Chapter 25

Zhou Chuanfeng exclaimed in surprise, and the whole place fell even more silent.

Has the legacy of the Primordial God Venerable been obtained by an adept?

This…

Everyone feels a bit incapable of accepting it.

Shen Kuo said, "It's just purple light; it may not be the Primordial God Venerable."

"Not bad." Ji Wanxing smiled, eyes narrowed, "A heavenly pride of the lightning system also has this light."

"Sect Master, do I have good eyes? All ten demon-testing pillars lit up, showing that Junior Sister is a lightning prodigy."

"Yes." Ji Wanxing looked at her with indulgence, "Your junior sister's ten faculties are pure, her heart toward the Dao extraordinarily firm, unaffected by any external influence; truly a cultivation genius. How could a child of such disposition fall into demonry?"

"All ten spiritual roots are so pure and clear, indeed rare." The envoy also praised, "For cultivators, having six pure faculties is already difficult; she actually has all ten pure."

Cultivators have four more roots than ordinary people: besides the six faculties of eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, there are four extra—heart, dantian, realm, and sea—where "dantian" refers to the dantian, "realm" to the cultivation realm, and "sea" to the sea of consciousness.

This is enough to show that Shen Qingli has no ulterior motives at all, only a heart toward the Dao, also proving that her words are sincere.

"Biyue Sect, they really abused, insulted, and framed her!" Everyone gasped, looking at the Biyue Sect up and down, feeling that those wearing spotless white Daoist robes don't deserve such clean clothes.

"It's actually someone with all ten spiritual roots pure; no wonder they can stay steady even when their realm plummets." Zhou Changqi murmured, unconsciously rubbing his thumb against his index finger—a sign of his being moved.

Zhou Chuanfeng knew him well and asked without thinking, "Your Imperial Brother wants to marry her again?"

"Yes, it's truly captivating." Zhou Changqi chuckled, "The Biyue Sect is indeed a bunch of blind, flies‑and‑dogs scum."

"The Heavenly Star Sect also looks rather ordinary; even if Liu Meng is decent, it's just a blind cat finding a dead mouse— they merely snatched a decent disciple. If your Imperial Brother extends an olive branch, she will surely marry you." Zhou Chuanfeng was very confident.

"Let's wait and see." Zhou Changqi wasn't in a hurry, but his gaze stuck to Shen Qingli as she walked out of the demon-testing array.

Shen Qingli immediately caught that unusual glance and looked over sharply.

Zhou Changqi gave a gentle nod to show goodwill.

Shen Qingli wondered for a moment; she and Zhou Changqi had little interaction, not understanding what he intended.

"Senior sister." Shen Jin, standing between them, laughed and congratulated, "Congratulations."

Shen Qingli met his sincere, pure eyes, and her brows softened into a gentle smile, "Mm."

"Junior sister, congratulations." Liu Meng, Li Yidao, and Zhan Yuefeng also offered their congratulations.

Shen Qingli looked at each in turn, "Thank you, eldest senior sister, second senior brother, third senior brother."

Seeing her address them thus, their smiles widened; Liu Meng even grabbed her hand, "Come on, let's go to our place!"

Shen Jin spread his arms, lazily clasping his hands behind his head, looking at the envoy with a spoiled‑rich smile, "Don't forget, Lord, to give my sister compensation. I think your Nine Heavens Mysterious Cauldron in the storehouse is quite nice."

The envoy was startled!

What's in their storehouse—how does this brat know?

"Let's go."

Shen Jin stretched, then chased after Shen Qingli,

leaving the envoy disheveled in the wind…

The Biyue Sect's Peak Master Xu snorted coldly, "What kind of cat or dog deserves the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cauldron?"

The master of the Medicine God Valley had begged for it for years without success; who would have thought the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cauldron was actually in the envoy's hands?

Such a supreme treasure, Peak Master Xu naturally felt Shen Qingli was unworthy!

But just as he finished his jab, the envoy said to him, "Please, Peak Master Xu, accompany me for a trip."

Peak Master Xu froze, almost instinctively looking toward Bai Ren Shan, but the latter pressed his shoulder, "Peak Master Xu, you were rash and overconfident earlier; you ought to accept the punishment."

