Chapter 718: Don’t disappoint Long Feiye (1/2)

Many disciples along with Han Yunxi found the voice very unfamiliar. Everyone seemed to turn as one towards the source, including Long Feiye. They saw a white robed figure drifting languidly down the peak, his robes and white hair floating about him in refinement. It gave people the impression of some sacred god descending to Earth. A sense of respect rose unbidden to Han Yunxi’s heart at the sight.

“Is there really an old god residing on top of the mountain?” she muttered to herself.

Very soon, the white-haired man came to a stop. He looked about sixty and was slim and very tall. His back was ramrod straight despite his years, belying his apparent age. His robes had wide sleeves without any ornamentation, simple and plain. Only a single white jade hair stick kept his hair neatly bound up in place.

Despite his aged and wrinkled skin, his looks were still pleasing to the eye. Without a doubt, he must have been a handsome man in his youth. His long face was pulled into a severe expression as he gazed at Han Yunxi. This was none other than the grandmaster of Celestial Mountain Sword Sect, Long Feiye’s master Li Jianxin.

The surrounding disciples all fell to their knees in respect, while the various elders paid obeisance with hands clasped in front, Cang Qiuzi included.

“Greetings to Grandmaster!”

“Greetings to senior brother, congratulations on smoothly emerging from your cultivation!”

Many of the disciples at the two Depositories and Courtyards had been here for years, but they’d never seen the grandmaster’s true face. Everyone was quaking with fear as they knelt on the ground. After all, this was the current sovereign of the martial arts world. He had no opponent who matched his skills.

Long Feiye also paid his respects with hands clasped before him. “Master.”

Han Yunxi was awed by the sight of the man, but finally recovered here to pay respects as well. “Han Yunxi gives greetings to elder sword sect master.”

The sword sect master only spared her an icy glance before resting his eyes on Long Feiye. He was about to speak when Cang Qiuzi shoutd, “Senior brother, you have to seek justice for me! This lass had the gall to perform physical assault on Celestial Mountain and poison me. Feiye’s been utterly infatuated with her charms to tell right from wrong. He almost started fighting with the rest of the disciples!”

Duanmu Yao had just stood up when she fell back to her knees again to burst into sobs. “Master, you’ve finally come out. Sobsob….Yao Yao was wronged! Yao Yao doesn’t want to live anymore!”

The sword sect master finally noticed her existence since her mask had made it difficult to recognize her at a glance. He knitted her brows and asked, “What’s happened to your face?”

Duanmu Yao’s sobs sounded absolutely wretched. “Yao Yao doesn’t want to live anymore! No more!” As the sword sect master walked over to remove her mask, she stubbornly pressed it against her face.

“Master, if you take off this mask today, Yao Yao will immediately leap off the mountain. Then you’ll never see Yao Yao again!”

A threat?

Han Yunxi was rather disturbed by the words. She knew the old sword sect master doted on Duanmu Yao, but never expected his favor to run so deep that she could openly menace him in front of everyone else. The sword sect master didn’t seem to mind Duanmu Yao’s blatant disrespect and simply straightened up to ask the servant girl, “Crying and weeping, whatever next? Hurry and bring her back, take good care of her.”

Seeing this, Han Yunxi knew that the sword sect master wanted to downplay the entire incident. As the leader of an entire sword sect, it was the wisest choice to make. After all, it involved his head elder and two personal disciples. No matter who was wrong or wrong, arguing in front of everyone else like this would not only lower their status, but have negative effects. If things went out of control, then it’d be impossible for him to keep one eye opened while the other closed. As the servant girl helped Duanmu Yao up, she tactfully relented and didn’t refuse. Han Yunxi didn’t want her to leave or downplay this incident, but she wasn’t impulsive enough to act out without knowing the sword sect master’s temper. All she could do was keep silent and let Long Feiye face the problem.

Although she wasn’t here to curry favor with the sword sect master, she couldn’t offend him carelessly, either! Long Feiye didn’t speak. Very soon, the servant girl supported Duanmu Yao to fly up the mountain as the sword sect master watched with creased brows. It was obvious that Duanmu Yao had lost her martial arts, or else she’d never need the help to fly back up. A flash of anger flitted past his eyes, but he remained expressionless. The entire time, Cang Qiuzi hadn’t stopped looking at the grandmaster, and now he shot a look at his daughter. He wouldn’t shout, but Cang Xiaoying could do it for him.

“Grandmaster, please save my father! Han Yunxi used a fatal poison on him!”

“Grandmaster, my father’s in so much pain that he can’t even speak. I’m begging you to save him!”

“There’s no one else who can deal with that demoness except for you. Even Senior Brother Feiye’s been bewitched to let her do as she likes!”

Han Yunxi assumed that the sword sect master would demand she hand over the antidote immediately, but he simply ignored Cang Xiaoying and her requests entirely. He examined her from head to toe before asking coldly, “So you’re Han Yunxi?”

“Precisely,” Han Yunxi admitted openly.

“You ambushed an elder on Celestial Mountain? Do you know the greatest punishment for such an act?” the sword sect master asked next.

“I wasn’t committing physical assault, I just wanted to prove that—”

“An ambush is an ambush! There’s no need for explanations!” the old man cut her off.

Long Feiye immediately came to her defense. “Master, it was I who let her use poison. If you need to punish anyone, punish this disciple. Your disciple is willing to accept.”

Han Yunxi only tugged unhappily at Long Feiye’s sleeve. They hadn’t done anything wrong and the truth about Grand Concubine Yi’s kidnapping was still up in the air. Why did they have to be punished now?