Liu Hongyu and Li Qinghuan snapped back to their senses and immediately became furious. Liu Hongyu glared fiercely at the female disciple in front of her, teeth clenched in anger as she cursed, “You dare hit me? You’re looking for death…”
She raised her hand and struck out with a palm, her killing intent overflowing.
The female disciple’s expression instantly darkened as she snorted coldly, “Presumptuous!”
She also struck out with a palm.
Bang!
Liu Hongyu was sent flying on the spot. She smashed into the wall and then fell heavily to the ground. Her face instantly turned pale, and blood seeped from the corner of her lips.
“A newly joined disciple dares to attack me?”
“Overestimating yourself!”
This female disciple already had the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation level. Dealing with Liu Hongyu, who was only at the 1st stage Qi Refining Realm, was as easy as crushing an ant.
Li Qinghuan had wanted to make a move, but after seeing Liu Hongyu blasted away with a single strike, she instantly calmed down as cold sweat flowed down her forehead.
She realized she was no longer at her previous life’s Emperor Realm. Now she was only at the 1st stage Qi Refining Realm and couldn’t defeat anyone in the sect. Acting rashly would only make things worse, so Li Qinghuan forcibly swallowed her anger.
Liu Hongyu, however, still refused to accept it. She glared viciously at the female disciple and stubbornly said, “Just you wait!”
Even after being struck away, she still refused to bow her head. Hatred filled her heart. How could a Menial Disciple dare to bully her? Once her cultivation level improved, she would definitely kill this woman.
The female disciple looked at her coldly and said, “What? Still not convinced? Who do you think you are? You’re just a registered disciple from the menial disciples’ quarters. If what you just said reaches Elder Qian’s ears, you won’t even know how you died. Uncle-Master Ye is not someone ants like you are qualified to speak about.”
Hearing that, Liu Hongyu was still unwilling, but she couldn’t say anything back. She knew the strict hierarchy of the sect very well.
Disciples who spoke disrespectfully of elders could already consider themselves lucky if they were only slapped.
Some even had their cultivation abolished and were expelled from the sect. Not to mention she was now only a registered disciple of the menial quarters, the lowest existence in the entire sect. Even if she died, no one would care. To stay alive, Liu Hongyu had no choice but to shut her mouth.
Seeing that she finally became obedient, the female disciple did not make things harder for them. She simply glanced coldly at the three of them and urged, “Don’t forget Elder Qian’s orders. Hurry to Sword-Hiding Peak and get to work. If you delay anything, you won’t be able to bear the consequences. If you don’t want to go, then get out of the sect. The menial disciples’ quarters does not raise freeloaders.”
The three girls stood there gnashing their teeth in hatred, yet completely helpless. They naturally didn’t want to leave the Heavenly Mystic Immortal Sect. They still depended on the sect’s protection and cultivation resources.
In their previous life, they had long been used to living comfortably with everything provided. Now, even staying in the menial disciples’ quarters felt tormenting. If they really left the sect and became lone cultivators, life would only become even more unbearable.
Lu Mengyao stepped forward and looked at the clearly unwilling Liu Hongyu and Li Qinghuan as she persuaded, “Senior Sister, let’s go to Sword-Hiding Peak first. This is, after all, Elder Qian’s order. Who told us to be Menial Disciples?”
If they wanted to continue staying in the menial disciples’ quarters, they had to obey Qian Tang’s instructions. If they angered him, expulsion from the sect was only a matter of a single sentence.
Even if he didn’t expel them, just cutting off their cultivation resources or secretly making things difficult for them would already make their lives miserable.
“Fine! There’s no other choice…” Liu Hongyu could only grit her teeth and agree helplessly. Right now, nothing was in her control. Their fate rested entirely in others’ hands. Whatever they were told to do, they had no choice but to obey.
Li Qinghuan and Lu Mengyao helped Liu Hongyu up.
After her condition stabilized slightly, the three of them headed out together. As they left, they picked up their brooms and, full of unwillingness, made their way toward Sword-Hiding Peak.
Before long, the three arrived at the familiar courtyard.
Liu Hongyu, Li Qinghuan, and Lu Mengyao stared at the exquisite courtyard, feeling the rich spiritual energy flowing in the air. Their hearts were filled with deep longing.
In their previous life, they cultivated here, possessing the best cultivation resources in the entire sect, and their cultivation levels advanced rapidly.
Back then, they didn’t think much of it.
But after staying in the menial disciples’ quarters for a few days and experiencing their cultivation level stagnating at the 1st stage Qi Refining Realm, they fully realized just how enormous the gap was between Sword-Hiding Peak and the menial disciples’ quarters.
It was like heaven and earth, completely incomparable.
Especially near the courtyard Ye Chen lived in, after the Spirit Gathering Array was set up, the spiritual energy became even richer.
Cultivating here was at least ten times, if not a hundred times, faster than cultivating in the menial disciples’ quarters.
Liu Hongyu said unwillingly, “If I were cultivating here, I would have already broken through to the 5th stage Qi Refining Realm. How could I still be stuck at the 1st stage Qi Refining Realm like now?” She felt that she should be living and cultivating in such an environment, not suffering in the harsh conditions of the menial disciples’ quarters.
Li Qinghuan nodded in agreement and said, “Same for me. If the menial disciples’ quarters had such rich spiritual energy, my cultivation level would have already broken through. I wouldn’t be worrying every day like this.” Unable to resist the longing, she slowly walked toward the courtyard.
In her previous life, she could freely enter and leave this place. But now, every step she took felt like she was sneaking where she didn’t belong.
Just then, a cold voice shouted, “Stop!”
Ye Chen stood in the courtyard and turned to look at Liu Hongyu and the others as he ordered indifferently, “You don’t need to clean this courtyard. Just clean the other courtyards and the rest of the mountain. Make sure you clean properly.” He had already sensed their arrival earlier and was a bit surprised.
He had originally thought they came to bow their heads and beg for forgiveness. Only when he saw the brooms in their hands did he realize they were sent here by the menial disciples’ quarters to do chores.
Thinking back to when he casually mentioned to Qian Tang that he should teach those arrogant disciples a lesson, Ye Chen did not expect him to use this method to discipline Liu Hongyu and the others. For the three of them, who were Empresses in their previous life, this was undoubtedly humiliation.
But Ye Chen felt no sympathy at all. Seeing that their cultivation level was only at the 1st stage Qi Refining Realm even made him want to laugh.
Hadn’t they once said that their achievements were entirely due to their own comprehension and aptitude, and had nothing to do with him?
They had even claimed that it was they who made Ye Chen, not Ye Chen who made them.
Yet now, they were like complete useless people, still stuck at the 1st stage Qi Refining Realm.
Liu Hongyu and the others froze and stopped at the courtyard entrance, not daring to take another step.
Their wishful thought of absorbing some spiritual energy vanished instantly.
Hearing Ye Chen’s cold voice echoing in their ears, anger surged within their hearts.
Was he really making them do chores?
This was simply too humiliating.
At this moment, all three girls looked at Ye Chen with resentment, their grips tightening on the brooms so hard their fingers creaked.