Peak Master Xu immediately understood: this was to make him acknowledge that he shouldn't have attacked Shen Qingli in public; the rest need not be worried.

"Go on." Bai Ren Shan said again.

Peak Master Xu no longer resisted, but his expression remained unpleasant; being publicly taken away for punishment is never a matter of pride.

Bai Ren Shan added, "Envoy, you also need to decide; no matter what, Shen Qingli is still a disciple of my Biyue Sect."

Even before Shen Qingli said she had never joined the Biyue Sect, he had already prepared her disciple jade token, originally intending to lure her so she would represent the Biyue Sect well in the grand competition.

Now it seems this little girl's heart has gone wild; she doesn't care about the Biyue Sect at all.

But it doesn't matter; she must die—even if she dies, it must be within the Biyue Sect.

Bai Ren Shan spoke with a ruthless heart but a benevolent face, "My Biyue Sect has never expelled Shen Qingli; even though she has repeatedly defied Saintess Zhao, appearing wayward and demonic, we have never abandoned her. The Heavenly Star Sect acts this way—can they regard my Biyue Sect with any respect?"

Shen Qingli laughed at his words, "Cut the nonsense, Sect Master Bai—bring out the disciple jade token you've prepared."

Bai Ren Shan's eyes flickered.

Shen Qingli said again, "You don't have it, right?"

"Saintess." Bai Ren Shan gestured downward.

Zhao Yue immediately took out Shen Qingli's disciple jade token, about to perform it reluctantly.

Shen Qingli had already released a pulse of mystic power from afar, deftly making the jade token dodge.

How fast!

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Shen Qingli didn't explain those details, simply crushing the jade token.

Only a "crack!" was heard as the token shattered; many thought Shen Qingli was too fierce, for a disciple's jade token always holds the disciple's life‑soul, and crushing it harms oneself!

"What effect do I have on you all?" Shen Qingli brushed the powder from her hand, "Since you failed to frame and kill me, you now want to lock me back in the Biyue Sect to kill me?"

"Sect Master Bai, didn't you expect I would crush the jade token? Such a despicable trick—do you really have the face to show it off, aren't you embarrassed?"

Bai Ren Shan and Zhao Yue were both stunned.

Because the jade token indeed contained Shen Qingli's life‑soul!

"Are you surprised? My life was already gone when you pulled out my phoenix bones all over my body."

Shen Qingli gave a cool smile, "Someone whose life has already been taken once—how can you still try to control my fate?"

"You……" Zhao Yue still wanted to put forth that "I am born, therefore I am right" argument.

Shen Kuo, however, took out a recording talisman, projecting the scene of that day when they forced them up Bing Xue Feng, inviting the Heavenly Dao's testimony, and played it directly.

While the crowd erupted in an uproar, the look in Zhao Yue's eyes no longer had the former saintess's filter at all!

The Zhao Saintess, who constantly spoke of benevolence toward all beings, was actually so harsh toward her own birth daughter that even the Heavenly Dao could not bear to watch.

"I think, as for A Li not being a disciple of the Azure Jade Sect, the White Sect Master and the Zhao Saintess no longer have any doubts, right?" Shen Kuo questioned, enunciating each word.

The scene was filled with remarks like "How dare they still have doubts?" "I really couldn't tell!" "How could they be so cruel to their own birth daughter?"

Zhao Yue's face turned pale, her eyes dazed, yet she subconsciously retorted, "I'm not wrong, I'm not wrong, I was just a bit strict— that's also hoping my daughter becomes talented, I—"

"Alright." The Mysterious Envoy spoke, and the scene finally quieted down.

The Mysterious Envoy then announced, "Since there is the Heavenly Dao's testimony, and the Azure Jade Sect indeed lacks any genuine and valid disciple jade token for Shen Qingli, it is clear that the claim Shen Qingli never joined the Azure Jade Sect is true; everyone in the sect should cease further entanglement."

With this verdict, Shen Qingli felt her mind and spirit flow smoothly.

She finally severed all ties with the Azure Jade Sect thoroughly.