Liu Mengjie had met Jiang Yantian quite a few times, all in private.
That was because Hua Youque had occasionally spoken with Jiang Yantian in private back then, calling him "Brother Jiang" at every turn.
Naturally, she had been there too.
She had coveted Jiang Yantian before, but only in her thoughts.
Jiang Yantian was a handsome, distinguished man, the youngest Nascent Soul expert and a sect elder with boundless prospects. How could he possibly take a fancy to a married woman like her?
But after what had happened today, Liu Mengjie felt that Jiang Yantian did have designs on her.
The hidden flame had already been silently kindled.
"How is he?" Hua Youque's voice pulled Liu Mengjie out of her fantasies and back to reality.
"Elder, there's nothing seriously wrong. He'll recover after resting quietly for a while," the guardian elder replied.
"Good. Use the best medicines and pills. Make sure Ye Feng recovers as soon as possible."
With that, he walked out.
Liu Mengjie naturally followed him.
"My lord, wasn't taking Ye Feng as your personal disciple a little hasty?" Liu Mengjie's red lips parted slightly.
"If I didn't take him in and protect him, he would be finished!"
"Until we've determined the cause of Jiaojiao's death, Ye Feng cannot die. He may be the only one who knows anything!"
Hua Youque's voice was low.
He suspected that Jiang Yantian really had killed Hua Jiao, but without sufficient evidence, even he could not act rashly.
He could only wait for Ye Feng to wake up, question him thoroughly, and then think of a countermeasure.
"My lord, I merely think that keeping Ye Feng alive is enough. You didn't necessarily have to take him as your personal disciple."
"He slandered Elder Jiang like that. With Elder Jiang's habit of avenging even the smallest slight, I'm afraid he'll bear a grudge against you too!"
Hua Youque frowned and snorted. "What have I to fear? He's nothing but a brat who doesn't know how high the heavens are or how deep the earth is."
Liu Mengjie was a little surprised. She had always felt there was no conflict between them.
"My lord, aren't you on good terms with him? I remember you always calling him Brother Jiang!"
"Brother Jiang? Heh!" Hua Youque sneered. "That's because you didn't hear our conversations. I kept dropping hints for him to behave himself. Unfortunately, he's utterly incorrigible."
"I've seen far too many river-crossing dragons over the years. In the end, didn't they all perish, their Dao extinguished? He won't escape that fate either!"
Liu Mengjie was slightly startled.
It seemed Hua Youque and his sect master cousin had long intended to get rid of Jiang Yantian.
Something was probably preventing them from acting. It seemed she needed to secretly inform Jiang Yantian so he could be on his guard.
Hua Youque said no more.
He glanced at the thoughtful Liu Mengjie and felt a flame rising within him.
Especially as he looked at her exquisite, pretty face, her luscious red lips, her graceful figure, and the towering peaks wrapped in luxurious clothes.
He had married her as his second wife so long ago, yet they had never had any intimate contact, let alone shared a bed.
Perhaps it had been because of Hua Jiao.
Hua Jiao disliked Liu Mengjie, and he cared too much about his precious daughter's feelings.
That was why he had never entertained such thoughts.
Now that Hua Jiao had croaked, he finally noticed just how incomparably beautiful the woman he had taken as his second wife was.
"Meng'er, come to my room tonight!" Hua Youque truly wanted her now.
He reached out to take Liu Mengjie's hand.
Liu Mengjie quietly avoided him and smiled faintly. "My lord, it's an inconvenient time for me today. I can't serve you..."
What a joke. He had turned his nose up at her before, while Hua Jiao had slandered and humiliated her at every turn, and now he wanted to touch her?
She might as well keep her chastity and take a gamble on Jiang Yantian.
Hearing that it was an inconvenient time, Hua Youque immediately lost interest.
He did not pester her and simply left.
Liu Mengjie turned and walked in another direction too.
A night passed, and through sheer force of will, Ye Feng managed to wake up.
When he awoke, all he saw were unfamiliar surroundings.
But compared with where he had lived before, this place was countless times better.
He knew he was safe here. This was the Pill Lineage's territory.
