"Where is this?"
Hou Juan looked up at the unfamiliar decorations around her and asked Chen Heng.
"Within the Flowing Cloud Sect."
In response to Hou Juan's question, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he replied softly.
Hou Juan was stunned when she heard this.
"Within the Flowing Cloud Sect …"
Lying on the bed and looking at Chen Heng, she instinctively felt a bit of disbelief and wanted to ask him if he was joking with her.
She was very clear about the relationship between the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Zhang clan, including the Flowing Cloud Sect's previous intentions.
Otherwise, she would not have tried so hard to escape from the Flowing Cloud Sect and report this to Chen Heng.
Ordinarily speaking, if Chen Heng appeared in the Flowing Cloud Sect, there were only two possibilities.
Either Chen Heng had been captured by the Flowing Cloud Sect, or he had been imprisoned in the Flowing Cloud Sect like her.
Or the Zhang family and the Flowing Cloud Sect had reached an agreement.
Otherwise, with Chen Heng's status as the Zhang family's clan leader, he would not have been able to enter the Flowing Cloud Sect so easily.
Lying on the bed, Hou Juan looked down at Chen Heng.
Chen Heng's figure was tall and straight, and his expression was calm. His aura was fine, and it did not seem like he had been captured at all.
It did not seem like he had been captured by the Flowing Cloud Sect at all.
Moreover, with the Flowing Cloud Sect's personality, if they had captured the Zhang family's clan leader, they would have locked him up in prison and would not have allowed him to leave so easily.
In that case, had the two sides reconciled?
Hou Juan felt quite confused, and many thoughts flashed through her mind.
"There's no need to be confused."
As if he could tell what she was thinking, Chen Heng shook his head and silently got up, preparing to give an explanation.
However, at this moment, the sound of light footsteps could be heard coming from the outside world.
A tall middle-aged man walked in from the outside world and entered the room.
Looking at Chen Heng, he first turned and looked at Hou Juan, who had woken up, before looking at Chen Heng and saying, "Elder …"
"The Thousand Mountains Sect's people are here; do you want to go and take a look?"
"Elder?"
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Chen Heng did not say anything, but Hou Juan's eyes widened.
She was not unfamiliar with the middle-aged man in front of her. On the contrary, she felt that he was very familiar.
He was the most powerful elder in the Sky Cloud Martial School. Apart from the Sect Leader, he was the most powerful person in the Sky Cloud Martial School, so he was very arrogant.
Hou Juan had interacted with him for a period of time in the past and knew very well that he was not to be trifled with.
However, now, he was respectfully standing here and bowing to Chen Heng.
Moreover, he had addressed Chen Heng as' Elder '.
What was going on?
Since when did the head of the Zhang clan become an elder of the Sky Cloud Martial School?
What had happened while she was unconscious?
Lying on the bed, her eyes were wide open as various thoughts flashed through her mind.
"I understand."
Hearing Elder Song's words, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he lightly nodded and got up from where he was standing.
"I still have some matters to attend to."
Standing on the spot, he looked at Hou Juan in front of him and said softly, "Your injuries haven't completely healed yet. Rest well here for the time being."
"After a period of time, Ya 'er will come to see you."
Chen Heng said softly before turning and leaving with Elder Song.
Hou Juan was left lying on the bed, staring at Chen Heng's departing figure, thinking to herself.
At this moment, her heart was filled with doubts, and she didn't know what to say.
It was only after Zhang Ya heard that she had woken up and came to visit her that she found out what had happened from Zhang Ya.
"A single person broke through the Flowing Cloud Sect …"
After hearing everything from Zhang Ya, Hou Juan was completely dumbfounded. Looking at Zhang Ya in front of her, a look of shock appeared on her face, and she did not know what to say.
Just like Zhang Ya, as a former Inner Court Disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect, she knew how powerful the Flowing Cloud Sect was.
It was a massive existence, and ordinary independent cultivators were not much in front of it.
Moreover, there was a Guardian Spirit Formation within their base, which had been left behind by the ancestors of the Flowing Cloud Sect.
