After speaking, Qin Xiumo glanced meaningfully at Lan Zhixuan, who was lying on the ground. He casually added: “Especially her. With everything that she did to you before, she doesn’t deserve your salvation.”

Qin Xiumo’s tone was totally nonchalant, as if merely speaking about today’s good weather. His voice wasn’t small either. Majority of the people inside the hall could hear him clearly. Especially those injured disciples lying on the ground nearby, when they heard Qin Xiumo’s words, they all looked up at Meng Qi in panic.

Lan Zhuxuan, who was kneeling in front of Meng Qi, was trembling all over. “Ju-junior sister Meng Qi…” She shivered. Her hand gripping the corner of Meng Qi’s robe tightened. “I was wrong before. Please forgive my stupidity. Junior sister, this senior sister begs your forgiveness!”

Lan Zhuxuan was really afraid. When the injury relapsed, her internal organs seemed to be squeezed by countless thin ropes. The pain was so much that it instantly made her scalp numb. Every time she breathed, it was as if she inhaling countless small blades, cutting every inch of her body. The torment was completely beyond Lan Zhuxuan’s tolerance. If this pain wasn’t receded, she would be driven crazy in no time!

The sect leader and Elder Lu gave them some pills that barely suppressed the terrible pain, but they were far from relief. It was like the tightening ropes were slightly loosened and no longer cutting into her internal organs. However, not long after, the pain suddenly increased again, attacking in a wave-like tide. Each time she got a moment of reprieve, Lan Zhuxuan couldn’t guess when the terrifying hellish pain would suddenly come and struck again!

It was until Meng Qi gave them two more pills that the pain was finally suppressed into a tolerable range. Now that Lan Zhuxuan was no longer tormented by that terrifying, excruciating pain, she became even more afraid to taste it once again. Trembling all over the body, Lan Zhuxuan gripped the corner of Meng Qi’s robe and begged hoarsely: “Junior sister Meng Qi, please save us. This senior sister is willing to do anything. You can beat and scold me as you like…please save us!”

“Junior sister, we beg your mercy.” One after another, the other injured disciples also turned at Meng Qi and pleaded: “Please save us.”

“Junior sister Meng, I’m willing to be your cow and horse. You can order me to do anything you want. Please save us!”

“Junior sister, I beg you!”

…

One after another, the pleadings became more and more desperate. Other Qingfeng Valley disciples who, until a moment ago, were still clamoring to separate from the sect quickly quieted down and looked at Meng Qi nervously. Although they weren’t the ones being injured, after hearing Qin Xiumo’s words, they all felt the same. If their luck was just a slight bit worse, they might be lying on the ground right now, on the verge of turning into a human fertilizer.

The corner of Qin Xiumo’s lips instantly curled. However, everyone’s attention was on Meng Qi, so no one saw the faint smile on his face.

“Meng Qi, they previously refused to believe you. They even insulted and treated you as a traitor.” Qin Xiumo’s lazy voice rang again. “Do you really want to repay malice with virtue, wasting your time and energy to save these ingrates?” His voice wasn’t small and clearly passed to the ears of every person inside the hall.

Qingfeng Valley disciples turned pale. Each of Qin Xiumo’s words reminded them about their previous treatment towards Meng Qi. Every time they were reminded, they realized Meng Qi’s goodness. She was still willing to save them despite everything that happened.

Qin Xiumo knew that Meng Qi didn’t care about these things. This girl was obsessed with medical cultivation, and her character was too cold. A lot of things, she never bothered to say. Qin Xiumo even thought that Meng Qi simply thought these things were bothersome and didn’t want to trouble herself. She didn’t enjoy the gratitude from others. All her joy and happiness came from satisfaction when she healed a patient and had her medical skills grow.

But it didn’t matter. He didn’t mind being the villain and did all the bothersome things in her stead.

“If I can save a person, I’ll do it.” Sure enough. After a moment of silence, Meng Qi’s calm voice rang.

“All right.” Qin Xiumo shrugged, “Well, just wasting a few more days for this bunch of good-of-nothing.”

Qin Xiumo’s tone was sharp and completely lacked politeness. But none Qingfeng Valley disciples dared to refute him. The man was a genius cultivator who reached the Golden Core stage at such a young age. It was said that if not for the Qi deviation, he would have been reaching the peak of the Golden Core stage. Just one more step into the Nascent Soul——a height that even their sect leader was still unable to reach.

Even with lowered cultivation and Qi deviation, the sect leader still wasn’t his opponent. When Qin Xiumo’s sword attacked, the sect leader’s magic weapon only barely able to slightly deviate its trajectory. No matter how poisonous his tongue was, in front of absolute power, others didn’t dare to retort even a bit.

Even Lan Zhuxuan, whose face was ghastly pale, didn’t dare to say anything and lowered her head in silence.

