Chapter 276: Chapter 276 Rewards and Punishments Chapter 276: Chapter 276 Rewards and Punishments It was a face that looked eighteen, with classical and exquisitely beautiful features.
Like a girl painted in a meticulous painting.
Even though Xie Liushu had seen countless beauties from various sects, he was still amazed by the beauty in front of him.
At this moment, what he felt was not a flutter of the heart.
Because the girl who seemed youthful in front of him.
Than the Desires Sect Master!
Xie Liushu’s heart grew heavy.
It seemed Ji Ruyue was right after all; the Sect Master did indeed fall into the abyss along with the chains.
And the Sect Master had rushed over after receiving his carrier pigeon message.
Thinking of this, his knees buckled, and he said, “Sect…”
But before he could finish speaking.
Yue Mingzhu interrupted him and said, “The Sect Master is very worried about my safety, right?”
She hadn’t expected so many people on the cliff edge.
Besides her own sect, there were members of the Supreme Sect, Myriad Swords Sect, and Spirit Beast Sect.
How could she allow all sects to know the Desires Sect Master fell off a cliff and was rescued by a junior disciple?
If word got out, she would become the laughingstock of the Nine-Sect.
Thus, she quickly reminded Xie Liushu and gave him a stern look.
Xie Liushu was suddenly stunned.
Aren’t you the Sect Master?
But being the Chief Disciple, he was certainly intelligent enough.
His thoughts quickly turned, understanding the intricate matters.
With four Outer Sect disciples present, revealing the Sect Master’s identity would indeed damage her reputation.
So he quickly realized and stood up, saying hesitantly:
“Yes, the Sect Master is very worried about you.”
“Seeing that you are safe, we are all relieved.”
Saying this, he also turned to give the Desires Sect disciples a look.
They paused for a moment, whether they understood or not, and followed Xie Liushu’s lead.
Jiang Fan looked skeptical.
Why did Xie Liushu and the others seem so odd?
But it was none of his concern now.
He put Yue Mingzhu down and advised, “Xie Liushu, take good care of your junior sister.”
“If not for my timely rescue, she would be dead by now.”
Xie Liushu’s heart pounded.
Was the Sect Master’s injury from the fall that serious?
Yue Mingzhu was losing face.
These were her disciples after all.
Being described so miserably, what honor did she have left as Sect Master?
She coughed dryly and said, “It’s not that serious.”
“Just some injuries from the fall, don’t exaggerate.”
Jiang Fan unceremoniously poked her forehead and said, “You have forgotten the pain once healed!”
“Still not learned your lesson, you might run into trouble again!”
Xie Liushu’s eyes widened in shock, taking a sharp breath.
Ji Ruyue’s beautiful eyes also widened.
The Desires Sect disciples’ hearts were pounding fiercely.
Jiang Fan was…scolding their Sect Master?
Had the world gone mad?
Yue Mingzhu’s cheeks turned red.
It was one thing to expose her, but to scold her in front of her disciples?
She gritted her teeth, the silver teeth in her mouth making a grating sound.
If she didn’t have to hide her Sect Master’s identity, she would have pinned Jiang Fan to the ground and given him a severe lesson right now!
Seeing her expression of defiance.
Jiang Fan shook his head, too lazy to say more.
He looked at Xie Liushu and said, “I leave her to you.”
The exploration of the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion had ended, and there would be no further interaction.
With a clasped fist salute, he left with Yi Lianxing and three female disciples, escorting the convoy slowly away.
Until they disappeared at the end of the snowy mountain.
Xie Liushu and the others stood motionless.
No one dared breathe loudly.
Because even without looking, they could feel the Sect Master’s current rage.
Yue Mingzhu ground her teeth and stamped her foot hard.
The ground quivered, triggering large chunks of icebergs to collapse.
She glared angrily at Xie Liushu.
He couldn’t hold back any longer, dropping to his knees with a thud, pleading,
“Sect Master… disciple did not know the chain would break!”
“Disciple had no intention of harming you on purpose.”
