Thud.
The old woman's severed head fell to the ground, her wide-open eyes still filled with extreme terror and resentment.
"Junior sister, you know that I am not very magnanimous or well-mannered, so I will choose the most direct way to settle things with those who have offended me."
"Otherwise, it will be an eyesore and affect my mood. Junior sister, you won't blame your senior sister, will you?"
Qinghe looked at Yu Lingying and said with a smile on her face.
The atmosphere was very oppressive.
Mingzhi and the others also began to secretly gather their strength, ready to protect their senior sister at the first sign of Yu Lingying turning against them.
The moment they confirmed their senior's identity, they were worried about one thing.
They worried that Yu Lingying would use the pretext of impersonation to kill her senior sister at the mountain gate.
You must know that the fact that the Sixth Elder attacked Senior Sister as soon as he appeared must have been at Yu Lingying's behest.
Because the current senior sister looks completely different from how she did back then.
But to their surprise, Yu Lingying did not choose to use this reason to kill him, but instead directly acknowledged her senior sister's identity.
Yu Lingying went out with her senior sister, but her senior sister disappeared. She returned seriously injured and asked for help, claiming that she had been ambushed by a foreign race.
The sect had suspected her at the time, but after extensive investigation, they ruled her out.
The reason is simple: with her cultivation level, she poses no threat to Qinglan whatsoever.
Having grown up in the Jade Spirit Palace, she had no opportunity to come into contact with other races.
However, it was precisely because Qinglan disappeared that Mingzhi and the others frantically searched for her, which led to Yu Lingying surpassing them in cultivation.
By staying within the sect and helping the sect leader manage various affairs, she gained the sect leader's trust.
Most importantly, she is so thoughtful and considerate.
When Mingzhi and the others returned exhausted, the sect leader had become Yu Lingying.
The former sect leader chose to retreat into the sect's secret realm for secluded cultivation.
Mingzhi and the others had no interest in the position of sect leader, so they didn't say anything when Yu Lingying became sect leader.
They have not expressed any dissatisfaction.
But as time went on, Mingzhi and the others discovered a completely different side of Yu Lingying.
Ruthless and cruel, killing his own fellow disciples, he would stop at nothing to gain benefits.
Over the years, they have relentlessly suppressed those who grew up with them, constantly installing loyalists in their ranks.
The sect's long-standing rules have also begun to be altered time and time again.
When they tried to object, they discovered that she had effectively sidelined the entire Jade Spirit Palace.
They were already isolated and had no real power within the sect.
Those she had helped to rise to power harbored even greater hatred towards her and others.
Their own disciples have been constantly suppressed and humiliated, and the sect's law enforcement hall has become a tool for them to frame and suppress their opponents.
There is no justice left to speak of.
What worries Mingzhi and the others the most is that, apart from a few Supreme Elders who are loyal to Yu Lingying and often show up to support her, the other Supreme Elders, including the former sect leader, are all absent.
It hasn't appeared for a long time; not even a single communication talisman has been sent.
This gave Mingzhi and the others a very bad feeling.
However, the secret realm was sealed off, and they had no idea what the situation inside was like.
Yu Lingying's actions also led them to suspect that her senior sister's disappearance was related to her.
Just when this internal division was extremely serious, my senior sister returned.
This gave them hope that the sect would return to normal, so they would never allow Yu Lingying to attack their senior sister.
Because so many years have passed, no one knows how much of her previous life's strength the reincarnated senior sister has retained.
But her domineering aura remained unchanged.
In the midst of laughter and conversation, he suddenly struck and killed the old woman; this was both a test and a declaration of war.
I will not hesitate to retaliate against those who have offended or harmed me.
Yu Lingying didn't even glance at the old woman's corpse, and smiled slightly at Qinghe who was looking at her.
"Senior sister, there's no need for that. This ignorant fool has offended you. Even if you didn't take action, I would have killed her myself."
After saying that, he coldly gave orders to the people following behind him.
"Pass down the order: tell those overconfident fools to open their eyes wide and stop disturbing my senior sister's peaceful cultivation."
After saying that, he turned to Qinghe and smiled.
"Junior sister has important matters to attend to, so she won't keep her company. She'll visit her when she has more free time."
After saying this, he turned and left with his men.
But this first verbal exchange between the two, masked by smiles and politeness, foreshadowed the unrest that followed.
Qinghe killed the old woman and used her corpse to tell Yu Lingying.
I will make all those who plot against me pay the price.
And the price is death.
Yu Lingying also retaliated with the old woman's corpse, saying that things were different now, and that she was no longer the saintess and that she was no longer her little follower.
So don't be too arrogant and take yourself too seriously.
You'd better open your eyes wide and see clearly. I am now the Palace Master of Jade Spirit Palace, one of the super powers in the Imperial Land.
Watching Yu Lingying turn and leave, Qinghe's lips curled into a dangerous smile.
Both were eyewitnesses at the time, yet neither revealed the truth, nor did they turn against each other on the spot.
Because both of them knew that the other must have a plan.
Mingzhi, Xiaorong, and Diewu are all elders of the Jade Spirit Palace and have their own mountain peaks and palaces, but Qinghe refused their invitation.
He waved for them to leave and went alone to the lakeside cottage.
This is a large lake, surrounded by mountains with an island in the center, making it a very beautiful place.
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