After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 113

In just a few days, the Hundred Immortal Sects were attacked by the Demon Race hundreds of times.

This included, but was not limited to, surprise attacks on sect elders late at night and ambushes on returning sect disciples halfway.

Although Qin Qingyi had already spread the news of the initial cases of victimization a few days ago, urging them to strengthen their sect defenses and be more vigilant.

But even so, the combat power of the Hundred Immortal Sects was constantly being weakened.

The injured lost their combat ability, and those who were not injured saw their surrounding fellow disciples fall one by one for no apparent reason, causing their Dao hearts to be thrown into chaos and their combat strength to be reduced.

Even more, some were directly frightened into madness by the demons, gripping their swords and only hacking wildly at their surroundings.

When Qin Qingyi rushed to provide support with her people, this was the scene she witnessed.

The personal disciple of the Kunwu Sect Master, with his hair bun undone and long hair covering his face, looked like a lunatic. He held his sword in both hands like a three-year-old child, slashing randomly at the surroundings. Sometimes, he muttered to himself, saying things like “The demons are coming,” “So scary,”…

Other times, he screamed loudly, darted around, hid in a corner, abandoned the sword in his hand, covered his face, and wailed.

“Is this the century-old prodigy your Kunwu Sect painstakingly cultivated for over a decade?”

Qin Qingyi’s face was expressionless as she looked at the Kunwu Sect Master who had arrived with her.

The other party was clearly greatly ashamed. Seeing his disciple in such a state, he could only approach angrily, grabbing the disciple who had clearly lost his mind and sternly shouting, “Wake up! You’re not seriously injured, why are you screaming? Aren’t you embarrassed enough?!”

The male disciple he pulled up trembled, and upon seeing his master, he still failed to recognize him, only focused on finding a corner to hide himself.

This demeanor made the Kunwu Sect Master even more mortified. He lifted the disciple by the collar and viciously kicked him.

However, the kick still didn’t vent his anger, and he pursued the disciple, intending to kick him a couple more times.

Seeing him punishing and interrogating his own disciple, completely ignoring the other injured disciples, Qin Qingyi impatiently called a halt to his act.

“Stop it! Since he’s already gone mad, you won’t get anything out of him even if you beat him to death here. It’s better to treat the other disciples first.”

Qin Qingyi scrutinized the raving male disciple, saying disdainfully, “After all, he hasn’t suffered any serious injuries.”

Looking at him, although he had been kicked a few times and his clothes were stained with dirt, no fresh blood was visible. It was obvious that he had been well-protected when the Demon Race attacked, otherwise he wouldn’t be so clean.

Looking at the other disciples nearby, their attire was noticeably inferior to that of the mad disciple. Seeing the few who were either instantly killed on the spot or severely injured with broken limbs, what else was there to misunderstand?

Clearly, when the Demon Race besieged them, these injured disciples had protected the one who was scared mad in the middle. The very person these people risked their lives to protect ended up going mad himself.

Truly ridiculous.

And as for the Kunwu Sect Master, Qin Qingyi didn’t even want to expose him.

Just a few light, inconsequential kicks, and he thought he could dismiss the matter. Truly a well-made calculation.

Qin Qingyi’s gaze lightly swept over the male disciple, who was either feigning madness or genuinely mad, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

This was the disciple carefully cultivated by the Hundred Immortal Sects of the Xuan Tian Realm, now looking like a joke.

A monumental joke.

A cultivator who had practiced for decades, went directly insane when facing the Demon Race?!

Not to mention picking up a sword to resist, he went mad even while being protected by the people around him.

What was the point of admitting such a person into the sect, no matter how high his talent or how good his constitution?

They were nothing more than a straw-stuffed pillow, a beautiful but empty frame.

Returning to the Sword Sect, Qin Qingyi summoned all the elders of the sect, preparing to discuss urgent matters that were close at hand.

Not long after the summons was issued, all the elders were assembled in the deliberation hall of the Sword Sect.

However, before the meeting could even begin, the silent and strange atmosphere caused everyone present to breathe lightly.

