Chapter 120: Secrets Revealed (Part Two)

"Yao'er, you're only saying that because you don't know how much other trouble your 'Senior Brother' has been stirring up. Your uncle Jizhe just visited," Su Jixin said, glowering at Wu Ling. "The Elders have confined Su Xiang to the Tower of Illumination because of her associations with Wu Ling. She refused an opportunity to join the Light of Inquisition because of this boy and now she's paying the price for it while he pulls you off on some other misguided adventure!"

"What?" Su Yao gasped in shock, turning a horrified expression to Wu Ling.

The young Artist, on the other hand, felt his blood go cold. The Shining Blade Hall, it seemed, would always be the Shining Blade Hall. Su Xiang had done nothing worth being imprisoned and yet she was going to be punished for what? Associating with him? Wanting a life that was different from the sect's arrangements?