After this, everyone present understood.
Fucking hell.
Ye Feng really wasn't human. Even a dog was more human than she was.
"That's going too far! I can't stand it anymore!"
"Ye Feng, you're a disgrace to the sect!"
"Elder Jiang manifested a shadow bearing the presence of a Nascent Soul expert just to protect you and suppress the evil spirits in the Forbidden Ground, yet you turned around and accused him, trying to exploit a loophole to have Elder Jiang severely punished..."
"Now I seriously suspect you did this deliberately. If Elder Jiang hadn't possessed this divine ability, he might really have fallen into your trap!"
"Exactly! Using kindness as bait makes you even more evil than evil itself!"
"Get out of Azure Mist Peak!"
The sect had ten thousand disciples, and Ye Feng couldn't withstand even the abuse coming from Azure Mist Peak alone.
Now she had a mouth but no way to defend herself.
She finally understood why Elder Long had been so agitated earlier, too.
For a time, the denunciations rose, each wave louder than the last.
Even the disciples who had once thought Ye Feng was a good person turned against her.
Ye Feng's breathing was uneven, her blood boiling throughout her body.
Her breaths were especially heavy.
She really felt as though she was about to turn dark.
Looking back at Jiang Yantian, he still wore that same damned look, all pitiful and aggrieved.
Fuck!
Lu Ming's brows were tightly furrowed as well.
This Ye Feng was rather too stupid.
He had thought Ye Feng could make Jiang Yantian suffer a setback, after which he could deliberately favor Jiang Yantian and earn a favor in return.
As for Ye Feng, she was merely a disciple. He had no interest in what happened to her.
But now, not only had she failed to embarrass Jiang Yantian, she had sent his reputation soaring instead.
What had been a perfectly good welcoming assembly had turned straight into a public denunciation of Ye Feng.
Everyone was criticizing, insulting, and mocking her.
The Sword Dao Lineage disciples of Azure Mist Peak were particularly contemptuous, repeatedly requesting that Ye Feng be expelled from Azure Mist Peak.
This threw the problem to Luo Xingcai.
The elders of the other lineages were also waiting to enjoy the show.
They wanted to see how Luo Xingcai would deal with this prodigy.
If she still pleaded for Ye Feng, they would have the perfect opportunity to criticize her.
Who would have thought Luo Xingcai would be so decisive? "Ye Feng, disciple of Azure Mist Peak, has defied her superiors, refused to reform despite repeated admonitions, and displayed vile character!"
"As an elder of Azure Mist Peak, I also bear responsibility for failing to educate her properly. Today, I expel the disciple Ye Feng from Azure Mist Peak and strike her name from the Sword Dao Lineage!"
"Good!!! Good!!!!"
The members of the Sword Dao Lineage cheered.
Ye Feng was simply too hateful.
Ding! Publicly struck from the rolls, Ye Feng stands all alone. Humiliation Points +20,000. Ding! Turning the accusation back on Ye Feng inflicted tremendous harm. Humiliation Points +10,000.
Jiang Yantian chuckled inwardly.
You great big idiot, still trying to turn things around? Choke on your frustration, you little bastard.
Ye Feng slumped straight to the ground, looking as though she had nothing left to live for.
She really did regret it somewhat.
Fucking hell, being humiliated like this, humiliated without end.
She wanted revenge. She wanted revenge right now, wanted to beat Jiang Yantian until his soul scattered into nothingness.
But ultimately, it was all fantasy.
Now that she had been expelled from the Sword Dao Lineage, if no elder from another lineage was willing to take her in, she would be assigned to the menial disciples.
If that happened, revenge would be even more distant, and her resources would be greatly reduced.
But now, who would take her in?
Sure enough, just as she began thinking about it, the sect master brought it up.
"Ye Feng has been expelled from the Sword Dao Lineage. Considering that Ye Feng is a prodigy disciple, is any elder willing to accept her?"
"If no one accepts her, we can only follow the rules and assign Ye Feng to the menial disciples."
The moment they heard the question of who would accept Ye Feng, all the elders pretended not to see.
Who the fuck wanted her? So what if she was talented? She had offended that lunatic Jiang Yantian. Whoever took her in would suffer.
Besides, they cared about their own lineages' reputations.
If Ye Feng joined, their disciples would certainly reject her.
"Elder Liu, your Talisman Lineage seems to be quite short of people. Why don't you take her? She's a Sword Dao prodigy, after all!"
