Chapter 197 — True Wrath
The Sword Questions the Heavens · Page 6 of 7
At this moment, seeing Elder Fan standing alone to one side, many of the younger disciples quietly drifted over toward him—among them not a few who had just been flung in by Su Wan and who were also Elder Fan's own students.
Elder Fan looked at those few disciples and shook his head. One young disciple beside him could not resist asking in a low voice, "Master, why—why is that Senior Aunt Su so fierce? She always seems so gentle in daily life. How is it that when she turns fierce, she is this terrifying?"
The white-bearded Elder Fan shot the disciple a look, gave a "heh," blew at the beard beneath his chin, and said, "How long have you lot been in the Canglan Sect? What would you know? When that woman was in her fiery days, there was nothing she would not dare to do!"
The young disciples gradually gathered around, each listening attentively. Someone said softly, "Ah, you would never guess. Senior Aunt Su is so beautiful now—she must have been a peerless beauty in her day, surely?"
Elder Fan chuckled, and stole a glance toward Su Wan and Elder Yang. Seeing that they were deep in conversation and clearly paying no attention to the young disciples, he grew bold and said, "Speaking of it, in her time she was the most renowned of the female disciples of our Canglan Sect's generation—like, ah," he nodded, and a mysterious smile suddenly appeared on his face. Lowering his voice, he said, "Like that Lu Xueling of Xiaozhu Peak today."
The disciples around him let out a collective "Ah!"—each wearing a look of sudden enlightenment, nodding vigorously to show that they had grasped Elder Fan's meaning.
Elder Fan, finding every voice echoing his own, could not help but feel rather pleased with himself. "Actually, when you get down to it, though her cultivation was good, there were others stronger than her—like Senior Brother Daoyan and Senior Brother Wan. Those two were rare geniuses the likes of which appear once in a thousand years, so of course they surpassed her. But everyone saw that she was young and beautiful, and on top of that she had Master Zhenyu as her backing, so no one dared provoke her, and that is why she dared stir up trouble wherever she went. I still remember—back then she alone turned the Canglan Sect upside down. And then there was that tigress Shuiyue, every bit as fierce as her—er, you brat, why do you keep hitting me? Behave yourself, I have not finished yet."
Elder Fan, full of zest, continued, "That Shuiyue back then—hmm, why are you all making those faces? Oh, I see, you do not know who I am talking about? Heh heh, it is actually that Master Shuijing of Xiaozhu Peak today. She was Su Wan's senior sister, and in those days her fierce temper was every bit the match of Su Wan's—famous throughout our Canglan Sect. Hey, you brat, why do you keep pulling at me? I tell you, no matter what, I am still your master—show some manners—eh, where was I just now?"
"Hmm, now I remember—I was talking about Shuiyue. That Su Wan, fierce as she was back then and willing to do anything, seemed to become a different person entirely after she married Tian Buhui of Dazhu Peak—just the way you have all seen her in recent days. We old fellows actually found it quite strange, but it was a good thing, after all. But as for that Shuiyue—she has not changed one bit. As fierce as she was then, she is just as fierce now. Even the disciples she trained—take that Lu Xueling you all like so much—she is practically identical to what Shuiyue was back then—good heavens!"
Elder Fan whipped around and said angrily, "You brat, why do you keep pulling at me? It has been a long time since you got a beating—feeling itchy, are you?"