Chapter 255 - The Scum Is Unfavored

"'Fengshen Sect'… 'Fengshen Sect'… why is it familiar…?" Li Tian and Feng Mo muttered as they warily looked at Ruo She who remained smiling at them. 

"Let me jog your memories straight." Sun Yi spoke with a cold voice. "Fengshen Sect is a new sect like the Xinfaxian Sect, but even younger than your sect. Their sect also contains only three people: the sect master, Huo Ling. And, the two disciples: Yi Bing, and Ruo She." He explained. 

Li Tian's and Feng Mo's eyes widened in shock. "I remember now!" they exclaimed. "We praised Sect Master Huo before!" they said as they looked at each other. 

Sun Yi smiled. "Although, right now, that isn't all about the Fengshen Sect." he said. 

"Huh?" Li Tian and Feng Mo turned to him, their brain still muddled because of the shock of their reunion with their former shixiong. 

Chen Han, who finally remembered something he heard days ago, spoke. "The Fengshen Sect is just a small sect, but it was naturally also affected by the calamity that befell us." He said. "However, the calamity that befell them is that the sect master was poisoned by the demonic poison. The first disciple was allegedly having an affair with the sect master and killed the second disciple who – " he said and looked at Ruo She whose expression remained the same. " – poisoned the sect master whom he slandered." 

Li Tian and Feng Mo felt a chill ran down their spine as they looked at Ruo She with widened eyes as if they were looking at a monster. 

"Right now, no one knows where the Fengshen Sect master and the first disciple are." Chen Han added. 

"You – " Li Tian and Feng Mo felt stifled. They can't accept this is how their former shixiong become: a demonic cultivator, a slanderer, a traitor, and a murderer.

"I remembered that Fengshen Sect master Huo Ling was present in the Intersect Competition. He definitely must have also brought his two disciples for them to watch the competition and learn from it." Sun Yi said. "But, the first disciple is known to be hot-tempered brat. Naturally, he wouldn't watch to compare himself with others. He is a proud brat. Meanwhile, the second disciple – " he said and smiled at Ruo She. " – he is courteous, polite and good-tempered. But, he is still young. He can't hide his arrogance no matter how he tried. Thus, people say he is ambitious." He said. "But, whether sect master Huo Ling is aware or not, out of respect for him, the people do not speak about the truth." He explained. 

Li Tian and Feng Mo are speechless as they stared at Ruo She whose smile slowly began to fade. 

"I do not know where, during the times the Fengshen Sect second disciple is absent during the competition matches, have gone?" Sun Yi asked. "Could it be, during those times, you had 'fated encounters' with some people, precisely, the demonic cultivators?" he smiled. 

"You're right." Ruo She finally talked. 

Li Tian and Feng Mo gaped at him. It had been a very long time they heard Ruo She's voice. But, they are more shocked for Ruo She to admit his crimes. 

"It was a demonic cultivator I met. Precisely – " Ruo She smiled as he turned to gaze to Chen Han. " – it is elder Ming." He said. 

"You slander!" Chen Han yelled. 

"Am I?" Ruo She chuckled. "Isn't he the leader of the demonic cultivators now?" he asked. 

"You - !" Chen Han murderously glared at Ruo She. 

Ruo She laughed. "Elder Ming just gave me an opportunity." He said. 

"Why…" Li Tian and Feng Mo asked. 

"Why?" Ruo She turned to them. "I am not an orphan, but an abandoned child. My family is poor. Because my sibling is more favored, they abandoned me to feed my sibling. I ran away from my home, at such a young age. I fend for myself until I reached Xinfaxian. Yet, why is it that when I thought I found a new home, I was unfavored again?" he asked through his gnashed teeth. "And so, I left. I knew I'll never be favored. However, I met Huo Ling." He said. "He only had one child with him. I thought, because I only have one competitor unlike in Xinfaxian and in my family, I can finally be favored. I acted obedient, courteous, good-tempered. I did all I could to become the best child! Yet, in the end…" he shook his head as he bitterly smiled. "I ended up being left behind again. I only wanted some affection, yet why couldn't it be given to me, even just a small amount?!" he cried. 

