She absolutely did not want the fact that she could no longer become stronger to be completely exposed before everyone.
Because that meant she would forever remain at rank ninety-six, unable even to reach rank ninety-seven. It would be absolutely impossible for her to become an elder.
Although becoming an elder depended mainly on age and seniority, just look at these elders—even the two rank ninety-seven elders escorting her had a chance of reaching rank ninety-eight in the future.
And once her future was completely defined, what awaited her would be a disaster she simply could not bear.
So she could only lower her head in silence. Her mouth opened and closed again and again. After thinking for a long time, she still did not know what she should say.
She did not know how to explain what she had done, much less what she could say to truly settle this matter.
Seeing that Cai Yue'er still refused to speak, Yun Ming turned his gaze toward Zhuo Shi.
Zhuo Shi fell silent for a moment.
He did not elaborate. He merely recounted everything he knew about the incident, concisely yet completely.
As they listened, the expressions of quite a few elders changed several times, their faces growing increasingly ugly.
Only from Zhuo Shi's account did they finally learn the full truth of the matter.
And this undisguised truth had practically laid Cai Yue'er's wrongdoing bare before everyone.
When Yun Ming's gaze fell upon her again, Cai Yue'er lowered her head and, without the slightest hesitation, heavily knocked her forehead against the floor.
The dull thud of her forehead striking the cold floor echoed throughout the entire meeting hall.
Yun Ming's lips, which had been about to part, silently closed again.
He looked at the woman before him, who was already