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Hundred Sects Land, Guiyuan Sect.

"Chu Ling, your cultivation is useless, all your Spiritual Vein were killed, and you are now a service disciple!"

The voice wasn't loud, but it still echoed within the hall, causing the youth at the bottom of the hall, who had his head lowered, to instantly raise it with a trembling body and an expression of unconcealable astonishment.

The young man was called Chu Ling and was dressed in a moon-white robe. On his chest hung an exquisite pendant that resembled a cyan Pill Furnace.

He was the first among the Guiyuan Sect's young disciples.

However, he did not expect that three months ago, in order to preserve his Guiyuan Sect in one of the Spiritual Stone mines, he had fought with his enemies with his life on the line, causing his cultivation to be crippled and even destroying the Spiritual Vein s in his body.

But Chu Ling never thought that the loyalty he had shown to the sect was actually worthless in their eyes.

Not only did he not get the treatment he deserved, he even made an inner disciple into a service disciple. This was truly chilling.

Chu Ling took in a deep breath. Although he knew that he was right and if he fought with reason and force, even if the elders of Sect Master could not change their minds, they could at least live a better life in the future.

However, with a trace of stubbornness in his heart, he was unwilling to bow his head to the crowd, and even more unwilling to plead bitterly with these loathsome people.

Thus, Chu Ling just looked around, remembered everyone's ice-cold faces by heart, then turned and walked out of the hall with a limp.

"Look, Chu Ling is out. Eh, why is he limping?"

"You probably don't know this, but not only is Chu Ling's cultivation crippled, even his right leg has been crippled. Now it's fine, this genius of the past has become a cripple trash, it's really interesting!"

"Haha, you're right, I used to dislike this kid the most, he's a genius himself, but he still had to pretend to be approachable and even occasionally teach us a few words, it's really disgusting. Now, this kid is a service disciple, it's time for us to make a fuss in the future."

"Sigh, lower your voices. No matter what, Chu Ling was once the strongest person in our sect's young generation, keep some face."

When the people waiting outside the hall saw Chu Ling's appearance, they began to talk, as if they had been holding back for many years and finally had the chance to speak.

Chu Ling laughed bitterly, the smile contained an unspeakable sense of self-mockery. In just the time it took for an incense stick to burn, he had truly tasted the coldness of a favor, and couldn't help but feel a little despondency.

Perhaps these people had once revealed their lowliest and most flattering smiles in front of him when he was at his peak.

So, when he became inferior to them, he would pounce on them like a vicious dog and do everything he could to regain their lost dignity and confidence. For example, right now.

Chu Ling, who had already seen through everyone's faces, tightly clenched his fists, and allowed his nails that shouldn't have been stuck in his palms to go in the first place, while his expression became even calmer. Chu Ling did not pay attention to the crowd's mockery, and continued to walk forward.

Chu Ling's disregard made everyone who was in the midst of talking feel that it was a little boring. Thinking about how they had to bow and kneel in front of Chu Ling, the anger in their hearts grew even stronger.

"You're just a crippled trash, yet you dare to be so arrogant. Don't tell me you really think you're still that genius whose Guiyuan Sect is rarely seen in a hundred years?

No, the current you is just a piece of trash, a trash who cannot cultivate anymore after crippling the Spiritual Vein! " In the corner, Xu Yan, who had not made a sound until now, had insulted Yun Che with a ferocious look on his face.

If one were to say who had the deepest grudges against Chu Ling out of everyone present, it would definitely be Xu Yan.

All these years, Xu Yan could be said to be jealous and envious of Chu Ling. Previously, in order to let Chu Ling take care of him, he would follow behind Chu Ling day after day.

But what made him extremely angry was that Chu Ling had never really paid attention to him, and had instead let him do the chopping and fetching of wood and water. Although he had given a few pointers, he felt that they were not as thorough as the pointers of the other disciples in the sect.

Therefore, three months ago, when Xu Yan saw Chu Ling being heavily injured, he had been waiting for this day. Now that Chu Ling had finally been demoted to a service disciple and was basically declared to have no chance to cultivate, he was naturally unwilling to give up this opportunity.

Chu Ling looked at Xu Yan with some amusement, and continued to walk forward. In fact, Chu Ling had a pretty good impression of Xu Yan previously, so his guidance also went deeper. He never thought that Xu Yan would actually hate him because of this, which was truly a bit funny.

Chu Ling did not reveal any intention to beat around the bush. Although he was somewhat angry at what Xu Yan had said, he also knew that with regards to people like Xu Yan, as long as he himself grew stronger one day, he would definitely try to curry favor with them.

