Song Qingxue ignored her apprentice's impatient expression and continued to talk about several other rumors:
Cheng Lin, who was using the black grass for fun, received the black grass's anti-aging pill and successfully pursued the girl he loved.
Wu Cao usually indulged in alchemy and had no time to take care of her appearance. As a woman, she was willing to give up her appearance in order to study the obscure and difficult alchemy.
Wu Cao, who had long accepted everyone's hostility but never complained, only hoped to use his persistence and concentration to promote Wu Fengshan's medicine and medical courses, so that more new disciples could join Wu Fengshan to study;
Wucao is not good at speaking, and prefers to express his feelings through his actions rather than communicating;
And so on and so forth, such remarks favorable to Wu Cao are circulating among the disciples.
In addition, the person involved, Cheng Lin, showed the elixir that was given to him. Although it was of the seventh grade, it also indirectly proved the authenticity of the rumor.
The disciples of the patrol team also proved that it was Ye Xinhai who told them personally that his senior sister pulled him up the cliff, and if they were not careful, both of them might have fallen off the cliff.
These positive remarks made Wu Cao extremely tall and majestic in the eyes of his disciples. The kindness they exuded came from sympathy or admiration. Of course, some people tried to please Wu Cao just to get the anti-aging pill from him.
"Wow..." After hearing this, Ye Xinhai blinked in surprise, "Senior Sister has suddenly become a role model for everyone."
"Come on, stop pretending. You're the one who started this whole thing!" Song Qingxue was so angry at her little disciple's performance that she laughed. She said loudly with an expression that said, "I've known this for a long time."
"Master, if you have nothing to do, go back and have some beauty sleep. Don't stand by the door in the middle of the day when your head is so hot."
Seeing that this guy was not going to admit it, Song Qingxue immediately listed her guesses one by one.
First, the most interesting topic was released - the fifth-grade anti-aging pill to attract everyone's attention. The selection of this product was very sophisticated. It couldn't be too outrageous to make people unbelievable, nor too ordinary to make people lose curiosity. It could be from the sixth grade to the fourth grade. And it had to be in line with the actual level of the black grass. If it was too high, it would attract the attention of the elders. If the elders took the lead and personally asked Song Qingxue, the master, the matter would be exposed.
After attracting a certain amount of attention, someone will definitely verify this fact, and then Cheng Lin will be ready to appear as an important part of the plan.
Cheng Lin, who had once teased Wu Cao in front of everyone, released the news and showed off the seventh-grade anti-aging pill and the fact that he had already caught up with the girl he liked. Firstly, it would not make others think that Wu Cao was bragging, after all, Cheng Lin was the one who embarrassed Wu Cao in public. Secondly, it would pave the way for the release of other news about Wu Cao's character, so that people would not think it was abrupt or deliberate.
Although using seventh-grade elixirs is inconsistent with the legendary fifth-grade elixirs, careful consideration can explain it by saying "there is no reason to send expensive fifth-grade elixirs, a seventh-grade elixirs is enough to help."
Finally, all kinds of true and false news are released. Just proving one of them "sacrificed his life to save others" is enough to satisfy everyone's curiosity. Now the disciples who know the inside story will no longer deliberately pursue the truth, so they can rest assured to put other remarks out in the open for everyone to hear.
The news aroused the disciples' compassion and admiration. If they were not moved, their attitude towards Wucao would have changed because the "Fifth-grade Anti-aging Pill" required Wucao's help.
The released remarks even took into account Wu Cao's own attitude. Even if Wu Cao remained silent, it would be understood as his poor speaking ability.
"Looking at the entire Lingyun Sect, the only two people who know Xiao Wucao are in this room. It wasn't me who did it, so it couldn't have been you, right? With Xiao Wucao's personality, she definitely wouldn't ask the reason and might even be afraid of inexplicable kindness. This indifference and fear makes others think she is a very good child... I watched you refine Chenglin's seventh-grade anti-aging pill that day, right?"
After listening to Song Qingxue's well-reasoned analysis, Ye Xinhai looked at his master, smiled and did not answer.
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent."
"Didn't you come up with the answer first and then work it out backwards? You're just looking for me to verify it."
Song Qingxue was shocked, thinking that this guy actually figured out that she first guessed the culprit and then started analyzing the means.
"You are worthy of being my master. You guessed everything about me during just lunch time..." Ye Xinhai scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"How do you know that I came to verify it after I got the answer?"
"Because you guessed all wrong later, I only did the first two things, releasing the fifth-grade anti-aging pill and using the seventh-grade anti-aging pill to ask Senior Brother Cheng Lin to come forward to prove it."
All the guesses later were wrong? Song Qingxue was dumbfounded. When she first came to the conclusion, she was impressed by how perfect the plan was and how logically self-consistent it was. But the result was all made up by her imagination.
It's like I've been busy for a long time, but I still can't get everything I want.
Song Qingxue walked to Ye Xinhai with a frown on her face, resting her chin with her right hand, thinking over and over again, but still couldn't understand how the rumors could have escalated to this point this afternoon just by doing the first two things.
Seeing his master's doubts, Ye Xinhai shrugged and explained: "When Senior Brother Chenglin came forward, most people would find it incredible that they had misjudged a person for so long. Due to the distrust caused by rebellious psychology and empathy caused by the herd mentality, everyone would naturally want to dig deeper into what this person did in the past. 'Sacrificing one's life to save others' and 'not good at speaking' are the evidence they dug out. At this time, everyone will believe that Senior Sister is an out-and-out good person, and the next step will be even easier..."
At this point, Ye Xinhai frowned and looked a little sad. "Except for the two statements mentioned above, all other statements are fabricated. As for why there are so many fabricated lies, it's all because of people's selfish desires. They enjoy the perverted 'sense of cognition' and 'sense of existence' of being the source of news. These people don't consider the feelings of the parties involved, but only fabricate and spread the news that everyone 'most wants to see', causing others to follow suit. This repetition is the result today."
For the first time, Song Qingxue felt that she was a stranger to the beloved disciple in front of her. After listening to Ye Xinhai's explanation, she felt that she was very far away from Ye Xinhai.
Are the Ye Xinhai that she sees and understands also the Ye Xinhai that she "most wants to see"? Is it because she has never seriously understood the apprentice in front of her?
"It's so scary..." Song Qingxue sighed after a long time.
She changed her mind and realized that the rumors were becoming more and more outrageous. Over-glorifying Wu Cao's words and deeds and over-interpreting Wu Cao's words and deeds would eventually lead to a collapse of trust... Everyone would feel deceived by the deviation between the real Wu Cao and their own impression of him, and eventually turn their wishful thinking into anger towards Wu Cao.
What should I do at this time?
"Don't worry, it will all die down in a couple of days. Senior Sister Wucao's attitude will greatly dampen everyone's enthusiasm, and the rumors will taper off, leaving only the ending of 'Senior Sister Wucao is just such an ungrateful good person'. No one will mention the 'Fifth-grade Rejuvenating Pill' and those outrageous remarks anymore... The fermentation of this incident is just a topic of entertainment for everyone after dinner." Knowing Song Qingxue's concerns, Ye Xinhai comforted her.
Half-believing and half-doubting, Song Qingxue asked Ye Xinhai why he was so sure.
Ye Xinhai could only answer helplessly: Because people are just looking for some fun. How sincere can one be when it comes to fun?
However, his goal has been achieved. No matter whether people will mention Wu Cao in the end, from today on, no one will bully or tease his senior sister anymore. This is enough.
"Ye Xinhai."
"Um?"
"What did you do before you joined the sect?"
"I am a small host of a super topic."
"ah?"
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