"Wanwan, this Yuying Villa is just a minor sect, you really didn't need to make the trip yourself. You are now the leader of Sigu Sect; if every little matter required you to run out in person, wouldn't you be overwhelmed with work?" Xiao Zijin looked at Qiao Wanwan with deep affection and distress in his gaze, yet given his current standing, he had no right to act on those feelings beyond nursing them in silence.
"Zijin, in the eyes of Sigu Sect, there are no distinctions between large and minor sects," Qiao Wanwan replied, her delicate brows furrowing slightly as she glanced at him, forcing her patience. "What Sigu Sect strives for is to restore fairness and justice to the martial arts world, staying true to Xiangyi's original vision. If Yuying Villa is truly as the letter claims—abducting numerous martial artists to the villa simply for the villa master to cultivate some evil arts—how could I possibly ignore a matter of such magnitude?"
Hearing Qiao Wanwan utter the name Xiangyi made Xiao Zijin inwardly bristled with displeasure. Yet, terrified of driving an even deeper wedge between them, he dared not show it, venting all his frustration instead on the person who had written the letter and lured them to Yuying Villa in the first place.
Chapter 132