The sounds of other disciples praising Ye Yu kept reaching her ears.
The expression on Ye Qingling's face grew increasingly complicated.
She had once thought Ye Yu was a piece of dog-skin plaster she could never shake off, but now, he had transformed and become someone far beyond her reach.
Smack!
A crisp sound rang out. Ye Qingling felt a tremendous force strike the back of her head, knocking stars into her vision.
When she came back to her senses, Ye Qingling discovered that an outer sect steward was standing behind her, glaring at her with an ugly expression. "What are you looking at? Why aren't you getting to work? The Holy Son has finally returned to the sect—hurry up and sweep this place clean!"
After "escaping" from the Nine Spirits Sword Sect, Ye Qingling had come to the Purple Firmament Sword Sect and become an outer sect disciple.
But she had been wearing the robes of the Nine Spirits Sword Sect at the time.
The Purple Firmament Sword Sect had immediately known that Ye Qingling had betrayed her former sect. As a result, although they had accepted her, she could only become an outer sect disciple.
Betrayal was an act that would never be forgiven anywhere.
Even if her betrayal benefited the Purple Firmament Sword Sect, someone with a history of betrayal would be guarded against no matter what.
During this period, she had suffered every kind of bullying.
Seeing the angry steward, Ye Qingling did not dare say anything. She silently picked up a broom and began clearing the fallen leaves from the steps.
Originally, Ye Qingling had wanted to use spiritual power to clean the way the other outer sect disciples did, but she was not allowed to. The steward grandly called it training for her.
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