Qin Qingyi sat at the head of the table, resting her head on her hand, without opening her eyes or speaking.

The many elders sat below, not knowing what she was planning, and exchanged glances, unsure how to open their mouths.

It wasn’t until a disciple hurriedly ran in from outside, breathless. She initially wanted to report to Qin Qingyi, but upon entering, she noticed that many Sword Sect elders were present. After a slight pause, she reported—

“Reporting to the Sect Master and all the Elders! News has come from the Jishan Sect. Their sect was attacked by demons, hundreds of disciples perished, with only a dozen survivors. They are now on their way to the Sword Sect.”

The Jishan Sect was a small sect not far from the Sword Sect, with only a few hundred members in total. The Demon Race, instead of attacking the Sword Sect, chose to target the small sects around it.

Last time it was another small sect, this time it was the Jishan Sect. Which sect would be next?

The elders discussed amongst themselves.

But before they could deliberate on any outcome, another disciple came in—

“Reporting to the Sect Master! The Yuxu Sect has suffered a calamity. The Demon Race is besieging them and they have sent a distress signal to our Sword Sect!”

Immediately following, another disciple—

“Reporting to the Sect Master! A rescue signal has come from the direction of the Myriad Buddha Hall!”

Listening to the continuous bad news coming from outside, Qin Qingyi covered her forehead, not wanting to open her eyes and face reality.

At this moment, the elders who had been waiting below for a long time clearly realized that something was amiss.

But Qin Qingyi sat still at the head of the table, not opening her mouth to say a word from beginning to end.

This left many elders unsure of what to do.

“Sect Master? Are you asleep?”

Seeing her remain silent for a long time, the elders of the Sword Sect sitting nearby exchanged glances, and finally pushed forward one unlucky soul to ask Qin Qingyi.

However, this elder was clearly too blunt, starting with the phrase “Are you asleep?”

The others nearby secretly sighed upon hearing this.

How did they end up choosing such a useless person?

Yet, she seemed oblivious, and immediately added another sentence: “Sect Master, don’t sleep, we need to discuss important matters.”

Qin Qingyi opened her eyes and glared at him: “Sleep, sleep, sleep, what sleep?! Do I look like I can sleep?!”

What time was it now? Did they still think she could sleep?

Where did she have the time to sleep? She was about to be angered to death by these useless people, and they still talked about sleeping?!

If she kept sleeping, she wouldn’t even need to wait for her Master and Senior Uncles to help; the entire Xuan Tian Realm would just be doomed!

Qin Qingyi looked at the people in front of her, feeling that it was utterly undeserved for her Master and Senior Uncles to put themselves into this situation, painstakingly planning and scheming multiple times, all for the sake of saving these people.

The elder, who was suddenly scolded, froze. He looked at her and awkwardly shifted his gaze: “You’re not asleep?”

Qin Qingyi was almost angered to laughter again upon hearing this.

She scanned the surrounding elders, who were all looking at the sky, the ground, or their fingers, refusing to look at her, making her even more furious.

“You are all playing the timid quail now. Where did all your usual defiance towards me go?”

“Now that it’s time for major decisions, every single one of you stops talking, afraid of getting into trouble and ruining your reputation. You’re really shameless in your pretense!”

She looked at all the elders present and angrily scolded everyone, not stopping until all the elders present were stiff-necked and silent.

It wasn’t that she deliberately chose this moment to make trouble, but during ordinary times when there were no important matters, these elders found her extremely unpleasing and held great prejudice against her.

If she suggested going east, these elders would contradict her and insist on going west.

She suggested decorating the martial arts stage more, placing some small flags and salute cannons, so that when someone won, there would be fireworks and cannons to celebrate, and an announcement would be displayed in the sky, declaring the person with the most consecutive wins today as so-and-so, thereby boosting the cultivation enthusiasm of the Sword Sect disciples—

The elders refused, stubbornly refusing with their necks stiffened and faces flushed, saying it was against etiquette.

What part was against etiquette?!

What a great idea!!!

She pressed for an answer, but these elders couldn’t provide a reason for objection, simply insisting on the refusal.

