Arc 3: Part 17
"Bai Tong, are you turning your back on our sect? How could you treat the sect that has nurtured you with such disrespect?"
"Do you prefer being in cahoots with such a demon over remaining honourable without any intermediaries? Bai Tong, after more than a decade of studying the righteous path, is this the shameful act you're performing?"
"The traitor, Bai Tong! Your senior sister Feng took such good care of you, yet you abandoned her at the first sign of danger. She risked her life to hold back the enemy for you. However, now you are associating with the demon. Do you even have any shame left?"
"Bai Tong, if there's any shred of conscience left in you, kill that demon now. Then take your own life to prove your innocence."
The elders of the sect were furious, their calm faces contorted with anger as they spat out their accusations. They waved their arms in the air, venting their anger at the sight of their disciple's fall.
Nearby, the young disciples of the sect looked on, huddled around a girl in green, her body covered in blood.
This girl's face held a tragic expression as she softly called out, "Junior sister Bai Tong, I believe you're not this kind of person. We're all waiting for you. Please come back quickly."
This was the scene that met Tong Su's eyes when she raised her head.
The girl in the green dress was Feng Yin Yue. The elders who were hurling insults were the authoritative figures of the sect.
This scene represented the entire sect's scorn and blame directed at her.
【Miss, I have just received an updated script. I will send it over to you immediately!】
"Alright."
Tong Su quickly received the information, a hint of sarcasm playing at the corners of her lips.
This was what had happened after she used a healing card and left the snowy place for the Demon Dungeon.
Feng Yin Yue stole the original body of the spirit root and abandoned it in the snow. She returned to the sect acting as if nothing had happened and watched the disciples search for the original owner.
The snowy area was not far from the sect, but rarely visited. Even if Bai Tong didn't die, she would be extremely weak, making it unlikely for the disciples to miss her.
However, she confidently waited and waited, only for the disciples to report that they had found a pool of blood but no person. They then sent half of their group to continue the search, following the footprints.
Feng Yin Yue, who had been full of anticipation, felt an unsettling knot form in her stomach.
Bai Tong, severely injured as she was, wouldn't have the strength to leave that place—even if she survived.
Unless there has been another opportunity!
Realising this, Feng Yin Yue acted immediately. She intentionally hurt herself using her demonic power and dragged her injured body to the sect leader. She knelt down to confess her mistake.
"Master, Yin Yue is at fault. I ask for your punishment!"
The sect leader, Lu Han Yuanjun, was initially surprised by her injuries, quickly providing her with medicine before asking in astonishment what wrongs she had committed and why she was covered in wounds caused by demonic beasts.
Feng Yin Yue, with tears streaming down her face, sobbed as she admitted her mistake was related to her missing junior sister Bai Tong, whom she had led out of the sect.
"My junior sister begged me, asking to find that demon, and I couldn't bear to refuse. I intended to calm her first and secretly inform you, Master. Unexpectedly, she took advantage of my unpreparedness, produced a magical instrument that the demon had once left her, and bound me with it. She forced me to take her out of the sect—"
And what happened after they left the sect?
With a face full of self-reproach and sadness, Feng Yin Yue cried even more, her voice choked with emotion.
"We encountered an attack by demonic beasts. My sister did not trust me, and while I was entangled in battle with the beasts, she took her chance to assault me and then fled! I don't blame junior sister Bai Tong, only my lack of cultivation, which failed to protect her from the demonic beast attack..."
Through her act of confession, there was no doubt that Feng Yin Yue succeeded.
On hearing her story, the elders of the Ziwei Heavenly Palace were furious. They did not doubt Feng Yin Yue's words for a moment and immediately directed their disdain and hatred toward Bai Tong, condemning her as "unfaithful, dishonorable, and a traitor to the sect."
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