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"Don't you dare have any ideas about my sister," the granddaughter of the Great Elder spoke with anger.

"Yes, Senior. Please, I apologize if I am offending you, but unlike the Great Elder, my daughter is precious to me," the Clan Head spoke calmly, but his shaking sleeves and tensed muscles couldn't hide his anxiety.

"Senior, please accept my granddaughter. I promise she is going to be an obedient wife. Even if you treated her like a slave, she would not say a word against you or act against you."

"Grandfather!!"

"What! I am doing this for your own good. You will understand my good intentions for you later."

Her eyes couldn't help but turn slightly red. 'How could her grandfather be so cruel.'

"Shut up!! All of you." Xu Mo didn't even have to release his aura. His presence and status alone were enough to silence them all, like children waiting to be disciplined by their parents after doing something wrong.

'I could tolerate being called Senior when I was only in my late teens. But now, you guys are crying over something that I didn't even agree to and still making me look like the bad guy. And this girl—does she really think she's prettier than the villainesses and rebirth empresses who used to surround me? She's looking at me with that disgusted expression—am I really that ugly?'

Xu Mo wanted to curse inwardly even more since he couldn't bring himself to embarrass others, knowing that this was all just a misunderstanding because of that old man.

He looked at the Great Elder of this shitty clan with narrowed eyes, as if conveying: Explain why you said whatever you said before.

'Get the signal, you old man. Are your eyes just for decoration? Why are you gazing back at me with a fiercer and more desperate expression?'

'Believe it or not, I can send you to the afterlife without even exerting any force.'

Xu Mo truly felt that the aura of these so-called protagonists was just for show, and there was no guarantee that anyone could become a villain.

"First of all, I have zero interest in either of you, so come down from your high horses. It was your grandfather who requested this, so why are you all acting up without even hearing my reply? Do you think I'm some local elder from another clan that you people can treat however you wish?"

"The offer to join the sect is still open. You—" Xu Mo pointed at the granddaughter of the Great Elder as he addressed her. "You can join the sect too. Participate in the Outer Gate Tournament held within the sect. If you manage to place within the top ten, you'll directly become an inner disciple."

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Xu Mo then looked at Shuyin, who was peeking from behind her elder sister. "Your case is a little special. You can come back with me to the sect. I, along with the rest of the Elders, will try to find a solution to your condition."

As he saw the Clan Head about to speak, Xu Mo raised his hand to silence him and continued, "No, I am not taking her as a personal disciple or anything. I am just optimistic about her, since obviously her talent is greater than her sister's. I have a few female sect friends with whom she will be staying, while I inform the sect about her. Though she needs to bring her own funds—the sect won't be responsible if she dies of hunger."

"Sorry, Senior, I misjudged you before."

The Clan Head immediately apologized for his earlier disrespect, though he still didn't agree to Xu Mo's invitation. He couldn't trust someone he had just met with his daughter.

Above all, the other party's strength was far above his daughter's or his own. If Xu Mo did something to her, he might not even be able to bring her to justice.

The female soul inside the locket peeked out, trying to judge whether she could trust another man—especially when the question concerned the safety of her soon-to-be host or disciple.

"No, I won't let you take my little sister with you. Others might not know your true face, but I do. You can't fool me like you've fooled the Clan Head and my grandfather," she said as she slid her arm backward to shield Shuyin from Xu Mo's gaze.

'Oh! Finally, someone knows about my bad reputation.' Unlike what she expected, Xu Mo didn't try to deny her claim or shut her up. Instead, his delighted expression only made her more certain that this person was a psychopath and a pervert.

'If I continue working like this, soon, my reputation will spread far and wide—in a negative way, of course—ultimately reaching the ears of my so-called fiancée.' Xu Mo ignored her, satisfied that fate and destiny were finally doing some work. Soon, he would receive a visit from Verdant Sky Hall, wishing to call off the engagement.

Xu Mo had already started making preparations for how he would act when that happened.

"What do you mean?" The Clan Head and Great Elder, both old men who spent much of their time in seclusion, were unaware of the outside world's gossip. They were used to living off pills and cutting off all contact while cultivating.

However, the True Successor of the Hidden Dragon Sect was quite infamous among the younger generation of clans within the city.

"The True Successor of the Hidden Dragon Sect is no ordinary sinner. Among the righteous, he's regarded as a disgrace—one who uses his authority to exploit and destroy without remorse. His actions have left scars deeper than any blade."

"And Grandfather, I have already been offered to join the Outer Sect of Verdant Sky Hall. I had wanted to keep this a surprise—to reveal it to you myself."

"I'm not afraid to tell you that I've been personally invited to join the sect by the Vice Peak Master of Sword Peak—a real Soul Formation Realm cultivator."

Xu Mo broke from his thoughts. Since he was a Gold Core Realm cultivator, he could calculate multiple things in less than a second.

'Vice Sword Peak Master? That title… rings a bell, but not strong enough for me to remember where I heard it.' Xu Mo thought, not caring much about her claim of being invited by a Soul Formation Realm elder.

Still, he felt it would be stupid to reveal all his cards just because someone who had no real ability—other than badmouthing him—was trying to threaten him.

Xu Mo didn't say anything and started walking toward the gate from which he had entered the hall.

"Did I misjudge him again?" the female soul inside the locket spoke with a surprised expression. "No… his Yang is still preserved, meaning he's still a virgin." She focused a little and confirmed that Xu Mo was indeed still a virgin—but before she knew it, her divine sense connection was suddenly cut off.

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