"Whether you have it or not, you know it in your hearts. Now, immediately, right now, I want to see Buddhist disciple Jingtan. Otherwise, don't blame me for spreading your Illusionary Dharma Sect's shameful deeds. Or do you completely disregard Wuding Temple?"
Fang Ruotang issued the order with a stern expression.
While the Tianyi Sect wouldn't go to war with the Huanfa Sect for the sake of the Jingtan Buddha, the Wuding Temple was a different story.
Their Buddhist disciples and successors are forced into the secular world. Can they endure it?
We will definitely use all the resources of the temple to seek justice.
"You, you, you wait! I'll go contact the sect leader right now."
After the gatekeeper finished speaking, he turned and ran away.
Fang Ruotang spat dismissively.
While waiting for someone, she couldn't stay idle, so she asked Xiao Jingzi what had happened.
[It's very simple! Jing Tan saved that young girl once, and she fell in love with him and chased after him for a while. The people of the Illusionary Sect couldn't stand their beloved junior sister being so humble in front of other men, so they tricked Jing Tan into coming to the Illusionary Sect and temporarily imprisoned him.]
Fang Ruotang: ...
[This attempt to save someone resulted in a mistake.]
Isn't this kind of thing common? You women, when you meet a handsome man, you're expected to repay his kindness by marrying him; when you meet an ugly man, you're expected to repay his kindness in your next life. You've said all the right things.
Okay, that's enough.
Fang Ruotang looked like she was having a really tough time and politely declined Xiao Jingzi's offer to continue the conversation.
Some things are better left unsaid, even if you see them clearly.
Could those ugly men repay a debt of gratitude with their own bodies?
That's absolutely impossible!
[Does the sect leader agree to this? Shouldn't someone who truly loves another person not want to clip their wings?]
She didn't intend to break off the relationship; she tried her best to persuade Jingtan to enter the mortal world, start a new cultivation method, and forget about her Buddhist affairs.
[Changing cultivation methods is as simple as drinking water. If I couldn't offer a better method, as Lu Ling's master, I wouldn't have the face to make her give up her original one. Besides, Jing Tan's cultivation has already reached a high level; how could she possibly start from scratch?]
The little mirror couldn't answer that question.
This is beyond the comprehension of a spirit.
After waiting for a while, the disciples of the Illusionary Law Sect reappeared and invited them into the mountain gate.
As they rode their swords up the mountain, before they even saw the elders and the sect leader, they came across a pretty and outstanding young girl.
Fang Ruotang couldn't tell bone age, but to her naked eye, the girl looked very young and still had a childish appearance.
"So you're the one looking for Jingtan? Who are you to him?"
“I don’t know the Buddhist monk, but I heard that he has a certain herb that I desperately need, so I have taken the liberty of coming to ask for it.”
"So you don't know him!"
The girl's expression immediately relaxed; after all, this woman she had never met before was simply too beautiful.
As a Buddhist, Jingtan had never had a deep relationship with a woman before. So when such a beautiful girl suddenly appeared and came looking for him, he couldn't help but worry.
"Yes, but I have urgent business with him. Could you show me the way?"
"No, you can only do that after he and I become Daoist partners. Our marriage ceremony is in three days. You can stay and watch the ceremony, and then ask him for the medicine."
Fang Ruotang: ...
She couldn't hide the surprise on her face as she looked at the little girl in front of her.
The girl had almost no spiritual power; she was clearly just beginning to absorb Qi into her body, and at most, she was no more than the third level of the Qi Refining stage.
She noticed that the little girl was somewhat hostile towards her when they first met, but since the little girl was so weak, she assumed she was the maid or servant of the beloved junior sister.
I never expected that this was really me.
Is this their sect's beloved junior sister?
Yes! Her name is Song Yingying.
[I find this so strange! Is this really the darling of the group? This is the cultivation world. Shouldn't the way to pamper someone be to support them, helping them constantly break through realms and increase their cultivation? Why is it even worse than in the mortal world? Are they raising her like a piece of trash?]
Fang Ruotang frowned her beautiful brows and looked inquisitively at Song Yingying, whose mind was clearly blank.
Even someone like me, with such poor health, constantly struggling on the brink of death as a child, was spoiled by my family and they never intended to ruin me. Although I learned music, chess, calligraphy, painting, etiquette, and manners much less than my sisters, I still learned some of them.
As a child, I disliked reading and writing. No matter how much I pleaded, my elders wouldn't budge. They insisted that reading was the key to wisdom, and that I could be bad at it, but I couldn't be illiterate. Now, shouldn't they be urging their pampered child to improve?
"The master is right. Her family was originally a cultivation family affiliated with the Illusionary Law Sect, but her parents sacrificed themselves for the sect, entrusting her to it in the end. Their way of showing her love should be to fully support her and enable her to inherit her family's legacy, just like Yin Yue."
[Yes! Yin Yue is also the sect's darling. She receives the best resources in the sect, and her cultivation is the most outstanding among her peers. How could she be like Song Yingying? She's not much stronger than an ordinary person. Born in the cultivation world and raised in such a large sect, she's only at the Qi Refining stage. It's a joke if word gets out.]
Fang Ruotang felt that this kind of insignificant affection was nothing to brag about.
If the entire sect were to devote all its resources to supporting her.
She still believed that Song Yingying was the sect's beloved junior sister.
But right now, all they're doing is showing a little affection, like teasing a cat or a dog. What kind of beloved junior sister is this?
In the cultivation world, everything is based on strength, and no one in this sect, from top to bottom, knows that.
If they don't know, then why are they working so hard to cultivate?
The most important thing the Illusionary Sect should do is to fully cultivate Song Yingying so that she has the ability to take over the Song family, instead of being raised like a useless person as she is now.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Song Yingying frowned, her face full of arrogance. She disliked the way Fang Ruotang looked at her.
Fang Ruotang coldly withdrew her gaze.
This time, she didn't say much. It wasn't that she was heartless, but that she watched as an orphan girl was exploited and left without any descendants, and didn't say anything to warn her.
Rather, she felt that even if she said something, Song Yingying wouldn't listen, because she had long since become a domesticated kitten.
If she were to abruptly expose the false happiness in Song Yingying's eyes, Song Yingying would lose her way. Sometimes, one could only say that ignorance is a kind of happiness!
Everyone has their own way of living. Just because she doesn't like it doesn't mean Song Yingying doesn't like it.
Even though Song Yingying didn't have anyone to teach her properly, she didn't put in any effort at all, even though she was in such a large sect and surrounded by so many disciples. It was obvious that she herself didn't like to work hard.
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