"Shut your mouth. If I take her today, tomorrow someone will extort a million spirit stones from the Talisman Lineage. The excuse will definitely be something like compensation for emotional distress. I can't handle that!"
"That's not necessarily true!"
"Not necessarily?" The elder of the Talisman Lineage shuddered. "Have you forgotten Elder Yin of the Spell Lineage? He merely stepped on one of Jiang Yantian's chickens by accident and got fleeced of five hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones."
"He said it was a chicken raised on heavenly mountain snow lotuses, then trotted out a whole argument about chickens laying eggs and eggs hatching chickens, an endless, unbroken cycle. He said asking for five hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones was already giving him face..."
"Is that something a human being would do? The worst part is, you can't beat him in a fight."
After that was said, the two stopped talking.
Seeing all the elders seemingly rejecting her, Ye Feng felt deeply stifled.
Was she really going to become a menial disciple?
"The Pill Lineage will take Ye Feng!"
Just as Ye Feng fell into despair, Hua Youque of the Pill Lineage spoke.
Everyone looked over.
Hua Youque, who had been grief-stricken just moments earlier, now looked composed, holding Jiaojiao's Pill Cauldron and clothes.
The Pill Lineage disciples were deeply unwilling as well. Wouldn't bringing someone like this into the Pill Lineage tarnish its name?
But the Attendant Elder had spoken. What could they do?
Ye Feng trembled, her heart filled with gratitude.
Hua Youque said flatly, "What Ye Feng did may not have been entirely honorable."
"But regardless, Ye Feng was my daughter's close friend and brought back her belongings. From now on, Ye Feng will take my daughter's place and become my personal disciple!"
These words caused another uproar.
Ye Feng had actually risen in status. There was no need to say any more about what being a personal disciple meant.
But they were only briefly surprised. After all, what the hell did it have to do with them?
Ye Feng breathed a small sigh of relief.
She also felt that misfortune had turned into a blessing.
There was actually a very strong chance that the Pill Lineage elder had taken him in because he wanted to learn the truth about his daughter's death.
In that case, they could be considered to have a common enemy.
With the Pill Lineage elder's help, she was no longer alone and had someone to rely on.
At the very least, Jiang Yantian would have to show consideration for the Pill Lineage elder's standing and wouldn't dare act against her openly.
With this matter settled, the welcoming assembly naturally came next.
Jiang Yantian also walked over to Ye Feng, a smile appearing on his handsome face.
"Ye Feng, congratulations!"
Ye Feng snorted coldly. "Jiang Yantian, your calculations came to nothing. You didn't expect this, did you? I didn't become a menial disciple. Instead, I became the Pill Lineage's chief personal disciple!"
Jiang Yantian chuckled. "You're really overthinking things. Have you considered the possibility that this outcome is exactly what I wanted?"
"Don't think that old bastard from the Pill Lineage can protect you. Suffer through it slowly. From now on, you won't escape a vicious beating every day."
"You wouldn't dare!" Ye Feng suddenly panicked. "I'm the personal disciple of the Pill Lineage's Attendant!"
"Personal disciple?" Jiang Yantian lowered his voice and gave a sinister chuckle. "I even killed her own daughter. Do you think I care about that?"
"Do I really have to tell you that I was planning to kill his whole family in the first place? Hahahaha!"
Cold sweat broke out across Ye Feng's back, and she felt as cold as though she had fallen into an abyss.
Jiang Yantian raised his hand and patted Ye Feng's shoulder. "I really want to know whether your pills can heal your injuries faster than I can beat you!"
"You wouldn't dare. You wouldn't dare!" At this point, Ye Feng could only put up a tough front, while inwardly she remained terribly unsure!
"Wouldn't dare?" Jiang Yantian raised his hand and moved it lightly.
In an instant, Ye Feng felt the Fine Steel Chain appear, winding around her body once again.
Just as it had that time in the great hall, it hoisted her up.
"Jiang Yantian, what are you doing? What are you doing?!" Ye Feng panicked and suddenly shouted.
She hadn't expected Jiang Yantian to actually dare attack her in full view of everyone!
The sight left those who had been chatting among themselves dumbfounded.
"Dong'er!" Jiang Yantian called!
Nuandong immediately came forward. "Young master!"
Jiang Yantian held out his hand. "Lend me your Blood Weeping Whip!"