Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 1006: Chapter 1006: The Most Dangerous Venerate

Jiang Fan said indifferently, ”It’s not a bad thing to dawdle a bit.”

”So she doesn’t call me for every little thing later on and waste time.”

Hiss!

Hua Wuying felt a chill on her scalp. What kind of rebellious words were these?

What an honor it is to be summoned by a Venerate, right?

And yet Jiang Fan found it troublesome?

She didn’t know that the reason Jiang Fan was so passive was that the disciple, Chen Jing, had given him a bad impression.

Hating the house and its crow, naturally, Jiang Fan had no fondness for this True Word Venerable either.

Not long after, Jiang Fan arrived in front of the White Tower.

From afar, he saw a yellow-clad woman with her back to him in the pavilion, standing beside Chen Jing, who stood respectfully with his arms at his sides.

Jiang Fan was slightly surprised.

Judging from the back, this True Word Venerable was actually not older than Chen Jing.

Putting away his surprise, he said neither humbly nor arrogantly, ”Tianji Pavilion Disciple Jiang Fan, greets the Venerate senior.”

The True Word Venerable held a book and, with her back to Jiang Fan, asked calmly, ”Are you very busy?”

Jiang Fan frowned; this Venerate had issues with him, huh.

He wasn’t afraid and said, ”Yes, this junior is entangled with many affairs; my time is precious.”

”In the future, if the senior has questions, just send someone to ask me.”

”There’s no need to summon me here, wasting both the senior’s time and my effort.”

His words were quite frank.

Slam!

The True Word Venerable slammed the ancient book onto the stone table.

Her eyebrows slightly arched.

Outrageous!

How dare he talk back to her!

This named disciple of Venerate Xinnie has quite a temper!

”Tell me, what are you busy with!”

She didn’t believe that a junior could be busy with something that important!

Jiang Fan calmly replied, ”Senior, are you picking a fight with me?”

”I have no obligation to report what I’m doing to the senior.”

”Let’s talk about serious matters, shall we?”

Ha!

The True Word Venerable laughed in anger.

No one had ever talked to her like this before!

”If you don’t speak, I’ll make you speak!”

Huh?

Jiang Fan frowned. What did that mean?

Did she intend to coerce him into confession or something?

Surely not?

The True Word Venerable lightly waved her hand, and a layer of indistinct light enveloped Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan felt both surprised and doubtful. He said in a deep voice, ”Senior, what is this?”

The True Word Venerable did not answer, instead asking, ”You seem to have some resentment against me?”

Jiang Fan naturally wouldn’t be foolish enough to tell the truth, intending to deny it tactfully. However, the words he spoke shocked himself.

”Yes, I have resentment.”

Jiang Fan quickly covered his mouth. No way!

That wasn’t what he wanted to say!

The True Word Venerable continued, ”Why?”

Jiang Fan suppressed his surprise and began to think about the question. He wasn’t interested and didn’t want to explain much.

He was about to brush it off, but the words that came out startled him again.

”I don’t like your disciple, Chen Jing.”

Chen Jing immediately glared at him and snorted, ”What a coincidence, I don’t like you either!”

Jiang Fan blinked.

This wasn’t right!

Once might be a slip of the tongue, but twice?

Connecting the dots to the ”True Word” in the True Word Venerable’s name...

Could it be she has the power to make people speak the truth?

This ability is terrifying, isn’t it?

In front of her, there’s no such thing as a secret.

”Chen Jing, what did you do on the continent?”

The True Word Master frowned, looking at Chen Jing.

No wonder Jiang Fan acted out of line with her; the root cause lay with Chen Jing.

Chen Jing didn’t dare to lie and had to confess about the Soul Awakening Divine Nails.

The True Word Venerable frowned, ”Reflect for a hundred days!”

Chen Jing lowered his head, ”Yes, Master.”

The True Word Venerable continued to ask, ”Go on, what major task has you so busy? Let me hear it!”

Jiang Fan’s mind was in a whirl, and he tried to change the subject again.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, the truth came out: ”Spent two blissful days with Fairy Yun Shang, traveled for a day, conducted half a day’s interrogation at the White Horse Temple, Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Temple...”

”Enough!”

