Thanks to the guarantee provided by Zhai Wang of the Water Mirror Six Oddities, the major sects of the Southern State temporarily set aside their suspicions that Chen Xuan was colluding with the Demon Sect. After all, the motives of those demonic cultivators who claimed in Mount Taigeng to have conspired with Chen Xuan were far too obvious.
However, after the Southern State disciple recruitment conference concluded, the major sects were left with a lingering knot of doubt: they could never truly believe that someone like Chen Xuan would ever stand on the side of the righteous path.
With the exception of the one cultivator at the Tribulation Crossing stage, all the other pawns planted by the Fengdu organization within the various sects chose to commit suicide, leaving no opportunity for interrogation. Consequently, the exposure of Fengdu rested almost entirely on Chen Xuan’s word alone. Because of this, the various sects of the Southern State remained skeptical, and many still believed that the calamity had been linked to the Demon Lord Qiye.
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