Only, Chu Ling did not expect that the smile on the corner of his mouth would actually be able to deeply injure Xu Yan, who had always wanted to take revenge.

Following that, as if he felt that he had been humiliated, Xu Yan smiled sinisterly and pushed Chu Ling right onto his back, pushing him onto the ground.

"Hmph, you're just a piece of trash, yet you dare to pretend in front of me. Today, I, your father, will let you see through reality. The current you is nothing more than a piece of trash that everyone can bully!"

Didn't you want to leave? I won't, unless … You can crawl over here! " Xu Yan walked in front of Chu Ling and pressed his head down.

And Chu Ling's head had not lowered in front of the elders, so how could he be willing to submit to Xu Yan?

Therefore, at that time, Chu Ling, whose strength was already far inferior to Xu Yan, tried his best to raise his head. Even after his head was pressed against the ground, Chu Ling's eyes still stared fixedly upwards, as if he was telling the world that he would never surrender.

But this also made Xu Yan, who did not have any sense of accomplishment, even more furious.

"Isn't Xu Yan doing a little too far? I feel that senior brother has been very good to us before, if we just watch without doing anything, wouldn't that be bad!"

Amongst the crowd, a disciple who had just entered the sect spoke somewhat angrily. It was obvious that he could not bear to see Xu Yan's actions any longer.

But just as he said that, Xu Yan sneered and turned his head, and scolded directly: "Hmph, who do you think you are, to be able to speak up for Chu Ling, if you do not understand the rules, then I will teach you right now."

When the slightly angry man heard this, his body trembled and he quickly disappeared into the crowd. He didn't dare to say a single word.

At this moment, the crowd began to move and everyone began to look in the same direction as if they were stretching their necks.

Not far away, a young woman dressed in white leisurely walked over. There was a light blue silk ribbon tied around her waist, making her appear slim and gentle, with a graceful figure. The six petal lotus mark on her forehead made her look like an immortal descending into the mortal world, sacred and inviolable.

"It's Xu Qing, Senior Sister Xu. She's too beautiful, as expected of my Guiyuan Sect's number one beauty!"

"Sigh, it's such a pity that such a beauty would actually have such a good relationship with a trash like Chu Ling. I am unwilling!"

"There's nothing I can do, Chu Ling's talent was astonishing earlier, and she kept the number one beauty of our Guiyuan Sect in her bag of holding. I only wish that Chu Ling had been crippled earlier, if that's the case, Senior Sister Xu would definitely not have taken a fancy to him!"

Everyone kept talking, and when Xu Yan saw Xu Qing appear, the strength in his hands couldn't help but lessen a little. However, in the eyes he looked at Chu Ling with, there was an additional trace of jealousy.

Chu Ling staggered and stood up. Looking at the approaching Xu Qing, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl into a smile.

Xu Qing was his best friend within the Guiyuan Sect. The two of them grew up together, and calling themselves childhood sweethearts was not an exaggeration. There were even many rumors of the two becoming Dao-companions that would appear once they matured in the Guiyuan Sect, something Chu Ling and Xu Qing did not deny.

Furthermore, in these past few years, Chu Ling had taught Xu Qing not only his own cultivation, but even the Bone Ablutionary Dan Beads that his father left for him, Chu Ling had not been stingy with them as well. Chu Ling had also given him more than half of them.

And it was precisely because of this, that Xu Qing, who originally only had a decent talent, suddenly became the person with the most outstanding talent amongst the Guiyuan Sect disciples, excluding himself.

Therefore, when he saw Xu Qing appearing, he quickly walked towards him.

Because from there, Chu Ling thought that he could receive the last bit of comfort.

"Qing'er!" Chu Ling shouted softly.

However, just as he finished shouting …

"Qing'er is not something a trash like you can call me, call me Xu Qing!" Xu Qing said in an ice-cold voice.

Although the voice was not loud, it still caused the smile on Chu Ling's face to freeze. His body couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Chu Ling, although there were some misunderstandings between us in the past, I hope that these misunderstandings will last until today. After all, the current you and I, in terms of cultivation, am a genius of the Ninth Level of Vein Opening Stage and you are merely a cripple who has lost all of your Spiritual Vein.

In terms of position, the current me will soon become the new big senior sister of Guiyuan Sect and you will only be one of the one hundred thousand service disciples in my Guiyuan Sect.

In terms of appearance, I am the number one beauty of the Guiyuan Sect, but you, Chu Ling, are just a cripple that everyone hates. So, you and I have long ago become people of two different worlds.

Therefore, from today onwards, you better stay away from me. If you dare insult my reputation in the future, don't blame me, Xu Qing, for missing our past relationship!

Of course, there was no relationship between the two of us. "