240: Chapter 240 When Xiao Nianyin's old rival learns of the changes at the Hehuan Sect

"Cult Leader Situ is joking," Liu Rurao forced a smile. "That girl Caidie is clumsy and wild-natured. I'm afraid she won't serve the Cult Leader well and might even spoil your mood..."

"Hmph!"

Situ E's face darkened, and the hand gripping her chin tightened. "What? Reluctant? Or do you think this seat is unworthy of disciplining your precious Disciple?

Liu Rurao, you'd better think carefully. Is a mere Disciple more important, or the survival of your entire Meiying Sect!"

Just as Liu Rurao was torn in an internal struggle, thinking of how to navigate and deflect—

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Suddenly, a rapid knocking came from outside the hall doors, breaking the subtle and tense atmosphere inside.

"Revered Master! Your Disciple has urgent intelligence to report!"

A crisp female voice, tinged with anxiety, rang out from outside the door.

As soon as Liu Rurao heard the voice, her heart sank further—it was Caidie!

Situ E's eyes lit up, and he released Liu Rurao's chin, a smile of interest appearing on his face. "Oh? Speak of the devil? Interesting."

Liu Rurao cursed inwardly, but she could only straighten her gauze robes and call out, "Come in."

The hall door was pushed open, and a slender, elegant figure walked in quickly.

The newcomer was dressed in colorful clothes, with a pretty face and eyes that held a hint of spirit and stubbornness; it was indeed Fairy Caidie.

She had a look of obvious urgency on her face, clearly there on important business, but upon entering the hall and seeing her disheveled Revered Master and the bare-chested Situ E sizing her up, her steps faltered. Her face instantly flushed red, a flash of shame and anger in her eyes, though it was quickly replaced by anxiety.

"Revered Master!" Caidie lowered her head, not daring to look at the unsightly scene, and spoke rapidly, "Your Disciple has received urgent secret reports from multiple channels. Something big... has happened to the Hehuan Sect!"

"The Hehuan Sect?" Liu Rurao's heart stirred, momentarily suppressing the displeasure caused by Situ E. "Explain clearly, what's going on?"

Situ E also retracted his lewd grin and sat up straight, his gaze burning as he stared at Caidie.

Caidie took a deep breath, calmed her mind, and said quickly, "The news comes from several Elders and their trusted Disciples who just left the Hehuan Sect. After cross-verification, the credibility is extremely high!"

"First, the Hehuan Sect's Founding Ancestor, Mo Hehuan, manifested and descended a few days ago!"

"What?!"

Liu Rurao and Situ E cried out in shock simultaneously.

The Founding Ancestor manifested? That's a figure who reportedly ascended to the Immortal Realm thousands of years ago!

"Absolutely certain!" Caidie's tone was firm. "Moreover, appearing alongside her was someone even more mysterious, whom even the Founding Ancestor treated with great respect... 'Old Ancestor Qing Tian'!"

Liu Rurao and Situ E exchanged a glance, both seeing the horror in the other's eyes.

The situation was even more bizarre and terrifying than they had imagined!

"Second," Caidie continued to drop bombshells, "after the two Old Ancestors descended, the current Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, Xiao Nianyin, due to some major faults, had her entire cultivation... sealed by the Founding Ancestor's own hand!

She is now no different from a Mortal!"

"Hiss—!"

Liu Rurao gasped, a stunning light suddenly bursting from her beautiful eyes!

Xiao Nianyin's cultivation is sealed?! She's become a Mortal?!

To her, this news was like music to her ears!

That woman who had suppressed her for half her life, whom she hated to her core, was finally... finished?!

Situ E leapt up from the soft couch, rushed barefoot to Caidie, and grabbed her collar, his voice trembling with excitement. "You... what did you say?!

Xiao Nianyin's cultivation is sealed?! Is the news true?!

If you dare to lie to me, I will immediately raze your Meiying Sect to the ground!"

Caidie found it hard to breathe under his violent Aura and strong masculine scent, her face pale, but she gritted her teeth and insisted, "Cult Leader Situ, this has been confirmed repeatedly!

Those who left the Hehuan Sect saw it with their own eyes: Xiao Nianyin's Aura is completely gone, her spiritual energy fluctuations have vanished entirely, and she moves with the sluggishness of one whose cultivation is sealed!

There is absolutely no falsehood!"

"Hahaha! Heaven is helping me! Heaven is helping me!!!"

Situ E released Caidie and laughed wildly towards the sky, looking like a madman. "Xiao Nianyin! Xiao Nianyin! Even you have a day like this! You damn well have a day like this!

Hahaha! Cultivation sealed? Become a cripple?! Good! Excellent!"

He laughed until tears almost came out, as if all the resentment from years of being suppressed, humiliated, and even nearly killed by Xiao Nianyin was vented at this moment.

He seemed to already see the image of Xiao Nianyin trembling at his feet, at his absolute mercy!

Liu Rurao's heart was also surging with emotion, her fingers trembling slightly with excitement.

She forced down the urge to immediately lead her people to attack the Hehuan Sect and continued to ask, "What else? What is the current situation of the Hehuan Sect?"

Caidie straightened her messy collar and continued, "Third, the Hehuan Sect is in violent turmoil because of this!

Nearly one-third of the core Elders and elite Disciples, either out of dissatisfaction with the new Sect Master—who is said to be that young Disciple named Xu Ruyu appointed by the two Old Ancestors—or out of fear of retaliation from external enemies and feeling the Sect's future is hopeless, have chosen to leave the Hehuan Sect and flee in different directions!"

"New Sect Master? Xu Ruyu?" Liu Rurao keenly caught the key information. "The same little Qi Refinement Stage Disciple who made you all suffer last time?"

"Y-yes, Revered Master."

At the mention of Xu Ruyu, Fairy Caidie's tone couldn't help but turn a bit strange; how could she forget the miserable experience of being suppressed by Xu Ruyu at the Hehuan Sect?

"As for Xu Ruyu's background, it's still not very clear. According to the guesses of the Elders who left the Hehuan Sect, he seems to have been summoned from another world by Xiao Nianyin previously.

Because of this, many Elders were dissatisfied, which led to the split."