"Nun Junxuan..."
Wan Yunting's eyes were fixed on Nun Junxuan before him. He took two steps closer and smiled, "Do you need me to expose the conspiracy behind your back to everyone?"
Nun Junxuan's aged face changed slightly. Facing Wan Yunting's playful gaze and his powerful aura, her heart inexplicably skipped a beat, and her brow furrowed immediately.
The people around, hearing this, also looked at Wan Yunting in surprise, not knowing what conspiracy he was referring to!
"Heh heh."
Seeing that Nun Junxuan remained silent, Wan Yunting smiled, turned, and looked at the sect leaders of other sects, saying with a smile, "The Emei Sect's Sect Leader Feng Ling has passed away, and her dying wish was for her eldest disciple, Zhou Ruoxi, to succeed her as sect leader!"
"But Nun Junxuan insisted on appointing herself as the acting sect leader, taking control of the entire Emei Sect, using the excuse that she was too young to take over. The intention behind this, I believe all the sect leaders, masters, and elders present understand, right?"
Since Nun Junxuan had asked him to speak publicly, Wan Yunting decided to lay everything bare.
The sect leaders, masters, and elders of the major sects present were astonished by Wan Yunting's courage and, even more so, by his audacity to speak so frankly. They began to whisper and discuss among themselves.
After all, the Emei Sect had been in turmoil for some time, and people from various sects had some inkling of what was happening. They were not fools, and a moment's thought would reveal that Nun Junxuan intended to sideline Zhou Ruoxi, the yet-to-be-appointed sect leader, and perhaps even usurp her position!
Therefore, everyone had guessed the truth, but no one dared to state it as directly as Wan Yunting.
"Sect Leader Wan, what you're saying is inappropriate!"
Nun Junxuan's expression was calm, her half-closed eyes slanted towards Wan Yunting, and she said, "Don't you know there's a rule in our martial arts world: we are not to interfere in the internal affairs of other sects?"
"Moreover, setting that aside, all of us in the Emei Sect have indeed considered that Ruoxi is young and inexperienced, and has not weathered major storms. She is currently unable to assume the responsibilities of sect leader."
"Therefore, we in the Emei Sect have recommended me to be the acting sect leader. After a few years, when Ruoxi has matured, we will find a suitable time to hold her investiture ceremony as sect leader. What is wrong with that?"
The other sect leaders present felt that Nun Junxuan's words made sense.
Wan Yunting nodded and smiled, "Nun Junxuan, what you say is indeed reasonable. However, I'm just afraid that once you become the acting sect leader, you might not acknowledge Ruoxi as the sect leader later on!"
This statement, directly aimed at Nun Junxuan, caused her aged face to darken, and she said displeasedly, "Sect Leader Wan, please watch your words. I, Junxuan, have always been fair and just. I also guarantee that in three years, Ruoxi will succeed as the sect leader of our Emei Sect. Please do not doubt my integrity!"
"Integrity, heh heh, well said..."
Wan Yunting sneered at the corner of his mouth, shook his head, and said, "To even use your own son, what integrity can such a person speak of!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the sect leaders, masters, and elders present looked at Wan Yunting in astonishment, their eyes filled with confusion, not understanding what he meant.
Even Nun Junxuan's aged face changed instantly, her gaze towards Wan Yunting becoming wary, and her heart tightened abruptly. Could it be that this fellow knew...
Lin Yiping, the Heavenly Master Lin from Longhu Mountain, who was sitting to the right, also stared intently at Wan Yunting with wide eyes!
"Sect Leader Wan, what do you mean by using your own son?"
Tan Song, who didn't understand, stood up and asked on behalf of the curious crowd.
Wan Yunting glanced at Lin Yiping before turning his gaze back to Nun Junxuan and saying, "Lin Xiaobao, a disciple from Longhu Mountain who married into the Emei Sect, is your illegitimate son, isn't he?"
"What? This... How is this possible?"
Tan Song's eyes widened in astonishment. Sect Leader Liu, Sect Leader Shi, and others present also showed expressions of disbelief, looking at Nun Junxuan and Heavenly Master Lin's son, Lin Yiping, with utter incredulity.
Nun Junxuan, who had finally reacted, her aged face completely changed, retorted sternly, "Sect Leader Wan, please stop spouting nonsense. I, Junxuan, have never been married or had children, so how can I have an illegitimate son?"
"If you dare to speak nonsense again, don't blame me for being impolite."
Facing Nun Junxuan's ferocious demeanor, Wan Yunting smiled fearlessly, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened a video, and increased the volume, ensuring everyone present could hear clearly...
("But Master, I don't quite understand why you are monitoring that Wan Yunting and letting him meet Zhou Ruoxi tonight? Aren't you planning to have Zhou Ruoxi marry Lin Tian's son, Lin Xiaobao?"
"If Heavenly Master Lin finds out about this, won't it..."
"My purpose in doing this is to make Wan Yunting disrupt the wedding and snatch the bride!"
"Do you really think I would let my son Xiaobao marry Zhou Ruoxi?")
The conversation in the video was between Nun Junxuan and her eldest disciple Zhang Xincai the previous night in their room. Wan Yunting, who had eavesdropped from the rooftop by removing roof tiles, recorded it with his mobile phone.