With Qin Xiumo as a comparison, Qingfeng Valley disciple felt that Meng Qi was really too kind and good-hearted. Not only she didn’t pursue their rudeness to herself before, but she also never been sarcastic towards them. The few words she said before, it was just a bit of temper any person naturally had. They even asked themselves: if they were in Meng Qi’s position, what would they do? They probably would come back only to enjoy seeing these people’s tragic situation, then turned around and leave. Who would be willing to save the people who insulted them before?

However, junior sister Meng Qi didn’t. She was still willing to save them and only wanted a little bit of spiritual stone in exchange. Really, what a kind and good-hearted person!

The eyes of the disciples looking at Meng Qi quietly changed. No wonder Elder Yan, whose temperament was the most indifferent and eccentric, who even never appreciated Lu Qingran’s talent, valued her so much. Only someone like junior sister Meng Qi was worthy of Elder Yan’s praise and even Fentian Palace’s respect.

On the contrary, Meng Qi didn’t found anything strange with Qin Xiumo’s word. The ‘Little Devil Lord’ in her memory was even more arrogant and ruthless than the current him. Even if he looked down on the whole Qingfeng Valley and treated the disciples as ants, it was perfectly natural.

Meng Qi didn’t bother to argue. She knelt on one knee and reached out her hand to touch Lan Zhuxuan’s wrist. The tip of her finger glowed, tracing a line all way up the arm. “Huh?” Meng Qi was stunned. “How did senior sister Lu treat your injury before?”

Lan Zhuxuan recalled: “She said that she can directly kill the immortal devouring vine inside our body and gave us a pill. Then she also used a spell on us.”

“Junior sister.” She grabbed Meng Qi’s wrist nervously, “Is something wrong?”

Meng Qi muttered, “I feel something similar to the devil aura.”

“Devil aura?” Lan Zhu Xuan repeated in surprise.

The crowd also exchanged glances in surprise.

“Devil aura?”

“Did Lu Qingran made contact with a devil beast or devil cultivator?”

“Is she trying to kill her fellow disciples?”

“The last time she was attacked by a devil beast outside with young palace master Chu. Although she fainted, but she was uninjured. Young palace master Chu, however, was severely injured and poisoned. Could it be that she already had contact with devil beast at that time?”

“Right, right! I heard that the first thing she did after she woke up is to accuse junior sister Meng Qi, saying that junior sister is related to the devil beast. Fortunately, young palace master Chu came forward and stood on junior sister to prove that she was innocent. Otherwise, junior sister must have been wrongly punished!”

“Nonsense! Young palace master Chu was saved by junior sister Meng. Of course he could tell her innocence.”

“Huh? Hey, where is Lu Qingran? She isn’t here!”

“Damn! Did she have a guilty conscience and took the chance to flee?!”

“Must be so! Heavens, we actually have someone who colluded with the devil beast and harmed her own fellow disciples! Yet the sect leader didn’t notice anything, and even pampered her so much…..this sect is completely over! At first, I still have some affection left of Qingfeng Valley and was hesitant. But now I decided to leave!”

“Me too!”

In an instant, the disciples who initially were still hesitating immediately threw their jade tokens to the ground.

The sect leader closed her eyes weakly, too powerless to do anything except for watching silently. Although Qingfeng Valley never been a great name, it had nearly one thousand years of history, yet it was going to end in her hand?

Ever since the first day she became the sect leader, she worked hard and has never slackened. Although she favored Lu Qingran, she never treated other disciples unfairly. She also never used her power to oppress other sect members, and rarely punished the disciples.

But why?

Why is everyone so dissatisfied with her?

The sect leader stared blankly at the jade tokens scattered on the ground.

Qingfeng Valley was a small, nameless sect. Most of its disciples had limited talent. They joined a medical sect wishing to gain a skill to live in Three Thousand World and mostly never had any expectation of walking far in the cultivation path.

But now, they said they could no longer stay here?

Qingfeng Valley, is it really going to end?

“Fellow Daoist.” Xun Yan walked slowly towards the sect leader.

“Elder Xun.” She returned the greeting.

“I have a word for you.” Xun Yan sighed lightly. “You are a medical cultivator, a healer. You know that leniency and kindness should never be used wrongly. A healer who meets a patient who doesn’t follow their instructions, yet willingly indulge, letting the patient be happy regardless of the consequences, isn’t doing a kindness, but harm.”

After a pause, Xun Yan continued, “As a sect leader, you didn’t restrain your disciples and didn’t punish those who should be punished. It is like a healer who doesn’t restrain their patients. Ultimately, your actions are only bringing harm. Good medicine is bitter, and good guidance is equally so. From top to bottom, you never restrain your sect members, indulging in their unbridled actions. A sect whose disciples don’t know how to respect others, are narrow-sighted, and ignorant, sooner or later will meet its demise.”

Qingfeng Valley sect leader shuddered. This was the second time Xun Yan said the same thing to her. The last time, he was furious and didn’t bother with being polite. But this time, the same words said with a much gentler tone made her felt even more ashamed instead.

After finished speaking, Xun Yan cupped his hands towards the sect leader: “Fellow Daoist, take care.”

