At the Elite Hall, Tao Jin had clearly lost to him, and had even lost the three Infant Transformation Pills to him. Yet the sect had still provided him with more Infant Transformation Pills and a generous supply of Profound Yellow Pills to help him break into the Life Wheel Realm. The outcome had made countless Outer Sect Disciples green with envy, and Xu Yi had grumbled about it plenty himself.
But looking at it the other way, he could have the same achievements and treatment as Tao Jin. All he needed was an opportunity to let everyone see his strength and talent. As it happened, Ye Zhifan had walked right into his line of fire. Without this to give him confidence, he, a man who always thought things through three times before acting, would never have been so impulsive.
As it turned out, after he had beaten Ye Zhifan senseless, injured Shen Ao, and stood up to Elder Meng, the Punishment Hall had punished him with only two years of tending seedlings in the Chaotic Abyss Sea. "Tending seedlings" meant managing a Spiritual Plant Garden. It was essentially a posting in exile.
Compared to him, Li Zhenghe, Zhang Tai, and Ye Zhifan had suffered ten times worse. The Punishment Hall had found Li Zhenghe and Zhang Tai guilty of inciting rebellion and thrown them straight into the Dark Prison, where they would remain for ten years without pardon. Ye Zhifan had been found guilty of a heinous crime and exiled to Crimson Flame Star, where he would serve fifty years of hard labor. His life was as good as ruined.
After the Punishment Hall handed down its verdict, Xu Yi received a message from Jiang Xiao and went to Cold Star Peak again. To his surprise, he received unprecedentedly