Oh no! I, the weakling, have become the villain!

Chapter 237 The Death of Elder 6

The Sixth Elder, wanting to protect his own secret, said helplessly, "This matter really isn't my fault."

"Back then, Bai Qingqing was a top beauty in our Baijian Manor."

"Many of my fellow disciples have seen through it all."

"You old man, I knew you were always looking for something better than what you have! Now you're reminiscing about the old days?" the mistress said angrily.

The Sixth Elder then said, "You woman, you're being unreasonable. I was talking about my fellow disciples at White Sword Manor. What does that have to do with me?"

Xu Yao found it amusing; despite his usual serious demeanor, the Sixth Elder had a knack for making people laugh.

At this moment, the Sixth Elder continued, "Isn't this because of this matter? At that time, Murong Le also liked Bai Qingqing very much."

"But as you know, Bai Qingqing was once the most beautiful woman in the world, so naturally she was arrogant and haughty."

"How could Sect Leader Murong possibly catch Bai Qingqing's eye? So naturally, this matter turned into a tragedy," the Sixth Elder said.

"Oh!" Xu Yao looked as if he had just realized something. "You mean, in the end, it turned out that Sect Leader Murong's advances were unsuccessful?"

"So, in a fit of rage, you kill the woman you love? If you can't have her, then no one else can either?" Xu Yao said.

"Brother Xu Yao, you really are amazing. My admiration for you is as boundless as a surging river..."

"Stop, stop! I'm telling you, stop flattering me. Do you think I'm a three-year-old when it comes to this?"

"I'll believe whatever you say," Xu Yao said. "Sixth Elder, you either tell me the truth or you don't."

"Either you stop doing all this other nonsense, this matter isn't as simple as you think."

“If you don’t tell me, then I don’t mind that everyone in the entire White Sword Manor will know about you, Sixth Elder, tomorrow.”

"I'm still going strong in my old age, enjoying a second spring of happiness," Xu Yao said cheerfully.

Now that Xu Yao has leverage over the Sixth Elder, he naturally doesn't care whether the Sixth Elder tells the truth or not.

When the Sixth Elder saw Xu Yao like this, he quickly said, "I'm not joking with you. This matter really was related to Murong Le back then."

"To be honest, I had no motive to kill Bai Qingqing. I must have gone mad and killed Bai Qingqing."

"I'd rather have my wife, kids, and a warm bed than spend that time on that," the Sixth Elder said, offering a show of loyalty to his mistress.

The maidservant snorted, showing no appreciation, and the Sixth Elder was left feeling snubbed.

Xu Yao naturally didn't believe the Sixth Elder's words, but he also knew that the Sixth Elder truly had no motive to kill Bai Qingqing.

To put it bluntly, given the Sixth Elder's womanizing nature, he'd probably rather be a notorious womanizer than spend his time on such things.

Why bother killing people? There's no need to waste time on this.

Anyway, that's how things are now, and Xu Yao definitely doesn't believe the Sixth Elder's attempt to shift the blame to Murong Le.

But now it seems like it's time to thoroughly investigate Murong Le's situation.

Thinking of this, Xu Yao said, "Alright, since you've said so, then I'll give it to you."

"I'll keep it a secret, but you have to guarantee that what you're saying is true. I'll check it out."

After saying that, Xu Yao got up and left.

Before leaving, Xu Yao turned to the Sixth Elder and said, "Sixth Elder, you should swear less oaths."

"Making too many oaths is bad for your health; you need to be careful."

After saying that, Xu Yao left the mistress's house.

However, Xu Yao probably really didn't expect that his words would be so effective.

The next day, Xu Yao was still resting when Bai Yuezhan rushed in and woke him up.

Xu Yao hated being disturbed while he was sleeping, so he said directly, "I'm talking about Bai Yuezhan."

"Are you in such a hurry that someone's life has been lost?" Xu Yao said impatiently.

At this moment, Bai Yuezhan directly said, "Someone has died."

"What's going on?" Xu Yaocai was startled.

Bai Yuezhan quickly said, "This is a real tragedy. This morning someone found the Sixth Elder dead in his home."

"What!" Upon hearing this, Xu Yao immediately jumped out of bed: "I told you, Sixth Elder, don't make oaths so carelessly!"

"Now look what happened! This Sixth Elder got himself into trouble. He brought this upon himself!"

Bai Yuezhan looked at Xu Yao with some surprise and asked, "Do you know how the Sixth Elder died?"

"I don't know. I just warned him not to make oaths carelessly. Now look what's happened, he's suffering the consequences himself," Xu Yao said.

Bai Yuezhan then asked Xu Yao, "What did you discover when you followed the Sixth Elder yesterday?"

"I can't tell you this. I promised the Sixth Elder I would keep it a secret, so I can't tell you."

Su Chen is a man of his word; naturally, he couldn't reveal what he had promised the Sixth Elder.

Xu Yao truly hadn't expected that the Sixth Elder was actually dead.

This really proves that saying true.

Life is unpredictable; it's like the large intestine enclosing the small intestine.

Just as Xu Yao was about to go with Bai Yuezhan to see the corpse of the Sixth Elder.

At this moment, a woman arrived at Xu Yao's place with the Sixth Elder's mistress.

Also traveling with them were Murong Le and many disciples of White Sword Manor.

Upon seeing this, Xu Yao asked, "Sect Leader Murong, what are you doing?"

Murong Le then said, "Xu Yao, the Sixth Elder is dead. Do you have anything to say?"

"What do I have to say?" Su Chen was somewhat surprised: "What does the death of the Sixth Elder have to do with me? I have nothing to say."

At this moment, the woman who was with the Sixth Elder's mistress angrily said, "Xu Yao, are you still going to pretend you don't know anything?"

"Or did you plan this all along, which is why you're so calm?" the woman said.

Xu Yao was completely bewildered by the woman's words.

"Hey lady, I don't understand what you're saying at all. What did I plot?" Xu Yao asked curiously.

At this moment, the woman said to the Sixth Elder's mistress, "Now that Xu Yao is here, let's clarify things in front of him."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yao felt a little strange. What was this woman doing bringing the Sixth Elder's mistress to see him?

I know nothing about this; the only bit of gossip I know is from overhearing.

Why does this woman want to hear my gossip?

At this moment, the Sixth Elder's mistress pointed at Xu Yao and said, "The Sixth Elder was killed by this Xu Yao."