The Abandoned Wang Mei

Zhang Ziling rested her cheek on one hand. Naturally, she could guess that Xiao Yu intended to spare Wang Mei's life.

But if she indulged Xiao Yu in refining Human Pills and human medicine before so many people, how was she supposed to uphold her ideals?

Before she could give the order, someone behind her shouted, "Refine her into a Human Pill!!! That damned bitch still dared to harm her fellow disciples?"

"I was wondering why some people had been killed by the Profound Spirit Sect before. Maybe Wang Mei did that too!"

Wang Mei's hands trembled with extreme difficulty, her heart overflowing with resentment.

That Zhao Gang had actually sold her out just like that...

He had kept saying he would love her for a lifetime.

He said the marriage arrangement his family had made for him was merely going through the motions, and that he would marry her properly afterward.

He had even captured two little girls for her to practice her cultivation on.

She had truly believed she would fly up a branch and become a phoenix.

"Kill her!!! Refine her into a Human Pill! Aren't pills in short supply right now?"

"Peel off her skin and refine it into a magic artifact! She must pay the price!"

The crowd was boiling with indignation, a group of people roaring hysterically.

Xiao Yu lowered his head slightly. He naturally knew there had to be spies among this group.

Those shouting the fiercest might already have prepared their escape routes.

Zhang Ziling looked coldly at Wang Mei and slowly raised her hand. "Those who commit evil bring ruin upon themselves... Last time, I punished you by making you copy the sect rules. I thought you would turn over a new leaf! Since you refuse to mend your ways despite repeated instruction, then do not blame me..."

As Zhang Ziling spoke, she raised her hand and released a golden talisman. Wang Mei immediately broke into terrified sobs. "Master... Master, don't!!!"

"Your disciple knows she was wrong! Your disciple truly knows she was wrong!!!"

"Junior Sister Ling'er... Please..."

Before she could finish, the golden pattern on the talisman slowly emerged into the air.

Wang Mei was sucked into that talisman just like that, as though she had never existed.

The golden talisman drifted lightly before Xiao Yu and stopped.

Zhang Ziling lowered her voice. "From today onward, if anyone in this branch dares harm a fellow disciple again, I do not care who it is!!!"

Xiao Yu could hear a trace of reluctance in her voice. After all, Wang Mei had been her eldest disciple for many years. Naturally, she had feelings for her.

At that moment, Zhang Ziling swept her gaze around again. "Have you all brought the Jade Maiden Sect disciples I told you to gather earlier?"

Several people in the crowd slowly stepped forward and released the Jade Maiden Sect disciples they had won in the earlier lottery from their respective magic artifacts.

The moment they were released, cries of agony rang out one after another.

Xiao Yu frowned at the sight of those female cultivators, who barely looked human, and unconsciously clenched his fists.

Hua Lian in the Maidservant Pavilion recognized several of her fellow disciples at a glance.

She cried out in pain, "They're Junior Sister Liu and the others... How could these bastards be so vicious? They actually mutilated their hands and feet..."

Xiao Yu slowly exhaled, holding the talisman that contained Wang Mei in both hands without saying a word.

He had originally intended to take these female captives from the Jade Maiden Sect away as well.

But seeing them in such a state...

Some had all four limbs broken, some were disheveled and filthy, while others seemed to have gone mad.

Neither human nor ghost.

Several female cultivators had even become old crones, clearly having had their origins drained by evil arts.

Taking them back would probably be useless.

Looking at the Jade Maiden Sect captives before her, Zhang Ziling naturally knew those men had certainly hidden others away.

They had merely brought out these worthless ones to brush her off.

"Everyone, I know our situation here is hanging by a thread, but since I, Zhang Ziling, have come, I will lead everyone to accomplish something!"

"The reason I asked you all to bring out the Jade Maiden Sect captives is naturally for the coming battle!"

"I guarantee everyone that if we win this battle, each person will receive one low-grade magic artifact!"

The crowd was immediately shocked, and discussion broke out everywhere.

But even after waiting for a long time, no one released another captive.

Xiao Yu pursed his lips. This bunch was truly crafty.

They all knew Zhang Ziling was drawing them a pie in the sky. If anyone released more captives now, would that not be admitting they harbored ulterior motives?

Looking at the crazed female captives, Zhang Ziling let out a helpless breath.

Then she raised her hand, took out her magic artifact, and directly stored those women away.

"Dismissed. Xiao Yu, Wang Mei is yours to deal with... I will personally interrogate these captives!"

Xiao Yu cupped his fists again, then returned to the alchemy room with the talisman containing Wang Mei.

Zhao Gang watched Xiao Yu depart, an eerie smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

Wang Mei probably would not have a good time in Xiao Yu's hands.

Besides, that woman had a chronic ailment. She had to use the blood of boys and girls to maintain her youth and beauty.

What the hell did it have to do with him whether she lived or died?

He might as well return to the main sect tomorrow. There was nothing interesting here anyway.

Back in the alchemy room, Xiao Yu was examining the golden talisman.

This thing was rather convenient. It could actually store living people?

He wondered how it was made...

Thinking of the few maidservants in his alchemy room, it would be much more convenient if he had something like this when taking them away.

