Ever since the incident on Miscellaneous Peak became known to the other disciples in the sect.
The most widely circulated version in the sect is that Yan Li was eaten alive by the group of people who came up the mountain.
They all spoke with absolute certainty, each with their own reasons.
As if he had witnessed it firsthand, he spoke with such precision that no one could find fault with him.
It would be a shame if they didn't go under the overpass to tell stories.
Why don't they put in this much effort when recruiting new disciples?
The last time the sect recruited new disciples, it only managed to recruit a little over a hundred people, which was more than two hundred fewer than in previous years. Even their aptitudes were uneven and far inferior to those of the past.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a woodcutter.
If he had used that eloquence on advertising, he wouldn't have had trouble finding qualified candidates, and he wouldn't have had to struggle to find a single person to inherit the Ruthless Sword Technique that he painstakingly researched.
He simply wanted to take on a personal disciple.
Just one.
Is it really that difficult?
After hearing the increasingly outrageous rumors, the Grand Elder, who was in charge of the sect, couldn't help but sigh silently. He realized that while his sect didn't have many geniuses, it certainly had a lot of talented people.
If he hadn't personally participated in collecting the corpse that day, he probably would have actually believed what these people said, truly thinking that Yan Li had been eaten by the people who attacked the mountain gate.
Although the Grand Elder knew that Yan Li was not dead, he had no intention of making it public.
They all knew the reason for the tragic scene on Zayi Peak that day, but it was precisely because they knew that they realized how repressed Yan Li's life was.
However, the other disciples in the sect were unaware of this, and moreover, the evil spirits that could serve as evidence were no longer in the mortal realm and could not be personally observed.
If I were to explain it, it would probably only cause her unnecessary trouble.
Perhaps another group of people will demand the secret to her continuous rebirth, and force her to her death once again.
The Grand Elder has lived for thousands of years. If you were to say he was stupid, he wouldn't have survived to this day. He might have been used as a pawn and died in some battle long ago.
It was precisely because he knew that human nature is selfish and exclusive at times that he came up with the path of ruthlessness and formed his own school of thought based on it.
The reason he was able to be deceived by Song Hui was twofold: firstly, because he trusted Song Hui, and secondly, because he had never sought a partner and was unaware of the intricacies of love.
In his view, if you love each other, you stay together; if you don't love each other, you separate.
It's that simple.
They couldn't even understand why some young cultivators these days would make such a fuss over trivial misunderstandings, even going so far as to occasionally stab each other with a sword.
Just thinking about it gave him a headache.
Since that's the case, it's better to let her become a dead person in everyone's eyes.
At least when she reappears in public,
She will be safe.
However, the rumors spread wider and wider, becoming increasingly outrageous. Gradually, some disciples even claimed that those people had found a way to improve their cultivation by eating people.
And it can only be a female cultivator.
It has even gradually become associated with one's destiny and birth chart.
Otherwise, why would so many people be so eager to get close to Yan Li, even after being repeatedly rejected?
For a time, the other female cultivators in the sect also began to feel insecure. They hid on their own peaks and in their rooms, not even daring to go out, fearing that the evil cultivator from that day might not be completely dead and could bring disaster upon themselves.
The Grand Elder could only laugh.
No one in the destiny is meant to live.
If a cultivator believes in something like destiny, then what's the point of cultivating? They might as well just die.
But as he laughed, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Although he already knew why Yan Li wanted revenge, he still didn't understand why she was being targeted by those people.
In just a moment, the Grand Elder stood up excitedly.
He couldn't help but begin pacing on his own peak, turning east and west, his steps sometimes fast and sometimes slow. Before he knew it, he had wandered into the sect's plaza.
The scene of Yan Li's apprenticeship ceremony that she had attended countless times.
Even after revisiting the place, he still couldn't figure out the reason.
Even recalling the memories of those evil spirits, there was no clue whatsoever.
When the disciples of the sect who were passing by saw the Grand Elder circling around, they all subconsciously greeted him.
Unexpectedly, the elder who had always been extremely hospitable to them acted as if he didn't even see them, and none of them responded.
But one of them, who was waving and wanting to apply to become the Grand Elder's personal disciple, quietly shattered upon seeing this scene.
One courageous act of extroversion leads to a lifetime of introversion.
Who exactly said that the Grand Elder had forgotten about Senior Brother Song? He clearly still remembers him!
At this moment, the Grand Elder was unaware that he had finally come up with a plan to ponder this matter.
He actually managed to miss his own disciple.
It wasn't until many years later that he learned of what had happened, but by then it was too late for regrets.
His former disciples are now on par with him, rising stars in everyone's eyes, and the next generation surpassing the previous one.
The elder, who had been thinking for a day and a night without coming up with a reasonable answer, actually had the idea of acknowledging those people.
Could it be that her destiny is truly wrong?
But the next moment, the elder shook his head.
He's really getting senile. If fate has such power, how come they can't predict anything?
…&…
The Grand Elder wasn't the only one paying attention to this matter; Ye Ning, who had given Yan Li the token to help her escape, was also involved.
Since returning from the miscellaneous servants' peak that day, even though she was confined, Ye Ning didn't care. Her mind was filled with thoughts of why she wanted to seize a special place in Yan Li's heart.
As she pondered this, she realized something was amiss and slapped herself.
Ye Ning still found it hard to explain the feeling. She couldn't control her heart; it was more like an emotion driven by bodily instinct, which was difficult to suppress.
He even hoped to get her attention.
Even just a glance at her would satisfy her heart.
Before long, Ye Ning's face was red from slapping herself, and even a little swollen.
Outside, seeing his disciple's rude behavior towards him, Elder Danfeng couldn't help but sigh: Of all the people he could like, why did he have to like her?
If it were anyone else, he would have had the audacity to snatch her back.
Ye Ning was unaware that her master had misunderstood her. After putting herself through a lot of trouble, she finally came to a more open-minded perspective.
She had originally thought that if she could find out the reason, she might be able to help Yan Li.
She even thought that if her luck was really bad and she had to start over, it would be a way to break the cycle and stop being bothered by those lunatics.
But since we can't find it, let's just let nature take its course.
Anyway, with that sect leader around, she probably doesn't need to worry about it.
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