After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 24.1

The Senior Disciple has arrived!

Even as the figure was still distant, a cold light had already flown over. The Liubai Sword (Remaining White Sword) flew with great spiritual intelligence to Xie Su’s side, blocking the attack for him, and then, with several swift strikes, knocked the swords out of the hands of the attackers.

Only then did Qin Qingyi arrive at a leisurely pace. She used the technique of shrinking the ground into inches from afar, and in just two breaths, she was in front of everyone.

When the few attackers saw her, they all retreated a few steps, their expressions vigilant, but they did not speak.

Qin Qingyi first assessed Xie Su’s injuries. Seeing that they were not life-threatening, she finally sighed in relief and tossed a bottle of pills to Xie Su: “Take the medicine.”

Xie Su obediently pulled off the stopper of the bottle and swallowed the pill directly without asking what it was.

His actions made Qin Qingyi speechless for a moment: “Aren’t you going to ask what I gave you? What if it’s poison and it kills you?”

Xie Su wiped his face and stood behind her, feeling secure: “Even if it’s poison, your junior brother accepts it.”

As long as he didn’t die at the hands of these few people, it was a gain.

Qin Qingyi scoffed lightly: “You’re so reckless, you’ll eat anything.”

Seeing that Xie Su was about to speak again, Qin Qingyi raised her hand to interrupt him: “I already know the situation. I ran into Hu Yu on my way here. Focus on healing. You don’t need to say more.”

Upon hearing this, Xie Su understood that his little junior sister must have been rescued and was also relieved. He then sat cross-legged on the spot to absorb the medicinal power.

Qin Qingyi finally had time to look at the few people who looked flustered and defensive.

Her Master had been absent from the Sword Sect for the past few days, and she herself had been busy during the day with some trivial matters of the demon race, so she hadn’t accompanied Zhou Zhixue to her classes. As a result, in just these few days, something major had happened to Hidden Snow Peak!

After discovering her jade token was shattered, she rushed back, running into Hu Yu midway.

It was from Hu Yu’s mouth that she learned about the almost absurd situation at the Sword Sect over the past two days.

And what was the result?

In the two days she was gone, these disciples had progressed from secretly spreading rumors to being so arrogant that they stood directly in front of Zhou Zhixue, pointing fingers and shouting that she was unworthy of being a Sword Sect disciple, saying she had not only disgraced the Sword Sect’s name but also ruined Venerable Wenqing’s reputation, that she was unfit to be Venerable Wenqing’s direct disciple, and demanding that she get out of the Sword Sect.

Qin Qingyi was practically amused to the point of anger.

What did they mean by “Zhou Zhixue used back channels to enter Hidden Snow Peak”?

What did they mean by “Zhou Zhixue snatched an inner disciple slot that rightfully belonged to another disciple”?

Were they crazy?

They were indeed crazy.

Qin Qingyi recalled what she had seen on her way: these people, taking advantage of her absence, not only drew their swords and injured her little junior sister but also almost killed Xie Su. If she hadn’t arrived in time, his life would have been lost.

Her voice was severe, laced with the spiritual power of a Golden Core peak cultivator, and it harshly swept towards the attackers, shocking them to the ground.

These people were only in the middle stage of Golden Core, and under this blow, blood seeped from the corners of their mouths.

“Who gave you the audacity to injure people in the Sword Sect?!”

Qin Qingyi narrowed her eyes slightly, her back to the setting sun, so no one saw the intersecting vertical pupils that briefly appeared in her eyes.

She was angry.

She was already vexed by the mess of the demon race, and now she returned to see people bullying those from her Hidden Snow Peak in her absence.

So infuriating!

“We didn’t do anything wrong! Zhou Zhixue simply didn’t participate in the disciple assessment and became an inner disciple for no reason. Why?!”

“Inner disciple slots are precious. She took one for free. It’s a fact, so why can’t we speak of it?!”

The leader who had attacked Xie Su with his sword stood up, stubbornly confronting Qin Qingyi.

His words were passionate and forceful, rousing the others around him. They all looked at Qin Qingyi with indignation, as if the ones truly at fault were the people of Hidden Snow Peak, completely devoid of the hesitation they had shown a moment ago.

