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The service disciples of Baoyue Peak didn’t dare to stop the people who had come from Dengyun Peak from climbing up the peak. They’d always come whenever they wanted, and after so many years, everyone had simply gotten used to it.

Qian Yan didn’t blame the service disciples. She couldn’t give them the confidence they needed to deal with Dengyun Peak only with what she did today.

Once she instilled enough confidence in them, though, it wouldn’t be so easy for the Chu family to enter Baoyue Peak anymore.

Chu Chengxi, Yang Fengxiang, and Chu Xiaoyue appeared at the entrance.

Chu Chengxi, upon seeing Qian Yan sitting leisurely and not coming to welcome him as he expected, grew even angrier.

“Qianyan, this matter won’t be over until you give me an explanation for it. Why did you suddenly attack your younger sister for no reason?” Chu Chengxi walked in but didn’t approach Qian Yan. Instead, he stood in the centre and interrogated her. “Do you think that just because you have a higher level of cultivation, you can look down on others and even bully your own sister?”

Ye Huaifeng clenched and unclenched his fists loudly. The Chu family was very skilled in turning the truth upside down!

He anxiously looked at Qian Yan. She seemed to have remained calm. She didn’t display any guilt like she used to.

He gradually relaxed his fists. His master was different now, and this time, perhaps she wouldn’t be defeated by them.

“She came to steal spiritual herbs from my peak. This already violates the sect’s rules, and if it was someone else, I would have already crippled their cultivation and thrown them out of the sect. I wouldn’t have let her off after just giving her a beating and tossing her out,” Qian Yan calmly replied.

“Then what about the disciples I sent over to call you? Why did you injure them?” Chu Chengxi questioned.

Coldly, Qian Yan responded, “Those service disciples hadn’t even reached the Foundation Building stage, yet they dared to display arrogance in front of me and challenge my authority. Shouldn’t they be punished?”

Chu Chengxi stared wide-eyed at her. “They are my people! Have you been blinded by power?”

“That they are your people is even more reason for them to be disciplined. They act one way in front of you and another way behind your back. I suspect that they are deliberately sowing discord between us,” Qian Yan argued. “It seems I should have done more than just discipline them. I should have abolished their cultivation and expelled them from Xuanyue Sect. Keeping them around might tarnish our reputation.”

“Qianyan, you and Zhaodi are sisters. Do you need to be so strict with her?” When Yang Fengxiang saw that Chu Chengxi was already brimming with anger and was about to explode, she chimed in. “You have exceptional talent. When you were only five years old, you were chosen by an immortal and invited to come to the cultivation world. But what about Zhaodi? She didn’t have spiritual roots, so she didn’t have that privilege.”

Yang Fengxiang continued, “You enjoyed a comfortable life in the cultivation world, while she had to endure hardships with us. You owe her a lot…”

Qian Yan cut her off and said, “That is not my fault, but yours. It was your responsibility to raise her. Your inability to provide her with a good life was the reason why she had to endure hardships. Her suffering has nothing to do with me.”

“Qianyan, how could you say that? If you hadn’t left, Zhaodi wouldn’t have suffered so much. She started doing all kinds of menial and tiring work when she was only three years old… If you were there…”

Qianyan interrupted her again. “Like I said, you caused her suffering by your incompetence. You made a three-year-old child work, and that only shows both your incompetence and cruelty. How could you blame me for it? I was also only five years old back then. Have some shame.”

Yang Fengxiang was so infuriated that her entire body trembled. She pointed at Qian Yan but couldn’t bring herself to repeat her previous arguments. She realized that her old tactics weren’t working anymore.

“Regardless! You two are sisters. What’s the harm in Zhaodi coming here to get some things? You’re both close sisters, yet you went and beat her up like that. I’m disappointed in you…” Yang Fengxiang said.

This time, Qian Yan stood up. “Taking things from your sibling is no big deal, you say? So, you mean that family members can take things from each other?”

Yang Fengxiang hastily nodded. “Of course.”

“Alright,” Qian Yan said. In a swift motion, she materialized next to Ye Huaifeng. She grabbed his shoulder before disappearing from her original spot. Her voice echoed back, “Since that’s the case, I won’t be polite either. I’m currently in need of a few things. Mother, Father, you took quite a few things from me before, and now I need them. They should be with my little brother, right? I heard he’s doing closed-door training, but that’s no problem. I won’t disturb him; I’ll just take what I need and go.”