Su Shaxuan merely glanced at her, and the entire Gravity Mountain fell into a deathly silence. Having achieved her goal, Ye Xiruo was unwilling to stay any longer. After bidding farewell to Su Shaxuan, she turned and left.

Ye Xiruo's story spread quickly through the hands of many gossipy female disciples. Someone who can challenge Senior Sister Su Sha, qAq, that's so rare. I still remember that "Five Heroes of the Divine Sect" who challenged Senior Sister Su Sha last time. In the end, they shamelessly relied on sheer numbers to win.

Su Shaxuan's status on Saintess Peak is similar to Xiu Qiyu's status across the entire continent; they are absolute legends, pinnacle figures. Although Ye Xiruo only broke Su Shaxuan's record from a few years ago, it still caused a sensation throughout Saintess Peak, making it even more impossible for Ye Xiruo to leave the mountain.

The two disciples from Saintess Peak who brought Ye Xiruo there today were both nominal disciples under Elder Lianqing. One was named Fanghua, and the other Fangruo. Neither of them was particularly talented, but Lianqing still valued their master-disciple relationship, which was why he assigned the task of looking after Ye Xiruo to the two disciples. He hoped they could help Ye Xiruo and, ideally, gain her friendship, so that she would have a future. He never expected that these two fools would do such a terrible thing as soon as they left. After learning what happened at Gravity Mountain, Lianqing was so angry that he even smashed his favorite teacup.

"Someone, bring those two idiots here." Ye Xiruo's status and her standing in the Holy Maiden's heart were crystal clear to her. These two fools had suddenly put Ye Xiruo in this predicament; they were simply courting death.

Soon, the two sisters, Fanghua and Fangruo, were brought before Elder Lianqing, and they immediately knelt down: "Master. Your disciples know they were wrong, please have mercy."

The moment Ye Xiruo's name was uttered, a sense of foreboding flashed through their hearts. Could this be the Ye Xiruo they had imagined? When did she arrive at Saintess Peak? Then, after comparing Ye Xiruo's cultivation level and face, the last glimmer of hope in their hearts completely vanished. The little girl they had met today was actually the young master of the Pill King Palace.

"Do you know your crime?" Elder Lianqing sighed. Ye Xi was a distinguished guest of Saintess Peak, yet she suffered such a humiliating disgrace. If Jing Li, who was protective of her own, found out, the Saintess Peak's millennia-old reputation would be completely ruined.

"I know I'm wrong, Master, please forgive me!"

"Please, Master, save my life."

"You two can go to the snowy mountain and beg the Holy Maiden for mercy! Whether you live or die is none of my business." Lian Qing's heart was completely cold; these two had utterly disgraced the entire Holy Maiden Peak.

"No, please, Master, save us! We were just joking with our junior sister to embarrass her, but we had absolutely no intention of killing her."

"It's too late to say anything now. Even I, your teacher, must go and apologize. Do you understand?"

The two women collapsed to the ground, their eyes losing their former sparkle; even their master couldn't save them.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die."

"Let's go." Elder Lianqing led two disciples and flew towards the snow mountain.

Unexpectedly, they were stopped by Lianchi as soon as they arrived at the foot of the snow mountain: "The Holy Maiden has decreed: Lianqing is to go to the Hall of Punishment to receive her punishment. Fanghua and Fangruo will have their powers crippled and be expelled from Holy Maiden Peak."

"Lianqing obeys." Elder Lianqing's white robes gradually disappeared into the wind and rain, her body filled with sorrow, yet she showed no resentment. This ending was already quite good; at least her life was spared. If it had been Ye Xiruo herself, their fates would likely have been far worse. That was the young master whom Jingli cherished so dearly!

Before Fanghua and Fangruo could even cry out, the people behind Elder Lianchi took them away. From that moment on, Saintess Peak was no more.

Ye Xiruo only learned of this three days later. During those three days, he had been busy cultivating, intending to find the two young girls after he emerged from seclusion. Unexpectedly, Saintess Peak had already handled the matter themselves. Elder Lianqing also expressed her apologies and sent gifts as compensation.

Now, even if Ye Xiruo wanted revenge, she wouldn't be able to find anyone. However, even if she did take action, at most she could only severely injure them and then make a few sarcastic remarks. Now that their powers have been crippled and they have been expelled from Saintess Peak, reduced to useless people, their paths as immortals and mortals are forever separated, with no possibility of ever crossing paths again.

Ye Xiruo readily accepted Elder Lianqing's apology: "It was not the elder's fault anyway, the elder need not take it to heart."

It's clear that Elder Lianqing and Elder Lianchi are both confidants of the Holy Maiden. Elder Lianqing has already been punished for this matter, so this debt will naturally be dropped.

"The incident at Gravity Mountain was an accident, and the Holy Maiden already knows about it. From now on, if the Young Master wants to cultivate, I will notify them in advance and will absolutely not disturb his cultivation."

"Elder, you are too kind. How can we let my situation affect everyone's cultivation? Just tell them to treat me like an ordinary person."

“I will inform the Holy Maiden.”

The Holy Maiden is the absolute ruler of Holy Maiden Peak, which shows this point. Ye Xiruo no longer insisted and left everything to the Holy Maiden's decision.

Because of the Gravity Mountain incident, Ye Xiruo was unable to leave. However, cultivation is not something that can be achieved by simply staying behind closed doors. For a time, Ye Xiruo had nothing else to do but refine pills in her room every day and look through the notes left by her master and grandmaster.

Xiao Bao ate a whole bunch of snow bamboo last time, and he's still sleeping in the space right now. Just as Ye Xiruo was about to grit her teeth and go to the Soul Refining Pool to condense her spiritual power under everyone's gaze, Elder Lianqing suddenly visited and brought some good news.

Deep within the snow-capped mountains grows a flower called Snow Crystal, an eighth-grade spiritual herb and the most essential ingredient for refining the Demon-Slaying Pill. It grows only deep within the snow-capped mountains, and its bloom lasts only three days, so it must be picked within three days of opening.

It may seem like there's no difficulty at all, but in reality, picking the Snow Linglong requires mental power. Anything else will turn into a puddle of snow water as soon as it touches the Snow Linglong.

"It's the blooming season for Snow Lily again. The Holy Maiden was worried that you might be bored in the sect, so she ordered us to take you out for a walk and to pick Snow Lily. One-third of the harvest will be your reward."

Snow Linglong is a specialty of the snow mountain and a rare spiritual medicine of a relatively high grade. Since she had the opportunity to come across it, how could Ye Xiruo give it up? She nodded and agreed immediately.

When do we set off?

"The Holy Maiden has calculated that the Snow Crystal will bloom in about two days. We'll set off tomorrow afternoon. Go and get ready."

"Yes, thank you, Elder."