Chapter 39

Chapter 39: I Have a Proposal
“What? It was Junior Sister Yu who saved First Senior Sister? How is that even possible?” someone cried.

“Yeah, Yu Zhao is only at the mid Foundation Establishment stage… hey, when did she break through?” another disciple muttered.

“That cannot be. Absolutely impossible!”

“…”

When the excitement faded, the Five Elements Dao Sect disciples surrounded Zhou Jin Yue. They would not let her go until she told them how she had defeated a fourth-rank Scarlet Flame Lion.

But after they heard her story, every one of them stared with their mouths hanging open, unable to believe it.

In Zhou Jin Yue’s telling, she had not done anything at all. In the most dangerous moment, Yu Zhao and Mu Ye suddenly appeared.

Mu Ye drew the beast’s attention, and Yu Zhao used the chance to throw out a magical artifact, defeating the Scarlet Flame Lion in a single strike and turning the tide.

Everyone listened in a daze.

Putting aside what method Yu Zhao had used to defeat the Scarlet Flame Lion, just Yu Zhao’s behavior today was already too different from the stories they had heard about her.

In their minds, Yu Zhao was still the kind of person who was jealous of Junior Sister Ye, who played dirty tricks in secret and was narrow-minded. They never thought that in just three years, Yu Zhao would grow into someone they no longer recognized.

Zhou Jin Yue lifted her chin and said with a snort: “Hmph, you still call yourselves cultivators, yet you do not even know that after three days apart, you should look at a person with new eyes. Even if you do not believe what I said, Junior Sister Mu from Greenwood Sect was there too. You can ask her.”

Everyone turned to look at Mu Ye at the same time.

Mu Ye’s small face turned red, and she nodded hard.

When she thought back to the scene of Yu Zhao charging in to save people, her heart still pounded wildly.

She had thought she would surely die under that great demon’s claws. She never expected things to turn around in the end. The Five Elements Dao Sect disciples really were all outstanding.

“Junior Sister Yu, you saved First Senior Sister. I… I am going to kowtow to you!” Zhang Jun said.

Although his tears had finally stopped, his emotions were still very intense.

He rushed over to Yu Zhao in a few quick steps and, with a whoosh, was about to kneel down and touch his head to the ground for her.

Yu Zhao and Zhou Jin Yue were both shocked, as were the others around them.

They hurried to stop Zhang Jun. Yu Zhao said helplessly: “Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Sister Zhou is not only your senior sister. This is what I should do.”

“I do not care. I will remember your kindness and pay it back one day!” Zhang Jun said in a firm, steady voice.

“And me!” A tall, burly senior brother also stepped out and said in a deep tone: “Junior Sister Yu, before this I believed lies and misunderstood you. I even spoke badly about you behind your back. That was my fault. I am here to apologize. I am sorry!”

After he spoke, he bowed deeply.

“Junior Sister Yu, I also want to say I am sorry. You are a good person. We were wrong!” another person called.

“Yes, it was all my fault too! Please forgive me!” others added.

The other Five Elements Dao Sect disciples all rushed to speak.

After this battle, they finally understood what kind of person Yu Zhao really was, and they felt ashamed of how they had treated her in the past.

Yu Zhao had not expected things to develop like this.

Her real goal had been to save Senior Sister Zhou. The others had nothing to do with her, and she did not care how they saw her.

But when she saw these fellow disciples, who usually looked down their noses at her, lower their heads one by one and admit they were wrong, it actually felt pretty good.

At that moment, she felt a hateful gaze fall on her from within the crowd.

Yu Zhao’s heart tightened. She turned her head and saw Ye Cong Xin standing at the edge of the group, glaring at her fiercely.

As soon as Ye Cong Xin noticed Yu Zhao looking back, she dropped her gaze at once. Her lips were pressed into almost a straight line.

Yu Zhao gave a cold laugh.

[She cannot even hold it in for this long?]

Ye Cong Xin.

Since her rebirth until now, Yu Zhao had not done anything aimed at Ye Cong Xin. Yet Ye Cong Xin’s hatred of her had only grown deeper, down to the bone.

Yu Zhao really wanted to know, in this life where she stayed clear and would not lose herself again, what kind of tricks Ye Cong Xin would use to harm her.

