Bai Su's face darkened when she heard the girl drag her name into it.
A somewhat languid-looking man beside Xia Jue said with a half-smile, "Bai Su, was it? Come leave your token and go. Since you're so dissatisfied with the sect, why are you still here? Planning to stay for New Year?"
Bai Su's face went from dark to pale and back again. When she looked at Xia Jue, a pitiful expression crept onto her face, but Xia Jue plainly did not fall for it. His assessment of her remained unchanged: "a female cultivator with a hole in her brain."
Lu Tianqi was the first to lose patience and speak. "Su Su, we don't have to fear him. I refuse to believe that someone with a single spirit root like me can't take care of you. It's only the Azure Tide Sect. If we have to leave, we'll leave." With that, he walked toward one of the jade slips. Ran Chao followed close behind, leaving his name and wooden token as well.
Bai Su's mouth tasted bitter. A voice inside her told her that this was not how things should have gone, that she could not leave the Azure Tide Sect. But now that they had openly ordered her out, shamelessly clinging to her place here would utterly ruin her reputation. Besides, Lu Tianqi had already surrendered his token for her sake.
Gritting her teeth, she decided to ignore that inner voice and left her name on the jade slip along with her wooden token.
She slowly bowed. "I don't believe I did anything wrong. Even now, I still think the sect should improve its treatment of outer gate disciples."
The man behind Xia Jue sneered. "Easy for you to say. Do you know how other sects treat their