"How does Junior Sister Zhu Yi want to make compensation?" Mu Yu asked her with a smile.
"It's not much, it's just that I was planning to have a barbecue at my Peach Blossom Cottage tonight and invite my two senior sisters to enjoy it. These five people ruined my plans and delayed Senior Sister Zhaocai's dinner, so I have to make amends."
Lanxiang and the other four stared intently at Zhu Yi, who turned out to be the new disciple of Master Yujing!
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have attacked her. Although Master Yujing is not in the sect now, if he comes back and finds out that his disciple was bullied by them, will he hold them accountable?
Zhu Yi took out her notebook with a serious expression and began to scribble calculations with colored pencils.
The people around were silent, waiting to see what else Zhu Yi would say.
"My sister Weiwei's arm injury needs treatment. Shouldn't it at least require a Royal-grade Jade Complexion Regeneration Pill?"
Lanxiang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Such a small bruise, it'll heal in a few days. How could it possibly require a royal-grade elixir? This is blatant robbery!"
Zhu Yi ignored Lan Xiang's murderous glare: "Not only that, their hurtful words have caused trouble for my sister Weiwei and smeared the reputation of our former Hehuan Sect. This is intolerable!"
"And then there's Sister Shanshan. She came to visit Sister Weiwei, but this kind and honest person was driven to the point of drawing her sword and being chased and beaten by them! They need to compensate for that too."
Mu Yu's perpetually wooden face cracked slightly. "So, how exactly does Junior Sister Zhu Yi want them to compensate us?"
The other group of five was very indignant and shouted, "Senior Brother, why do you keep telling us to compensate them? Didn't they also fight back?"
"Besides, Wei Weiwei is already shameless. She's always staking out the grove to watch over Senior Brother Shu Chen. Who knows what kind of bad ideas she's up to?" Lan Xiang said indignantly, shouting and yelling without any regard for her image.
"No! I just found an inconspicuous spot in the woods to memorize the talismans! I only bumped into Senior Brother Shuchen once or twice, and when he saw I was having some trouble memorizing them, he explained some of the principles of the talismans to me. I didn't do what you're saying..." Wei Weiwei's eyes reddened. Tonight's events started because of her, causing such a commotion with so many people watching. She suddenly felt a pang of guilt...
"That's because you were indecent, wearing all that makeup. What else could it be but intentional seduction? There are so many people carrying talismans in the forest, why did Senior Brother Shuchen specifically explain the principles to you?"
"Look at them! They've already been punished by being made to face the wall, and they still don't repent! Even now, with so many people around, they openly slander my sister Weiwei. They're clearly not upright people!" Zhu Yi mocked.
"So what if my sister Weiwei really did stake out your senior brother? That's your senior brother's good fortune! She comes from a prestigious family, she's the daughter of the Wei family, beautiful, well-educated, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that ten of you couldn't compare to our sister Weiwei!" Zhu Yi cursed directly, her brows furrowed, openly questioning Lanxiang and the others in front of everyone, "Do you have any self-awareness? Besides, your ears don't seem to be very good, didn't you hear? It was a chance encounter! A chance encounter!"
Shu Chen's composed smile completely crumbled. He had been explaining the incantations to Wei Weiwei in the woods. The first encounter was indeed accidental, but the second time he had taken it to heart, never expecting it to cause her so much trouble...
Zhu Yi was furious; it was impossible to communicate properly with a group of people who were deliberately pretending to be deaf and dumb.
She tore off the notebook she had just written in and handed the palm-sized piece of paper to her senior brother, Mu Yu.
“Those five people need to compensate my sister Weiwei for physical injury and emotional distress, totaling ten mid-grade spirit stones. They also need to compensate my sister Shanshan and me, five mid-grade spirit stones each.” Zhu Yi quickly adjusted her tone to make it sound less harsh.
"Furthermore, their exploitation of the mentally unstable Hua Nuansu is utterly shameless. I've heard that Elders Hua Zhen and his wife sacrificed themselves to seal the demon rift. The descendants of such noble individuals deserve our care and protection! Therefore, those five should compensate Hua Nuansu with ten mid-grade spirit stones..."
"A total of thirty mid-grade spirit stones, not even including the cost of their insults against our Joyful Union Sect!"
The stars twinkled in the deep blue night sky, and the night lights in front of the student building illuminated the people on the small playground with exceptional clarity.
An evening breeze blew through the grove, rustling the leaves.
Mu Yu took the notebook papers and examined them carefully in his palm.
"I disagree!" Lanxiang protested. It was bad enough that the five of them were punished by being sent to the Cliff of Repentance! And now there was separate compensation? Thirty mid-grade spirit stones—six for each person! That was too much!
"We only get eighty low-grade spirit stones for a month of sect missions, and one hundred low-grade spirit stones can only be exchanged for one mid-grade spirit stone! Senior Brother Mu Yu, this is way too much!"
"It wasn't just us who started it, all three of them did too! It's only fair that the punishments are shared equally!"
The five of them started arguing again, giving Zhu Yi a headache.
Zhu Yi looked closely and said, "Wait, aren't you missing someone? I remember there were five or six of us when I first arrived. Where's the person who ran errands to order Hua Nuansu? Why isn't he standing with you?"
Hearing this, a petite female cultivator in the crowd unconsciously tried to sneak away, but was suddenly grabbed by a man in green robes and tossed to Zhu Yi's feet with one hand...
Zhu Yi looked up and silently noted down the name of the disciple in blue, who was the same fellow disciple who had just told her about Hua Nuansu's background.
"I didn't lay a hand on her! I only went to find Hua Nuansu because they told me to!"
The little female cultivator was so frightened that her face was covered in tears. "If I don't obey and run errands for them, they'll bully me... Waaah!"
"Although you didn't do it yourself, you were still an accomplice. They pressured you, but you knew they were deliberately making things difficult for my sister Weiwei, yet you still helped them do bad things without any qualms. It's clear you're not a good person either."
Zhu Yi didn't want to look at her anymore, so she bent down and pushed her into the middle of the five people opposite.
She ignored the group of people who were filled with hatred and anger, and turned directly to Mu Yu, asking frankly, "In your opinion, senior brother, is my compensation receipt clear?"
"And what about the punishment and apology I mentioned before, and posting notices? Are those feasible?"
"If you, senior brother, feel this is inappropriate and cannot make a decision, we can go to the Discipline Hall to discuss it further, or we can ask our sect leader and Uncle Hanbai to come and discuss it together. We can't just let these worthless scoundrels cause trouble in the sect every day and incite discord among fellow disciples!"
Zhu Yi looked righteous and awe-inspiring, clearly implying to Mu Yu that she and her sisters had been bullied, and if Mu Yu didn't give her a satisfactory decision, she wouldn't mind making a bigger scene and going to the sect leader and the elders of the Dan Sect for justice.
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