Chapter 5 The Third Disciple Gu Xingzhi

Gu Xingzhi is the most talented among her disciples, but he is also the most undisciplined and likes to cause trouble everywhere.

That year, there was chaos outside the sect. Gu Xingzhi insisted on going to fight on his own and ended up being surrounded.

When she learned about it, she rushed to his side alone and rescued him from a pool of blood with her own strength.

In that battle, she lost half of her spiritual veins, and the cold poison penetrated into her bones. She was in a coma for seven days before she was able to stabilize her life.

But it leaves hidden dangers, and it will cause excruciating pain even before it is cloudy or rainy.

But later, Gu Xingzhi said that she was meddling too much.

He said she always forced him to practice and didn't even allow him to take a breath.

She said she never gave him freedom and always made him live within the rules and expectations she set.

He said that it was she who had taken the joy out of his life.

She also said that only Ye Wange understood her.

So he wanted to get rid of her for Ye Wange, and also for himself who had suffered so much.

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Ye Zhao forced himself to pull himself away from the thoughts of his past life and looked calmly into the hall.

She remembered this incident. In her previous life, Gu Xingzhi had also caused this trouble and was punished with eighty thunder sticks. She knew that Gu Xingzhi could not bear it, so she asked to wait for him to be punished.

Originally, she would have recovered from such an injury in two months of recuperation, but unexpectedly, half a month later, during the disciple training, she was injured again while trying to save Gu Xingzhi, and the injury happened to be at the same place where she was hit by the lightning rod...

The elder of the Discipline Hall bowed respectfully, "Master, this man is Gu Xingzhi, a disciple of Master Ye Feng. He has been causing trouble recently. Today, he trespassed into the outer sect's spirit beast garden and released several imperial spirit beasts, severely injuring three low-level disciples and causing serious damage to the spirit plants in the garden."

"The Discipline Hall has issued repeated warnings without success. I have brought them here today. Please, Sect Master, punish them according to the sect's rules!"

Xie Youran pondered for a moment, then his gaze fell on Gu Xingzhi: "Gu Xingzhi, do you plead guilty?"

Gu Xingzhi tilted his head, looking lazy, and answered nonchalantly: "Disciple pleads guilty."

"I, the disciple, request to be demoted to an inner disciple."

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Ye Zhao's eyes suddenly fell on Gu Xingzhi. Seeing his eager look, he knew that he had also been reborn...

Xie Youran also restrained his expression, "What did you say?"

"I have been causing trouble since I entered the sect, bringing disgrace to Master's reputation. I am ashamed to continue to be a direct disciple. I am willing to demote myself to an inner sect disciple as a token of my repentance."

Xie Youran's eyes darkened a little.

It is no small matter for a direct disciple to ask to be demoted to the inner sect.

The position of direct disciple not only represents status, but also allows one to enjoy generous resources. Once one requests to be demoted, it is almost equivalent to severing the relationship with the original master, and the resources that can be enjoyed will also be greatly reduced.

What's more, Gu Xingzhi was the third disciple personally selected by Ye Zhao.

Xie Youran did not rush to express his opinion, but turned to look at Ye Zhao.

"Master Ye Feng, what do you think?"

Ye Zhao's expression was indifferent. He just glanced at Gu Xingzhi, his eyes without any regret, like a still pool of autumn water. "Since he has made his decision, I have no objection."

Xie Youran nodded: "In that case, it's approved."

He turned the spiritual seal in his sleeve, and a golden talisman flew out and appeared between Gu Xingzhi's eyebrows, taking back the identity mark of his direct disciple on the spot and replacing it with the inner sect identification mark.

The moment the golden light dimmed, an imperceptible hint of relief flashed across Gu Xingzhi's eyes, even... relief.

In fact, his initial feeling towards Ye Zhao was not hatred, but fear. After all, he had practiced under Ye Zhao's control for many years, and for a while he did not dare to resist his master.

It was because one time he couldn't stand the daily hard training and wanted to switch to inner sect practice, but Ye Zhao strongly opposed it, which led to a fierce conflict.

He felt that Ye Zhao just didn't want him to have an easy life and was deliberately making things difficult for him!

Later, Fairy Wangyue also told him that the inner gate was the place with the best atmosphere for cultivation in the Wenxin Sect, and that he would never suffer these hardships again if he went to the inner gate.

Fairy Wangyue described the inner gate as a paradise-like place, so he hated Ye Zhao for this!

In his previous life, he only mustered the courage to resist Ye Zhao at the very end. Now that he has a new life, he must not be as cowardly as he was in his previous life!

Gu Xingzhi took off the robes of the disciples of Jingyue Peak and followed the elder who was responsible for guiding them. The two of them crossed a stone bridge and walked a few steps to the inner gate.

There was a broad stone platform in front, with many figures gathered around it.

Gu Xingzhi took a look and saw three disciples fighting in the center of the stone platform. They had been using ruthless moves and showing no mercy in recent days. One of them had vomited blood and fell to the ground, but he was still struggling to get up and tried to stand up and continue fighting.

The onlookers around watched coldly, no one took action and no one tried to stop it.

"What are they doing?" Gu Xingzhi was surprised. "How could fellow disciples be so cruel to each other?"

The elder glanced at him calmly and said, "Fight for the pill."

"Fighting for the elixir?" Gu Xing was stunned.

The elder stood with his hands behind his back, watching the fight on the stage expressionlessly. "The inner sect distributes resources once every three months, and there are a limited number of elixirs, magical instruments, and talismans. According to the rules, disciples can exchange them for contribution points, or they can be selected first through competitions."

"You've come at an unfortunate time. The one distributed today is a Soul-Breaking Pill. This pill can help Qi Condensation cultivators accelerate their foundation-building efforts and clear the meridians of impurities. For inner disciples, it's a rare opportunity."

Gu Xingzhi frowned: "Isn't it just a broken spirit pill? My master used to give me a whole bottle of it, and I ate it like candy."

As soon as these words came out, several inner disciples who were whispering around looked over at the same time.

Someone sneered, "Oh, so you're a direct disciple of Master Ye Feng? Why aren't you cultivating at Qingyue Peak, but instead are you in the inner sect?"

"Could it be that he got into too much trouble and was expelled by Master Ye Feng?"

"Eat it like candy? You're so shameless! Master Ye Feng is so kind to you, yet you keep getting her into trouble. You really don't know how to appreciate your blessings!"

"If I had a master as good as Master Ye Feng, I would definitely listen to her and do whatever she told me to do..."

"Come on, now, we know you're Master Ye Feng's direct disciple and your status is extraordinary, so there's no need to show off in front of us!"

Gu Xingzhi's mouth stiffened, "I'm telling the truth."

Ye Zhao not only gave him the Soul-Breaking Pill, but also always gave him some strange pills. He couldn't name them, but he only knew that each one was more unpalatable than the last. Every time Ye Zhao asked him to eat one, he felt very resistant.

There were even several times when he had conflicts with Ye Zhao and threw away all the pills she handed over. Ye Zhao didn't say anything and sent him a few bottles a few days later.

This time the taste was much better than before, so he ate it reluctantly.

So when he saw a group of people fighting for a soul-breaking pill, he really couldn't understand it.

The elder interrupted him: "In the inner gate, all the privileges you have enjoyed no longer exist."

"Here, there's no Peak Master's protection, no personal discipleship, everything is determined by strength. If you want something, you have to fight for it yourself."

"If you lose, you have nothing."

Gu Xingzhi was silent for a moment.

This is different from what Fairy Wangyue said.