Chapter 73

Chapter 73: She Wants Li Shuang Dead

Meng Yi Fei had brought this up at this moment out of the blue. Lin Qing Ling’s eyes flashed.

She had already made noise about Li Shuang’s case long ago.

Back then, one “Li Shuang volunteered,” and one “not enough evidence,” and the Sect Master brushed it away.

Now he was reopening it?

Lin Qing Ling gave Meng Yi Fei a faintly annoyed look. [So “volunteered” and “no evidence” were excuses. The smiling tiger only changed his tune after seeing Little Shuang’s value. I still do not like him.]

Immortal Ling Xu’s face also looked ugly. He had stayed silent all day and tried to keep a low profile, yet the Sect Master still would not let the matter go.

He glanced at Li Shuang and said with a blank face: “Calling it seizure is too much. As the First Senior Sister, Li Shuang did volunteer to help her junior brothers and junior sisters.”

Li Shuang was about to speak.

Meng Yi Fei continued first: “Even if Li Shuang volunteered, how could you, as her master, accept it so calmly? While the matches went on, I already had Disciplinary Hall disciples question every Ling Xu Peak disciple. They gave many testimonies that support Li Shuang’s account.”

“That is right,” Pang Zhi Xue nodded: “Those Ling Xu Peak disciples can come confront you at any time. Peak Master of Ling Xu Peak, what do you say?”

Immortal Ling Xu’s face changed. He looked down toward the foot of the platform.

The Ling Xu Peak disciples, including Sheng Yuan and Shen Yue, had been brought over by the Disciplinary Hall and were waiting not far away.

Biting his teeth, Immortal Ling Xu’s eyes turned cold and gloomy.

When had the dignified Peak Master of Ling Xu Peak ever been questioned like this? In the eyes of the Sect Master, was Li Shuang backed by a Sword Domain and a purple Sword Spirit now more important than him, an Integration Stage cultivator?

Annoyance surged in his heart.

If only…

[If only I had not driven Li Shuang away.]

If Li Shuang rose later, as her master, his status would rise with her.

Ling Xu Peak would pass the other four peaks and sit firmly in first place.

He could have won by doing nothing.

But now everything was ruined.

The higher Li Shuang stood, the more foolish he looked as the former master who had driven her out.

“Ling Xu?” Meng Yi Fei raised a brow: “So, do we call the Ling Xu Peak disciples up here to confront you face to face, or will you, within three days, return all the resources that belonged to Li Shuang over the years?”

Immortal Ling Xu’s face kept changing. After a long moment, he showed a defeated look and said: “Within three days, I will return the resources. But in such a short time, I may not find the exact same items.”

Lin Qing Ling chuckled and said at once: “No need to find the same things. Just convert the value to spirit stones. Little Shuang, what do you say?”

Li Shuang nodded obediently: “I will listen to Master.”

For her, spirit stones were indeed better.

She had the Heaven and Earth Furnace. A walk through the market with those stones could turn them into items of higher value.

With that, she might be able to fully open the Heaven and Earth Furnace before the secret realm began.

Hearing Li Shuang call Lin Qing Ling “Master,” Immortal Ling Xu almost choked. Grinding his teeth, he said: “Then convert it to spirit stones.”

“I have a full list here. Converted to spirit stones, it comes to about two thousand high-grade spirit stones. Hand them to Li Shuang within three days,” Meng Yi Fei said.

Immortal Ling Xu agreed helplessly.

Pang Zhi Xue waved to the crowd, and the Disciplinary Hall disciples dispersed. The Ling Xu Peak disciples below looked at one another, unsure and uneasy.

“Then this matter is settled,” Meng Yi Fei said: “See how harmonious this is? Our Sword Sect is shaky in sixth place. Only by valuing harmony can we keep that seat and even climb higher.”

Lin Qing Ling smiled: “At Emotionless Peak, we never strike first. As long as Ling Xu returns the resources, we will not make a fuss over this matter.”

She meant only this matter. For the other ways they had bullied Little Shuang, they would be settled one by one when the time came.

Immortal Ling Xu gave Lin Qing Ling a cold look and said: “Sect Master, I have other things to do. I will leave first.”

He did not want to stay another moment.

“Hey, do not go yet. Two of your disciples are still competing. Won’t you wait for the result?” Lin Qing Ling called warmly after him, but Immortal Ling Xu only walked faster.

If he stayed any longer, he would die of anger.

“Alright, alright, let us watch the matches quietly,” Meng Yi Fei said, then turned to Li Shuang: “Since you are here, watch with us for a while.”

“Yes,” Li Shuang answered and stood behind Lin Qing Ling.

From the high platform, the view was excellent. With one look she found Ye Zhao Zhao’s arena.

In the third match, because Long Yan’s power had weakened, the fight was especially hard.

On the stage, Ye Zhao Zhao could not help but roar in her heart: [Long Yan, I must enter the secret realm. If you lose this one, you will pay for it.]

Inside the Sword Spirit Space, Long Yan trembled ever so slightly.

He gritted his teeth and unleashed a full-strength strike.

By the narrowest margin, he won.

“Winner, Ye Zhao Zhao.”

Only after hearing the verdict did a faint smile appear on Ye Zhao Zhao’s face.

She turned and happened to see Li Shuang on the high platform. Her expression instantly darkened.

Li Shuang.

Li Shuang.

So she had a purple Sword Spirit. That inexperienced Sect Master was treating her like a treasure?

Had they never heard the saying: a genius only matters after they grow up?

And Li Shuang?

Even if her talent was high, she was still only at the Qi Refining Stage.

There were many ways to make her die.

Ye Zhao Zhao spoke with the System in her mind: “We agreed that inside the secret realm, you will help me once, so I can break the restriction for a short time and regain my Nascent Soul Stage strength.”

The System gave a cold snort: “When have I failed to do what I promised? But the Langya Secret Realm is unusual. Even for me, I can only get you ten breaths. After ten breaths, your cultivation will be locked again.”

“Ten breaths are enough,” Ye Zhao Zhao said without emotion.

Nascent Soul against Qi Refining was the difference between heaven and earth.

As long as she found a chance, that huge gap would let her kill Li Shuang a hundred times over.

In this Langya Secret Realm, she wanted Li Shuang dead.

Once Li Shuang died, Ye Zhao Zhao would take all of her fortune. Then Li Shuang’s talent and luck would be hers, and that peerless Sword Spirit would be hers as well.

She would not allow Li Shuang to grow again.

Qi Refining Stage would be the end of Li Shuang’s new path.