“The jade tablet can’t be malfunctioning!”
The green-robed elder muttered to himself.
“Elder, don’t hesitate any longer.
If you let Mu Fan pass the second trial and become an Inner Sect Disciple, you had better think carefully about the consequences!”
As the green-robed elder was lost in a daze, a sinister voice echoed in his ear.
Hearing this, the green-robed elder’s expression changed drastically.
‘That’s right.
If I let Mu Fan pass the second trial and become an Inner Sect Disciple, what I’ve done today might not stay hidden!’
‘Forget about the benefits from Feng Yuan; I’ll be lucky just to keep my position as an elder!’
‘Get the hell down from there!’
The green-robed elder gritted his teeth and looked at Mu Fan with a ferocious expression.
The jade tablet in his hand flashed again.
Twenty times the pressure!
At the same time, Mu Fan’s body suddenly sank.
But right now, his eyes were fixed only on the stone steps beneath his feet, completely unaffected by the pressure.
His steps were slow, yet firm!
‘He’s still not affected!’
A sudden sense of terror rose in the green-robed elder’s heart.
‘He could faintly sense that the pressure Mu Fan was enduring was correct—twenty times that of an ordinary person.
But even so, Mu Fan was just moving forward resolutely.
With such tyrannical willpower, is what I’m doing right or wrong?’
“Is the elder planning to give up?
I advise you to think about the consequences.
There’s no turning back for you.”
Feng Yuan seemed to know what the green-robed elder was thinking and spoke up to remind him again.
The voice, like a demon’s whisper, rang in his ears, causing the green-robed elder to break out in a cold sweat.
‘That’s right, how could I possibly turn back now!’
‘I can only see this through to the bitter end!’
With this thought, the green-robed elder’s jade tablet released another surge of pressure.
Thirty times!
Mu Fan forged ahead.
Forty times!
Mu Fan’s steps faltered, but after a brief pause, he continued forward.
‘I don’t believe you can have such formidable willpower!’
The green-robed elder looked crazed, the jade tablet in his hand flashing wildly.
THUD!
Mu Fan finally couldn’t hold on any longer.
Veins bulged on his face, and he instantly crumpled to his knees.
“Look!”
“What is that?!”
“Why is there a mountain on Mu Fan?!”
But at that moment, the crowd below cried out in alarm.
They could clearly see a mountain on Mu Fan’s body, coiling above his head like a great dragon.
“The pressure has materialized!”
“This is only the fifty-eighth step!
How could the pressure have materialized?!”
“Damn it!
That old bastard is deliberately targeting Mu Fan!”
In the pavilion above, the other elders could no longer sit still.
They looked up at the green-robed elder, their faces grim.
Hearing the crowd’s uproar, the green-robed elder snapped out of his frenzy.
‘This is bad!’
Looking at the solid-looking mountain peak above Mu Fan’s head, the green-robed elder’s heart went cold.
‘Just now, I was so focused on applying pressure to Mu Fan that I forgot—once the pressure exceeds fifty times, it materializes!’
“Elder Hu, do you have anything to say?”
At this moment, Shen Muyao’s face was frosty as she stared coldly at him.
“I…”
“This…!”
Feeling Shen Muyao’s unconcealed hostility, a flash of panic crossed Elder Hu’s eyes.
He couldn’t even speak properly.
“What ‘I’?!
Hand over the jade tablet!
I want to see just how much you’ve tampered with it!”
Shen Muyao showed him no courtesy at all, a murderous glint flashing in her eyes as she spoke.
“Senior Sister Shen, why must you make things so difficult for Elder Hu?
I think I can guess why he did this.”
Just as Elder Hu was about to hand the jade tablet to Shen Muyao with trembling hands, Feng Yuan, who had been watching from a distance, could no longer remain seated.
“It’s Senior Brother Feng!”
“Is that Senior Brother Feng?
He’s just as dashing and handsome as the rumors say!”
It had to be said, Feng Yuan, dressed in a white robe, was indeed quite the show-off.
The moment he appeared, he drew everyone’s gaze away from Mu Fan.
“Oh?
It seems Junior Brother Feng knows some inside information?”
“I know a little.
Everyone knows who Mu Fan is, so I won’t elaborate.
But as for that Junior Sister Ying Weiwei, does everyone know who she is?”
Feeling the crowd’s eyes on him, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but feel a bit more arrogant.
“Ying Weiwei?
The one who follows behind Feng Hao?”
“I’m not sure, but there are rumors that she has a very close relationship with Senior Brother Feng!”
“No wonder.
They’re both stunningly talented people, so it’s natural they’d be drawn to each other.”
Hearing this, the crowd immediately broke into discussion.
“Actually, Junior Sister Ying has another identity.
She was once Mu Fan’s junior sister, and they came from the same background!”
Feng Yuan continued.
“There’s something like that?
Then why was Ying Weiwei so disgusted with Mu Fan just now!”
“Some things happened between them.
I didn’t say much before out of concern for Junior Sister Ying’s reputation, but it seems I have no choice but to tell you all now.”
“During the three years Mu Fan spent guarding his master’s tomb after crippling his own cultivation, Junior Sister Ying took great care of him.
She often went up the mountain to visit him, trying to keep him from sinking into despair.”
“For three years, day in and day out, Junior Sister Ying’s care for him was meticulous.
However, that ungrateful bastard Mu Fan coveted her body!”
As he spoke, Feng Yuan looked at Mu Fan on the steps with eyes full of disgust and continued, “Finally, he found his chance.
One day, he actually drugged Junior Sister Ying’s water, intending to do something improper.
Fortunately, I happened to stumble upon it and stopped him in time, saving Junior Sister Ying from his clutches!”
“Although this matter left Junior Sister Ying heartbroken, she always remembered their past relationship and never spoke of it to anyone.”
Feng Yuan paused here, his tone suggesting he felt it was a great injustice to Ying Weiwei.
“Some time ago, after much deliberation, I decided that Mu Fan shouldn’t be let off so easily.
But I also couldn’t let Junior Sister Ying’s reputation be damaged.
So, I approached Elder Hu and asked him to intervene and ensure that a scoundrel with such improper conduct would be prevented from entering the seven peaks of the Taiqing Sect!”
“That’s right!
Why would I single out Mu Fan?
We have no past grievances or recent enmity; I have no connection to him whatsoever.
It was all because of this matter!”
Hearing this, Elder Hu’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to explain.
“In my opinion, for us cultivators, talent is important, but character is even more so!
If we let such a villain enter the seven peaks of our Taiqing Sect, he will sooner or later bring disaster upon our Taiqing Sect!”
“It’s even possible he might become a scourge to our Taiqing Sect!”
Elder Hu’s words were sharp, and he looked at the crowd with an air of righteous indignation.
“Well said!”
“I support Elder Hu’s decision!”
“Right!
Letting a villain like him into the Taiqing Sect would be the Taiqing Sect’s greatest shame!”
“Kick him out of the Taiqing Sect!”
Hearing this, the crowd was instantly riled up, and their gazes toward Elder Hu were now filled with reverence!