Chapter 1361: You Betrayed Me (1/2)

Shirley was undoubtedly put in a spot at this moment, not knowing if she should reject Sect Master's care or not. Of course, she intended to choose Davis, be on his side no matter what, but what if Sect Master attacked Davis on the spot to erase his soul body?

After all, the Sect Master might be easily offended by her answer.

Furthermore, it would really be considered nothing as she could see people using their soul body to battle to the death when it really isn't. It was a form of resolving differences in the Burning Phoenix Ridge, for matters that couldn't be considered big or small, but that was not the point!

In any case, she really didn't want the Sect Master to disperse Davis's soul body with a single wave of her hand. Then again, she didn't know how to answer either.

If Sect Master Lea Weiss were really intent on protecting her, she would waste her goodwill and not waste Davis's life. However, if Sect Master were scheming against her, she would protect herself from her ill intentions.

'This has turned into a difficult situation...'

Shirley's brows creased before she narrowed her eyes as she looked at Davis.

'Wait, why is he silent all this time...?”

Looking at his indifferent expression, she was flabbergasted.

She thought he would be angry and possibly kill Sect Master as he did so in an instant in the past at the time of the Gathering of the Elites Competition, killing those two wretched emperors. However, he did not seem like that.

Then again, she felt that it might be the calm before the storm!

Not wanting Davis to accidentally kill the Sect Master who took care of her all this time, she was about to make him come out of his reverie when his lips suddenly moved.

”Sect Master's Burning Phoenix... Was Valerian the cause of her death?”

Sect Master Lea Weiss's eyes rapidly narrowed as her Law Rune Stage undulations became a bit strained, almost as if it were slightly trembling with rage.

Shirley blinked at Sect Master's over-the-top reaction because it was as if Grand Elder Valerian really did kill Sect Master's Burning Phoenix. She had just relaxed that Davis was not angry, but looking at Sect Master remain solemn while the atmosphere became heated, literally, she felt like wiping off the sweet sweat that might form on her forehead soon.

”I don't see the need to talk to you about my Burning Phoenix with an outsider. If it weren't for Shirley, I wouldn't be talking with you now for trying to pry into my past.”

”I see... So it's Valerian who killed your Burning Phoenix. If that is the case, then I can rest assured that you two are not working together.” Davis spoke in a monotonous tone.

Sect Master became angered at his prying, but she creased her beautiful crimson brows upon hearing the latter part of the sentence.

”Why would I even be working with that ba- He and his sons are outright villains who don't deserve to be in my Burning Phoenix Ridge...!”

Looking at Sect Master Lea Weiss becoming a bit emotional as her crimson pupils trembled, Davis was now more than sure that Grand Elder Valerian was the cause for Sect Master Lea Weiss's Burning Phoenix to die.

”I take it that Sect Master has an irreconcilable difference with Grand Elder Valerian, and yet you can live under the same sky as him for all these years?” Davis shook his head as he possessed a disappointed expression on his face, ”I didn't think that Sect Master would be such a coward as I felt that Sect Master was daring and courageous.”

Sect Master Lea Weiss coldly looked at Davis while her crimson eyes were wide in incredulity, almost not understanding what this man dared to say to her.

She narrowed her eyes and cast her gaze to the top disciple.

”Shirley, you thought I was scheming against you, and so you called your Elder Chu Feng here who doesn't know how to keep his own life?”

Shirley shook her head in a hurry, ”No, I didn't call him for that. I was wary of Grand Elder Valerian and his three sons.”

”I am aware of that, and isn't that why I protected you even after you killed Schneider?”

Sect Master Lea Weiss glared as if she knew everything, causing Shirley to hesitatingly shake her head, ”I... I didn't-”

”Shirley, are you going to lie to me again about killing Schneider?” Sect Master Lea Weiss lightly shook her head, ”Even if you had confessed that you had killed him, I was still intent on protecting you.”

”Sect Master... I...”

Shirley didn't know what to say as she didn't fully trust Sect Master Lea Weiss. However, hearing her words, she was feeling rather bad for suspecting without a valid reason. Thinking back, it was not like Sect Master did anything to her other than protecting her from danger.

She had used the spatial talisman Sect Master gave to her a few times to get out of dangerous situations. For example, during the time she saved Esvele from Schneider, and even magical beasts in the wild understood that the spatial talisman was dangerous, their bloodline knowledge or instincts warning them that on the other side of the spatial talisman was practically a monster.