Chapter 161: Control Your Junior Brother
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“You’re not Yu Zhao! Who are you? Get out of her body this instant!”
Quan Ye gritted his teeth, his face dark and stormy. A faint purple current swirled around him, crackling like distant thunder.
Standing beside him, Ye Cong Xin felt the oppressive force radiating from him. Her face turned pale, and her breath quickened involuntarily.
“Senior Brother Five…” she muttered weakly.
“Shut up!”
Unlike Fang Cheng Lang and the others, Quan Ye had no patience for subtleties and didn’t notice Ye Cong Xin’s discomfort. He simply found her annoying.
Ye Cong Xin pressed her lips together in frustration, feeling miserable.
Lone Moon Peak—none of them are normal!
A bunch of idiots! Useless! How can someone as brainless as Quan Ye still be favored by the heavens? What a cruel joke!
“You think staying silent will save you? I’ll personally force you out of Yu Zhao’s body to see what kind of creature you really are!”
Yu Zhao’s indifferent demeanor only fueled Quan Ye’s rage.
With a savage grin, he clenched his fists and lunged at her. His movements were accompanied by a deafening roar of thunder, powerful enough to shake the surroundings.
Yu Zhao stood her ground, unfazed. Her right hand formed a seal, and with a single thought, layers of illusions expanded outward from her position.
“Stop!”
Just as Quan Ye was about to step into the illusion, two angry shouts rang out simultaneously.
Before he could react, two forces abruptly pinned him to the ground mid-air.
Boom!
The heavy impact silenced the entire crowd.
From two different directions, groups of people pushed their way through the onlookers.
When Yu Zhao caught sight of the woman on her right, her icy expression softened, and she smiled. “Senior Sister Zhou.”
Zhou Jin Yue quickly approached, her gaze scanning Yu Zhao anxiously. “Are you alright? Did Quan Ye hurt you?”
“Don’t worry, I’m fine.”
Yu Zhao smiled faintly, though a tinge of regret lingered in her heart.
If Senior Sister Zhou had arrived just a moment later, she could’ve seen how Quan Ye was ground into the dirt by her own hands.
Relieved to see Yu Zhao unharmed, Zhou Jin Yue finally noticed something else. Yu Zhao’s cultivation level—it was now the same as hers, late Golden Core stage.
She was astonished and delighted. “Junior Sister Yu, you’ve broken through!”
Arriving slightly later, Zhang Jun’s eyes nearly popped out of his head.
Which powerful hidden realm did Yu Zhao stumble into? How had her cultivation surpassed his so quickly?
“Just a stroke of luck,” Yu Zhao replied calmly.
Meanwhile, Fang Cheng Lang, Lan Zi Yu, and Su Ming arrived hurriedly, their expressions complicated as they observed Yu Zhao chatting with Zhou Jin Yue. A swirl of emotions churned within them.
Yu Zhao’s transformation was astonishing.
They could hardly recognize her anymore.
“Senior Brother, Senior Brother Five is still on the ground,” Ye Cong Xin interjected, unable to bear all the attention being on Yu Zhao. “He looks like he’s in pain. Shouldn’t we help him up?”
Fang Cheng Lang cast a glance at the fallen Quan Ye and said coldly, “Quan Ye just finished his punishment and is already causing trouble again. He deserves to suffer.”
“Senior Brother Five didn’t mean to. He was just worried about Senior Sister Yu,” Ye Cong Xin argued, trying to defend him.
“Junior Sister, excessive leniency will only harm Quan Ye,” Fang Cheng Lang said meaningfully, silencing her.
Zhou Jin Yue, having finished her conversation with Yu Zhao, turned to Fang Cheng Lang with a stern expression. “Junior Brother Fang, keep your Lone Moon Peak disciples in line. Yu Zhao is now an inner sect disciple. If they continue to bother her, I will handle it according to sect rules.”
Lan Zi Yu and Su Ming bristled at her words, their eyes filled with defiance and resentment.
