Morning lessons concluded.
Xia Qinglian rose to return to her residence as usual, but after taking two steps, she was stopped by three won.
There was a bewildered, innocent expression on her face: "Senior Sister Zhang, Senior Sister Qi, Senior Sister Ding, is there sothing you need?"
The three won had silver badges on their belts, indicating they were Silver Level disciples, one level higher than Junior Sister Ruoi.
These days, they often harassed Xia Qinglian, but she didn’t pay much attention to them to avoid revealing her identity.
"Ruoi, why haven’t you handed over this month’s Spirit Marrow to us?"
At this mont, a female cultivator nad Zhang Yun sneered as she spoke.
"Spirit Marrow? What do you an?"
Xia Qinglian frowned slightly.
Another short and plump female cultivator nad Qi Jun snorted: "It’s the rule of Danxia Peak that every newcor from outside of the Eastern Cultivators must offer ten pieces of Spirit Marrow to each Silver Level disciple every month."
"No wonder Zhou Man said you suffer from dentia, you even forgot this!"
The last female cultivator, nad Ding Li, had the best appearance among them and was the leader of the group.
She stepped forward with a smile, yet her voice was cold:
"Junior Sister Ruo, we’ve been lenient with you these days and didn’t take action, but does that make you think you can disregard the rules?"
Xia Qinglian rembered that the Outer Sect disciples at Danxia Peak received thirty pieces of Spirit Marrow at the start of every month. Just yesterday, a batch was distributed.
It seed like these three wanted to seize Ruoi’s Spirit Marrow.
Xia Qinglian felt a sense of absurdity, having originally thought the Zhenyang Sect’s corruption was only among its core elites, but even the Outer Sect disciples here bullied the weak.
The Cyan Lotus Sect was dubbed the Demon Sect by the world; conflicts among its disciples were resolved openly through competitions, never through such vile acts of bullying.
Righteous Sect, haha.
"Why are you laughing?"
Ding Li saw the usually timid Ruoi suddenly show a mocking smile and flew into a rage, grabbing her collar:
"You should best hand over the Spirit Marrow imdiately, or if your pretty little face gets scratched, many senior brothers will certainly be heartbroken!"
Xia Qinglian calmly asked, "Even if you bully newcors like this, don’t the supervising junior and senior brothers care?"
The short and plump Qi Jun laughed: "Ruoi, is your brain really ssed up? The Senior Sister Steward in charge of us is Ding Li’s cousin!"
"Lin Qingchou?"
Xia Qinglian recalled that Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang ntioned that the steward disciple overseeing their batch of Outer Sect disciples was nad Lin Qingchou, who was also the mastermind behind Ruoi’s murder.
"If it’s not Senior Sister Lin, then who? Already stupid, now truly a fool!"
"Stop wasting words with her, take her out for a proper lesson!"
Ding Li sneered, and the three of them dragged Ruoi’s thin body outside.
Many nearby Outer Sect disciples saw this scene but ignored it, each going out for breakfast or continuing to cultivate, with no one attempting to intervene.
Ding Li and the others dragged Ruoi into a secluded forest, where Zhang Yun said sternly to Ruoi:
"We’re giving you one more chance, hand over the Spirit Marrow, then we can be a bit gentler."
Ding Li impatiently said: "Why waste ti with her, the Rock Conference at Divinity Transformation Peak is about to start, hurry up so we can finish this and go watch!"
Xia Qinglian’s eyes flickered: "Is the Rock Conference starting today?"
These days, she secretly gathered information about what’s happening at Divinity Transformation Peak, knowing the Outer Sect disciples would hold the Rock Conference monthly to assess their Body Cultivation Technique.
If Qin Gengyun wants to enter Divinity Transformation Peak, the Rock Conference is an opportunity.
Calculating the ti, her husband and Susu should be arriving at Zhenyang Sect soon, will he be here today for the Rock Conference?
While Xia Qinglian was contemplating, the short and plump Qi Jun, filled with jealousy at her lovely face, slapped her:
"Pretending to be innocent, little tramp!"
The next instant, that plump body flew backward, crashing into a tree and breaking it in half as Qi Jun fell to the ground groaning in pain.
Zhang Yun and Ding Li were stunned, looking incredulously at Ruoi, but saw her pure and elegant face now showing fear and shock, exclaiming:
"Don’t co near !"
As if it were her who was getting beaten.
"Little tramp!"
Zhang Yun got furious, using her fingers like a sword, casting a faint shine at Ruoi.
"Don’t hit , I beg you!"
"Ah!"
During Ruoi’s panicked plea, Zhang Yun cried out in pain, falling to the ground groaning.
"?" Ding Li was petrified, her mouth wide open.
She drew her long sword at Ruoi: "What did you do?!"
Ruoi’s face looked terrified: "I don’t know, I don’t know, don’t hit , I beg you!"
"Ah, ah!!"
Another round of screams echoed, and soon, Ruoi ran out of the woods with disheveled hair, covering her face in tears:
"Uh, uh, why do you treat like this? Uh, uh..."
The Outer Sect disciples passing by seed accustod to this. Soone watched Ruoi’s miserable back, shaking his head with a sigh:
"Junior Sister Ruoi is really pitiful, bullied by Ding Li and her group again."
Next to him, another person said: "We can barely manage our own cultivation; why bother with others’ troubles."
"True, let’s go."
In the woods, Ding Li, Zhang Yun, Qi Jun were bruised and disheveled, lying on the ground groaning.
"Can soone, soone co rescue us..."
Xia Qinglian ran down Danxia Peak covering her face, swiftly regaining her composure. Her hair neatly pinned, she walked calmly towards Divinity Transformation Peak.
The distance between Danxia Peak and Divinity Transformation Peak wasn’t far, a cultivator’s stride could cover it within the ti of an incense stick burning.
Xia Qinglian reached the base of Divinity Transformation Peak and saw a crowd gathered, layer upon layer, with cheers coming from inside occasionally.
The scene contrasted sharply with the ethereal and aloof nature of the other peaks, resembling a bustling market.
The crowd included disciples from various peaks, and among them were many female cultivators observing intently, eyes shining, cheeks even flushing red.
This must be the Rock Conference.
Xia Qinglian found it strange. From other disciples, she heard the Rock Conference at Divinity Transformation Peak was rely assessing Outer Sect disciples’ Body Cultivation Technique; why were so many disciples from the other five peaks coming to watch?
She stepped closer, Ruoi’s small fra unable to squeeze through.
Xia Qinglian’s eyes flickered with coldness and stepped forward. The cultivators blocking her path staggered slightly without realizing why, quickly steadying themselves and looking back to see only equally eager comrades behind them, unaware of any anomaly.
By then, Xia Qinglian had reached the forefront of the crowd, staring at the scene of Divinity Transformation Peak’s Outer Sect disciples’ Rock Conference.
She finally understood why the female disciples watching blushed.
Hundreds of Divinity Transformation Peak Outer Sect disciples stood in the field, with one disciple in the center challenging the Rock Array.
The so-called Rock Array involved dozens of Divinity Transformation Peak disciples wielding iron clubs, pounding fiercely onto the challenger.
This test focused on physical strength, a foundation of Body Cultivation.
At this point, a male disciple was undergoing the challenge, having removed his shirt to showcase his sturdy muscles that flexed intentionally, causing those defined muscles to dance.
The spectacle induced exclamations from the surrounding female disciples, faces flushed red.
"This junior brother is so strong!"
"His muscles are so solid!"
Xia Qinglian’s face darkened, pondering if her husband ca, would he have to remove his shirt for these won to see?
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