Song Jiao slowly raised her eyelids, with a sneer in her eyes, and looked directly at Liu Yaoyao in front of her.
"Come on, since you are so keen on the name of charity, then you should give everyone a clear explanation about this event that everyone is participating in, right?" Her voice echoed in the hall with a hint of unquestionable majesty.
Upon hearing this, Liu Yaoyao's face turned pale instantly, her lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't utter a word for a long time, as if an invisible hand was strangling her throat.
"What? Are you speechless?" Song Jiao smiled lightly, her tone full of playfulness.
Inside the hall, the air seemed to freeze as everyone's eyes shifted between the two of them. The atmosphere was tense and subtle.
"Since you don't want to say it, let me tell you the truth." Song Jiao adjusted her sleeves leisurely, her eyes sharp. "You generously gave away the materials we worked so hard to obtain, but you are just using them to pay for others' wealth, gaining a good reputation for yourself. You act like a good person, but we paid for the materials. Junior Sister, you are really shrewd in your calculations!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire sect hall was in an uproar.
When everyone recalled the praise they had given Liu Yaoyao in the past, they couldn't help but feel a little confused and dissatisfied.
It turns out that behind those widely circulated good deeds, there are such unknown secrets hidden.
"So, what else do you have to quibble about?" Song Jiao's eyes were as sharp as a knife, staring at Liu Yaoyao. "I'm all ears."
Liu Yaoyao's followers who usually fawned over her also looked surprised and began to discuss privately.
They recalled their efforts for Liu Yaoyao, but only received a few perfunctory words of thanks from her, and they couldn't help feeling mixed emotions.
[System prompt: Everyone's favorability towards the host has dropped to 80%. The host is about to face the first punishment.]
As this cold and mechanical voice fell, Liu Yaoyao's body swayed and she collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
This sudden change shocked everyone present.
Is he going to start pretending to be dizzy again?
Song Jiao also heard this sudden system prompt. Everyone's favorability? Group pet system?
There's something there.
Just as everyone was panicking, a dazzling white light streaked across the sky, and a man in a white robe appeared out of thin air.
He has a tall and straight figure and an otherworldly aura, like a banished immortal.
He quickly leaned over and took Liu Yaoyao from the ground into his arms. At the same time, he waved his hand, and a powerful spiritual power surged towards Song Jiao like a tide.
Song Jiao remained calm, and just raised her hand slightly to easily resist the impact of the spiritual power.
She still maintained her sitting posture, her eyes flashing with amusement and curiosity as she looked at the mysterious man who suddenly appeared.
"Master, what do you mean? Are you going to attack me?" Song Jiao's words were filled with a hint of joking. "Master, are you aware of what Junior Sister is doing or not?"
Lin Zhi's gaze, like the biting winter wind, shot straight at Song Jiao. His voice was low and filled with unquestionable authority: "Song Yi, as the eldest senior sister, how can you treat your fellow disciples like this? You are so aggressive and even incited everyone to target the youngest junior sister. Is this what your master taught you?"
"Could it be that we cultivators are not only cultivating immortal arts, but also learning how to bully the weak?"
Song Jiao raised a playful smile at the corner of her mouth, her eyes full of provocation, as if she didn't take Lin Zhi's anger seriously at all.
He said lazily, "Master, this is wrong. My master taught me to be upright, neither humble nor arrogant, and not to bully others by taking advantage of one's power. I also don't do what some people do, trying to use other people's things to embellish my own appearance."
Her words were sharp, every word was precious, and hit Lin Zhi's sore spot.
Lin Zhi's face instantly turned as dark as ink, and the anger in his eyes seemed to burn everything around him to ashes.
"How dare you be so rude!"
"Rude? Why do I think the one lying in your arms is the rude one?" Song Jiao chuckled. "After all, the person in your arms isn't very polite to his fellow disciples. He just takes things by force!"
"If they can't get what they want, they'll instruct others to harass and rob them. This is just such behavior!"
"You...are so disrespectful to your elders. Today, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of your master!" Lin Zhi was already furious. In his opinion, these were just fights between children. Was it necessary to make such a big deal out of it?
"Oh? Master, are you going to personally teach me a lesson on behalf of my master who's thousands of miles away? But, if this news gets out, how will the world react? If all Master's disciples act like that, then others will surely think that your admirable cultivation level was simply acquired through robbery!"
There was a hint of playfulness in her tone. Isn't it fun to poke fun at someone's feelings?
Just as the atmosphere reached a peak of tension, and Song Jiao was about to draw her forty-meter-long sword, a cold yet resolute female voice broke the deadlock: "Hmph, I'm not dead yet, so when is it your turn as an outsider to dictate to my apprentice?"
As the voice fell, a woman in blue suddenly appeared in front of Song Jiao like the brightest star in the sky.
Her eyes were as cold as ice, mixed with hatred that was hard to conceal, as if she and Lin Zhi had an irreconcilable feud.
Yuxun's gaze pierced through the layers of mist and finally landed on Song Jiao, the one who hadn't been bullied yet. The heavy stone in her heart also fell to the ground, and she secretly rejoiced: "Fortunately, I made it in time!"
Her memory couldn't help but drift back to the tragedy of her previous life. When she hurried back then, she saw that her beloved eldest disciple Song Jiao had been severely injured by Liu Yaoyao and a group of villains, and her precious magic weapons and cultivation resources had been looted. That scene was still an indelible pain in her heart.
This time, history will not repeat itself. She vowed to protect everything and never let that evil couple succeed again.
When Lin Zhi saw Youxun coming, a sinister glint flashed in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Youxun, do you know what your apprentice has done? How dare she..."
However, Youxun only smiled lightly, a smile that held both disdain and determination. She interrupted Lin Zhi, her tone filled with unquestionable arrogance, "Hmph, then I'd like to ask, what did your disciple do? People should always have some sense of shame. Don't think that everything you do in the Yunyin Sect can go unnoticed. You can certainly indulge your disciple, but why can't I, the master, pamper and protect my disciple myself?"
"Or is it that your apprentice is the apple of your eye? She's the only one you allow to bully others?"
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