After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

Su Mingyue's eyes were red. "Isn't that right? Mingyue hasn't said a word from beginning to end."

Zhao Qing suddenly stood up and shouted angrily, "Who am I doing this for! Who am I doing all this for!"

Su Mingyue shook her head: "I never asked you to be good to me; it was just your wishful thinking."

Zhao Qing laughed in anger.

"You said you liked me, implying that I should treat you well too, and I've always indulged you. You even said that after returning to the sect, you wanted to become my Daoist partner. I thought you might get hurt, so I said that on your behalf!!"

Su Mingyue stared at Zhao Qing, as if she had suffered a great humiliation. "I didn't do that. Our relationship is just that of normal senior and junior brothers. Senior Brother Zhao, I never imagined you would harbor such feelings for me. Mingyue doesn't like you at all!"

Su Mingyue ran to Hengyangzi's side, sobbing, "Master! Senior Brother Zhao... he's gone mad... he's done so many bad things, yet he claims it's all for Mingyue..."

She turned her head, heartbroken, and said, "Mingyue has never liked you. There are clearly more outstanding disciples around Mingyue, so why did she choose you?"

At this point, she added with a hint of suppressed anger, "Senior Brother Zhao, I've been avoiding you ever since before we went to the North Sea Secret Realm. I have many senior and junior brothers who can testify to that. I feel that our contact has crossed the line. I thought you would understand what I meant, but I didn't expect you to still be so persistent."

Su Mingyue indeed has many people who can testify to this.

She previously felt that Zhao Qing was being too clingy, and the other admirers also distanced themselves from her, no longer helping her or giving her gifts.

So she would take every opportunity to confide her troubles to many of her fellow students who admired her.

She said that her senior brother Zhao Qing had been pestering her, which was putting her in a difficult position.

This can also be seen as a way of indirectly indicating that she is really not interested in Zhao Qing.

Her actions reassured a large number of suitors, which could now be used as evidence that she didn't like Zhao Qing.

Luo Huanzhen sat on Yun Yao's lap, watching the show with narrowed eyes.

Seeing Zhao Qing staring intently at Su Mingyue with an expression as if she had swallowed a dead fly, Luo Huanzhen almost wanted to jump up and clap his hands in approval.

Su Mingyue is just that kind of person.

She wouldn't intentionally do evil.

Even in the mirror, she maintained her pure and innocent image until the very end.

As long as she cries or frowns, someone will do all the bad things for her.

In the end, Su Mingyue not only gained all the benefits, but also managed to escape unscathed.

Hengyangzi gently comforted Su Mingyue, his old face scrunched up.

Yun Yao's gaze fell on him.

All the other elders and deacons also focused their attention on him.

What happened?

It was clearly meant to put pressure on Uncle-Master Yun Yao and that former rebellious disciple, to teach them a lesson and make them feel uncomfortable.

How come now the ones being pressured are yourself and your disciples?

"Ah Qing, you are truly foolish." Hengyangzi shook his head in disappointment. "In that case, I will expel you from the sect and punish you with three hundred years of torture at the Demon-Slaying Platform."

Zhao Qing's mind went blank.

He stared intently at Su Mingyue, who was kneeling beside Hengyangzi with tears streaming down her face, and felt a surge of blood rushing to his chest.

Finally, he coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

The frail healer fainted from anger caused by Su Mingyue.

However, to faint from an unbearable blow and avoid facing it would be too blissful.

There's no such thing as a free lunch!

So, Luo Huan jumped off Yun Yao's knees, ran to Zhao Qing, and used silver needles to prick several acupoints.

Zhao Qing, who had fainted from anger, was forcibly turned back on and woke up.

Seeing that the person squatting in front of him, holding silver needles and treating him, was none other than Luo Huanzhen, Zhao Qing felt a pang of bitterness and sorrow in his heart.

"Zhenzhen... In the end, you're the one who truly cares about me."

