I Came to Find You

The news that the youngest Golden Core disciple among the current cultivators had injured his senior sister on his first day back at the sect and even wanted to sever his master-disciple relationship with Immortal Venerable Yanchen quickly spread throughout the entire Flowing Light Sword Sect.

Many people have stopped practicing swordsmanship because of this, and now they only want to gossip and chat.

Outer disciples, being of low status, dared not speak ill of the inner disciples' prodigies and Sword Master. But inner disciple had fewer such concerns; as long as they avoided certain people, they could chat for a long time.

"Why did Senior Sister Sang Ying do this? She's made such a scene with the Sword Master. A Golden Core cultivator like her won't fare well against Soul Leaving Stage cultivator!"

Upon hearing this, someone whispered, "I heard that our Senior Sister Sang Ying has probably fallen into demonic possession, which is why she's not thinking clearly and that's why she attacked her."

"No, no, I clearly heard that Senior Sister Sang Ying was jealous that the Sword Master treated Senior Sister Fuyun better than she did, so that's why..."

"What nonsense are you all spouting?!" Jiang Yan, who once went to the Qishan Secret Realm with Sang Ying, has now made a name for herself in the inner sect. As soon as the disciples saw her, they immediately fell silent and dared not gather together anymore.

However, it was too late for them to behave. Jiang Yan had already overheard their discussion and immediately reprimanded them with a stern face. "How dare you discuss the matters of the Sword Master and his personal disciples? Besides, Fairy Sang Ying has already formed her Golden Core, so you should all address her as 'Junior Aunt'! If I hear you talking nonsense again, then each of you will have to practice the basic Swordsmanship ten more times!"

After her scolding, the disciples listlessly responded with "Yes," no longer daring to be lazy or speak carelessly.

After reprimanding the new disciples, Jiang Yan returned to the peak with her junior sister Chen Xiu.

They were lucky. After returning from the Qishan Secret Realm, Jiang Yan forced Chen Xiu to cultivate diligently for several years. Then, Peak Master that they were quite diligent and hardworking, and their aptitude was also quite good, so he took them as his disciples.

Now, Chen Xiu is no longer someone who would rush to befriend Su Fuyun simply because Su Fuyun was polite to her.

However, some personality traits can't be changed overnight. On the way back, Chen Xiu couldn't help but ask her senior sister, "What is that Aunt Sang Ying thinking? How dare she hurt someone on Crimson Snow Peak? Isn't she afraid of Immortal Venerable Yanchen?"

Jiang Yan frowned. "Of course she's not afraid. She already went to see the sect leader today to ask to take over the Settled Frost Peak."

"What?!" Chen Xiu exclaimed in surprise.

However, after being glared at by her senior sister, she quickly composed herself and lowered her voice. "So, Aunt Sang Ying is about to become the Peak Master? It seems she doesn't want to go back to Crimson Snow Peak. No wonder she has such audacity."

Chen Xiu was still muttering to herself, but Jiang Yan didn't respond. There were some things they were better off knowing as little as possible, to avoid getting themselves into trouble later.

Jiang Yan was right. The day after she beat someone up, Sang Ying went to the sect leader and demanded that he return Settled Frost Peak to her as agreed.

This put the sect leader in a very difficult position.

The Flowing Light Sword Sect originally did not have Settled Frost Peak, but Sang Zheng's master was not capable enough to become the Peak Master and died early. However, Sang Zheng was a cultivation genius and cultivated to the Nascent Soul in just a few years.

Logically, each Nascent Soul Cultivator should be assigned a peak, but at that time, all the peaks already had owners. Sang Zheng used his sword to split the mountain and moved a peak containing Spirit Vein from elsewhere, naming it "Settled Frost).

Therefore, after the couple passed away, Settled Frost Peak was left to Sang Ying as their private property.

Now that Sang Ying has advanced to the Golden Core stage, giving her Settled Frost Peak is indeed not a problem. However, she injured Su Fuyun as soon as she returned. Gu Huaiwei is currently angry, and the sect leader is unsure of her intentions, so he dares not easily hand over Settled Frost Peak.

Seeing the sect leader's attitude, Sang Ying's heart sank.

She pursed her lips, her expression somewhat displeased. "You know how much I've suffered over the years. It's one thing if the people on Crimson Snow Peak don't like me, I can just leave the sect to gain experience. But Su Fuyun, even after I let her go, still tried to collude with outsiders to deal with me, steal my things, and even implicate my friends. I can't forgive her."