The Jade Maiden Gourd was simply too ruthless. That thing could refine a person's mind and body.

"Lian'er, what kind of talisman is this? Can you refine one?"

Hua Lian in the Maidservant Pavilion still had reddened eyes. Thinking back to the junior sisters she had just seen, her eyes were red beyond recognition.

"This is a Puppet-Human Talisman. Lian'er cannot refine it, Master... Master, why didn't you help them..."

Xiao Yu waved his hand. "They are not good people anyway, and they did not trigger the system's judgment. Why should I care about them? I think my master has other plans..."

Hua Lian felt somewhat wronged.

Ever since she had followed Xiao Yu with utter devotion these past days, she had discovered that Xiao Yu was not truly cruel-hearted.

He was just a little lustful...

When he saw people who had helped him suffering misfortune, he would lend a hand.

And he was very gentle with girls like Li Qingyun, at least far gentler than he was with her and her master, Bai Yue.

Seeing her expression, Xiao Yu smiled softly. "Your Jade Maiden Sect should not have been established for long, right? You are only eighteen. By my calculations, the Jade Maiden Sect could not have existed for more than fifteen years?"

Hua Lian shook her head. "Reporting to Master... The Jade Maiden Sect has existed for several decades. Master only began accepting disciples later..."

"I know Master despises righteous female cultivators like us. Ever since we were young, we were taught to uphold justice and eliminate evil. The vast majority of cultivators are the same kind of person as Master..."

"The more prestigious and orthodox a sect is, the more it cares about what others think of it. If anyone says one bad thing about them, they will swarm forward and attack!"

Xiao Yu's lips curved upward. After releasing Hua Lian, he gently stroked her head. "Mm, do not be sad. From now on, you only need to help your master wholeheartedly. There is no Jade Maiden Sect, and you have no junior sisters! They deserved it in the first place!"

"Search your own heart and ask yourself, how many of them did not deserve it?"

Hua Lian exhaled, unable to say anything for a moment...

"Alright, Lian'er. Go refine Qi-Concealing Pills and bring them to me later!"

"Do not be so sad. Tonight, your master will let you eat what your master likes to eat most!"

Only then did Hua Lian feel a little better.

She took the Qi-Concealing Stone and left.

Xiao Yu picked up the Puppet-Human Talisman and studied it again.

This thing seemed to be single-use?

Should he get some more...

As he used his divine sense to probe the inside of the talisman, it gradually began to glow.

When Wang Mei inside the talisman sensed someone peering at her, she panicked and covered her face. "Don't... Don't look at me..."

Xiao Yu thought he had seen wrongly and sucked in a sharp breath.

Looking at the woman inside the Puppet-Human Talisman, whose face was covered in wrinkles and whose body was full of dark spots.

Was that really Wang Mei?

After sensing Xiao Yu's divine sense, Wang Mei cried out in complete collapse, "I told you not to look... Sob... What exactly do you want..."

Xiao Yu swallowed unconsciously. How was Wang Mei uglier than even Mei Chunlan?

At least Senior Sister Mei had dentures. Wang Mei did not even have dentures.

No matter how he looked at her, she did not resemble a person.

She was like a lump of rotten flesh!

If she had not been wearing Wang Mei's seductive black robe, he would not even have thought she was human.

And her voice was rather creepy too...

It was completely different from Wang Mei's soul-hooking, fox-like voice.

Now, her voice was like a millstone grinding beans, screeching and rasping!

At that moment, Wang Mei suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, then looked at the talisman's restraints around her and cried out.

"If you want to kill me... Then kill me...!"

Xiao Yu pursed his lips and slowly exhaled as he looked at her 0% evil value.

To bring her into the Judgment Room, he had to raise her evil value toward him to 100%.

Committing evil against others would not work. She had to commit evil against him!

Recalling his earlier experience of taking in Hua Lian, Xiao Yu rubbed his chin.

To stir up evil toward him in her heart, he first had to treat her well!

The most direct method was to make her repay kindness with enmity!

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yu looked at her information panel.

Wang Mei, 37 years old, Fourth Layer of Qi Refinement (seriously injured).

Beauty score: 93. Height: 168 cm. Weight: 47.5 kg.

Aptitude: Metal-Wood Dual Spiritual Root.

Her aptitude was not bad, but her heart was too vicious. She had killed many children to preserve her beauty.

"Jealous of every woman more beautiful than herself... Once she finds a woman more beautiful than herself, she will feel extreme resentment..."

Wang Mei seemed to hear Xiao Yu's words and sobbed in utter collapse.

Her face twisted, tears pouring forth like a spring, as though she wanted to cry out every bit of pain within her.

Her fingers gripped the corner of her clothes tightly. "My face... No... My face... Sob..."

Her cries were exceptionally shrill, leaving Xiao Yu dazed.

Looking at the woman sprawled on the ground and crying in despair, he could not help pursing his lips.

Her face seemed to have been corroded by something?

Sulfuric acid?

Wang Mei continued crying, tears streaming endlessly down that old, ugly face.

Remembering how those women had disfigured her when she was young, her cries became even more miserable.

Even if she died... she did not want to die with this face.

"No... No—!!" (her voice trembled)

"My face, give it back to me... Give it back to me now!!!"