Li Tian is soft-hearted and Feng Mo, although hot-tempered, also has a soft heart. They felt pity towards Ruo She. However, Sun Yi doesn't pity him, and neither Chen Han. 

"You're not left behind." Sun Yi said. "You chose to leave them behind. It's not affection that you wanted. It's recognition." He told him. 

Ruo She stared at him. 

"What you did is only for recognition, not affection. You don't care whether they would love you. What you wanted is for them to recognize you." Sun Yi explained. "It wasn't that your family does not recognize you. They don't have enough to feed all of you. It wasn't that the Xinfaxian Sect forced you out of the sect. It was because you're dissatisfied with them, feeling like they aren't enough. It wasn't that sect master Huo favored Yi Bing. It's because of you – " he said. " – you're dissatisfied, again, because you feel like they aren't enough." He told him. "Your family is too poor, but you can feed yourself that's why they chose your siblings over you. Instead of understanding your family's condition, you complain instead. The Xinfaxian Sect wanted you to stay, but you're the one who chose to leave. It's because you can't spread your wings if you stayed there. Sect master Huo didn't choose Yi Bing over you, but actually gave you space to mull over your thoughts. You are too ambitious. It is good, but if one doesn't know their limitations, and acted with arrogance towards their ambition, where do you think it'll lead you to?" he asked and pointed Ruo She's blood-red eyes. 

"No…" Li Tian and Feng Mo muttered under their breath. All this while. Ruo She had been a knot in their heart. Yet, now that Sun Yi laid everything bare, they felt stupid. 

"Too greedy for attention? That's not it." Sun Yi shook his head. "You're just too greedy with everything!" 

Ruo She's eyes narrowed and he growled at them. He suddenly leapt and lunged himself at them. Because they weren't guarded with him earlier, they didn't tie Ruo She's feet and also to not waste their energy in carrying him. Now, Ruo She's attacking them. 

Ruo She had been eyeing Sun Yi who had exposed all his thoughts. And so, he hated him. He opened his mouth wide, revealing his fangs as he neared Sun Yi. 

However, before he could bite Sun Yi's head off, something white flashed past them before it wrapped Ruo She tightly. "Well said! Well said, Sun-shixiong!" a clap resounded along with the familiar, bright voice. 

Their eyes lit up and they turned. "AH SHENG!" Chen Han cried and his eyes reddened when he saw Cheng Sheng. 

"Cheng-shidi!" Li Tian, Feng Mo and Sun Yi called and ran towards Cheng Sheng who arrived with Fei Yin and Yu Sheng. 

"AH SHENG!" Chen Han cried as he hugged Cheng Sheng tight. 

"Cheng-shidi!!!" Li Tian, Feng Mo and Sun Yi cried as they all jumped on the siblings and hugged them tight. 

"Li-shixiong… Feng-shixiong… Sun-shixiong…" Cheng Sheng's eyes reddened. "… as well as brother…" he said and smiled at Chen Han as he returned their hugs. 

Yu Sheng cleared his throat and wanted to say something but Fei Yin stopped him. Yu Sheng knew Fei Yin doesn't want him to break the group's reunion, and he doesn't want to be a party-pooper either, so he rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. He vented his irritation to Ruo She who was struggling inside the Shapeshifting Blanket that wrapped him like a zongzi. 

He moved his index finger, and the Shapeshifting Blanket flew towards him with Ruo She inside. "The Shapeshifting Blanket would eat the demonic qi and convert it into qi. This bastard must feel like his life is being sucked out of him by the Shapeshifting Blanket – " Yu Sheng maliciously grinned as he raised his fists and punched Ruo She like a punching bag.

Fei Yin rolled his eyes and glanced at Cheng Sheng and the others, only to see them happily chatting like there's nothing that mattered right now. They didn't even glance at Yu She beating Ruo She, not see Fei Yin who is staring at them, waiting for them to invite them with their group. These ungrateful and flippant…! he thought as his face darkened. 

If it wasn't for Jing Xian, the system, how would they finally find Chen Han's group?!