"Have you forgotten that harming fellow disciples for the sake of fortuitous opportunity is punishable by expulsion from the Flowing Light Sword Sect according to its rules? I already explained the situation to you clearly back then, and even the young city lord of Haizhou City and the disciples of the Layered Heavens Palace were willing to testify for me. You also saw the testimony of that Third Young Master Zhao. Yet Su Fuyun still stayed in the sect to recuperate..."

Sang Ying's face showed helplessness and disappointment. "Since the sect can't give me justice, I'll have to seek it myself."

Unable to kill Su Fuyun, she decided to start by investigating the fact that Su Fuyun had framed her fellow disciple. To this end, Sang Ying found many witnesses, and even the City Lord Hai spoke up for her out of respect for Long Lin.

The sect leader promised to help her, but now...

Sang Ying no longer dared to trust him; she was determined to obtain Settled Frost Peak no matter what. Even if it meant destroying the peak, she would never hand it over to anyone else!

Sang Ying's attitude was so firm that even if the sect leader wanted to smooth things over, he couldn't do anything about it. He could only sigh and compromise, saying, "Alright then, since we've already made this agreement before, and you've now Core Formation, this Settled Frost Peak is indeed yours."

"However!" he added, "You've already severely injured Su Fuyun, could you please let her go and stop targeting her?"

Sang Ying frowned. "But she colluded with outsiders to frame me..."

"That was a misunderstanding, she already knows she was wrong. Besides, aren't you alright?" The sect leader was also helpless, but Gu Huaiwei insisted on protecting her, what could he do?

Misunderstanding, yet another misunderstanding? It seems they know nothing but "misunderstanding." Sang Ying's heart grew colder and colder.

"By the way, go to the Discipline Hall in a few days. You injured your senior sister without cause, so you should at least give an explanation," the sect leader added.

Sang Ying shook her head. "I did want to kill her, but she's not dead yet, so what more explanation do you want?"

Sect Leader:... That sounds familiar, like I've heard it somewhere before.

"You..."

The sect leader wanted to persuade her further, but Sang Ying didn't want to listen anymore. She cupped her hands in a salute and said, "Since there's nothing else, this disciple will take her leave."

Then, Sang Ying left the main hall without looking back.

She had already realized that the Flowing Light Sword Sect was no longer the same as she had known. She probably wouldn't be able to stay here for much longer.

The snow-covered Crimson Snow Peak was quickly shrouded in night. Su Fuyun, sitting in front of the mirror, touched the scar on her face, her eyes suddenly turning cold and fierce. She then slammed the dressing mirror to the ground.

Even Gu Huaiwei couldn't completely erase the scar left by Sang Ying's spirit sword. The scar on her face was too deep; it would probably never disappear in this lifetime.

How could Su Fuyun, who always cherished her appearance, accept this?!

The wound in her heart was still throbbing, and even though Gu Huaiwei had used most of her Spiritual Power to heal her, she still needed to rest in bed for a long time.

"Why didn't you remind me that Sang Ying was back? Why didn't you just move me away?!" she questioned the jade pendant, after all, it was the other party who had taken her away from Gleaming Gold Island and moved her to a town where humans and demons lived together.

A weak voice quickly came from the jade pendant. "I can only sense Demonic Qi. How can I know if Sang Ying, with her abundant Spiritual Power, harbors any ill intentions towards you? That transfer already depleted most of my accumulated strength; I simply cannot withstand another one. Besides, I have already done my best to help you. Who told you to spend the last ten years only concerned with romance and not with any ambition?"

He had advised Su Fuyun to cultivate diligently countless times, but the other party, relying on having met a fool who was infatuated with him, simply did not take his words to heart.

Now, because of jealousy, he was injured by one of the man's admirers and fled back to the Flowing Light Sword Sect in a sorry state. It's utterly shameful!

Speak of the devil, and he appears. As if sensing something, the jade pendant immediately fell silent.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Su Fuyun thought that Yu Zhuizi was deliberately ignoring her and was about to get angry when suddenly a pair of hands put their arms around her shoulders.

"Fuyun, I've come to find you." The handsome man in black robes said tenderly.

A note from the author:

Very good, it's time for the original female lead's male confidants to make their appearance.

Today it's still your loving Queque~