More than half a day passed in the blink of an eye. The few people who had previously wanted to form a party with me approached, though their expressions were quite awkward. After all, their own sect juniors and fellow disciples had once hunted me down.
Tianzhenzi and Tianfuzi took the initiative to strike up a conversation. They told me that their fellow disciples were simply ignorant and had been misled, which caused some trouble for me, and they hoped I wouldn't take it to heart. They insisted these people were truly unintentional and just wanted to snag a few alchemy opportunities. As they spoke, they looked extremely embarrassed and distressed; their sect was so poor that they were forced to slave away for the Alchemy Sect.
I didn't believe a word of it. It might be understandable if the ordinary disciples were kept in the dark, but several among them were elite disciples—they definitely knew about things like killing to seize luck. Since I couldn't afford to burn bridges directly, I simply acted magnanimous and said, "It's fine, Senior Brothers, it's all in the past."
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