Chapter 276: Expelled from the Sect!

Some people, seeing this, were very dissatisfied and began to curse Ye Qingran for having no humanity.

Fu Hanxiu's expression darkened, and he said, "If the Spiritual Root belongs to Ye Huanhuan, I guarantee she will suffer no injury."

When the crowd saw that the National Master had taken a stance, they all fell silent.

Ye Huanhuan watched Han Xing Leng Yue walk toward her, wanting to flee, but where could she escape from Ye Qingran's palm?

Han Xing Leng Yue quickly subdued her.

Their expressions were extremely cold, as if watching a corpse. They had been waiting for this day to arrive for a long time!

"Ye Huanhuan, the way you dug out my lady's Spiritual Root back then, I will dig it back out the same way!"

Han Xing said, and the sharp blade had already slashed Ye Huanhuan's abdomen, and in an instant, blood spurted.

Ye Huanhuan cried out in agonizing, ghost‑like wails.

"Does it hurt?"

It must be painful, right?

"Back then, when you did this, did you ever think how much pain my lady endured?"

Leng Yue reached out, probed in, and pulled the Spiritual Root out.

The blood‑stained Spiritual Root shimmered with holy white light in the sun, instantly revealing it was no ordinary item.

"Sure enough, it's a Holy Spiritual Root!"

Someone sighed.

A Holy Spiritual Root is something a cultivator can encounter but cannot seek.

Know that in the vast Donglin Country, only a handful of people possess a Holy Spiritual Root!

"No!"

Ye Huanhuan roared.

Her Holy Spiritual Root!

Ye Qingran walked over, looked down at Ye Huanhuan, her red lips slightly parting, "Ye Huanhuan, when you did this five years ago, you should have foreseen a day like this!"

As she spoke, Ye Qingran cut her own hand, letting a drop of blood fall onto the Holy Spiritual Root; in an instant, the root burst with dazzling light, and vitality surged immensely!

"Heavens! The Holy Spiritual Root truly belongs to Ye Qingran!"

With that exclamation, everyone's gaze froze.

So the Holy Spiritual Root inside Ye Huanhuan was indeed Ye Qingran's!

Ye Huanhuan had occupied Ye Qingran's Holy Spiritual Root for five long years, and back then even tried to murder and erase all traces!

Had Ye Qingran not been fortunate, this matter might have become a secret, buried with her death.

But after all, Ye Huanhuan calculated countless possibilities yet failed to foresee that Ye Qingran's life would not end, and she returned after five years for revenge!

Heaven has eyes!

"Ye Qingran, are you satisfied? But do you know that without this Holy Spiritual Root, Huanhuan will die! Can't you, as sisters, let bygones be bygones?"

Mu Qingrou shouted with righteous words.

Even someone responded to her.

"Ye Qingran, you have lived all these years without a Spiritual Root; return the Spiritual Root to Ye Huanhuan! She needs this Holy Spiritual Root more than you!"

"Indeed, Ye Qingran, Ye Huanhuan has realized her mistake; please forgive her!"

"Huanhuan didn't do it on purpose; back then it was just a moment of folly. Ye Qingran, since you didn't die, can you be magnanimous and let bygones be bygones?"

……

Ye Qingran's lips curled into an ambiguous arc.

"Humanity, what an interesting thing."

It can overturn right and wrong, blurring black and white.

It can call the wrong right, and the good bad.

"Ye Qingran, give my Spiritual Root back to me!"

Ye Qingran glared at Ye Huanhuan.

What a stubborn, unrepentant one!

"This Holy Spiritual Root has already been stained with someone else's blood, it's already dirty, I don't want it either."

Huanhuan's eyes flashed brightly at those words.

Since Ye Qingran doesn't want it, then give it to her!

"Give it to me!"

"Give you?"

Ye Qingran gave a cold smile, "A thing that's already stained, then... let it be destroyed!"

Speaking thus, under the horrified gazes of the crowd, Ye Qingran clasped her five fingers together, and the pristine Holy Spiritual Root shattered into powder in her hand!

Quiet!

Unparalleled silence!

Everyone was so shocked they could not speak.

Ye Qingran actually crushed the Holy Spiritual Root!

That was a Holy Spiritual Root!

Even Xia Zhimeng and the others were stunned, never expecting Ye Qingran to prefer a noble death over a ruined existence!

Fu San was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed, "Your Majesty, Miss Ye is truly resolute! A fresh Holy Spiritual Root was crushed by her just like that."

Fu Hanxiu nodded, dismissively saying, "It's just a Holy Spiritual Root; she deserves something better!"

"Just a Holy Spiritual Root?"

Fu San twitched the corner of his mouth.

The Holy Spiritual Root in the Central Region is considered one of the top‑tier Spiritual Roots, okay?

"Ah!!" Ye Huanhuan's eyes widened to the brink of bursting, her face full of madness.

"My Holy Spiritual Root! No!" Ye Huanhuan's heart seemed to bleed, her hateful gaze as if she could tear Ye Qingran limb by limb, "Ye Qingran, you madwoman! Return my Holy Spiritual Root!"

Only then did everyone snap out of their shock.

Almost everyone thought Ye Qingran intended to dig out the Holy Spiritual Root and plant it back into her own dantian.

To everyone's astonishment, Ye Qingran didn't take the usual route; without a word, she destroyed the Holy Spiritual Root!

Countless people present were writhing in agony!

The Sword Demon, however, didn't care.

Even without a Spiritual Root, his master's cultivation was still terrifyingly high.

"Ling Qingyun, you saw it too—your disciple Ye Huanhuan stole my master Ye Qingran's Holy Spiritual Root. Such a disgraceful disciple, are you sure you still want her?"

Ling Qingyun looked at Ye Huanhuan, his eyes filled with disgust.

At the time, the only reason he chose Ye Huanhuan as his disciple was because of the potential of her Holy Spiritual Root. Since she no longer has that root, she no longer qualifies to be his disciple.

"Disgraced disciple Ye Huanhuan, for your misconduct, I hereby decree that, effective immediately, Ye Huanhuan is expelled from the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect and shall never set foot in the sect again!"

Ling Qingyun was eager to distance himself from Ye Huanhuan, so he hastily announced it aloud.

Hearing such a resolute declaration, Ye Huanhuan hadn't yet recovered from the blow of losing her Holy Spiritual Root when another overwhelming force thrust her straight into hell!

"No..."

Ye Huanhuan collapsed onto the ground, her complexion ghastly pale, eyes vacant, hair disheveled; she was no longer the spirited person she once was, only despair and pain remained.

But no one felt sympathy for her.

Because all of this was of her own making!

Zhao Shi and Ye Yu's reactions were no better.

Ye Huanhuan had once been their pride; now she had not only lost the Holy Spiritual Root but also her status as a Xuan Yuan disciple, plummeting from the lofty clouds to the dust below.

A world apart!

From today onward, whenever anyone mentions Ye Huanhuan, they will not call her Crown Princess or Xuan Yuan disciple, but a malicious sister who dug out her elder sister's Spiritual Root and a disgraceful person expelled from the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect.

Ye Huanhuan—ruined!

"I've already been expelled, may I leave now?" Ling Qingyun truly didn't want to stay here another moment.

Ye Qingran nodded slowly, "Of course you may."

Ling Qingyun cast a suspicious glance at Ye Qingran, feeling that something was off.

Ling Qingwu followed behind him, ready to depart with his sword, when suddenly a killing aura surged from behind. Ling Qingyun turned to block, only to find it wasn't aimed at him.

In the next instant…