This was all he could do for Qingfeng Valley on behalf of his respect towards Yan Mingfeng and Meng Qi. Such a small sect, as Fentian Palace’s elder, Xun Yan never took it seriously. No longer took care of the sect leader, he turned to look at Meng Qi.

Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo stood by Meng Qi’s side. They watched as she re-examined Lan Zhuxuan’s body and asked quickly: “Are you sure it’s the devil aura?”

“No.” Meng Qi shook her head, “Because the spell has been weakened too much, and also mixed with the immortal devouring vine inside the body, I can’t tell for sure. But luckily, it will be easier to cure them now.”

She spoke to Chu Tianfeng, “Give me the remaining blood of the five elements blue crane.”

“Oh.” Chu Tianfeng immediately took out the huge five elements blue crane’s carcass from his storage space.

“We helped in hunting this thing, right?”

“Yes.” Meng Qi nodded.

“I have no objections sharing it to cure my Fentian Palace’s disciples.” Chu Tianfeng said leisurely. “But for them….”

His eyes swept across the Qingfeng Valley disciples: “I will charge payment.”

“Yes, me too.” Qin Xiumo nodded in agreement.

Meng Qi: “…”

Lan Zhuxuan: “…”

The injured Qingfeng Valley disciples: “…”

Other disciples in the hall: “…”

Even Xun Yan almost choked.

Where did their young palace master learn this kind of thing?

Then he looked at Meng Qi, who was also standing dumbfoundedly, and sighed. Of course it was from this girl.

“You…whatever.” Meng Qi herself was an expert in charging monetary payments, so she had no right to say anything.

“I think the amount of spirit stones they can pay is simply worthless.” Qin Xiumo’s eyes flashed. “Let’s just make them pay with their labor. They can gather the cold sky herbs from the cold pond for me.”

The injured disciples shrank their neck, but no one dared to object. Even though the cold pond wasn’t easy to enter, but with the help of the spring warmth pill, they could barely suppress the cold to dive in for about half an hour. Junior sister Meng was still okay, but these two people were much more frightening. The number of spirit stones they charged probably wouldn’t be trivial. It was better to be a coolie than to owe a debt so massive they couldn’t pay in this lifetime.

Meng Qi no longer bothered herself with these two strange guys. Before, she was troubled because of an unfamiliar and strong spell inside these injured people’s bodies. Now that the spell was gradually weakening and disappearing, she could cure them with her own usual method.

It took almost half a day until Meng Qi cured all the injured Qingfeng Valley disciples.

After seeing they were recovered, Qin Xiumo immediately threw them into the cold pond to pick up a large amount of cold sky herbs. Chu Tianfeng didn’t let them idle either. He went to Elder Lu and asked about the spirit herbs and other medicinal plants that grew near Qingfeng Valley, then ordered these people to gather them. After sorting out the harvest, he kept them all for himself.

Meng Qi still couldn’t leave Qingfeng Valley yet. After Elder Yan returned, he went to the cold pond to retreat. Even if she left, she had to bid farewell to Elder Yan first.

Many disciples of Qingfeng Valley had quitted. Some were going to leave with Fentian Palace’s people and were admitted to some affiliated sects under Fentian Palace. Some went down the mountain and returned home, intending to spend the rest of their lives as ordinary people. Fortunately, some disciples who have been staying in Qingfeng Valley for a long time decided to stay here.

But after this incident, Qingfeng Valley became much more desolate. In the past, the sect was lively with disciples who had finished their morning classes. But nowadays, it was rare to see any figures walked around.

….

Five days after returning to Qingfeng Valley, Meng Qi finally finished preparing the last material for the array she would use to promote her cultivation. She placed a protective array around the room, closed all the door and windows, then began to draw the array.

In Meng Qi’s previous life, her master spent several months combining multiple arrays into one, just for her sake. Many materials were needed to draw the whole array, consisting of many small and large arrays overlapping. It was extremely complicated.

It took Meng Qi an hour to finally finished drawing the array from her memory. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, then stood outside the array, tilting her head to admire her work.

She just wanted to break through from Qi Condensation to the Foundation Establishment stage, so the spiritual aura she needed wasn’t that much. Consequently, the materials used this time also wasn’t the best. In the future, when she had to improve her cultivation base using the same method, the quality of the materials needed would be much higher than now. Otherwise, the array couldn’t withstand the impact of the huge amount of spiritual aura.

She should begin.

Meng Qi took out a handful of eighth-grade spirit stones from the storage space and touched the array with her finger.

The originally dim room gradually became brighter. Xiao Qi, who was lying lazily on the bed, opened his eyes and looked over in surprise.

Eh?

The little white tiger suddenly pricked his ears and lifted his body hastily. Even he, who has always been calm and unperturbed, widened his azure eyes in surprise.

This…isn’t this their celestial demon white tiger clan’s star array?!

Xiao Qi raised his eyes and stared sharply at Meng Qi’s back view.

Who exactly is this girl?!