Just as he was about to communicate with Elder Long, a figure suddenly landed inside the room.
Ye Feng thought it was an elder of the Pill Lineage and was about to offer a greeting.
But when he turned his head, his soul nearly fled in fright.
The newcomer smelled of alcohol, but that face, that silver hair, and those black robes were Ye Feng's nightmare.
Jiang Yantian!!!
Ye Feng opened his mouth to shout.
But Jiang Yantian merely moved a finger, and her mouth was sealed shut.
He could only stare with wide eyes.
"You're recovering pretty well. You're awake already!" Jiang Yantian said with a smile.
Ye Feng wanted to struggle, but his body hurt too much.
He could only watch helplessly as Jiang Yantian approached step by step.
"Don't be scared. I just came to check on you and give you a beating while I'm here!"
Jiang Yantian stepped straight onto the bed and stomped down on Ye Feng's face, again and again.
"I already told you, let's see whether you heal faster or I beat you faster!"
Jiang Yantian started stomping again.
"Consider this a good-morning greeting. I won't go too far. Rest well. I'll come beat you again later!"
Ding! Humiliation Points +5,000
Ye Feng was damn near tears.
Who bullied someone like this?
Jiang Yantian had been about to leave, but then he saw Ye Feng glaring at him.
He shook his head helplessly. "Tell me, are you a glutton for punishment or what? You just had to glare!"
Jiang Yantian dragged her straight onto the floor and delivered two vicious slaps.
Ding! Humiliation Points +3,000
"I drank too much yesterday, and now I'm a little sleepy. Keep resting. I won't disturb you anymore!"
Jiang Yantian took a few steps, then vanished from the spot in a flash.
Utterly humiliated, Ye Feng shed two trails of tears from the corners of his eyes.
She truly wanted to slice Jiang Yantian into a thousand pieces.
This was simply a damned torment.
She had always been brimming with confidence and ambition.
Starting as an ordinary person with nothing, she had embarked on the path of cultivation after picking up the Spirit-Fusing Mirror.
Step by step, she had progressed through Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, encountering all sorts of incidents but always escaping danger.
Now she was about to enter Golden Core. Her journey had been smooth sailing, and she had been hailed as a heaven's chosen.
Although some people with dogs' eyes that looked down on others had occasionally scorned and mocked her, she had slapped every one of their faces in return.
Ever since half a year ago, when Jiang Yantian had stumbled into some dog-shit luck, encountered an overwhelming fortuitous opportunity, and risen overnight.
Her nightmare had begun.
Many things could have been resolved smoothly, only to be ruined.
Some opportunities to show off and slap faces should also have been hers for the taking, yet in the end, she had been the one whose face was slapped.
Those were all minor matters, still tolerable.
But starting with the false accusation that she had committed adultery with the Qi Family's second young mistress, Jiang Yantian seemed to have unleashed his full firepower.
He had humiliated her endlessly, framing her and beating her, and had even chopped off her dick.
Completely turning "him" into "her."
Then had come kowtowing every three steps and being woken in the middle of the night.
At the Forbidden Ground, there had been more endless humiliation, and he had killed her good friend.
Every single deed was appalling.
By now, not only was she reviled by the entire sect, but she had also been expelled from Azure Mist Peak, like a dog driven from its home.
Yet he still would not stop, coming over to humiliate and beat her at the slightest whim.
If Jiang Yantian doesn't die, I'll have to live in this endless humiliation forever!
Ye Feng's eyes blazed with fire, his fury beyond restraint.
Even a clay figurine had a temper, let alone someone like her who valued her dignity.
She decided to risk everything and fight Jiang Yantian to the bitter end alongside the Pill Lineage elder!!!
She would succeed or die trying.
After all, if this continued, unless she fled the Mysterious Spirit Sect... no, even fleeing seemed useless.
Jiang Yantian would find her.
So there was only one path: Jiang Yantian had to die!
Once he died, everything would be peaceful. Once he died, there would be clear skies again!!!
Ye Feng forced his body upright, enduring the pain as he prepared to go out.
He needed to explain what had happened to Hua Jiao to the Pill Lineage elder as soon as possible, so his revenge could begin sooner too.