"Hopefully, the young master's alchemy speed can also create miracles."

After two days of fermentation, this matter was already known to everyone on Mount Saintess, and Ye Xiruo's name had completely entered everyone's ears.

After refining pills for two days, Ye Xiruo went directly to the library and returned the two books. This time, she didn't see the old woman with murderous eyes, nor the smiling old woman. She wondered if the elders were in a meeting and busy with other matters.

Since it was getting late, Ye Xiruo took a booklet recording rare and precious materials from the second floor, registered it, and then turned to leave.

"Stop right there."

That familiar voice—wasn't it that of the terrifying old woman? Ye Xiruo stiffened and turned around: "What are your orders, senior?"

"I think I said you can't bring books with you."

"I checked the rules of the library and there is no such rule."

"Here, I am the rule." The old man's aura suddenly became sharp, his white robe fluttered without wind, and his eyes were wide open, bright beyond measure.

Is this the kind of situation where a fight breaks out at the slightest provocation? Damn it, what did she do to offend this terrifying old lady? She seems uncomfortable unless she's causing trouble.

"Your rules are meaningless to me. I am not a disciple of your Saintess Peak. The reason I abide by certain rules is because their existence is reasonable, it is the law of nature, it is justice. As for your rule, I don't care. You can forbid me from taking books out, I will stay here and study all night."

Ye Xiruo remained perfectly calm, making no mention of the other elder's previous permission for her to take the book out. What if those two old ladies had a grudge? Bringing that up would be tantamount to courting death.

"I don't care who you are. Since you've come to my Saintess Peak, if you want to stay here, you have to abide by my rules."

Ye Xiruo sneered, "You don't need to use Saintess Peak to intimidate me. The Pill King Palace is no worse than your Saintess Peak, and I've also visited the Medicine King Valley's library. You're just relying on your profound skills to bully me, a junior, by sticking to the rules."

"You're right, I did bully you, so what?"

Damn it, there's no reasoning with this kind of person. Ye Xiruo turned to leave, and for a moment she had the urge to burn down the library.

"Stop right there."

Ye Xiruo felt the pressure behind her, as if if she took a step forward, a storm of attacks would be unleashed.

Ye Xiruo continued walking forward: "This is the Holy Maiden's arrangement. I have already compromised and will not covet the cultivation techniques on your fourth floor. Don't push your luck." Her concession had actually made the so-called elders think she was a pushover who could be manipulated at will, and now they even wanted to completely expel her from the library.

Whether or not she enters the library is her own business. No one can force her, or even compel her to leave. So what if she is a wandering immortal?

"Such a young age, yet he speaks with such arrogance."

"I can't compare to you. I can let today's matter go, on the condition that I can enter the library whenever I want and take as many books as I want, and your council of elders has no right to interfere. Or, would you prefer me to take a stroll on the fourth floor?" Ye Xiruo sneered.

Her act of yielding only made these people think she was weak and easily bullied, someone they could manipulate at will.

"presumptuous."

"The one who's truly presumptuous is you! You talk to me about rules, and I'm still within them, yet you, Elder, are the one who ultimately breaks them. Since you openly break the rules, what right or standing do you have to make me abide by these damned rules? You can attack me today, with your powerful seniority, destroying a Golden Core cultivator like me would be a piece of cake. However, if I suffer even the slightest mishap on Saintess Peak, I guarantee that the snow on Saintess Peak will be stained red with blood, Saintess Peak will become history forever, and many years from now, no one will know that such an ancient lineage as Saintess Peak existed. You will be the most powerful person on Saintess Peak, and even on the entire human race. You should think this through carefully." Ye Xiruo's lips curled into a smile, her face calm, seemingly oblivious to the oppressive aura that could tear her to shreds at any moment.

"You're threatening me." Xin Zhi's emotions, which had remained calm like an ancient well for hundreds of years, suddenly surged into a raging storm. Her voice was filled with rage, incomprehension, and resentment.

She had lived for too long. Since becoming the Supreme Elder, no one had ever spoken to her with such a tone and such an expression. Ye Xiruo was the first.

"I wouldn't dare. The choice now rests with the elders, not me." Ye Xiruo's gaze was clear and resolute. You can choose to kill me, condemning Saintess Peak to eternal damnation, or you can step back and pretend nothing happened.

Ultimately, it comes down to a lack of strength. Otherwise, there would be no need to waste so much time and energy here, enduring the eerie feeling of brushing shoulders with death.

In Ye Xiruo's eyes, Xinzhi saw her own pale, angry, even somewhat distorted face. This face was so unfamiliar; it shouldn't be like this. How long had it been since she had been angry? Yet today, Ye Xiruo had pushed her to this point. The light at Xinzhi's fingertips grew brighter and brighter; she desperately wanted to destroy what was in front of her.

"Xinzhi".

A voice came from the library, and Xinzhi's aura vanished instantly, the light at her fingertips dissipating. Her somewhat frail body shrank back, transforming her back into an ordinary old woman.

He waved his hand and said, "Go!" His expression was one of indescribable old age and exhaustion.

The matter was thus resolved. Whose voice was that? Why was the arrogant, seemingly domineering elder, who looked as if she wanted to tear her apart, instantly deflated upon hearing the voice? Moreover, the voice was utterly ordinary to her, yet it had injured a Supreme Elder.

This is definitely the most powerful person I have ever met since my rebirth; he might already be a rogue immortal.

Ye Xiruo dared not think any further. The little courage she had just mustered vanished with the night wind, and she even broke out in a cold sweat.

If she had made even the slightest mistake just now, she would be a corpse now, never to see the sun rise again.

Ye Xiruo went straight down the mountain and headed straight for the snow mountain.

She happened to run into Elder Lianqing, so she asked Elder Lianqing to take her back to the snow mountain.

"Elder, can't I really stay somewhere else?" This snow mountain is safe, but it's too inconvenient.

"This is the Holy Maiden's order," Elder Lianqing replied, feigning shock. "What are you doing in the library so late?"

"Oh, I borrowed two books earlier, read them, and then went to return them." Ye Xiruo subconsciously chose to conceal everything that had just happened in the library. This matter involved two Supreme Elders, so naturally, the fewer people who knew, the better.