"You... you've gone too far."
That elder's face turned ashen with rage.
"Shut up, all of you."
Qin Zhu suddenly spoke, her expression icy. "Xiao Jiumei, I am formally informing you today—you are not qualified to receive my Ninth Peak elder's Identity Token!"
I'm not qualified?
Xiao Jiumei trembled with rage, and even her voice shook. "Peak Master, you... you are openly violating the rules of the Ice and Snow Palace!"
Qin Zhu remained indifferent.
A mocking smile curled at her lips.
With her as Peak Master, Xiao Jiumei could forget about making a name for herself on the Ninth Peak.
Now that the Palace Master was not in the Ice and Snow Palace, no one could restrain her, the Peak Master!
"This is too much!"
In the distance, Guo Lingyun and the other female disciples were also burning with rage. Their blood boiled, and they immediately flew over, landing behind Xiao Jiumei.
A Nascent Soul Realm elder glared fiercely and shouted, "What are you trying to do? Rebel?"
"If..."
Guo Lingyun's body trembled, and tears streamed down her face. She shouted, "If my master were here, how would people like you dare bully us like this?!"
"Your master defied all reason and murdered the Palace Master. She was long ago sentenced to death by the Palace Master!"
The elder sneered. "If little Golden Core disciples like you wish to accompany her to the Yellow Springs, we have no objection."
"My master isn't dead."
Guo Lingyun craned her neck stubbornly as tears gushed forth.
Xiao Jiumei cried as well.
At that moment, the other female disciples were all sobbing too hard to speak.
Qin Zhu grew irritated. With a sweep of her sleeve, she shouted, "This is an important ground of my Ninth Peak. You Golden Core disciples should not