They stared at each other, both afraid, neither willing to make the first move.

Yan Xiaobao stood off to the side, shocked and amazed as he looked at the precious magic items.

The two women glared at each other for a moment, then Song Junwan finally let out a cold laugh. Her smile was beautiful, but her words were as sharp as blades.

"You wear a mask all day, and it's one carved with plum blossoms. Xue Mei, you might as well carve your own butt on that mask. You're obviously so ugly you can't even show your face in public!" Everyone in the area gasped for breath. It was almost as though they were listening to a stranger, not an elder.

Yan Xiaobao's jaw dropped as he looked at Xue Mei, wondering how she would retaliate.

Xue Mei snorted coldly, completely ignoring Bai Xiaochun, and glared at Song Junwan. "Oh, really? Well, maybe your good looks are why you're so easy! The only way you could become an elder on Middle Peak was to lose your virtue 10,000 times! Everyone in the sect knows it! If you slept with 10,000 people to become a Blood Master, I wouldn't be surprised! Wouldn't you?!"

Countless gasps rang out, and the cultivators from Middle Peak widened their eyes. Up to this point, it seemed Xue Mei was a complete stranger as well. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Xue Mei's counterattack left Bai Xiaochun speechless. Gasping, he couldn't decide who was superior. They seemed evenly matched....

However, the situation seemed a bit strange, and suddenly he wondered if he might be feeling moved for no reason. Up till now, the two of them seemed to completely ignore him and were consumed by their hatred for each other...

"Hey, hang on!" he thought. "I should be the center of attention. Have they forgotten about me?" Blinking, he decided to remind them of what was happening.

"Listen, ladies—"

However, before he could finish, Xue Mei and Song Junwan both snapped, "Shut up!"

Yan Xiaobao was initially frightened, but then he got angry. However, before he could say anything else, Song Junwan coldly laughed again, and Du Xuemei said, "Shut up. I'm not that kind of easy person. The one who's easy is your mother. To figure out that Patriarch Limitless was your father, she had to do a blood test. It's a fact, everyone knows it! Others might not dare to say it aloud, but go ask any of your father's friends. They all know it!"

Song Junwan coldly laughed again. This time, there were no gasps. Everyone was entirely stunned. Considering that a clan leader had just been mentioned, they felt almost as though they had been struck by lightning. Some even began to slowly fade away.

Clearly, in an organization as brutal as the Blood Flow Sect, the type of secret that had just been mentioned was the kind that could get people killed for hearing it. Song Junwan might not have been afraid, but that was because one of the Blood Flow Sect's clan leaders was from her family. No one else present had such a background!

Xue Mei spat, refusing to be outdone, "You slanderer! You think I don't know your truth? Song Que is your love child! Nightcrypt is your secret lover! If not for that, you wouldn't have shown up so quickly. You probably went out the back door and hurried back in, didn't you!? You disgusting wench!"

The second round of shocking news made all the onlookers' scalps tingle with fear. Moments ago, people had been quietly slipping away, but at this point, no one dared make a sound. Hearts pounding, they fled, believing that if they listened further, it would eventually cost them their lives.

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