And what exactly was the evil fiend inside Ye Cong Xin’s body?

“Junior Sister Yu!” Zhou Jin Yue suddenly patted Yu Zhao on the shoulder. She said with feeling: “This time we really owe you. Who could have thought there would be a fourth-rank great demon in Dragon Roar Valley?”

As the person in the fight, Zhou Jin Yue knew better than anyone how dangerous the situation had been.

She had been just a step away from burning her soul and self-detonating.

“Senior Sister Zhou, do you not think it is strange?” Yu Zhao asked. “Skyreach Manor has cleared Dragon Roar Valley many times. By rights, a fourth-rank great demon should not appear here. And the news we got before said there was a Seven-colored Deer here. But up to now, no one has seen any sign of a Seven-colored Deer.”

Zhou Jin Yue’s face grew more and more serious. A cold killing light flashed in her eyes as she said: “You mean, someone lured us here on purpose, then set up an ambush to wipe us out?”

“It is very likely,” Yu Zhao said with a nod.

All the disciples who heard Yu Zhao and Zhou Jin Yue talking exploded in anger.

“Damn it! Who? Who dares to plot against Five Elements Dao Sect? They must be tired of living!” someone shouted.

“So there was a rat working behind the scenes! No wonder we were so unlucky!” another cursed.

“Find him and beat him to death!” a third roared.

All the way while they had been fleeing, they had held in a full belly of frustration and rage. Now they had finally found a target to vent it on. They wished they could drag the sneaky villain out right now, beat him up, then destroy his dantian and turn him into a useless cripple.

Zhou Jin Yue’s face was dark, and she did not speak.

As the sect master’s disciple, she naturally thought deeper than the others.

For example, was this a plot aimed directly at the Five Elements Dao Sect?

Was there another sect’s shadow behind all this?

What was their final goal?

“Senior Sister Zhou, I have a proposal,” Yu Zhao said.

“You can speak,” Zhou Jin Yue replied.

Yu Zhao smiled slightly and said: “I think we can go back the way we came. First, we strip everything of value from the Scarlet Flame Lion’s body. Then we follow its tracks to its lair and look around. Maybe we can find some clues.”

When Yu Zhao made this suggestion, she was not very sure in her heart.

Right now, Senior Sister Zhou and the others were surely thinking about returning to the sect as soon as possible. But she wanted to stay.

She still had not found the wounded Wu Shao Zhen.

If she missed this chance, Yu Zhao did not know when she would get another opportunity to kill him.

If she suggested staying behind by herself, Senior Sister Zhou and the others would never agree.

So she could only bet on this plan.

Zhou Jin Yue thought for a while and did not answer right away. Instead, she looked at the others and asked: “What do you all think?”

Everyone looked at each other. After a moment, Zhang Jun gritted his teeth and said: “First Senior Sister, I think Junior Sister Yu’s analysis makes a lot of sense. Since someone dared to stab us in the back like this, if we let him go so easily, where is the face of Five Elements Dao Sect?”

“That is right! We cannot let that sneaky rat off so cheaply!” someone shouted.

“I agree! If I do not let this anger out, I am sure I will grow a heart devil,” another disciple added.

“…”

What kind of people were the Five Elements Dao Sect disciples?

They were cultivation prodigies, one in ten thousand.

From the moment they entered the Five Elements Dao Sect, they had been people that other cultivators envied and feared.

To make them suffer such a heavy loss and then still expect them to swallow their anger and pretend nothing had happened was something they simply could not do.

Zhou Jin Yue let her gaze sweep across their faces. Then she showed a satisfied smile and said: “Good. This is the attitude that disciples of our Five Elements Dao Sect should have. Everyone, rest here for one hour. After one hour, we head back the way we came!”

“Yes!” the disciples shouted.

The Five Elements Dao Sect disciples seemed like they had been injected with chicken blood. Their loud answer shook the air, and the gloom on their faces was swept clean away.

On the outer edge of the group, Ye Cong Xin almost spat blood from anger.

They had finally managed to escape, and now they were going back again.

[Idiots! A whole group of idiots! Ahhh! They are going to make me die of rage!]