Wasn’t it just that they considered her the Master’s disciple, the most unreliable disciple of the Sword Sect, thus they were prejudiced against her, forbidding everything she suggested, every single time?

But Qin Qingyi ignored these old fogeys; she didn’t care about their opinions at all.

What needed to be done was done, and what shouldn’t have been done was also done.

The salute cannons on the martial arts stage had been installed for half a month, and these people hadn’t mentioned anything about what was not allowed or permitted again.

Now that it was time for a major decision and for them to offer advice, these people stopped talking, pretending to be invisible, pretending not to exist.

They were quite flexible.

Perhaps Qin Qingyi’s words were too sharp, stinging the eyes of everyone present, so an unyielding elder stepped forward:

“Sect Master, by being so aggressive today and having the disciples perform this act below, aren’t you just trying to get us to agree to launch a major attack against the Demon Race?”

Qin Qingyi looked at the elder who spoke and recognized him.

This elder was the one who often opposed her Senior Uncle in the past.

He had also been at odds with her Master.

In that case, there was nothing more to say.

Qin Qingyi raised her hand, and a massive force sent the male elder who had just spoken flying, not releasing him until he heavily slammed into the wall.

It was only then that Qin Qingyi was finally willing to bestow a glance upon these elders.

She sneered, “You think this Sect Master is putting on an act for you?”

“Or do you still think, even today, that this Sect Master is the disciple you could once mold and manipulate, allowing you to shout at this Sect Master with no respect for rank?!”

“Right now, besides the Sword Sect, which sect in the Xuan Tian Realm isn’t being targeted by the Demon Race, having to constantly guard against being annihilated by them? Yet, some of you still think this Sect Master is putting on a show for you?!”

As Qin Qingyi spoke, she was angered to laughter again. She stood up abruptly, pointing at the noses of the many elders and cursing:

“A bunch of hopelessly misguided old fools, constantly immersed in your daydreams of being invincible. The Demon Race is right at your doorstep and you still don’t know to open your eyes and look!”

“Even the newly initiated disciples of the Sword Sect have more courage than you! At least they know that if they don’t resist, there will be no place left for the human race in the Xuan Tian Realm. And look at you, hahahahahaha, if everyone were like you, the Sword Sect would have perished long ago!”

Qin Qingyi’s anger turned into laughter: “I might as well just lead you all to defect to the Demon Race. Maybe then we can preserve a shred of the Sword Sect’s lineage.”

Her sudden outburst left the numerous elders sitting below speechless, not daring to say anything for a moment.

However, when their eyes met the male elder whom Qin Qingyi had targeted, they all showed expressions of sympathy and pity.

Truly miserable. Didn’t he understand the principle of the first bird getting shot?

He insisted on being that big idiot, truly unstoppable.

The male elder who was sent flying leaned against the wall, spitting blood. He looked up at Qin Qingyi, his eyes filled with hatred: “The Sect Master attacked and injured a Sect Elder without reason. Is this just to establish your authority?!”

His counter-question once again made the slightly eased atmosphere tense.

Most of the elders of the Sword Sect were highly respected and powerful. Even a genius like Shangguan Yu, after taking the position of Sect Master, had to show courtesy to these people. When had he ever been treated like this?

Being so humiliated by Qin Qingyi in front of so many colleagues, and even being injured himself, made him extremely angry. He absolutely demanded an explanation from Qin Qingyi.

Qin Qingyi looked at him as if he were a rare species: “You think this Sect Master attacked you just to establish authority?”

The other party looked at her with resentment: “What else? Didn’t the Sect Master just rely on her superior strength and pick on me, the easy target, to establish her authority and solidify her position as the Sword Sect Master?”

Qin Qingyi suddenly smiled, almost unable to suppress her Fox Clan bestiality. She leaned back in her chair: “Then according to you, this Sect Master attacked you to secure the position of Sect Master? Then should this Sect Master apologize to you sincerely and offer compensation?”

The other party arrogantly lifted his chin: “Of course.”

Qin Qingyi’s eyes turned cold: “Idiot.”

She then flicked out a cold light, which struck the center of his chest.

In an instant, it took his life.