Chapter 46
"Look, haven't you made a lot of progress lately?" He moved his face closer to hers, his thick eyelashes fluttering violently like little butterflies, and his cool fragrance wafted into her nose.
Normally, although he appears gentle and friendly, he always deliberately keeps his distance from people, and the cool fragrance he carries is extremely faint, only detectable when one gets very close. But now, he and she are very close, in a way that makes one feel uneasy.
Smelling the chilling fragrance emanating from him and seeing his enigmatic face approaching her, Ye Zhenzhen angrily punched him in the face.
Her soft, delicate little hand missed its target again, instead being grasped by his large, cold hand with distinct knuckles. His lips curled into a mocking smile. "What, you think you're the only one who can hit me?"
The Little Glutinous Rice Ball suddenly lowered its head, opened its small mouth to reveal two sharp canine teeth, and bit his hand.
Since you think my hands are too slow, then I'll just have to use my mouth.
Ye Qingchuan winced and clutched his hand; two small teeth marks had appeared on his thumb and forefinger, from which tiny beads of bright red blood oozed. This little guy really went for it...
His pale, bloodless face was suddenly tinged with a sickly blush.
"Interesting." He reached out and gently rubbed her cheek.
ZZ: You didn't expect that, did you? I'm slow with my hands, but I have good teeth.
Ye Qingchuan: It hurts so much, but I'm kind of enjoying it. What's going on?
Chapter 46
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Discipline Hall.
The elders gathered together to interrogate Ye Rufeng and Ye Qingyun.
The two men had been in jail for several days, both looking disheveled and filthy, yet they remained arrogant and domineering.
Upon meeting the Sect Leader and the elders of the Discipline Hall, they feigned ignorance, insisting that they had only entered the sect's treasury to see the million Spirit Sword and had no intention of stealing them, and that they knew nothing about the Xuanyuan Sword.
"Since you only want to see a million Spirit Sword, junior brother, why don't you openly ask your senior brother to go see them, instead of sneaking into the sect's treasury?" Ye Ruheng stepped forward and questioned.
"It's getting late, so I was naturally worried that you, Senior Brother Sect Leader, must be tired from your journey and have had too much to rest." Ye Rufeng had anticipated this question and calmly gave the response he had prepared in advance.
He and Ye Qingyun had already secretly agreed that since they hadn't caused any substantial losses to the sect, as long as they denied everything, the Sect Leader couldn't do anything to them, and the elders of the Discipline Hall would eventually just release them.
"Junior brother, since you refuse to admit it, I'll have to produce the evidence."
Ye Ruheng walked to the center of the Discipline Hall and showed everyone a photograph of Ye Rufeng secretly communicating with Immortal Venerable Shen using a communication jade tablet while in prison. In the photograph, Ye Rufeng recounted how he and Ye Qingyun failed to steal the Xuanyuan Sword, resulting in Immortal Venerable Shen giving them a severe scolding. "You couldn't steal the Seven-Colored Heaven-Mending Stone, and you couldn't even handle the Xuanyuan Sword! You're both useless! You're both useless!"
Upon hearing the word "trash," the onlookers exchanged bewildered glances, their expressions ranging from mockery and disdain to deep agreement.
Seeing the reactions of those around him, Ye Rufeng felt utterly humiliated and, enraged, shouted, "Ye Ruheng, how dare you use Recording Stone to spy on me! We're fellow disciples, how could you treat me like this? How is this any different from the behavior of a petty person? I don't think you're fit to be the Sect Leader of my Cloudsky Sect!"
"I do have some personal connections with Immortal Venerable Shen, so what? Immortal Venerable Shen is the supreme being in the Cultivation World, controlling so many Cultivation Resources. Who wouldn't want to curry favor with him and secure some benefits for their sect? Unlike you, who only knows how to cultivate in seclusion every day, not fighting for the sect's interests and Cultivation Resources, causing our Cloudsky Sect to gradually decline and almost be squeezed out of the Five Great Sects! Don't you feel ashamed of your position as Sect Leader and ashamed of the sect's disciples?" Ye Rufeng became more and more agitated as he spoke.
"To curry favor with Immortal Venerable Shen, you have to steal the Seven-Colored Heaven-Mending Stone, a divine artifact that our Cloudsky Sect has guarded for ten thousand years, and steal the Xuanyuan Sword, a divine artifact entrusted to us by the Spirit Sword Manor? Junior brother, you are so foolish!" Ye Ruheng sighed deeply.
"Foolish? Is it wrong for me to want to be the Sect Leader? Is it wrong for me to want to revive our Cloudsky Sect?" Ye Rufeng's expression gradually became manic. "Immortal Venerable Shen promised me that as long as I help him obtain the divine artifact, he will annihilate you all and let me become the Sect Leader. If I become the Sect Leader, I will definitely lead my disciples into various Secret Realm, search for treasures from all walks of life, and revive the former glory of our Cloudsky Sect. Back then, when our Grandmaster Ye Xiao was alive, our Cloudsky Sect was the number one sect in the Cultivation World, and no one dared to offend us! What is the Kongtong School compared to that?"
"Junior brother, you're playing with fire!" Ye Ruheng rebuked angrily. "Do you know that this Immortal Venerable Shen is no good person at all? He colluded with the Devil Race Clan, destroyed the Heavenly Thunder Pavilion, and even wants to overthrow my Cloudsky Sect. He stole the divine artifacts of our Five Great Sects to seize the power of the Evil Drought Demon and dominate the Six Realms. Even if you give him the sect's divine artifacts, what good is an empty Sect Leader position if the sect falls?"
"Destroy the sect? How could that be?" Ye Rufeng stubbornly shook his head. "The Immortal Venerable would never do such a thing. You must be unwilling to give up the position of Sect Leader and are deliberately deceiving me! I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"
"Uncle-Master, Immortal Venerable Shen is colluding with demons. Are you and Qingyun completely unaware of this?" Ye Qinghui stepped forward and asked righteously, "How can you trust the promises of someone who dares to collude with demons? How can you be sure he won't betray you after using you?"
"That's absolutely not true! Sect Leader, First Senior Brother, how could you slander Immortal Venerable Shen, and slander me and Master like this?" Ye Qingyun's face was ashen, and he stubbornly refused to admit it.
"Junior Brother Qingyun, do you still remember that Charm Demon?" Ye Qinghui suddenly brought up the Charm Demon.
Ye Qingyun was suddenly startled. "Of course I remember, what's wrong?"
"Back then, we were invited to the Dabie Mountain to eliminate Charm Demon. We clearly had the upper hand and were about to capture her when you suddenly removed your Protective Mask, falling into her Charm Demon. I went to save you, but you removed my Protective Mask, causing me to be bewitched and have my Charm Demon Inner Core stolen. Junior brother, I never imagined before that the Charm Demon was controlled by Immortal Venerable Shen. You colluded with Immortal Venerable Shen Charm Demon, deliberately removing my mask so she could steal my Inner Core for you to keep." Ye Qinghui pointed to Ye Qingyun's Dantian and said, "Junior brother, after you fused with my Inner Core, did you find it useful?"