Even if Yu Zhao had left Lone Moon Peak, she was still intricately connected to them. Why shouldn’t they seek her out?
“Rest assured, Senior Sister Zhou. I will ensure they behave,” Fang Cheng Lang replied with a solemn nod.
Unexpectedly, Fang Cheng Lang calmly agreed without questioning or bargaining.
Zhou Jin Yue cast a suspicious glance at him before heading back to the Main Peak with Yu Zhao and Zhang Jun.
With the main players gone, the remaining disciples, losing interest in the spectacle, dispersed quickly. Only the disciples of Lone Moon Peak were left on the scene.
“Senior Brother, why did you agree to Senior Sister Zhou just now? Among the hundreds of rules in the Five Elements Dao Sect, is there any that forbids us from speaking to Yu Zhao? Does being the Grand Senior Sister give her the right to suppress us with sect regulations?” Su Ming immediately protested as soon as the others left.
This was an internal matter of Lone Moon Peak, and even the Sect Master had no authority to interfere!
Lan Zi Yu remained silent, but his expression clearly showed he agreed with Su Ming’s sentiments.
Fang Cheng Lang didn’t respond directly to them. Instead, he turned to ask Ye Cong Xin, “Junior Sister, do you feel the same?”
Su Ming and Lan Zi Yu immediately looked at Ye Cong Xin expectantly.
Ye Cong Xin hesitated for a moment before deciding to give the safest response. “I… I will follow Senior Brother’s lead.”
Su Ming and Lan Zi Yu thought Ye Cong Xin was siding with them and were overjoyed. However, Fang Cheng Lang discerned the underlying meaning in her words.
He chuckled lightly, though the sound carried a deeper implication. “Very well, since you’ll follow me, then from now on, none of you are to approach Yu Zhao or acknowledge her.”
“Senior Brother!”
Lan Zi Yu, Su Ming, and Ye Cong Xin stared at him in shock.
Fang Cheng Lang had been the one most eager to bring Yu Zhao back to Lone Moon Peak. He had even stubbornly remained in the Marsh Forest, refusing to return until he saw her.
Yet, ever since he returned to the Five Elements Dao Sect with the injured Cui Jue, it was as if he had become a completely different person. He no longer mentioned Yu Zhao or allowed anyone else to bring her up. Now, he was even forbidding them from interacting with her altogether.
“Senior Brother, did Yu Zhao say or do something to upset you?” Su Ming asked cautiously.
He remembered how furious he had been when Yu Zhao had once used Illusion Techniques to toy with him. Back then, he’d wanted nothing more than to string her up and give her a good beating. But after cooling down, he’d joined his senior brothers in searching for her.
He suspected Fang Cheng Lang might have experienced something similar and was still angry.
“If you still consider me your Senior Brother, then do not disturb her anymore,” Fang Cheng Lang said firmly, avoiding Su Ming’s question.
Though Lan Zi Yu and Su Ming were reluctant, they reluctantly agreed, constrained by Fang Cheng Lang’s usual authority and respect.
Ye Cong Xin, meanwhile, maintained a composed expression but was laughing inwardly. Yu Zhao’s attempt to withdraw and feign disinterest had backfired spectacularly. Fang Cheng Lang seemed utterly disillusioned and ready to give up on her entirely.
Having angered Lan Zi Yu and Su Ming before, and now alienating Quan Ye—the only one who still felt guilty toward her—Yu Zhao had sealed her fate. She would never set foot on Lone Moon Peak again in this lifetime.
“Second Brother, Third Brother, I’ll leave Quan Ye in your care. Make sure he learns the importance of speaking and acting with caution,” Fang Cheng Lang instructed before leaving abruptly, his decisiveness leaving no room for further discussion.
Lan Zi Yu and Su Ming exchanged uneasy glances.
Fang Cheng Lang had never delegated the task of disciplining junior disciples to them before. He had always taken charge personally.
Now, their Senior Brother had changed—so much that he felt unfamiliar and unsettling.
Would Lone Moon Peak ever return to how it once was?