Chapter 285: Truth Revealed!

Xia Zhimeng watched Ninth Elder shake his head, quite surprised; in her view, Ran Jie would never groundlessly wrong Lin Xuewei. She subconsciously looked at Ye Qingran, seeing her utterly composed, she raised her eyebrows, feeling this matter wasn't that simple.

As expected, Ninth Elder saw the crowd's reaction, blinked in slight astonishment, then gritted his teeth and slapped Lin Xuewei's other cheek.

"I told you to shut up, yet you still won't listen?"

Ninth Elder was practically dying of anger.

His earlier head shake was merely disappointment with Lin Xuewei and Li Kaiyang, these Divine Medicine Sect disciples; I don't know how it got overinterpreted.

And this Lin Xuewei, seizing the slightest chance to strike back, she's practically perfected the art of courting death!

"Ninth Elder?"

Lin Xuewei, who had just been slapped, had no idea why she had provoked Ninth Elder again; wasn't his earlier attitude already showing he was on her side?

Ninth Elder finally turned his trembling gaze onto Ye Qingran, wanting to see her reaction.

Ye Qingran, seeing Ninth Elder's attitude, guessed he might no longer recognize her identity, though she wasn't entirely sure.

"Since Ninth Elder already has the answer in his heart, just say it out loud for everyone to hear."

Ninth Elder gave a bitter smile; he knew the Guest Minister Elder was someone who couldn't tolerate a speck of sand in her eye. Especially since Lin Xuewei had offended her, she wouldn't let Lin Xuewei off.

But once everyone learns that Lin Xuewei misdiagnosed and had other disciples cover for her, the Divine Medicine Sect's reputation would likely suffer greatly.

But he had to do this.

After all, in front of this Guest Minister Elder, the Divine Medicine Sect's reputation really means nothing.

He truly hated Lin Xuewei to death. All these years, he had poured his heart and blood for the Divine Medicine Sect, never expecting to stumble over Lin Xuewei.

"Wayward disciple Lin Xuewei, won't you admit your mistake?!" Ninth Elder roared in a loud, angry voice.

Everyone present trembled.

Lin Xuewei covered her face, trembling all over.

She simply couldn't believe Ninth Elder would actually expose her in public! She's a disciple of the Divine Medicine Sect! How could Ninth Elder, for the sake of Ye Qingran, disregard the sect's reputation?!

She clung to a sliver of hope in her dying struggle: "Ninth Elder, you can't ignore the Divine Medicine Sect's reputation!"

Ninth Elder laughed in anger.

Who exactly is disregarding the Divine Medicine Sect's reputation?

"Shut up! Leaving aside your misdiagnosis and cover-up, you even dragged Li Kaiyang down with you, Lin Xuewei—you're quite something!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd erupted in an uproar.

What did Ninth Elder say?

Lin Xuewei misdiagnosed?

Could Ye Qingran's skepticism be true? Did Lin Xuewei really misdiagnose?

The named Li Kaiyang froze on the spot, as if turned to stone, unable to speak from fear.

"Ninth Elder, I didn't…"

Faced with so many people, how could Lin Xuewei possibly admit to misdiagnosing? Once this gets out, where will she save her face?

"Ninth Elder, she's the one framing me—don't believe her nonsense! She covets our Divine Medicine Sect, yet she's a worthless waste, unable to become a sect member, so jealousy blinded her, leading her to slander us!"

Lin Xuewei's righteous indignation made it seem as if Ye Qingran had committed some unpardonable crime.

Ninth Elder was practically dying of anger.

Ye Qingran covets the Divine Medicine Sect?

She's still a worthless waste?

He really wanted to dig open Lin Xuewei's skull!

"Lin Xuewei, you still won't admit it?"

Lin Xuewei gritted her teeth, adopting a stance of outright refusal to admit.

"Alright, Li Kaiyang, you tell us—did Lin Xuewei misdiagnose or not? Think it over before you speak; otherwise, you'll never set foot in the Divine Medicine Sect's gates again in your lifetime!"

Boom—

Li Kaiyang felt his mind in a tumultuous uproar.

At this point, he could no longer care about anything else; he dropped to his knees on the ground, tears and snot streaming, "Ninth Elder, I was wrong! I shouldn't have covered for Lin Xuewei! Please, spare me this once! Don't expel me from the Divine Medicine Sect!"

Lin Xuewei's expression twisted with rage; Li Kaiyang, this worthless waste, is utterly useless!

Everyone looked stunned.

How could they still not know the truth of the matter?

As it turned out, Lin Xuewei really had misdiagnosed, and Li Kaiyang, as a Divine Medicine Sect disciple, had covered for her!

As for Ye Qingran, she had been right all along.

"Lin Xuewei, things have come to this—won't you admit it?" Ninth Elder's voice was extremely stern; the faces of several other Divine Medicine Sect disciples turned pale.

They looked at Lin Xuewei with utter astonishment. It seemed they hadn't expected Lin Xuewei to really have misdiagnosed, and what shocked them even more was that the usually outstanding Li Kaiyang had actually chosen to cover for her.

Lin Xuewei's heart was filled with hatred toward Ye Qingran.

She is a disciple of the Divine Medicine Sect, the younger sister-in-law of the Emperor Sovereign of the Peak of Contending for Deer; with so many exalted identities, how could she lose face? On the contrary, Ye Qingran, of lowly status, should bear the embarrassment—after all, for someone like her, losing face or not makes no difference!

She also harbored hatred toward Ninth Elder. After all, she is a Divine Medicine Sect disciple—why would he favor an outsider, helping them instead of her?

Seeing hatred fill Lin Xuewei's eyes, Ninth Elder knew this guy was unrepentant.

"Lin Xuewei, as a Divine Medicine Sect disciple you've violated the sect rules; if so, when I return to the sect, I will report this to the Sect Master—your fate will be up to him."

Ninth Elder flicked his sleeve, his words utterly decisive.

Everyone was stunned.

Did Ninth Elder mean to expel Lin Xuewei from the Divine Medicine Sect? If she were truly expelled, her reputation would be ruined thereafter.

A disciple unwanted by the Divine Medicine Sect—who else among other sects would dare take her?

Lin Xuewei's pupils constricted: "No! Ninth Elder, you can't treat me like this!"

If I had known it would turn out this way, why bother in the first place?

Lin Xuewei gritted her teeth in hatred. A flash of resolve crossed her eyes as she said to the Ninth Elder: "Ninth Elder, I am Lin Xueyan's younger sister; are you sure you want to treat me like this?"

The Ninth Elder furrowed their brows.

Seeing the Ninth Elder hesitate, Lin Xuewei knew he still feared her sister. After all, her sister was the supremely noble Lady of the Emperor Sovereign from Zhu Lu's Peak!

She continued: "If I am expelled from the Divine Medicine Sect, I will tell my sister not to pass on the medicinal arts she learned from Xi Ji to you!"

Everyone was spreading that Lin Xueyan had learned many exquisite and unparalleled medicinal arts from Zhu Lu's Peak; this time upon returning, she will impart part of what she learned without reservation to certain factions.

Because the slots are limited, many sects and factions are striving to obtain one. The Divine Medicine Sect is naturally among them. His purpose for this trip is very clear: to seek instruction in medicinal arts from Lin Xueyan.

Before this, because of Lin Xuewei's connection, the Divine Medicine Sect could easily have obtained one of the slots. But if Lin Xuewei interfered, their greatest advantage would instantly become their greatest disadvantage!

The Ninth Elder hesitated.

Lin Xuewei revealed a triumphant smile.