The True Word Venerable slapped the table, her embarrassment turning to anger, ”Spent two days in affection, and that’s your big task?”

Not telling would have been better; hearing this made her angrier.

Ignoring the summoning of a Venerate to be in the company of a woman!

Audacious!

Suddenly, she paused slightly.

”Interrogating a woman at the White Horse Temple?”

”Are you the one fluent in regional dialects?”

Jiang Fan had no way to hide, ”Yes.”

The True Word Venerable fell silent.

This was indeed quite a significant task Jiang Fan was not wholly lying.

She cleared her throat and promptly returned to the main topic, ”Why were you able to move the Connecting Sky Black Pillar?”

Damn!

Jiang Fan finally understood why the True Word Venerable summoned him.

Because, by questioning him in person, she could extract the truth from Jiang Fan!

But that involves the Void Ancient Tree, Jiang Fan’s ultimate secret, something that cannot be revealed!

What to do?

Sweat formed on his forehead.

Clearly, no Venerate is simple, and this seemingly unremarkable True Word Venerable, in Jiang Fan’s eyes, was the most dangerous!

Jiang Fan’s mind raced to find a reason.

No, that won’t work!

Any reason he gave would turn into the truth once it reached his mouth.

What kind of dangerous ability is this? It’s simply cheating!

In his anxiety, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

No, wait!

If the True Word Venerable’s ability were so powerful, why didn’t the White Horse Temple invite her to interrogate that woman?

With her ability, wouldn’t any desired information be easily obtained?

Soon, Jiang Fan realized it!

The reason the woman hadn’t been successfully interrogated was because she remained silent!

The True Word Venerable’s ability only makes people speak true words and prevents them from lying!

But it doesn’t force people to talk!

Jiang Fan instantly comprehended and immediately shut his mouth.

Sure enough, his secrets remained undisclosed.

Finally, he found a way to counter this ability!

The True Word Venerable waited for a while, then snorted softly, ”You’re pretty clever, figuring out the flaw in my domain so quickly.”

Jiang Fan said, ”Well, it’s because the Venerate asked this and that from the start, without getting to the point.”

”If you had asked earlier, I would have spoken the truth.”

”Villains die from talking too much, serves them right.”

Afterward, Jiang Fan covered his mouth, his voice muffled, ”Venerate, that wasn’t what I wanted to say.”

”I won’t speak anymore.”

”To avoid angering you.”

The True Word Venerable clenched her fists, took a deep breath, then released her fists, saying:

”In the True Word Domain, every word you say, I take as genuine.”

”If it’s unpleasant, I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it and won’t hold it against you.”

”Let me ask again.”

”You placed the Connecting Sky Black Pillar in the White Horse Temple. Why did they let you go? What agreement did you reach with them?”

Jiang Fan was secretly surprised at how perceptive this woman was.

But with his safety at stake, he wasn’t going to say anything.

When Jiang Fan said nothing again, the True Word Venerable’s eyes turned slightly.

This kid, thinking I can’t get to him, right?

She, without making a move, waved her sleeve and dismissed the True Word Domain, saying meaningfully:

”What do you think of me?”

Jiang Fan immediately got into it; after all, the True Word Venerable herself said that words within the True Word Domain would be considered genuine and wouldn’t be held against him.

So why hold back?

Without hesitation, he chose the harshest words: ”Incompetent at teaching disciples, troublemaker, picky, bullying the smaller, gossiping, petty, self-righteous, rude for not facing people directly, probably ugly and can’t be seen, useless other than Divinity Transformation Realm cultivation.”

The True Word Venerable’s petite body trembled, pulling out a fan from her sleeve.

With a cold face, she said, ”Hold out your hand!”

Jiang Fan shrugged, ”Senior, you said yourself that the words within the True Word Domain wouldn’t be held against me.”

”You wouldn’t go back on your word, would you, as a Venerate?”

The True Word Venerable smiled, biting her teeth with a cold smile:

”I forgot to tell you, I just withdrew the True Word Domain!”

”You enjoyed cursing me, didn’t you?”

”Hold out your hand.”

”One smack per word!”

Jiang Fan’s eyes widened in disbelief!

No way, you can play like this?