Chapter 209: The Hypocrite
The temperature inside the cave was getting lower and lower.
Ye Fei slowly felt all the power in her body dissipating, and she couldn't help but shiver. Her desire to find a way out became even more urgent.
"Master, you look terrible!" Qingli on the shoulder flapped her wings anxiously. "Should we stop and rest for a bit?"
Ye Fei exhaled a puff of white breath and shook her head: "No, if I stop now, those white-robed people from the Holy Church will definitely catch up... They probably already realize I'm toying with them."
"But..." You're almost too weak to walk anymore!
Qingli couldn't bring herself to say the last sentence; she was powerless to help the contractor in his current predicament.
The wood-based spiritual energy wasn't enough to generate enough heat to help its master recover; it was of no use at all.
Ye Fei gripped the stone wall tightly, the cold making her consciousness begin to blur.
A hurried footstep could be faintly heard behind her, and Ye Fei thought to herself, "This is bad"—the Holy Sect group has caught up!
Ye Fei immediately strode forward until the blinding light shone upon her, at which point she raised her hand to shield her eyes.
A few seconds later, she lowered her hand. Above her were towering trees and lush vegetation. Ye Fei immediately understood and walked out.
But now she faces another problem.
She had fallen into a hole in the ground and had to climb up to get back to the world above.
Normally, Ye Fei wouldn't be a concern at all, because her Phantom Step allows her to move with incredible speed.
But now... her strength has been almost completely exhausted inside the cave, and she has no way to use the Phantom Step anymore.
The footsteps behind her grew closer. Ye Fei turned around and saw the white-robed members of the Holy Order rushing out, their scepters pointed at her.
"That road is a dead end! How dare you play us?!" The white-robed leader stared coldly at Ye Fei, a faint aura of light emanating from him. "What is your relationship with Chi Ye? Why are you helping her?!"
Ye Fei raised her hand to wipe the blood from her face. The weakness she had deliberately shown earlier was gone. She raised the corners of her lips with a half-smile, looked around at them, and said with her pale lips slightly parted: "Because I look down on you forcing people to do things against their will."
"Don't you know what the consequences will be for opposing our Holy Church?" the white-robed man said coldly.
Ye Fei stared coldly at him: "Isn't the Holy Church supposed to be sacred and inviolable? I had no idea that stealing from others was a sacred thing."
"What do you know, you little girl?" the white-robed man sneered. "Fine, I'll tell you anyway—you don't know what Chi Ye is, do you? She is the incarnation of the Blazing Sacred Dragon, with the lowly blood of demonic beasts flowing through her veins. Our Holy Sect exists to eradicate such filthy creatures!"
"Just because of this lame excuse, you want to hunt down Chi Ye and steal her symbolic item?"
Ye Fei finally saw through this seemingly holy and immaculate Holy Church, which was actually extremely hypocritical. On the one hand, it solemnly proclaimed to the world that the Holy Church was sacred and inviolable, while on the other hand, it exterminated beasts and did all sorts of cruel and inhumane things!
If such a vile place were Yu Muhan's future destination, she would absolutely not agree to let her join the Holy Church!
The white-robed man waved his scepter, and a surge of light-elemental spiritual energy burst forth from the dazzling jewel on the scepter, piercing into Ye Fei's right shoulder at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye!
Ye Fei groaned, the pain causing her to stumble back a few steps and crash straight into a boulder behind her.
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