The crisp sound of a slap echoed through the valley, its lingering echo jarring.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Liu Qingyi, whose face was as pale as paper and whose lips had lost all color, glaring fiercely at her junior sister, Yun Wan'er, whom she had once cherished.

Beside Liu Qingyi, several disciples of the Tianyan Sect were also in a disheveled state, their Daoist robes torn, covered in dust and dark red bloodstains, and their auras were weak.

Compared to Shen Zhaozhao's side, where apart from the unconscious Chu Xiao, most of the other cultivators were only slightly tired from expending spiritual energy, and some even had the leisure to tidy their clothes, it was truly a world of difference.

The disciples of Tianyan Sect were clearly still in a state of extreme confusion.

Their last memory was of that terrifying steel-feathered chicken flapping its wings, its massive, mountain-like slapping flap coming down—

As the ear-piercing scream of Senior Sister Liu Qingyi's jade umbrella shattering echoed, they seemed like fallen leaves swept up by a gale, instantly losing consciousness. When they opened their eyes again, they were already outside the secret realm.

However, before they could even rejoice at their narrow escape, they saw Senior Sister Liu Qingyi acting like a madwoman and actually slapping Junior Sister Wan'er hard across the face!

"Senior Sister Liu! What are you doing?!"

"Junior Sister Wan'er! Are you alright?"

"Senior sister, have you damaged your sea of ​​consciousness?!"

"Yeah, Senior Sister, are you crazy?!"

Several disciples rushed forward, trying to support the swaying Liu Qingyi and separate her from Yun Wan'er.

Liu Qingyi suddenly waved her hand and used all her strength to shake off those troublesome arms!

Her trembling fingertips pointed sharply at Yun Wan'er, who was covering her cheek and whose expression was obscured by her lowered eyes: "You think... that just because we're fighting the enemy with all our might, no one will see your filthy thoughts?!"

"I'm asking you! Why didn't you save Junior Brother Lin at the last moment?!"

Liu Qingyi's voice was hoarse, yet every word was filled with anguish, striking the silent valley with terrifying clarity: "The bag in your arms containing the spirit cores of everyone in our Tianyan Sect has always been kept by Junior Brother Lin!"

"But why is the spirit core now in your arms, while Junior Brother Lin is dead and his body has vanished without a trace?!"

"Speak up, Yun Wan'er! Explain yourself clearly!!"

boom--!

Liu Qingyi's words were like a thunderbolt, sending chills down the spines of all the cultivators present!

What's the meaning?

Yun Wan'er, who looks delicate and frail and is pampered by the sect leader of Tianyan Sect, actually chose to retrieve the spirit core instead of helping her fellow disciples when faced with a life-or-death situation?!

For the sake of a spirit core, you'd just stand by and watch your fellow disciples be slaughtered by demons?!

Damn it!

Is the bond between the disciples of the Heavenly Evolution Sect so fragile?!

Countless gazes of surprise, disdain, and inquiry instantly pierced Yun Wan'er like a dense array of needles.

Yun Wan'er felt a burning pain on her face, but what enraged her even more was that Liu Qingyi dared to show her no mercy in public!

In less than two days, Yun Wan'er went straight from Qi Refining to the second level of Foundation Establishment!

She is an unprecedented genius in the Tianyan Sect!

They are the future hope of the sect!

Lin Feng, that poor, good-for-nothing who's wasting his time at the first level of Foundation Establishment and doesn't even have a decent magic weapon, what makes him compare to her?!

His purpose in existing is simply to pave the way for true geniuses!

Thinking of this, Yun Wan'er suddenly straightened her back and met Liu Qingyi's almost fiery gaze. A kind of solemn and unyielding spirit, almost like that of a martyr, appeared on her face: "If Senior Sister Liu wants to teach Wan'er a lesson, Wan'er... shouldn't have uttered a single complaint."

"But Senior Sister, you said Wan'er wouldn't save Senior Brother Lin... You're wrong!"

Her voice, tinged with just the right amount of emotion, yet also carrying a resolute determination that defied authority: "Wan'er didn't just save those few cold stones, Wan'er saved the future glory of our Tianyan Sect! It was Senior Brother Lin who risked his life to create... a sliver of hope for all of us!"

After speaking, she raised the bulging spiritual core package in her arms high, as if raising a blood-stained battle flag, and glanced at the hesitant fellow disciples of the Heavenly Evolution Sect around her.

"The success of one general is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers; this has always been the case!"

"The path to immortality is one of treading on the corpses of those who came before. Senior Brother Lin... would he really not want to see his blood, which he sheds, ultimately transform into the resounding fame of the Heavenly Evolution Sect throughout the Spirit Continent?!"

"These 91 spirit cores are the sacrifice of Senior Brother Lin, who offered his body and soul as a guide. They represent his earnest hope that he would sacrifice his life to urge us to go further and see higher!"

Yun Wan'er's gaze was intense as she stared intently at Liu Qingyi, as if she were the sinner who didn't understand her senior brother's feelings and had betrayed the heroic spirit: "Senior Sister Liu, are you really going to just watch Senior Brother Lin's sincere feelings go to waste?!"

"Are you trying to make my senior brother's spirit in heaven restless and unable to die in peace?!"

Liu Qingyi was completely stunned.

She seemed not to recognize the person in front of her; her lips trembled, and she couldn't utter a single word.

Looking at Yun Wan'er's face, which was full of self-righteousness, she felt it was utterly absurd.

How could this person... this junior sister she once truly loved and protected... have turned out like this?

How could anyone utter such cruel and distorted truths?!

Is she even human? Even a beast's blood is warmer than hers!

However, apart from Liu Qingyi, who had a close relationship with Lin Feng, the other disciples' eyes began to flicker after the initial shock.

They only had ordinary camaraderie with Lin Feng, and some even looked down on him because of his mediocre cultivation.

Compared to a deceased "ordinary" fellow disciple, the value of this junior sister Wan'er, whose cultivation is advancing by leaps and bounds, who is deeply favored by the sect leader and has a promising future, is self-evident.

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