Stop It, Master, and Stop Being So Stubborn

(Chapter 123 has been revised.)

Clang!

Right at the moment when Ye Shu focused his energy on dealing with Su Xiao, and the attention of all the spectators, including the other Peak Masters, was drawn to the battle!

Mu Yunxi, sitting in the Peak Masters' seats, seized this opportunity.

In an instant, her ultimate killing move, which she had been charging up for a long time, containing all her spiritual energy and even burning some of her essence blood—Purple Heaven Meteor—was unleashed!

"Little thief, die!"

A streak of purple sword light shot out from the Peak Masters' seats. Its speed was so fast that the very space seemed to wail, emitting piercing shrieks.

This sword strike condensed Mu Yunxi's lifelong cultivation.

It carried everything she had, all her hopes—to succeed or die trying.

The expressions of everyone present drastically changed.

"Stop!"

"Mu Yunxi! What have you done?!"

"Are you trying to destroy the Azure Profound Sect!!!"

The first to react were the various Peak Masters. They rose in shock and fury, wanting to intervene and intercept the attack.

This was different from the disciple acceptance ceremony.

This time, under the watchful eyes of the public, a Peak Master was openly attempting to kill a disciple. If word got out, it would have an immeasurable impact on the reputation of the Azure Profound Sect.

In a mere instant, over a dozen Peak Masters struck at the same time, suppressing Mu Yunxi in place and rendering her unable to move.

Her hair was disheveled, half of it turned white.

"You!"

The pupils of the Peak Masters suppressing her shrank.

Burning her life force?!

Mu Yunxi was actually burning her own lifespan?!

"You're crazy!"

One Peak Master was both shocked and furious. "To kill a disciple, you actually burned your life force?!"

Mu Yunxi remained silent, her eyes fixed solely on the sword light.

She didn't care.

As long as she could kill that little thief, what did burning her life force matter?

She would trade her life for a bright and clear world!

"Go, go kill that little thief." A crazed smile curled at the corners of Mu Yunxi's mouth.

The sword light was like a rainbow, heading straight for the back of Ye Shu's heart.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Mu Yunxi's full-force strike, a calculated ambush against an unprepared target, meant that even the Sect Master, without any prior defense, would not be in time to stop it.

Let alone the fact that Ye Shu was merely at the Golden Core realm.

"Holy shit! I was wondering why the system had no reaction, it was waiting for me right here?"

Ye Shu and Su Xiao cursed in unison.

Who could have expected that Mu Yunxi would suddenly pull such a massive stunt at this time!

Ye Shu quickly reacted, pulling back his power to defend himself.

At the same time, he swiftly communicated with Medusa within his body, ready to use the snake possession at any moment.

He still underestimated the sheer absurdity of these female leads.

On the other side.

Su Xiao was in despair.

He stared blankly at the sword light that was close at hand, as if he saw ten billion waving goodbye to him.

Fucking system!

You're a sore loser!

However, right at the instant the sword light, bearing the gazes of everyone present, was about to touch Ye Shu.

A figure suddenly appeared on the martial arts arena.

He reached out his hand and gently closed his five fingers in the void.

Crack—

The sword light shattered.

Mu Yunxi's expression froze. She stared blankly at the figure on the arena, her eyes full of disbelief.

How could this be?

"Sect Master?"

Everyone immediately looked at the figure on the arena, their faces revealing incredulity.

That world-destroying sword light was nothing in his hands.

It could be extinguished with ease.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. The ordinary disciples in the spectator stands only felt a flash of purple lightning before their eyes, followed by a burst of blinding light.

And then, it was Li Daoyuan standing in the center of the venue.

While Mu Yunxi was being held down by a group of Peak Masters.

The crowd was astonished, looking at each other.

Wait.

What the hell just happened?

Why were they just fighting a moment ago, and in the blink of an eye, the Purple Heaven Peak Master was apprehended?

"This... what exactly is going on here?"

"I think I saw a sword light rushing toward that Ye Shu, and then the Sect Master appeared..."

"Did Peak Master Mu do it?"

Everyone's gazes simultaneously landed on Mu Yunxi, shocked by her half-white hair.

At this moment, Mu Yunxi was half-kneeling on the ground, her hair graying. Paired with those eyes full of unwillingness and madness, she actually possessed a somewhat tragic beauty.

"I think there must be some hidden circumstances."

"Otherwise, why wouldn't Peak Master Mu attack anyone else, but specifically target this Ye... of the Profound Heaven Sword Lineage..."

Before the person speaking could finish his sentence, a sack suddenly fell from the sky, covering him and dragging him backward.

"Mmph mmph mmph! What are you doing..."

"Make way, the Profound Heaven Sword Lineage is handling business, idlers disperse."

Lu Shouzhuo expressionlessly dragged the sack out of the crowd. Chu Jinghong stood right beside him, greeting the surrounding crowd, his right hand also viciously knocking on the sack.

"Behave yourself!"

The crowd: "........."

Those who had just wanted to say there were hidden circumstances all fell silent.

On the other side, above the plaza.

"Mu Yunxi."

Li Daoyuan turned his head and looked at Mu Yunxi, whose hair had turned half white, his eyes carrying a faint sense of regret.

He had affection for this junior sister. All the Peak Masters present used to be martial brothers and sisters. Watching the once pure-hearted junior sister walk step by step into her current state was something he did not want to see.

"As your senior brother, I originally didn't believe you would be like this. Who would have thought you would actually commit such an act."

Li Daoyuan sighed.

"Junior Sister, you have disappointed me too much."

Hearing this, Mu Yunxi was taken aback.

This was impossible. She hadn't mentioned her plan to anyone, and there was no possibility of a leak.

Unless!

She abruptly raised her head and looked toward a corner of the spectator stands.

"It was you, Qin Ke'er?"

"Why? Why did you betray your master? Do you not understand? Your master is saving the Azure Profound Sect; your master is doing the right thing."

Qin Ke'er trembled all over, tears bursting from her eyes.

"No! Master! It's not like that at all!"

"You have already fallen to inner demons!"

"You and senior sisters have fallen into demonic obsession. Please stop, do not be stubbornly blind anymore..." She sobbed aloud, very heartbroken, as large teardrops rolled down her exquisite cheeks.

Mu Yunxi stared blankly at Qin Ke'er's crying face.

All the words she wanted to use to question her suddenly could not be spoken.

Li Daoyuan stepped through the void, slowly walking in front of Mu Yunxi, staring down at her from above:

"Mu Yunxi, now both the witnesses and material evidence are present."

"You intentionally disrupted the order of the venue and attempted to murder a fellow sect member. You should have had your cultivation crippled and been expelled from the sect. Considering that you have not yet caused a grave disaster, and that your disciple reported you in time, you are spared the death penalty. However, while you can avoid death, you cannot escape punishment."

"From this moment on, you are stripped of your position as the Peak Master of Purple Heaven Peak. As punishment, your cultivation will be sealed, and you will enter the Hall of Clear Hearts to copy scriptures day and night for three hundred years to rectify your mind."

"The crimes of a Peak Master shall naturally be punished and penalized by me, the Sect Master."

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"I... I..."

Mu Yunxi's throat was dry, and she looked as if she had aged thirty years.

"This junior sister has nothing more to say."

"Very well."

Li Daoyuan nodded and finally sighed. He grabbed Mu Yunxi's collar with his right hand, lifting her up like a baby chick.

Looking at the bewildered gazes of the surrounding people.

Looking at Qin Ke'er's crying face, and looking at Li Daoyuan's disappointed eyes.

A sense of absurdity rose in Mu Yunxi's heart.

"Could it be... that I was really wrong?"