“All inner disciples of the Sword Sect must go through the disciple assessment. This is a well-known rule, and everyone follows it. Why is it that Senior Sister Qin’s junior sister doesn’t need to participate?”

“What? Is Senior Sister Qin going to shield her junior sister?”

Honestly, Qin Qingyi was provoked into laughter.

They injured someone, yet they were the ones who felt justified.

But she maintained her composure.

Arguing with these few outer-sect hooligans was pointless to her, not to mention that the origin of the rumor was still unknown. Even if she punished these people today, it would be useless.

However, she genuinely loathed these brainless fools who were being used as pawns by others!

Xie Su, who was nearby, saw the expression in her eyes and knew she was enraged. He couldn’t help but worry: “Senior Sister…”

Qin Qingyi waved her hand to stop Xie Su’s words. She closed her eyes and then opened them, finally suppressing the surging anger in her chest.

She looked up at the few people in front of her.

These people were loudly accusing the Sword Sect of favoritism and Hidden Snow Peak of partiality. They claimed she, the head disciple of Hidden Snow Peak, was protecting Zhou Zhixue, whom they called a backdoor entrant.

Their arrogance was rampant, and their tone was so confident and factual, as if they had witnessed these events with their own eyes.

The Sword Sect’s rules were strict. The sudden appearance of such absurd public opinion, which was then manipulated to cause such a huge commotion that almost the entire Sword Sect knew about it, was clearly not something these few outer-sect disciples could pull off.

Someone must be pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Qin Qingyi figured out the crux of the matter, and her expression darkened further. The Liubai Sword reflected a cold light, making the few people terrified, fearing the sword would land on them the next second.

She raised her hand, and ropes automatically wrapped around the troublemakers, binding them tightly so they couldn’t move. Qin Qingyi used the tip of her sword to lift the chin of the most aggressively vocal leader among them. Her voice was colder than the abyss of the far north: “Tell me honestly, who incited you to cause trouble.”

“Hand over the culprit, and I guarantee you will remain Sword Sect disciples. Otherwise, if I find out myself, you all can wait to be stripped of your Sword Sect disciple status.”

Hearing her words, the disciple’s eyes flickered, but he still stubbornly retorted: “I didn’t say anything wrong! No one directed me. The facts are just as they are. Is Senior Sister Qin trying to silence us?!”

He held on fiercely, even though Qin Qingyi’s sword was so close to his life force, needing only a slight scratch to take his life.

The sword tip was icy cold, and his heart hammered like a drum.

In the confrontation, his eyes darted away, a clear sign of a guilty conscience.

Qin Qingyi saw his expression but didn’t expose him. She suddenly smiled, turned around, and put away her sword: “You are just an outer-sect disciple, with mediocre aptitude. You haven’t diligently cultivated since entering the Sword Sect. Without any surprises, the slot for inner disciple will have nothing to do with you for the rest of your life…”

Qin Qingyi paused her words here. She looked at the increasingly guilty expression on the person in front of her, and smilingly completed the second half of her sentence:

“How much benefit did your employer give you to make you so loyal, like a dog?”

Her words were light, yet they made the disciple’s face turn ugly. Seeing this, Qin Qingyi confirmed her guess was correct.

Just some benefits were enough to buy them off, making them disregard the affection for fellow disciples and attempt to murder a peer!

Such behavior was no different from a beast!

Thinking of this, Qin Qingyi manipulated her spiritual power to tighten the ropes binding the few people and said coldly: “I’ll give you one more chance. Speak or not?!”

The man’s lips trembled a few times, but he ultimately turned his head away, refusing to look at her.

He clearly refused to speak.

Qin Qingyi was so furious that she laughed. Her chest heaved a few times before she managed to suppress her overwhelming rage. She gritted her teeth:

“You won’t talk, will you?!”

“Good! Very good!!”

“Then today, I shall act on behalf of the Enforcement Hall Elder’s duties. As Sword Sect disciples, you have acted hostilely towards fellow disciples and harmed your peers. From this day forward, you are no longer Sword Sect disciples. You are to be immediately expelled from the mountain and never readmitted!”

