The young girl immediately said, “Holy Maiden, please don’t blame Hua Zhua. It’s all my fault… Please punish me instead…”
As she spoke, the young girl prostrated herself on the ground, trembling.
“Don’t let it happen again.”
The old woman commanded, “The Holy Maiden has forgiven you, now get up.”
The young girl hurriedly stood up, obediently standing behind the old woman.
The old woman glanced at Jiang Si, thinking to herself that when she had last seen the Holy Maiden, she was still young, but after just a few years, she had developed quite a bit of the Grand Elder’s authority.
Thinking of this, she revealed a gratified smile.
The Wu Miao tribe had a worthy successor; it was truly heaven’s blessing.
Between the Grand Elder and the current Holy Maiden, there should have been another Holy Maiden, but during that period, no heaven-chosen Holy Maiden had appeared.
The Grand Elder was getting older and would eventually close her eyes forever. If there was no Holy Maiden to take over as the Grand Elder, the Wu Miao tribe, without the Grand Elder’s protection, would be like a wolf without fangs, becoming a target for other groups to fight over and devour.
At that time, the entire Wu Miao tribe was in a state of panic until A’Sang’s appearance finally allowed the tribespeople to breathe a sigh of relief.
“Apart from this time, have you ever given the Heart-Imprinting Gu to others before?” Jiang Si asked with a stern face.
The young girl hurriedly shook her head: “No!”
“What about you, Elder?” Jiang Si stared at the old woman as she asked.
What she wanted to know, of course, was what the old woman had to say.
The old woman thought carefully and shook her head: “No.”
Jiang Si froze, feeling a sense of frustration as if she had punched a cotton ball.
More than that, she felt disappointed.
Could it be that this lead had come to a dead end, and to find out where Princess Rongyang had obtained the Heart-Imprinting Gu, she would have to ask her directly?
Of course, she wanted to deal with the true culprit who had killed her mother, but getting this information from the Princess herself would likely be difficult.
Given that the old woman had accepted her identity as the Holy Maiden, unless she had developed thoughts of betraying the Wu Miao tribe, she wouldn’t lie to her.
If the old woman said no, it probably meant no.
Jiang Si felt somewhat reluctant but had no other options.
“Holy Maiden?” The old woman called out, as Jiang Si had been silent for quite some time.
Jiang Si came back to her senses and looked at the old woman. Her peripheral vision inadvertently caught sight of the young girl beside her, and an idea struck her: “Did the Elder come here alone all those years ago?”
The old woman replied, “There were two of us.”
“Was the other person also an Elder?”
“She was a second-generation Elder.”
From the group of Holy Maiden candidates who had initially trained with the Grand Elder but were eliminated, the most talented few were chosen as first-generation Elders. The second-generation Elders were selected from A’Sang’s previous batch of candidates, although no heaven-chosen Holy Maiden had emerged in the second generation.
“Why don’t I see the other person?” Jiang Si asked calmly, suppressing her excitement.
The old woman said, “Shortly after we arrived here, she entered the palace.”