At this moment, seeing the conversation in the video held by Wan Yunting, Nun Junxuan's face kept changing, her heart sinking to an extreme, and she could not imagine that the eavesdropper on the rooftop last night was Wan Yunting!
This outcome was far beyond her expectations.
The sect leaders, masters, and elders of the various sects present, hearing the conversation from the video played by Wan Yunting, were also greatly shocked, pointing at Nun Junxuan and discussing animatedly...
("Master, but why do you want that Wan Yunting to disrupt the wedding and snatch the bride?"
"Did that Wan Yunting offend you, Master?"
"Letting him disrupt the wedding is to make him an enemy of all our sects, leaving him no place in the martial arts world!"
"Heh heh, he really hasn't offended me, but he has offended someone he shouldn't have!")
The video ended here. Wan Yunting held his phone, looked at the terrifyingly grim Nun Junxuan before him, and smiled, "Nun Junxuan, do you have anything else to say?"
At this moment, all eyes were focused on Nun Junxuan, and everyone was silent.
Heavenly Master Lin stared blankly at Nun Junxuan with an incredulous gaze, his heart trembling.
Lin Yiping could guess that Nun Junxuan had a conspiracy behind arranging for her son Lin Xiaobao to marry into the Emei Sect and wed Zhou Ruoxi.
However, he never expected Nun Junxuan to be so ruthless, using her son's wedding to Zhou Ruoxi to deal with Wan Yunting, killing two birds with one stone, and achieving her goal of seizing the position of Emei Sect leader!
"Junxuan, you are too insidious!"
Lin Yiping, unable to sit still, stood up, his eyes wide, his aged face trembling, pointing furiously at Nun Junxuan through gritted teeth, "How could you do this..."
"Shut up!"
Nun Junxuan, exasperated, turned her head and sharply rebuked Lin Yiping. Then, she turned and glared at Wan Yunting, pointing at his phone, "Wan Yunting, are you trying to distort the truth with just this video?"
"Anyone who is proficient with mobile phones can fake these videos and dubbing. You are slandering me!"
Seeing that Nun Junxuan refused to admit it, Wan Yunting was not in a hurry. He reached out to Lu Xiaodie behind him, and she immediately handed him a file bag. Wan Yunting then opened it and held up a paternity test result to Nun Junxuan, saying, "Nun Junxuan, this is the paternity test result between you and Heavenly Master Lin's son, Lin Xiaobao. It confirms your blood relation as mother and son!"
Looking at the paternity test result in Wan Yunting's hand, Nun Junxuan's aged face turned completely black. She wanted to snatch the paternity test result from him, but Wan Yunting reacted quickly and withdrew it, smiling, "Nun Junxuan, are you still trying to quibble?"
"Sect Leader Wan, let me see..."
Tan Song came forward and took the paternity test result from Wan Yunting's hand. Sect Leader Liu and others also stood up to examine the paternity test result, confirming that it was genuine and not faked.
At this moment, Nun Junxuan's heart sank to the bottom. Her wide eyes were filled with rage as she glared at Wan Yunting, trembling with anger and gritting her teeth.
She also remembered that at noon, when Wan Yunting and Lin Xiaobao were playing in the back garden, she had brushed past him as she left. He must have taken a strand of her hair at that time to conduct this paternity test as evidence, waiting until now to expose her in front of all the major sects!
Suddenly, the sect leaders, masters, and elders of the various sects present all turned their gazes towards Nun Junxuan, surprised that Lin Heavenly Master's son, Lin Xiaobao, was actually her child!
In fact, the Emei Sect did not prohibit disciples from marrying and having children. Even in sects that did, some people privately had illegitimate children to continue the lineage, so this was not particularly surprising.
Therefore, everyone was not overly surprised by Nun Junxuan having an illegitimate son.
What surprised everyone was that Nun Junxuan had arranged for her own son to marry into the Emei Sect and wed the future sect leader, Zhou Ruoxi!
This move directly confirmed Nun Junxuan's ulterior motives regarding the position of Emei Sect leader!
After all, the logic behind it was clear, and everyone present understood it implicitly.
At this moment, Zhou Ruoxi and her junior sister Jiang Tingxia also entered, along with the Second Elder Nun Yun Bai and Fourth Elder Nun Jin Yu. The Third Elder Guo Yu had been in the main hall the entire time, remaining silent!
"Nun Junxuan, I never imagined you to be so cunning. To sit on the sect leader's throne, you are truly capable of anything!" After listening to Zhou Ruoxi explain Nun Junxuan's entire scheme, Nun Yun Bai was utterly disappointed in her senior sister.
Nun Jin Yu, who had always stayed out of sect affairs, now spoke up for Zhou Ruoxi, saying, "Senior Sister Junxuan, do you have anything more to say?"
"Heh heh, ha ha..."
Nun Junxuan's cold laughter turned into wild laughter. Her aged face contorted, her eyes wide as she scanned Wan Yunting, Zhou Ruoxi, Nun Yun Bai, Nun Jin Yu, and others before her, adopting a state of deranged madness and roaring, "Yes, everything I, Junxuan, have done is for this sect leader's throne!"
This declaration caused everyone present from the various sects to exchange glances and shake their heads in dismay...