However, even such a powerful formation had been broken through by Chen Heng. They had not been able to cause any trouble at all, and they had been easily defeated.
Now, she knew why Chen Heng was called an Elder.
"So it's like that …"
Lying on the bed for a long time, Hou Juan came back to her senses and deeply sighed as she said, "As expected from Senior Apprentice Brother Zhang …
"With this level of strength, I'm afraid he has already surpassed Profound Understanding and reached the Venerable Realm …"
She opened her mouth softly and sighed.
"I think so."
Hearing Hou Juan's words, Zhang Ya lightly laughed before saying, "After all, the Flowing Cloud Sect's Guardian Spirit Formation is not so easy to break through.
By the way, Junior Apprentice Sister Hou, do you have anything to say to big sister? "
Sitting in front of Hou Juan, she looked at Hou Juan and said softly, "About the demonic technique …"
Chen Heng could ignore some things, but Zhang Ya could not just ignore them.
One must know that to a certain extent, this matter could be said to have been caused by Hou Juan in front of him.
If it wasn't for the fact that she cultivated a demonic technique and was in the Flowing Cloud Sect, the Flowing Cloud Sect would not have been able to use this against the Zhang family.
Although the outcome of this incident seemed to be good, Hou Juan's matter was an indisputable fact.
If news of a demonic disciple spread, it would not be a good thing.
This was especially so in the Yue Kingdom.
Even though 30 years had passed, many people in the Yue Kingdom still felt lingering fear towards the demonic disaster.
This was the case for the Zhang family and Zhang Ya herself.
No matter how she looked at it, she had to get to the bottom of this.
"There are some things that clansman doesn't care about, but I can't …"
She sat at the head of the bed and looked at Hou Juan. She sighed softly and said, "What happened to you?"
After saying that, Hou Juan lay on the bed in silence for a long time.
Only after a while did she raise her head and bitterly smile as she said, "This is a very long story.
I wonder if Senior Apprentice Sister is willing to hear it … "
She looked at Zhang Ya and said in a serious tone.
.....
At noon, Chen Heng left the Flowing Cloud Sect's main hall and returned to where he cultivated.
By now, Zhang Ya had come to Chen Heng with the information she had obtained.
"Have you gotten the answer?"
Standing there, Chen Heng did not move. Just looking at Zhang Ya's serious expression, he knew some things.
"That's right."
Meeting Chen Heng's gaze, Zhang Ya sighed and said, "Junior Apprentice Sister Hou has already told me everything.
She indeed cultivates some kind of demonic technique … "
As she said this, her expression was quite unsightly and confused.
Even though she had guessed this long ago, when she received the news, she still felt quite uncomfortable.
To the Yue Kingdom's cultivators, cultivating a demonic technique was a very serious crime.
Standing where she was, Zhang Ya sighed and told her everything she had heard from Hou Juan.
Hou Juan had obtained the demonic technique roughly 30 years ago.
That was when the demonic disciple chaos had begun, and there were demonic disciples everywhere, as well as powerful demonic cultivators.
Even though the demonic disciples around the Nine Peaks City had long since been killed by Chen Heng, there were still some who had escaped.
With such a large number of demonic cultivators, it was normal for some demonic cultivators to have demonic cultivation techniques.
The demonic art that Hou Juan cultivated was obtained from this channel.
At the start, she had only wanted to use this method as a reference and had not really thought about cultivating it.
However, as time went on, her cultivation became more and more difficult, and normal cultivation was of no use to her. As such, she had no choice but to try cultivating the demonic technique.
The demonic technique's system was different to normal cultivation techniques.
In this world, apart from normal cultivation, demonic techniques also used one's qi blood and soul as resources to improve one's own cultivation.
In theory, as long as one had enough resources, no matter how bad one's talent was, one would be able to continuously advance and even reach Foundation Building.
Because of this, Hou Juan had cultivated the demonic technique step by step until she reached her current cultivation realm.
