Ling Xiao wasn’t done venting his anger, after all, it would take more than a moment for Bai Feifei to fully snap out of the illusion.
“You! You wretched brat, how dare you speak to me like that?”
Chang Yueli, the Grandmaster, had lost all her earlier composure, standing up in fury.
“I curse your ancestors for eighteen generations! You shameless old hag! Truly an embarrassment to your lineage! Despicable and disgraceful!”
Ling Xiao’s anger hadn’t subsided.
“Chang Yueying, this is the fine disciple you’ve taken!”
As Grandmaster, Chang Yueli couldn’t keep bickering with Ling Xiao, so she turned her ire on Master Chang Yueying.
“You’re mistaken, Master. If we, as elders, meddle in the youngsters’ fights, it’s improper. His words were excessive, but it’s understandable for a young one to be so angry,” Chang Yueying replied. Though she was Chang Yueli’s chief disciple, she was also the Moonflower Sect’s Master. She knew what Ling Xiao represented and wouldn’t side with her master over this, or her position as Master would be shaky.
Besides, her relationship with her master was far from good.
They’d long fallen out over the Master’s position.
Moreover, with Moon Lady backing Ling Xiao, even if she didn’t respect him, she had to respect Moon Lady.
Most crucially, she thought her master had gone too far. Bai Feifei was already losing to Ling Xiao, yet she intervened. No wonder he was cursing, she deserved it.
“You won’t act? Then I’ll do it myself!”
Unable to command Chang Yueying, Chang Yueli, enraged, unleashed her powerful true essence, aiming to kill Ling Xiao through the platform’s formation.
As a Transcendent Realm expert, crushing Ling Xiao was like squashing an ant.
But she hadn’t considered why Ling Xiao dared to argue so boldly with her.
Would he be so foolish without a backer?
Of course not!
Ling Xiao had noticed Moon Lady was present, watching, and furious at Chang Yueli’s sneak attack.
Now that Chang Yueli showed killing intent, would Moon Lady stay silent?
Even if Moon Lady didn’t act, Ling Xiao could simply defect from the Moonflower Sect.
Chang Yueli might be strong, but she was no formation expert. Ling Xiao was well-versed in most of the sect’s formations, escaping and causing havoc would be child’s play.
“Chang Yueli, what grand authority you wield!”
As Ling Xiao pondered his next move, Moon Lady finally spoke, her aura, far stronger, crashing toward Chang Yueli.
The mighty Grandmaster knelt before nearly the entire sect, her white hair disheveled like a madwoman’s.
“Moon Lady Highness!”
Chang Yueli’s face drained of color.
Years ago, when she’d erred, Moon Lady had stripped her of the Master’s position, elevating Chang Yueying.
Over time, Chang Yueli had nearly forgotten Moon Lady’s terror.
Now, this fearsome woman reappeared, all for an outer disciple!
She was on the verge of collapse!
“I’ve said before, Ling Xiao is the disciple I intend to take. Whoever harms him opposes me. Did you not know?”
Moon Lady’s cold, majestic presence made nearly all the sect’s elders tremble.
“I truly didn’t know, please forgive me, Moon Lady!”
Chang Yueli was filled with regret. Had she known, this wouldn’t have happened.
“Hmph, for your years of good behavior, I’ll spare your life. Continue as Grandmaster, but stay out of sect affairs, or don’t blame me for being merciless!” Moon Lady said coldly.
“I obey,” Chang Yueli replied, teeth gritted, heart filled with fear and venomous resentment.
Moon Lady had humiliated her twice, casting her from the heavens to the abyss. She vowed to find a way to crush this woman, even if it meant betraying the Moonflower Sect!
Moon Lady ignored her, turning to Ling Xiao and Bai Feifei below. “Your fight isn’t over. Continue, no one will interfere again.”
“Thank you, Moon Lady Highness, for upholding justice!”
Ling Xiao smiled, then turned back to Bai Feifei.
Bai Feifei had recovered from the illusion of the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Refining Array, refocusing on the fight.
She was displeased that Moon Lady had disciplined her master.
Though she dared not speak against Moon Lady, teaching Ling Xiao a lesson was well within her reach.
“Sister, you’re quite lucky. If that old hag hadn’t helped you, you’d have lost already,” Ling Xiao said with a grin.
“Hmph, you dare disrespect the Grandmaster? I won’t forgive you! It was just a moment’s lapse!” Bai Feifei retorted coldly.
“Heh, a moment’s lapse? Our fight’s dragged on long enough, probably boring the spectators. I said it’s time to end this, and even the Grandmaster’s help won’t save you!” Ling Xiao said calmly.
Bai Feifei didn’t know what gave Ling Xiao such confidence, and it unnerved her.
A half-step Heavenly Venerable feeling uneasy before an early Mortal Realm Sixth Layer warrior? It was shameful.
And infuriating.
Without the platform’s formation, she believed she could kill him in one move!
“Boastful little brat, you missed your chance. You’ll never get another to kill me!”
Bai Feifei forced herself to calm down, her words more self-reassurance than truth.
“Oh? Don’t you realize your life is already in my hands?”
Ling Xiao’s words shocked Bai Feifei and the spectators.
“What’s going on? Ling Xiao doesn’t seem like he’s bluffing.”
“Probably just posturing, I don’t see anything.”
“He’s impossible to read.”
The crowd buzzed again, Ling Xiao’s every move stirring waves.
“Hahaha, you claim to hold my life? What a foolish notion. You think I’d believe that?”
After a moment’s shock, Bai Feifei regained her composure, laughing loudly.
She thought she’d seen through Ling Xiao’s ploy.
But his next words nearly scared her soul away.
“Sister, haven’t you noticed what’s happening to your body?” Ling Xiao asked calmly.
“Changes? What changes? Stop spouting nonsense…” Bai Feifei began to retort, but her face suddenly paled.
Though she claimed not to believe him, she checked her body and found her true essence draining at a terrifying rate.
Worse, strange green spots had appeared on her skin.
“You! What did you do to me? How can you be so vicious and cunning?”
Bai Feifei cried out in panic.
The crowd was baffled, unsure what was happening to her.
