Orchid Valley was renowned far and wide for its healing arts.
Yet even so, deep within the valley stood an indestructible dungeon.
The dungeon held criminals who had committed grave offenses against the sect.
In the dim dungeon, a figure suddenly appeared.
She had a slender, graceful waist and wore a palace-style dress. Her oval face was strikingly beautiful. She was none other than Orchid Valley's Great Elder.
Inside the cell, a disheveled woman rushed toward the Great Elder upon seeing her sudden arrival.
She slammed hard into the iron bars, the force of the impact making the entire cell tremble.
"First Senior Sister, save me."
Elder Meng pleaded.
Her face was deathly pale. All her cultivation had been crippled, and she would be confined to the dungeon for all eternity, enduring endless torment.
A sigh rang out. The Great Elder gazed at her former junior sister, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.
"I came today only to clear up a few matters."
"After Senior Sister Zhou left, the two junior sisters who succeeded her as Valley Master both died mysterious deaths."
"You did those things, didn't you?"
Elder Meng froze.
She remained silent for a long while, then suddenly broke into a wild, hysterical laugh. In a hoarse, strained voice, she said, "So what if I did? And what if I didn't?"
"In terms of aptitude, I was clearly superior to them. In terms of intelligence, they were inferior to me as well."
"Yet you insisted on recommending them."
"If I had become Valley Master, Orchid Valley would certainly have flourished even more, and they wouldn't have needed to die."
At this, her face twisted viciously, and she continued in a sharp voice, "First Senior Sister, all of this was caused by you."
"If you hadn't been so indecisive,