“Fine, fine. I admit my guilt, I admit my guilt. Are you satisfied now? If there’s nothing else, I’m going back to the Cliff of Contemplation.”
Qin Yuan suddenly felt tired.
He had played enough. The people who needed to be taught a lesson had been taught.
Continuing to argue with Lan Yun seemed meaningless.
He could not possibly beat Lan Yun up, could he?
“You… insolent!”
Seeing Qin Yuan so arrogant, Lan Yun grew even angrier.
“You are already a sinner under punishment, yet you left the Cliff of Contemplation without permission. That alone adds to your crimes. And now you have publicly beaten fellow disciples. Your crimes are unforgivable! If you are not severely punished, where will the dignity of the Supreme Profound Sect remain?”
Qin Yuan stopped and looked at Lan Yun calmly.
“So what punishment does Fifth Elder intend to give me?”
“Your crimes are too grave. According to sect rules, your cultivation should be abolished, and you should be expelled from the sect!”
Lan Yun spoke in a burst of anger.
“Abolish my cultivation? Expel me from the sect?”
Qin Yuan let out a cold laugh and said leisurely, “Fine. Then do it.”
“I…”
Lan Yun suddenly froze. Only then did she realize that Qin Yuan’s identity was not simple.
Let alone her, even the Sect Master would not dare easily punish Qin Yuan.
But the words had already left her mouth. For the sake of her pride, she could only continue.
“Qin Yuan, don’t think that just because your identity is special, I cannot deal with you. This is the Supreme Profound Sect, not the Eastern Royal Empire. This is not a place for you to act recklessly.”
“Then do it.”
Qin Yuan stared at Lan Yun and spoke word by word, “If Fifth Elder believes I am guilty, then abolish me now and expel me from the sect.”
“You…”
Lan Yun trembled with anger, feeling her authority openly challenged.
Yet at this moment, she did not dare to truly make a move. She could only release her pressure.
“Qin Yuan… do you truly think I cannot deal with you?”
The pressure of the 1st stage Nascent Soul Realm burst forth like a towering mountain. Many nearby disciples felt their blood surge violently, unable even to stand steady.
Yet Qin Yuan, at the center of that pressure, was completely unaffected. He stood with his hands behind his back, expression calm, and spoke words that nearly shattered Lan Yun’s composure.
“You’re right. I really do think that.”
“Insolent… you rebellious disciple!”
Lan Yun nearly fainted from anger.
All this time, Qin Yuan had always been obedient before her. Even when she punished him to the Cliff of Contemplation, he had not resisted.
Who would have thought that today he would refuse to give her any face at all?
Yet Lan Yun still had no solution. She did not dare to act.
Gu Qingxue had a guardian behind her. Naturally, Qin Yuan did as well.
Now that Qin Yuan was provoking her, if she dared to strike, the guardian behind Qin Yuan would also intervene.
At that time, she would only lose even more face.
And if Qin Yuan made this matter bigger, the entire sect would suffer humiliation.
“Come on. Weren’t you going to abolish me? I’m standing right here. What are you hesitating for?”
Qin Yuan continued provoking without restraint.
Even a clay Bodhisattva had some anger.
He did not wish to deal with Lan Yun, but if she insisted on targeting him, then he would not be polite.
“Why hasn’t Fifth Elder made a move yet? Could it be… you don’t dare?”
“Qin Yuan…”
Lan Yun nearly ground her teeth to pieces.
She wished she could immediately strike him with a palm.
But her final shred of reason restrained her.
Because she had already sensed that a powerful aura in the shadows had locked onto her.
The disciples watching nearby broke out in cold sweat.
They had thought that with Lan Yun’s arrival, Qin Yuan would finally pay the price. Who could have imagined the situation would turn out like this?
Qin Yuan… was truly terrifying.
Untouchable. Absolutely untouchable.
Many looked at Qin Yuan with fear in their eyes.
A trace of melancholy flashed through Nangong Liuli’s beautiful eyes.
So the current Qin Yuan still possessed that spirited edge. Yet now, he only appeared detestable. In the end, he was no longer the peerless prodigy who once drew everyone’s admiration.
“If Fifth Elder will not act, then I’ll be leaving.”
Qin Yuan smiled faintly.
“After all, we were once master and disciple. Let me give Fifth Elder one more piece of advice. No matter what happens in the future, investigate clearly before making a decision. Listening to only one side will only lead you further and further down the wrong path.”
After speaking, Qin Yuan turned and strode away, carefree and unrestrained.
He did not even glance at Lan Yun’s extremely unpleasant expression.
The crowd looked at one another, unable to believe the matter had ended this way.
Even Fifth Elder Lan Yun, Qin Yuan’s former master, had gained nothing from this confrontation.
“Insolent! Insolent! Insolent!”
Lan Yun’s suppressed anger exploded instantly. She lashed out in fury, shattering several distant mountain peaks.
The disciples below were startled and hurriedly fled, afraid of being caught in the aftermath.
Inside a room within the Infirmary Hall, a pair of eyes had watched everything that happened in the plaza.
It was Su Fan.
Not long after the Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters had finished visiting him, Su Fan had awakened. But he did not step outside. Instead, he hid in the shadows, gloating as Qin Yuan was targeted.
What he saw made him delighted.
Qin Yuan had not only injured others but had also fallen out with Lan Yun.
Now the entire Supreme Profound Sect would not be able to tolerate him.
“Next… with just a little scheme, I can make sure that fool never rises again.”
Su Fan muttered venomously, “You dared to snatch my Senior Sister Qingxue… I will make sure you die without a burial place!”
Although Gu Qingxue had nearly killed him earlier, Su Fan did not blame her.
He believed everything was Qin Yuan’s fault. He did not know what method Qin Yuan had used to bewitch Gu Qingxue, causing her to harbor such hatred.
But it did not matter. As long as he continued to offer gentleness persistently, one day he would surely move Senior Sister’s heart again.
Before that, however, Qin Yuan had to be eliminated.
Only by removing Qin Yuan could he rightfully possess Senior Sister.
At this moment, the crowd on the plaza dispersed, and Lan Yun, accompanied by Nangong Liuli, walked toward this direction.
Su Fan quickly lay back on the bed and put on a weak appearance.
When Nangong Liuli entered and saw that Su Fan had awakened, she was somewhat surprised.
“Junior Brother Su Fan, you’ve woken up so quickly?”
“It’s all thanks to Senior Sister’s miraculous healing.”
Su Fan appeared frail, but his smile was pure and clean, easily winning others’ goodwill.
Even Nangong Liuli, elegant and composed as she was, could not help but smile slightly.
“Mainly because your constitution is good. I originally thought you would need another day to wake up.”
Su Fan said gratefully, “No matter what, I must thank Senior Sister.”
After speaking, he looked toward Lan Yun and revealed a guilty expression.
“I’m sorry, Master… I’ve made you worry again.”
That small expression once again stirred tenderness in both women’s hearts.
What a simple and kind young man.
Lan Yun smiled gently.
“As long as you’re fine, Master is relieved.”
“No matter what, I was at fault.”
Su Fan’s expression dimmed.
“At that time, I just thought that Senior Sister Gu Qingxue went alone to the Cliff of Contemplation, and it might not be safe. So I followed her. Who would have thought something like this would happen.”