji laughed and said, “My father, but the Heavenly Demon Sect Master, I have studied him since I was a child and tried to understand him.”

Jian Wuji saw that the Drunken Demon also laughed.

Other than the Drunken Demon, everyone else was in awe of the Heavenly Demon Sect Leader, but the Drunken Demon didn’t seem to be afraid of him. It was a good thing that the Drunken Demon had already solved his misunderstanding of the Heavenly Demon Sect Master, otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Jian Wuji walked over to Drunken Devil, sniffed the teacup in his hand, and asked, “Big brother Drunken Devil, you actually drink tea? In this teacup, it can’t be drunk, right?”

Saying that, Jian Wuji picked up the Drunken Demon’s teacup and took a sip.

“Why do I feel a bit drunk? This isn’t supposed to be tea-flavored drunk, is it?”

“Tea is pretty good when you drink a lot of it.”

“And you put up with it?”

“You know, the human body is the most amazing thing, and I’ve gotten used to drinking tea.”

“I mean, how could you even hold back from seeking revenge on those people?”

The Drunken Devil took a sip of tea and said, “I can’t help it any longer.”

Although his head was lowered, his eyes were incredibly cold.

Both Li An and Cold Snow knew that the Drunken Demon wasn’t enduring his addiction to alcohol, but was enduring the anger in his heart.

Jian Wuji looked at the snowy scene outside the window and said indifferently, “I will pull them out as soon as possible, this place is too beautiful to hide dirt.”

The crowd followed Jian Wuji’s gaze and looked out the window.

They all knew that the Blood King was a ruthless man, and this beautiful snowy landscape could be dyed red with blood at any time.

But they believed that Jian Wuji, would definitely stop this from happening.

“Even if it’s dyed red with blood, it will still be covered with snow.” Jian Wuji said in his heart.

“This is my first time, with the heir of the Heavenly Demon Sect, sharing a room.” The Ice Palace Lord said.

“The late generation is deeply honored.”

“Tea, please.”

Without hesitation, Jian Wuji picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The Ice Palace Master was a bit surprised and asked, “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll poison the tea?”

“Before I came here, I had already investigated the Palace Lord.” Jian Wuji said with a smile, “The Palace Master is wise and intelligent, even if he gets dementia after another fifty years, he would not poison the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect.”

The Ice Palace Master smiled, she heard the implication of Jian Wuji’s words, he was complimenting her youth.

“I looked into you too.”

“Oh? What kind of person does the Palace Master think I am?”

The Ice Palace Master looked at Jian Wuji and said, “You are a person that is hard to see through.”

“The Palace Master has a discerning eye, I am indeed not a simple person.”

Jian Wuji said with a smile, a hint of pride in his tone.

“I hear you’re making some progress, with your investigation?”

“Yes, that’s why I visited Elder Xu yesterday.”

“You suspect Elder Xu?”

Instead of answering directly, Jian Wuji asked rhetorically, “What does the Palace Master think?”

“That’s impossible.”

“But I found some suspicious clues.”

“Yes?”

“The Palace Master doesn’t seem surprised?”

“Because it’s just not possible.”

The Ice Palace Master did not hide her trust in Xu Luo.

“You haven’t answered my question.”

The Ice Palace Master knew that Jian Wuji was forcing her to make a stand.

“I doubt him.”

“And the reason?”

“Just a hunch.”

Jian Wuji secretly said in his heart, “Because only someone like Elder Xu has the ability to threaten the Palace Master.”

“That means you have no direct evidence.”

Jian Wuji smiled and acquiesced.

“Why did Elder Xu kill the former Palace Master?”

“I don’t know.”

“He’s not that kind of guy.”

The Ice Palace Master emphasized once more, but Jian Wuji could hear a hint of uncertainty in her tone.

If she really trusted Xu Luo completely, then she should have ordered it now and stopped the investigation.

The reason why she allowed Jian Wuji to continue investigating was because in her heart, she also had some doubts.

“Palace Master, what exactly are you worried about?”

Jian Wuji secretly said in his heart, he felt that the Ice Palace Master seemed to be hiding something.

“Do you think that the Northern Blood Sect is also involved in this matter?” Jian Wuji asked, wanting to test the Ice Palace Master’s reaction.

When the Ice Palace Master heard the words “Northern Blood Sect”, she didn’t show any abnormalities.

“You guessed it, didn’t you?”

“After all, the Second Prince of the Northern Blood Sect, had a conflict with you.”

“Did you know he was dead?”

Of course the Ice Palace Lord knew about this.

“I heard he killed himself because he was in shock from being captured by you guys.”

“Do you believe that?”

The Ice Palace Lord didn’t reply, and just took a sip of tea.

“What kind of person do you think a man would be who would sacrifice his own son for his own ambitions?”

“I’m the same kind of person, for me, the interests of the Ice Palace, above all else.”

The Ice Palace Master said mockingly, a hint of provocation in his tone.

“It seems that I don’t know the Palace Lord well enough. I originally thought that the Palace Master was someone who loved his daughter very much.”

The Ice Palace Lord looked at Jian Wuji, her eyes filled with inquiry.

“How did you know?”

Jian Wuji secretly said in his heart, “I know how much you love your daughter, even though you’ve never shown it, and you don’t even realize it yourself.”

“It’s okay, I understand you.”

Jian Wuji said, “My father, too, was like that.”

The Ice Palace Master smiled, she knew that the Heavenly Demon Sect Master, too, was a person who could do anything for his goals.

“You’re all wrong.”

Jian Wuji suddenly said.