Yue Mingzhu naturally understood that she couldn’t blame Xie Liushu for this.
It was her own impatience that caused this.
Then she looked at the others and asked, “Who brought Jiang Fan here?”
Hiding behind the disciples, Ji Ruyue.
She knew she couldn’t escape.
She paled as she walked forward and voluntarily knelt, saying,
“It was I who brought him here.”
Xie Liushu gleefully clasped his hands and said,
“Sect Master, Ji Ruyue showed no integrity to survive, and in order to get a share of the Beast King’s spiritual meat.”
“She willingly leaked the information about the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion, despite my attempts to dissuade her.”
“Please, Sect Master, punish her accordingly.”
Ji Ruyue wore a bitter expression.
She had no defense and could only admit defeat: “Disciple understands their mistake.”
“But even if given the chance, disciple does not regret it.”
“If Sect Master wants to punish, then please do.”
It was going to be harsh punishment anyway; begging wouldn’t help.
To everyone’s surprise.
Yue Mingzhu took out a high-level Profound Cultivation Technique and threw it in front of her: “This is a mental method of our sect, a reward for you.”
Xie Liushu was stunned.
Not punished, but rewarded?
He looked at the bamboo slip on the ground and recognized the title, exclaiming:
“The ‘Vast Heart Sutra’?”
“Sect Master, why are you handing over such an important mental method to her?”
The Desires Sect disciples were also shocked.
The “Vast Heart Sutra” was a top mental method only the Sect Master and the elders of the Desires Sect could cultivate.
Even Xie Liushu wasn’t qualified to cultivate it yet.
But mediocre Ji Ruyue got it!
Ji Ruyue was also stunned, bewildered: “Sect Master is rewarding me with a cultivation technique instead of punishing me?”
Yue Mingzhu sighed with her hands behind her back: “If you hadn’t brought Young Master Jiang here, I would have been trapped at the bottom of the cliff.”
“The reward is overdue; why would I punish you?”
Ji Ruyue felt like she was dreaming.
Anxiously she said, “Does that… does that mean the Sect Master won’t blame me for taking Junior Brother Jiang’s Beast King materials?”
Yue Mingzhu furrowed her brows, looking concerned: “In our sect’s territory, where did the Beast King come from?”
Ji Ruyue said, “Not exactly within our Desires Sect territory.”
“It’s the Red-Scaled Evil Flood Dragon from Nu River, at the Second Level of Core Formation.”
Yue Mingzhu was surprised: “When did Nu River have such a powerful demon beast?”
“And how did you all kill it?”
Adding Xie Liushu and the Desires Sect disciples, along with Jiang Fan and the three female disciples, they couldn’t have defeated a Second Level of Core Formation demon beast.
Ji Ruyue smiled bitterly: “Sect Master overestimates us.”
“It was Junior Brother Jiang alone who killed the Beast King.”
Yue Mingzhu’s eyes widened.
She understood Jiang Fan’s prowess, at the Eighth Layer of Foundation Establishment, with Earth-level Finger Technique, his strength rarely met an equal below Core Formation.
Such a young age, already a prodigy.
But now she was suddenly informed that Jiang Fan alone killed a Second Level of Core Formation Beast King!
“What did you say? Jiang Fan alone? Did you see it correctly?”
She found it hard to believe.
Ji Ruyue nodded and said, “Senior brothers and sisters all witnessed it.”
Xie Liushu scratched his head in embarrassment and said, “Though I’m reluctant to admit it, this Jiang Fan is indeed excessively powerful.”
“He really did kill the Beast King single-handedly.”
Yue Mingzhu was too shocked for words.
After a long time, she murmured, “As expected of a disciple from the Outer Realm Divine Sect, truly not to be judged by common sense.”
But her words left everyone in a daze.
Ji Ruyue asked with confusion: “Sect Master, what Outer Realm Divine Sect?”
“Does Junior Brother Jiang have such a background?”
Yue Mingzhu raised an eyebrow:
“What did you call him?”