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“Who gave you the courage to speak like this in front of me?”

“Pfft—!” Blood spurted out from the mouth of the service disciple. He involuntarily knelt on the ground. How could his insignificant cultivation be able to withstand Qian Yan’s suppression, which she applied with her spiritual energy?

He looked terrified. It was as if he had finally remembered that Qian Yan was a cultivator in the middle stage of Core Formation.

He had thought that Qian Yan would respond as she always had—by casually throwing him a piece of spirit stone as his payment for running her parents’ errands, then go to Dengyun Peak to meet her parents.

He had no idea that she would respond differently today.

“Scram!” Qian Yan continued.

Her voice caused the blood in the body of the service disciple, who was kneeling on the ground, to surge uncontrollably. His body felt as if it was about to explode at any moment.

The service disciple felt incredibly awful and didn’t dare to stay any longer and ran out of Dengyun Peak crawling. When he was finally out of Baoyue Peak, he had only resentment in his eyes. He decided to report this matter to Chu Qianyan’s parents.

Meanwhile, in Dengyun Peak.

“Qianyan will be here soon. Don’t worry, I will give her a proper talking-to. She went too far this time! She’s confused about her priorities; how could she defend a mere disciple over her own sister?” Yang Fengxiang angrily said.

“I don’t care, Mom. Chu Qianyan went too far this time. Not only do I want her to apologise to me in public, but I also want her to destroy Xu Cai’s cultivation and expel her from Xuanyue Sect. I’ve disliked that Xu Cai from day one! Chu Qianyan is my sister, but she’s willing to humiliate me that badly for a mere outsider. She hasn’t only disrespected me, but also our family—including you and our little brother,” Chu Xiaoyue responded.

When Chu Chengxi heard his son being mentioned, he couldn’t hold himself back and began to shout, “When your sister arrives, I’ll make sure to vent your anger on your behalf! She’s so great that she dares to fight even her own sister. All those disciples are just outsiders, but she’d hurt her own sister for them! I won’t tolerate this!”

“Zhaodi, just focus on recovering from your injuries. Your mother and I will deal with this matter, and your sister will have to answer for her actions,” Chu Chengxi said.

Making her parents angry was Chu Xiaoyue’s goal, but when she heard them call her “Zhaodi,” a trace of a anger flashed across her face.

She detested this name. When she first came to the cultivation world, she changed her name to Chu Xiaoyue and introduced herself as such. These two old folks, however, insisted on calling her Zhaodi. What annoyed her even more was that she couldn’t argue back with them over it.

As soon as she told them not to use that name, they’d scold her and tell her off for not just this matter, but also other ones.

For one, they’d tell her off for having to rely on her younger brother, Chu Pingyu. They also considered her refusal to use the name “Zhaodi”¹The reason why Xiaoyue hates this name is probably because of its meaning. The character 招 in Mandarin basically means to summon, call, or invite. 娣 is actually the character for “a younger sister” (homophone with 弟, a younger sister) but when used together in a girl’s name, the two characters combine to a name that basically means “summoning a younger brother”. as her forgetting her roots.

Chu Xiaoyue didn’t like it, but she didn’t dare to get angry at them. It was true that she had relied on Chu Pingyu for many things. If only her spiritual roots weren’t so shitty… Why wasn’t she the prodigy instead?

If she had better spiritual roots, she would have been her parents’ golden child instead. Perhaps, she could have practised alchemy instead of him.

Chu Xiaoyue knew the importance of having strong spiritual roots. In just a few decades, those who had strong spiritual roots could outpace those with poor ones and leave them far behind.

As she thought about this, she felt pain all over her body. Her mouth ached especially badly since it was swollen. She’d also had several of her teeth knocked out. She couldn’t bear to continue like this.

“Father, Mother, I’m going to stay here and wait for Chu Qianyan to explain herself.”

Chu Xiaoyue had barely spoken when someone rushed in and knelt in front of Yang Fengxiang and Chu Chengxi with a thud.

“Lord Chu, Lady Chu, Peak Master Chu Qianyan has refused to come here. Not only that, but she has also injured this disciple. She seems to have no intention of coming here. If I hadn’t run quickly, I might have been thrown out of the Baoyue Peak,” the service disciple said.