Her expression was stern, and she raised her hand to toss the Enforcement Edict in front of everyone.

With the Enforcement Edict issued, her words held the authority of an Enforcement Elder. This meant they were truly going to be expelled from the Sword Sect.

Upon hearing this, the few disciples immediately slumped to the ground, their faces ashen.

The leader’s face twitched, but he still forced himself to stand up and stared intently at Qin Qingyi: “Worthy of the head disciple of Hidden Snow Peak! You rely on your enforcement authority to unscrupulously shield and protect others. Truly a role model for our generation!”

“Even if you expel us from the Sword Sect, so what? This action will only further confirm what we said: the Sword Sect harbors filth and protects its disciples, making it unworthy of being a major Immortal Sect!”

His words were sarcastic, clearly spoken deliberately for Qin Qingyi to hear.

Qin Qingyi was not moved at all. She simply collected the Sword Sect disciple tokens from the few of them and pulverized them in her hand, letting the dust scatter down.

Seeing that the situation was irreversible, the others immediately began to cry and beg for mercy, but the leader kicked them over: “Don’t forget the benefits you received! Now that none of us are Sword Sect disciples anymore, why listen to her? If you back out now, you’ll lose everything!”

When he looked back at Qin Qingyi, his eyes showed cunning: “Senior Sister Qin, we were just speaking the truth. Zhou Zhixue becoming an inner disciple without participating in the disciple assessment is an indisputable fact. How can it be called a rumor?”

“You casually find an excuse to drive out us outer disciples, who have no foundation. Isn’t this mutual protection and silencing us?”

“You can silence a few of us, but can you silence everyone in the entire Sword Sect?! Expelling us from the sect is a major matter. The Sword Sect has never set a precedent for expelling disciples. I’m afraid Senior Sister Qin, you alone cannot decide this. This matter must be judged by the Sect Master and all the Elders together!”

Hearing his sophistry, Qin Qingyi didn’t get angry; instead, she smiled, her voice peaceful: “You’re saying I don’t have the qualifications to drive you out? You want to see the Sect Master and the Elders? Fine, no problem, I’ll give you that opportunity.”

With that, she didn’t give anyone a chance to argue further. With a wave of her hand, the ropes around the people tightened again, and they were awkwardly bundled into a single mass.

She was clearly offering them a chance, yet they thought they could negotiate. Were their brains for decoration?

The leader’s face turned red as the ropes suddenly tightened around him. He opened his mouth, trying to say something, but Qin Qingyi impatiently raised her hand, and the ropes immediately bound his mouth, making him mumble incoherently.

“Save what you have to say for the Sect Master and the Elders later.”

She lightly clapped her hands and pulled over Xie Su, who had just finished healing and quietly approached: “Let’s go. Let’s go watch the show together.”

With that, she hung the bound people on her sword hilt and proceeded to fly on her sword towards the Enforcement Hall.

She didn’t care at all about escalating the matter.

On the contrary, the bigger the fuss, the better.

Because the rumors had already spread throughout the entire Sword Sect. If this opportunity wasn’t used to clear things up once and for all, the consequences would be endless.

“Senior Sister, is this really okay?”

Xie Su asked worriedly on the way to the Enforcement Hall.

He didn’t understand how things had escalated to this point.

Qin Qingyi didn’t elaborate. Seeing his tightly furrowed brows, the expression of worry on the face of a mere adolescent, she couldn’t help but say with a hint of disdain: “It’s not the end of the world. What are you afraid of? Even if the sky falls, Master will hold it up.”

Thinking of his earlier struggle with these few people, how he disregarded his own safety to protect Hidden Snow Peak, her voice softened: “Alright, don’t worry about it. Even if it causes a huge commotion and the entire Sword Sect knows about it, we won’t suffer any loss.”

She looked at the few people hanging suspended beneath her sword, struggling relentlessly, and felt immense disgust: “People with such bad conduct fundamentally don’t deserve to stay in the Sword Sect. Even if the Sect Master steps in, he won’t tolerate them injuring people without any reason like this.”