"What are you talking about, Chen Chen?" Abbess Jingyi rebuked her.
Chen Chen stuck out her tongue and did not dare say another word.
Abbess Jingfan looked at the pitiful Meng, then raised her head and asked, "Cult Master, how much chance does Ren Xiaoyao have on this journey?"
"How much?" Abbess Jinggang sneered. "He does not have even a single fraction of a chance. Not to mention that the Mocu Palace disciples have already swept the beasts from the Trial Forest clean, how could his wounded body possibly kill a hundred blood wolves?"
Abbess Jingyi gave a bitter smile as well. "Marriages are decreed by Heaven. It will depend on Zixia's luck!"
Abbess Xuezhen glanced at Meng and hesitated before saying, "Cult Master, this subordinate knows something of what happened back then. I imagine Cult Master must be filled with emotion even now, and wish to fulfill Zixia and Ren Xiaoyao's union. Since... since you already had Mujun spare Ren Xiaoyao's life just now, then... why can you not raise your hand once more and grant mercy beyond the law?"
"Mercy beyond the law?" Abbess Jingyi looked coldly at Abbess Xuezhen. Who knew what she was thinking? After a long while, she said, "Junior Sister Xuezhen, you are good in every way, except for one flaw!"
Abbess Xuezhen froze, then said softly, "Please instruct me, Cult Master!"
"Yes. You simply love being a good person too much!"
"Cult Master, how... how is that a reconciliation? Could it be that being a good person is not good?"
"Being a good person is naturally good, but you cannot be an indiscriminately good person, much less a good person without principles who disregards the cult rules." Abbess Jingyi sighed. "Take what just happened. Ren Xiaoyao charging before Mocu Palace was precisely in