Chapter 770 - 768: Sect Master’s Good-for-Nothing Daughter 42
After that, the area where the Silver Moon Sect was stationed became bustling.
It was heard that Zhuo Hong and the Jin Family siblings all had their Dantians destroyed, and whether they could be repaired would depend on the medical cultivators’ evaluation.
When Xie Jiuqing heard about it, he was incredulous. After inquiring about the situation, he learned that they had encountered a beast tide and some unknown effect, likely a certain demon beast’s ability, which temporarily prevented them from communicating with their space treasures. Otherwise, they would have transmitted out well before the crisis.
This situation immediately drew the attention of the Silver Moon Sect.
After inquiries, it was concluded that only these three individuals encountered such a thing.
However, the Silver Moon Sect quickly spread this information, advising those entering not to place the transmission jade tokens in storage treasures at critical moments to avoid mistakes.
The medical cultivators came to check on the three’s conditions. Only Jin Congshuang was slightly better; injured, but the foundation was still there, with no damage to her Dantian or spirit root.
Zhuo Hong and Jin Congmo’s conditions were less optimistic, with severe damage.
Zhuo Hong, lying in recovery, was so angry that her eyes turned red, muttering why, why Jin Congshuang’s injuries were the lightest.
Jin Congshuang didn’t even treat her injuries before coming to apologize to Zhuo Hong, offering all her belongings and expressing willingness to accept the sect’s disciplinary action.
But would talent-destroyed Zhuo Hong covet these things?
Zhuo Hong cursed Jin Congshuang to leave: "If you really want me to forgive you, just dig out your Dantian and spirit root then!"
"Senior Sister Zhuo, I didn’t teach Congshuang well enough, and I didn’t expect her to do such a thing at a critical moment," Jin Congmo came as well, with his injuries worse than Zhuo Hong’s, his face full of pain, "This is also my responsibility, and I will take care of you until Senior Sister Zhuo recovers."
Once having a good impression of this handsome and talented junior brother, now that her talent was destroyed, she realized talent was more important.
At this point, she had no other thoughts, only wanting to heal her wounds.
Would her master help her?
Would her master’s wife be willing to help her?
"Get out!" she roared with anger, not wanting to deal with these siblings at all now.
"Senior Sister Zhuo, I meant what I said and will visit you again tomorrow. As long as you don’t mind, I will care for your daily needs as redemption for my sister’s sins. It’s my fault for not taking good care and not teaching her not to sacrifice a companion out of instinct at such a time." Jin Congmo, enduring his own dire condition, decided to stabilize Zhuo Hong first; the more humble he acted, the more it minimized the incident.
His situation was dire, uncertain if he could be saved this time.
If not, their hope for revenge would rest solely on his sister; no one else could know that she intended to sacrifice Zhuo Hong, rather than acting out of instinct.
The matter between the Jin Family siblings and Zhuo Hong quickly spread.
Pei Feixue, upon learning of this in the sect, found herself at a loss for words. The Jin Family siblings were really unfortunate, getting their Dantians dug out by demon beasts.
"Zhuo Hong’s situation is dire; her spirit root is broken, only half remains, and her cultivation is gradually draining," Pei Feixue sighed, indifferent to her disciples due to her daughter. Seeing them suffer such a fate still evoked pity.
Shen Song, however, laughed coldly: "Previously scornful of Chenchen, now that she’s become a waste, let’s see how that ungrateful wolf fares."
Pei Feixue remains silent, knowing her senior brother’s straightforward personality.
"Junior Sister, she always gave Chenchen the cold shoulder; from now on, don’t give her any special care. She was once our apprentice, so the bare minimum will suffice. Whatever happens next is her destiny, and also her retribution!" Shen Song warned.
Junior Sister is the Sect Master and often needs to consider the bigger picture, but Zhuo Hong, being an ungrateful person, there’s no hope for her, and he’s reluctant to extend care at all.
If she had any gratitude for her masters’ guidance, she wouldn’t favor outsiders and look down upon Chenchen.
Pei Feixue laughed and said, "Do you really think I’m some sort of benevolent person?"
"When matters arise among sect disciples, the sect’s law enforcement will handle it according to regulations. As for the rest, naturally, there’s none."
Shen Song’s expression softened: "At that time, you should provide some healing pills; appearances must be kept, but as for repairing her spirit root, that’s impossible, even if feasible, our Chenchen would obviously have priority."
"Anyway, the healing pills are useless too. Just use the ones made for the sect disciples, and not mine," Shen Song stated sarcastically, "Just arrange someone to handle it, no need for you to intervene personally, let her understand our stance, hmph!"
"Your disciples are all worrisome," Shen Song remarked with dissatisfaction, "Only Ling Yu is decent, with commendable character and conduct, deserves good cultivation in the future."
"They were all well-behaved when they were little, didn’t expect them to become like this as they grew up."
Pei Feixue also fell silent, yes, they were all well-behaved when they were little.
The human heart, even as a strong figure in the cultivation world, she still cannot control it; it is beyond anyone’s control. Some people change for the slightest reason, completely unexpected.
"Don’t dwell on the past," Shen Song suddenly said, "Do you want to visit Myriad Miles Peak and wait for Chenchen to come out?"
"Now that you have Void Cultivation, if you get too immersed in these matters during your tribulation, you’ll develop a heart demon."
Pei Feixue sighed, "Senior Brother, the heart demon has already taken root; as long as Chenchen remains unwell, I cannot remove this heart demon."
"No worry, we have a lot of time; perhaps someday we’ll discover a way to repair spirit roots, and after all, Chenchen isn’t just any ordinary case of hundreds of years."
"Indeed." Pei Feixue suddenly felt somewhat relieved, yes, things are indeed much better than before.
The two eventually decided to visit Myriad Miles Peak, intending it for Ah Chen, though others thought they were visiting Zhuo Hong.
Zhuo Hong raised her hopes, only to have them shattered by what Shen Song said: "If I had a way, I would have already helped Chenchen to complete the spirit root."
"This matter will be handled by sect law enforcement according to the sect’s rules, once Jin Congshuang’s injuries are healed, she will be subjected to punishment," Pei Feixue said.
Zhuo Hong cried out, asking if there truly was no way, though she knew there likely wasn’t since her spirit root was already incomplete.
Jin Congmo’s situation was the same, with half of the spirit root missing.
Qi Feng rushed over and learned the truth of the matter, unable to blame anyone, coupled with the fact that the Jin Congshuang he had casually accepted had committed such deeds, left him speechless.
Jin Congmo’s talent couldn’t be recovered, essentially rendering him useless, which was truly a pity.
No matter what, he was still his disciple. In these circumstances, Qi Feng could only provide Jin Congmo with some protective items, acknowledging their master-disciple relationship in the least. He couldn’t help but wonder if he would ever encounter another disciple fated to learn the Sword Dao with him.
As for Jin Congshuang, he couldn’t help but shake his head internally, never expecting his disciple capable of such an act, and claiming he wasn’t angry was a lie. His reputation as a Supreme Elder was completely tarnished, more embarrassing than getting beaten by that dead cat.
