Chapter 1245: Chapter 1248: Stubborn to the End (Part 1)

"What do you think?!" Elder Mei stopped wasting words, her voice had turned cold, and a murderous aura shot straight up to the sky.

She was worried something unexpected would happen.

She also somewhat doubted whether what that young man had just said was actually true.

Or rather, how long could the hidden trap in her body be suppressed.

If it only lasted a short while, then if she wasted time talking, the moment Yue Ying had a thought, she and her two junior sisters would be completely finished.

By then, the entire Leqing Sect would definitely be locked in a fight to the death with Yue Chan and the others.

So, in agreeing to Lin Xi’s terms, she was gambling as well.

Besides, she’d lived to such an old age and seen quite a lot; how could she possibly just trust someone completely and hand over her life and death so easily?

Especially to a stranger.

Even with Little Yue Chan and the others, they didn’t trust them one hundred percent.

"Hmph!"

"Courting death!"

Yue Ying snorted coldly. "But you really shouldn’t have said so much. Ever heard the saying ’villains die from talking too much’?"

"You should’ve killed me before I could react at all. The chances were small, sure, but you can’t deny there was still some chance."

"And now, you really think I don’t dare kill you three?!"

But as soon as she finished saying that, the confident smile on her face suddenly froze.

"What’s going on?"

"What’s going on?"

"That’s absolutely impossible!"

"Why are you three fine?"

In that moment, she couldn’t care less whether she was still under Elder Mei’s control; she started struggling wildly.

She’d completely lost any semblance of a Sect Leader’s bearing.

The other disciples, even her trusted followers, had started to doubt.

They didn’t know what had happened.

But from the looks of her, it seemed there were things in the middle that they didn’t know about.

Especially those who never believed her from the start or were inclined toward Yue Chan’s side; at this moment, they couldn’t help whispering among themselves.

Elder Ying and Elder Shuang both showed looks of surprise on their faces.

Right after Yue Ying spat out that "courting death," they’d already been fully on guard.

Even if they couldn’t stop that fate-worse-than-death feeling.

They still felt that if they resisted with everything they had, they wouldn’t die that quickly.

Besides, these past few days, they had been constantly researching methods.

They had gained a bit of experience.

Of course, the time had still been too short, and they hadn’t been able to change anything.

And yet now, they felt nothing at all?

Could it be Yue Ying hadn’t activated it?

But from the way she was acting right now, that was absolutely impossible!

She had definitely triggered it just now.

It was just that their bodies hadn’t reacted in the slightest!

They both looked at Elder Mei in puzzlement and couldn’t help asking, "Senior Sister, what’s going on?"

Elder Mei only gave them a reassuring look, then turned to Lin Xi. Her demeanor absolutely looked like she was asking for instructions.

This made quite a few people who noticed this scene look confused.

Could this have something to do with that young man?

Wasn’t he on Yue Chan’s side?

What on earth was going on?

In an instant, they were all completely baffled.

Could someone please explain this to them?

Being completely kept in the dark was really uncomfortable, okay!

Lin Xi smiled. "Do what you’re supposed to do."

Princess Consort Le, Yue Chan, Leng Qin, and Red Moon had already gathered behind Lin Xi.

They were certain that today was absolutely the first time Lin Xi had met the three elders.

So then?

What exactly had happened?

To be honest, they were baffled too.

Of course, there had to have been things in the middle that they didn’t know about.

Another point was that the three elders had actually been threatened by Yue Ying?

And it had involved their very lives?

Since when was Yue Ying that impressive?

You had to know, the three elders were all established Innate Powerhouses.

Even Princess Consort Le, in terms of strength, wasn’t a match for any one of them.

After all, it hadn’t been long since she’d broken through.

As for later, who would be stronger or weaker, that was hard to say.

From her perspective, she was confident that if she was given one or two years, she would absolutely surpass the three elders’ strength.

Some people thought one or two years was very long.

They were absolutely wrong.

For someone in the Innate Realm, one or two years was extremely short.

After all, these three elders had been stuck in the Innate Realm for no less than forty years.

In other words, Princess Consort Le’s talent was extremely good.

She was also very clear that at this level, it was really hard for someone to pull a sneak attack on you unless their realm was much higher.

"Alright!" Elder Mei nodded.

Everyone saw the hand she was using to grab Yue Ying’s arm suddenly exert force, followed by a crisp crack.

Immediately, they saw Yue Ying’s arm completely break.

This wasn’t a dislocation.

It was one of the bones in her arm snapping into two pieces.

With an injury like that, even if she was a Peak Soldier King and the sect had plenty of good medicine.

They still wouldn’t be able to fully heal her arm.

About two or three seconds after it broke, Yue Ying finally reacted; that is to say, the searing pain finally reached her sensory nerves.

"Aaaahhh!"

Her miserable scream seemed to echo through the entirety of Leqing Sect.

No one said a word.

In front of the mountain gate, over a hundred people all fell completely silent in that moment, not daring to make a sound.

Even Yue Ying’s close followers were the same.

You had to remember, that was a sect elder.

An Innate-level expert.

If they targeted her, that was basically asking to die.

They weren’t blind!

Didn’t they see Elder Ying and Elder Shuang standing to the side, on high alert?

From their posture, if anyone made a move, they’d show absolutely no mercy and kill on the spot.

At this moment, Elder Mei didn’t stop.

Her other hand let go of Yue Ying’s neck and slapped down across her face.

The force of that slap made many people wonder if she’d kill her with a single blow or snap her neck or something.

Obviously, Elder Mei was controlling her strength.

What puzzled everyone was why Elder Mei wasn’t saying a single word.

It felt like she was just venting her anger.

What exactly had happened?

Elder Mei, at least say something!

After all, hitting the Sect Leader in the face in front of everyone—although most of them already felt she kind of deserved it.

They still needed a reason!

Otherwise, wouldn’t it mean elders could just slap the Sect Leader whenever they wanted in the future?

That really put a lot of people in an awkward spot!

The entire atmosphere became a bit subtle.

However, Elder Mei seemed not to notice at all and kept slapping, one blow after another.

Her strength didn’t take Yue Ying’s life, but it hurt her so much she almost lost herself.

Only after a solid dozen slaps did Elder Mei finally stop.

She took a deep breath and said, "Tell them yourself what you’ve done!"

"Otherwise, I’ll let you experience something worse than death!"

Then she glanced at Lin Xi again.

Lin Xi understood what she meant and signaled her to relax—nothing would happen to their bodies.

Only then did Elder Mei truly calm down.

"You old hag, you dare hit me?" Yue Ying’s mouth was full of blood, her speech a bit slurred.

From the looks of it, she hadn’t taken Elder Mei’s words seriously at all.

"You really think you’ve already won?"

"Heh."

"I say you’re all seeking death!"

She retreated a step and looked at all the disciples. "The three elders colluded with an outsider and murdered Master—are you really just going to stand there and watch?"

"Now she’s even trying to kill your Sect Leader, and you’re just going to let it happen?"

Elder Mei only let out a cold laugh. "You really don’t know when you’re dead."

The next instant, if anyone was paying attention, they would notice an abnormal gleam flicker in her eyes.

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