"Demonic technique …"
Speaking to there, she could not help but sigh, a complicated look in her eyes.
Honestly speaking, she could completely understand Hou Juan's feelings and choice.
Sometimes, no matter how hard one worked, the feeling of not being able to advance was simply too unbearable.
In order to break through this feeling, many people would choose another path and try to advance as much as possible.
She could understand this, but when her best friend cultivated the demonic technique, she could not help but feel sad and deeply sigh.
However, Chen Heng's expression did not change as he listened to Zhang Ya's explanation.
It was just a demonic technique, and to Chen Heng, it was not much.
He was not a native cultivator of this world, so he did not have much of an opinion about demonic techniques.
From how he saw it, power was basically the same; the only difference was whether it was easy to control and how difficult it was.
When it was clear that ordinary methods could not advance, choosing the more violent and effective demonic cultivation method was not a bad thing.
At the end of the day, even if one cultivated the demonic technique, one did not have to kill innocent creatures and take their souls as resources.
At the very least, Hou Juan had not done this before.
Otherwise, Chen Heng would have been able to sense it.
Since he was able to control this power well and did not do evil for the sake of cultivation, he was naturally not considered a pure evil person.
Of course, this was just what Chen Heng thought and did not represent others.
To others, those who cultivated the demonic technique were not of the right mind.
This kind of thinking was deeply rooted, and it was not just the cultivators in the Flowing Cloud Sect but even many people in the Zhang clan felt this way.
The most classic example was the Zhang clan's previous clan leader, Zhang Chong.
As the previous clan leader, Zhang Chong was the most outstanding representative of this kind of thinking.
If these people found out that Hou Juan cultivated the demonic technique, they would most likely cause some trouble.
Standing there, various thoughts flashed through Chen Heng's mind before he shook his head and looked at Zhang Ya as he said softly, "Tell the Flowing Cloud Sect's disciples.
Looking at Zhang Ya, his expression was calm as he said softly, "The news of Junior Apprentice Sister Hou cultivating the demonic technique is false; it was just a false accusation.
As for the person who framed her, say that it was Elder Liu. "
He spoke softly and indifferently.
Among the Flowing Cloud Sect's Elders, he did not touch the Elders who had appeared afterwards. He only defeated them and did not do anything else.
However, Elder Liu, who had been the first to appear, had been directly killed by him, and he could not be saved at all.
According to the plan, some of the factions and people who had belonged to the Zhang clan would be purged to make room for the Zhang clan's disciples.
Thinking about it, it was actually quite wretched.
Since it was already so wretched, it would not be a big deal to take the blame for it.
Most likely, if the other party knew about this in the underworld, he would feel quite gratified.
Hearing Chen Heng's words, Zhang Ya opened her mouth but did not say anything in the end. She only nodded and said, "Very well."
After seeing Zhang Ya nod, Chen Heng did not say much and only said a few words before turning and leaving.
Zhang Ya stood there, watching Chen Heng leave. After a while, she sighed.
Watching Chen Heng's figure gradually disappear, she did not know why, but at that moment, she felt a bit of envy.
From the past until now, it had always been so.
For some reason, Chen Heng seemed to care a lot about Hou Juan, and it had been like this ever since he had entered the Flowing Cloud Sect.
In fact, even though the matter of her cultivating a demonic art had been exposed, Chen Heng was still willing to cover for her. Not only was he willing to protect her, but he was even willing to publicly hide this matter for her.
Once the matter of her cultivating a demonic art was revealed, her fate would not be good. Even though no one dared to say anything because of Chen Heng's existence, just the rumors and enmity behind her back were enough to make people feel unbearable.
However, as long as Chen Heng publicly clarified this matter, this matter would be left unsettled.
When that time came, even if there were still people who suspected him, most people would just think that the Flowing Cloud Sect was trying to frame him.
Even if some people suspected him, what could they do?
Such care and concern, even though she was his cousin, she still felt jealous and envious.
"Junior Apprentice Sister Hou, just how could you …"
She stood there in silence for a long time. Then, she shook her head and sighed.
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