Chen Xuan, Why Haven't You Come Over and Knelt?

Inside the Vast Hall.

The two women locked eyes!

Sparks flew between them!

At any moment, they looked ready to launch into a vicious fight.

The atmosphere in the hall turned suffocating!

As the saying went, you didn't strike someone in the face or drag up their sore spots in an argument.

In everyone's eyes, Bai Ling had gone too far.

This was the Saintess Celebration, with the Nine Sects and Thirteen Schools all in attendance. For her to jump out and undermine it now... she was utterly tactless and foolish!

Even Ji Yaoyue was angry. "Ling'er, stop making trouble! Apologize to Saintess Liu at once!"

"Master, I'm not making trouble. I'm offering my blessings!" Bai Ling retorted.

The sight of Liu Ruyan's frost-covered face filled her with delight!

That shameless little vixen thinks she can seduce my junior brother? As if!

I'm doing this on purpose, to remind him of Liu Ruyan's wanton behavior back then...

My junior brother's heart can hold only me, Bai Ling!

Just then, Liu Ruyan smiled, as beautiful as a white lotus opening in bloom.

She parted her lips. "Senior Sister Bai Ling, Saint Son Ji and I have spoken of you many times. He praised your beauty and kind heart, called you a Master of Sound Dao, and said your flute playing was second to none..."

"I'm deeply grateful that you've volunteered to perform at today's celebration. Please, go ahead..."

As Liu Ruyan spoke, she made an elegant gesture of invitation.

Her poise, her generosity, her way with words... the members of the Vast Sword Sect nodded in approval.

That's our Saintess! What a generous heart she has!

Situ Yulong began clapping vigorously, and thunderous applause swept through the hall...

"Hm?"

Bai Ling's delicate brows drew together!

She had said all that to disgust Liu Ruyan, warn her junior brother, and take a swipe at that useless Chen Xuan while she was at it.

Yet Liu Ruyan had defused it with a few easy words and even made a show of her generosity?

Bai Ling wasn't having it!

Jealousy surged through her like a tide, raging in her heart!

She immediately put on a look of concern. "Saintess Liu, you truly don't mind? Won't 'Chang Xiang Si' bring back certain unbearable memories?"

"Third Senior Sister, you could play another tune! Why insist on that one?" Ji Wushuang said unhappily.

These days, whenever he saw Chen Xuan, the endless scenes from the Erotic Art rose unbidden in his mind... It made him grit his teeth with hatred!

So Ji Wushuang also loathed Bai Ling's repeated mentions of "Chang Xiang Si."

Among the crowd, Situ Yulong caught sight of Liu Ruyan's cool, delicate face, so lovely and fragile that his heart ached for her.

He wished he could pull her into his arms and care for her!

As one of Liu Ruyan's most devoted admirers, he would have died for her without a second thought. Of course he would not let his goddess suffer such humiliation!

Situ Yulong spoke up in furious indignation. "Saintess Liu jumped into the Gleaming Seven Treasures Pool and risked nine deaths for one chance at life to remake her pure, unblemished body. She did it to sever all ties with her past!"

"Bai Ling, why do you keep bringing up 'Chang Xiang Si'? You're deliberately trying to upset her, aren't you?"

"I'm only telling the truth!" Bai Ling shot back.

Then she glanced at Chen Xuan, who sat at ease on the Saint Son Throne, watching the spectacle as though it were a monkey show. Her chest nearly burst with anger.

That bastard!

It's all his fault!

He's completely useless!

If you'd at least clung to Liu Ruyan like a mangy dog and refused to let go, that wretch wouldn't have had a chance to flirt with my Wushuang!

Bai Ling feared Situ Yulong's background and did not dare confront him.

Instead, she turned her fury on Chen Xuan and demanded through gritted teeth, "Chen Xuan, I asked you a question! Why aren't you answering? You wanted to watch me make a fool of myself, didn't you? Enjoying it?"

Chen Xuan paused, then replied evenly, "That's right. Watching someone like Situ Yulong tear into you is pretty satisfying..."

The crowd: "...?"

Situ Yulong: "What?"

Chen Xuan remained comfortably seated and went on in the same calm tone. "Bai Ling, that sickeningly insincere 'Chang Xiang Si' suits you perfectly. Playing it at this celebration would be even better. I don't mind... You can start playing your flute!"

"You!!!"

Bai Ling's chest heaved. She nearly exploded with rage.

Chen Xuan's words were like one soft knife after another, stabbing her until she was on the verge of losing control.

Play the flute?

To hell with that!

Ji Yaoyue's brows knitted as she rebuked her sternly. "Bai Ling! Do you have any idea what occasion this is? How dare you behave so recklessly? Get back to Jade Maiden Peak and reflect on your actions behind closed doors!"

"I... Yes, Master!"

Bai Ling answered through gritted teeth, resentment thick in her voice.

Before leaving, she shot Chen Xuan a hateful glare.

"And you, Chen Xuan!"

Ji Yaoyue's chest rose and fell as she spoke, each word cold as ice. "Ever since you blew up your Golden Core and became a cripple, you've grown more reckless with your words! Don't think your meager accomplishments in the past give you leave to blame everyone else and spit venom at every turn."

"Take my advice... Keep courting death, and death will find you!"

The Vast Hall fell silent!

The next moment.

Before Chen Xuan could retort, someone shot to his feet!

Elder Tian Xing!

His face was fierce as he shouted, "Ji Yaoyue, you're the one who's gone too far! Do you have any idea how much Chen Xuan has done for the Vast Sword Sect? He blew up his Ninth Grade Golden Core because he stood his ground and defended Jade Maiden Peak to the last!"

"And how have you treated a hero like him? Tell me!"

Ji Yaoyue faced the furious Elder Tian Xing without a trace of fear.

Her voluptuous body trembled slightly. She was even excited!

For years, everyone had regarded Elder Tian Xing as the leading candidate for deputy Sect Master of the Vast Sword Sect.

Now, a strange poison had dragged his cultivation down from the seventh rank of the Spirit Transformation Stage to the Nascent Soul Realm... He was no longer qualified to compete for the position!

If she could trample Elder Tian Xing beneath her feet, she would establish her prestige in one stroke!

Ji Yaoyue lifted her chin and answered from on high, refusing to yield an inch.

"A teacher for a day is a mother for life! What business is it of yours, Elder Tian Xing, if I'm strict with my own disciple?"

"Never mind scolding Chen Xuan a few times. Even if I gave him a whipping, it would be to spur his growth!"

"Believe it or not, that rebellious disciple would gladly kneel and beg me to grant him a taste of the whip!"

At those words, not a bird chirped in the hall.

It wasn't just the people from the Nine Sects and Thirteen Schools. Everyone in the Vast Sword Sect was dumbfounded!

Good heavens!

That shattered everything they thought they knew!

Was Chen Xuan really that pathetic? Was he a masochist?

Or was Ji Yaoyue simply making it all up?

"Utter nonsense!"

Elder Tian Xing shook with anger, his expression darkening at once.

"I think it's a load of dog shit too!" Niu Ben shouted after him, his face full of indignation.

"What you think doesn't count!!!"

Ji Yaoyue flipped her hand and took a red whip, a top-grade Dharma Artifact, from her Storage Ring. She cracked it with a sharp snap, then spoke with arrogant confidence.

"Chen Xuan, why haven't you come over and knelt to beg your master for the whip?"