After Cang Lu finished speaking, she looked toward Hong Shi and me. She felt that we would certainly find it inconvenient to interfere in the household's affairs, so when she had pressed forward step by step just now and discovered that we had not stopped her, she had grown so bold as to recklessly sever even their master-disciple relationship.
Now that she was opening the treasury, we still said nothing, which made her even more audacious. Little did she know that I was merely observing the fence-sitters among the disciples and testing their character.
"Cang Lu! How dare you!" Qiong Fei shouted as she signaled for the disciples to surround her.
Cang Lu merely gave a cold laugh. "Qiong Fei, do you really think that becoming the Grand Elder of Punishment over the years means your strength now surpasses everyone in the Immortal Music Sect? Yes, you were born into a wealthy lineage and received plenty of cultivation resources from it, didn't you? You also received some private favors from the former sect master, so you've been able to throw your weight around in the sect. But you probably don't know that I've received plenty of benefits from other major sects as well, including cultivation arts. I'm no longer the person you thought I was! How about this? There's no need to drag the disciples into this. We'll have a match today. If I win, we'll open the treasury, divide the treasures inside, and go our separate ways! If you win, I absolutely won't open the treasury. What do you say?"
Qiong Fei snorted coldly and looked at the disciples around her. Clearly, she had no better choice, so she made her decision. "Regardless of how many treasures are inside the treasury—even if there are only one or two items—they