Luo Huanzhen put away the silver needles, shrugged his little shoulders, and explained innocently, "No, I just saw that you hadn't suffered enough, so I woke you up to continue being tortured."

After saying that, she ran back to Yun Yao's arms and sat down.

Zhao Qing felt utterly hopeless.

A short while later, the enforcement disciples came in and escorted the dejected Zhao Qing to the Demon-Slaying Platform.

The Demon-Slaying Platform is a more terrifying place than the Cliff of Repentance. Only disciples who commit serious crimes are severely punished and then nailed there to be exposed to the wind, sun, and lightning.

Lei Ziyue's punishment at the Cliff of Repentance has ended.

Hearing that something big had happened in the sect, he rushed over to see what was going on.

His main concern was Luo Huanzhen.

I want to see if Luo is really alright.

On the way, I happened to run into Zhao Qing, whose mouth was stained with blood and who looked like he had suffered a huge blow and whose life was so dark that he could not see the bottom.

Lei Ziyue was startled.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Qing forced a bitter smile: "Second Senior Brother, you're right. I regret it, I regret not listening to you sooner."

"Su Mingyue, Su Mingyue has such a cruel heart, hahaha..."

Zhao Qing left, her expression a mixture of tears and laughter.

Lei Ziyue stood there, completely bewildered.

Lei Ziyue rushed outside the main hall, where other disciples were eavesdropping and gossiping. Such a widely discussed matter would easily spread.

Lei Ziyue quickly learned the whole story.

I am filled with endless emotions.

Zhao Qing was no longer his junior brother.

For a frail healer to spend two hundred years on the Demon-Slaying Platform is practically the same as a death sentence.

However, this was the fate he deserved.

Thankfully, Zhenzhen is alright.

Lei Ziyue scratched his head and secretly peeked at Luo Huanzhen for a while.

Seeing that she was still well, fair-skinned and adorable, well cared for by Yun Yao, and even had improved her cultivation level, Lei Ziyue breathed a sigh of relief, and a gentle smile appeared on his dark and rugged face.

My sect has let Zhenzhen down.

Perhaps following Yun Yao is truly the best outcome.

Having gotten the answer he wanted, Lei Ziyue strode away.

But inside the main hall, the matter was not yet over.

Seeing that Hengyangzi was about to dismiss everyone and let the matter drop, Luo Huanzhen blinked his clear black and white eyes and quickly spoke up.

"Sect Master, shouldn't we return Sister Ye Rou's heart to her?"

Su Mingyue's crying faltered slightly.

Hengyangzi sighed, frowned, and said softly, "While that's true in principle, a genuine human heart is hard to come by. Besides, since Elder Danhong is Ye Rou's birth mother, using a female mother's heart isn't a big problem..."

Luo Huanzhen said with a serious expression, "But Elder Dan Hong's heart is damaged, and she won't last much longer."

Hengyangzi: "..."

Will it not last long before Mingyue has to return it?

Is a disciple of a mere minor elder who isn't even part of the sect's management more pampered than his own disciple?

Hengyangzi forced a smile: "How about this, let's not switch them for now. There are other good medical cultivators in the sect. I'll ask three or four of them to take good care of Ye Rou's health, and then they can switch back when a suitable heart source becomes available?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Rou trembled and knelt on the ground, remaining silent and restrained.

Su Mingyue clung to Hengyangzi with a grateful expression.

Luo was really unhappy.

Why not return the heart to Sister Ye Rou, let Su Mingyue use the broken heart, and then arrange for three or four medical cultivators to take good care of Su Mingyue?

Yun Yao glanced at the group and said calmly, "I have suitable heart sources; I'll exchange them for the two of them."

Hengyangzi exclaimed in surprise, "Uncle-Master, is it true?"

Yun Yao: "Mm."

There are many pigs in the sect's spirit feeding pen. It wouldn't be unreasonable to slaughter a pig, take its heart, and give it to Su Mingyue.