"No." Shen Sanruo met Lingxiao Zhenren's gaze without fear. "It's a small matter for me to go down the mountain for training."
Master Lingxiao frowned, seemingly not understanding the meaning behind her words.
She opened her lips and explained, word by word: "Anything concerning me, whether it was being thrown directly into the confinement room, losing all my cultivation, or even nearly losing my life at the hands of my senior brother, are all trivial matters and can all be explained away with a light misunderstanding."
Lingxiao Zhenren's furrowed brows deepened.
Holding grudges over old matters is not the conduct expected of his disciples.
"In your eyes, my affairs are all trivial matters," she said sarcastically. "Isn't that so, Master?"
"Are you blaming me?"
"Shouldn't I complain?" Shen Sangruo asked rhetorically.
Luo Churen, who was standing to the side, was dumbfounded.
When he first saw Shen Sangruo, he was still amazed by her cultivation level.
Now it seems she might have been possessed by some old monster, which is why her cultivation level has increased so rapidly!
Is this still the same Shen Sangruo who was so respectful to Master Lingxiao?
He suddenly realized that Shen Sangri's cold treatment of them, his senior brothers, wasn't such a big deal.
She even dared to treat Lingxiao Zhenren in such a tone.
"presumptuous!"
Lingxiao Zhenren slammed his hand on the table, sending Chen Sangruo flying several meters away.
Luo Chu was also accidentally injured and clutched his chest tightly.
Has Shen Sangluo gone mad? What on earth is she trying to do?!
She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, stood up, and faced Master Lingxiao again. "As for what Master said about not protecting fellow disciples, you can ask the senior brothers who went with you to tell us in detail what happened in the secret realm."
"If Master still believes that I failed to protect my fellow disciples after learning the whole story, then I have nothing to say."
"Master, you may punish me by sending me to the confinement room again."
Shen Sangruo's words were full of sarcasm and irony.
On one hand, she secretly accused Ling Xiao Zhenren of acting arbitrarily without knowing the whole story, and on the other hand, she satirized his deep-rooted prejudice against her, completely disregarding the facts.
Luo Chu scratched his head anxiously, almost tearing his scalp apart.
His great-aunt, please stop talking!
She doesn't care about her life, but he does!
He doesn't want to get caught in the crossfire again!
I should have known better than to complain to Master Lingxiao and get involved in this mess. Who would have thought that Shen Sangri would be so audacious?
"I will deal with your offense of speaking disrespectfully to your master later."
Lingxiao Zhenren raised his hand and summoned Wen Xuan to the cave.
Only after Chen Sangri reminded him did he realize that his thoughts that day were on Bai Mumu and the lost Fire Scale Vine.
After briefly inquiring about the safety of his disciples, he did not pursue the matter further.
He had no idea what happened in between.
If Shen Sang reacted so strongly, he wanted to see what had happened to make her lose her composure like this.
"Master?" Wen Xuan arrived at the cave and was just as bewildered. He saw Luo Chu and Shen Sangruo again.
Wen Xuan's eyes lit up with surprise, and he quickly walked up to her. "Xiao Ruo! You're back?! When did you get back?!"
He was about to say something when Luo Chu, whom he had completely ignored, interrupted him with a resentful voice: "Second Senior Brother, there's someone else here."
Wen Xuan gave him a perfunctory greeting before remembering that it was Master Lingxiao who had summoned him.
Master Lingxiao rarely summons people directly using magic, so it must be something important.
He immediately turned to Master Lingxiao and asked, "Master, is there something important you need to discuss with me?"
"Wen Xuan, tell me everything that happened to you in the secret realm." The seated Master Ling Xiao spoke calmly, but with a hint of seriousness in his tone.
"Why did Master suddenly bring this up?" Wen Xuan's eyes were filled with confusion and resistance.
When he mentioned his experience in the secret realm, he thought of how Shen Sangruo almost perished in the fire.
I just feel incredibly distressed.
Every time I dream about it, I break out in a cold sweat.
"I want to know if she is the kind of person who abandons her fellow disciples in times of crisis." A sharp glint flashed in Lingxiao Zhenren's eyes. "If so, then I will no longer tolerate such a person in my sect."
Upon hearing this, both Wen Xuan and Luo Chu's expressions changed.
Their master actually had the idea of expelling Chen Sangruo from the sect.
Only Chen Sangruo showed regret on her face.
You should have told me sooner! There's such a good thing.
If she had known, she wouldn't have argued with Ling Xiao Zhenren and would have just confessed directly; she was too hasty.
"Why would Master think that?" Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Wen Xuan's tone became more anxious. "Fifth Junior Sister is not that kind of person."
Fearing that Lingxiao Zhenren would misunderstand Shen Sangruo, he quickly recounted everything that had happened in the secret realm.
When Wen Xuan spoke of Chen Sangruo falling into the lava and disappearing without a trace, his voice was tinged with pain.
Lingxiao Zhenren was slightly stunned upon hearing this and looked at Chen Sangruo.
The other person was looking at him with incredibly calm eyes, as still as a lake.
This shouldn't be Shen Sangruo's expression.
Lingxiao Zhenren frowned, wondering why he had such a thought.
Perhaps it was because when Shen Sanruo saw him before, she was either excited or delighted; in short, the expression in her eyes was extremely lively.
"If it weren't for Fifth Junior Sister risking her life to complete the formation and freeze the Fire Phoenix, we would probably all have melted into the lava and been reduced to dust by now."
"So Fifth Junior Sister is definitely not the kind of person who would abandon her fellow disciples. She sacrificed herself to save all of us."
"Fortunately, my fifth junior sister later obtained a fortuitous opportunity, which is why she was able to appear before us alive."
“Master, Fifth Junior Sister almost lost us forever. She barely survived. You're misunderstanding her like this; it will hurt her.” Wen Xuan’s gentle voice was filled with heartache.
Shen Sangruo: Thank you, but not really.
After all, he was a disciple he had taught since childhood, so how could Master Lingxiao not be moved when he heard about these things?
Especially after confirming that Shen Sangruo was an upright person who selflessly dedicated himself to his fellow disciples.
Lingxiao Zhenren felt a little guilty towards her because of this.
He sighed softly, "I misunderstood you."
Then he added, "If you were willing to talk to me properly, how could I have said such things to you?"
Perhaps she was frightened by the near-death experience; she was just a teenage girl, so it's understandable that she spoke without thinking.
"That's enough, I won't pursue this matter any further." Master Lingxiao waved his hand, forgiving Shen Sangruo.
He thought that if Shen Sanruo had almost fallen into the lava, even if she had been protected by chance, she might have been left with some hidden illnesses.
He already had a frail Bai Mumu, and he didn't want to see Shen Sangruo also suffer from illness.
He immediately used his divine sense to carefully examine Shen Sangruo's condition.
Thinking to himself, he had promised to personally teach Shen Sangruo the cultivation technique, but now that she had formed her core, delaying this matter any longer would be detrimental to her cultivation.
With him personally teaching her the techniques, Shen Sangruo should smile as before. Thinking of this, Lingxiao Zhenren felt a little happier.
The smile on his lips suddenly froze the next moment.
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