Compared to Yun Ni's righteous indignation, Fang Ruotang's expression was indifferent, clearly showing little interest in her affairs.

After all, the aroma of Tao Su's barbecue was wafting into her nose, and besides, she already knew about Yun Ni's situation.

Fang Ruotang turned her gaze away, clearly ignoring Yun Ni's actions, but she didn't leave. Qi Yu, seeing that the other party was weak and knew Fang Ruotang, didn't take any further precautions.

After waiting a while, Tao Su placed the roasted meat in front of Fang Ruotang. She picked up her chopsticks and ate heartily, praising as she ate: "Tao Su, you are amazing. Taking you as my apprentice was the best decision I ever made."

Yun Ni's eyes flashed. This person was Fang Ruotang's disciple. She thought for a moment and asked, "Sect Master Fang, I wonder if your previous statement about wanting to take me as your disciple still stands?"

Fang Ruotang glanced at her while biting into her meat and said, "Didn't I already reject you last time? It definitely doesn't count!"

Yun Ni frowned slightly, thinking that if the Yun Jian Sect were to merge into the Tianyi Sect, she would have even less chance to take revenge. She gritted her teeth and spoke again.

"I have not joined any other sect yet, and I hope Sect Master Fang will give me another chance. I will definitely..."

Before Yun Ni could finish making her promise, Fang Ruotang interrupted her.

"Why? You were clearly wary of me, so why did you join my Tianyi Sect! If you want to take revenge on the people of the Yunjian Sect, I won't stop you! I know what evil things they've done. Don't worry, if you have the ability, kill them if you want."

Yun Ni's expression changed, clearly indicating that she had misunderstood the meaning of those words.

She thought Fang Ruotang looked down on her, believing that she was incapable of killing those vicious people and had no way to take revenge.

"If you want revenge now, just go ahead. Our Tianyi Sect will not interfere. If you are not fully prepared, you may wish to wait. For those who wish to join our Tianyi Sect, character is the primary requirement. We will not accept anyone who has done evil deeds in the past, no matter how good their spiritual roots or how outstanding their talents are." Tao Su was observant and noticed the clues, so she took the initiative to speak.

Yun Ni's expression softened, and she cautiously asked, "Really?"

“Really, you can go and ask around. Our Tianyi Sect has taken over several sects, but we don’t want everyone. Anyone who is morally corrupt and has done all sorts of evil deeds is driven away. You can wait a while.”

As for why they didn't kill them, that's not something the Tianyi Sect can do.

No matter what, they originally had masters and fellow disciples. If they killed them and then took others into their sect, it's hard to guarantee that they wouldn't harbor resentment.

Not everyone can be completely selfless in the face of good and evil.

Fang Ruotang herself couldn't do it, let alone ask others to do it. Driving someone away was already a form of punishment.

Especially when Tianyi Sect becomes stronger, everyone will know that the disciples that the sects it has subdued don't want are of bad character, and it won't be so easy for them to join other sects.

Fang Ruotang didn't stop Tao Su and Yun Ni from talking, but she herself didn't stop eating meat either.

Tao Su was very interested in Yun Ni; it was astonishing that someone would be willing to refuse to become their master's disciple.

"Your master wanted to take you as his disciple, but you didn't immediately agree. Do you know what you've missed?"

Yun Ni choked, glancing in Fang Ruotang's direction. She saw that Fang Ruotang was so engrossed in eating that she didn't even lift her face, as if she hadn't heard their conversation.

"I have a grudge to settle."

"It doesn't matter. My master is very good to his disciples. All of us fellow disciples feel extremely lucky to have been accepted as his disciples."

Yun Ni pursed her lips but didn't reply.

Fang Ruotang spoke up at this moment, chewing her words as she continued, "Because her original master coveted her spiritual root and wanted to extract it, she dared not trust anyone else. Furthermore, when I first met her, I knew that her spiritual root would be extracted by her junior brother, so I thought that rather than letting the bad guys benefit, I might as well benefit myself."

Tao Su was both amused and exasperated.

She has been a disciple of the sect for so long that she has some understanding of her master's style of doing things.

"Don't mind my master. She's the kindest person. Since you weren't harmed, it must have been my master who reminded you. My master has extraordinary abilities. If she really wanted to extract someone's spiritual root, it would be easy for her. But she's different from other cultivators on the Cloud Deep Continent. She's very kind and won't intentionally harm others. So you don't need to worry about my master coveting your spiritual root. As long as you're not looking for death, go and kill her first."

Yun Ni actually knew that Fang Ruotang was not a bad person. Although neither of their two meetings were friendly, the outcome was good for her.

She moved her lips and told him about how she had offered her spiritual root in exchange for Fang Ruotang killing someone.

Tao Su wasn't too surprised and said calmly, "It's normal! After all, you're alive, so my master certainly won't really hurt you. But if you were dead, my master wouldn't be so lenient."

Yunni: ...

If someone is really dead, who cares about this?

As they were talking, a sudden tremor came from the mountain.

Yun Ni suddenly turned her head to look.

She subconsciously took a few steps forward, then stopped and looked at Fang Ruotang and the others. She saw that Tao Su, who had just been talking to her, had already come up to Fang Ruotang and asked her about her well-being.

"Master, is this enough? Would you like me to roast some more meat?"

"No need! We can't possibly finish all of this."

"Alright! I'll make it for you when you want to eat it, Master."

"Uh-huh!"

Fang Ruotang took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth.

"Master, are you going up the mountain now? Your disciple will go with you."

"Sure!"

Seeing how perceptive Fang Ruotang's disciple was, and then looking at his own disciple, whose butt seemed glued to the stool, still sitting there eating!

He couldn't hold back for a moment and kicked out.

"Still eating?"

Fang Zhili, biting into a piece of meat, looked up blankly and said, "Master, I'm not full yet."

Qi Yu squeezed her eyes shut, feigning disgust, and said fiercely, "Eat, eat, eat quickly."

"Thank you, Master!" Fang Zhili quickened his pace of eating the meat.

Fang Ruotang paused, somewhat speechless.

I feel ashamed to have such a slow-witted younger brother.

But then I thought it was normal. He was not yet twelve, which was the time when he was growing by eating meat. Being able to eat was a blessing.

Fang Zhili wasn't so clueless. He quickly stuffed all the meat into his mouth, then deftly gathered up everything in front of him and obediently approached Qi Yu.

"Master, I am ready."

Qi Yu didn't speak, but looked at Fang Ruotang.

Fang Ruotang nodded. "Let's go up and take a look."

The group arrived at the Cloud Sword Sect on their swords, where they saw Ancestor Yan Yun hanging in mid-air with his eyes wide open and his beard bristling, while countless disciples lay sprawled on the ground.

Fang Ruotang stepped forward, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Didn't you reach an agreement?"

A flash of shame and indignation crossed Old Ancestor Yan Yun's face as he angrily said, "Kill them all!"