Proud Sword Soaring Clouds

Chapter 387: Chapter 283: Outburst

A dark chuckle escaped Ling Xiao. ’These Elders are the wily old fox type. They must have seen from Shangguan Yutong’s expression that she’s fond of me, and they immediately made the snap decision to recruit her into their bullshit Inner Sect.’

Although Ling Xiao wasn’t entirely sure what joining Lengning Palace’s Inner Sect entailed, he could see Shangguan Yutong’s reluctance. That, and the Second Elder’s words about how entering the Inner Sect meant severing all ties with the mortal world.

’Severing all ties with the mortal world? Isn’t that just walking the Path of Emotionlessness, doomed to a life of bitter cultivation?’

If for no other reason than the way Shangguan Yutong had cared for him when he was down on his luck—never once looking down on him and treating him like family—Ling Xiao could not just stand by and watch her be unhappy!

’As for what happens next... Whatever happens, happens. Cultivators seeking eternal life are already defying the heavens. I’ve done one heaven-defying act; what’s a few more?!’

After the Grand Elder finished speaking, an oppressive aura erupted from her. Immense Spiritual Power bore down on Ling Xiao. Her eyes flashed with a chilling light as she fixed him with a cold stare and said, "For the Palace Master’s sake, get out of here right now! Otherwise, don’t blame me for what happens next!"

The Second Elder chimed in, "That’s right! You little philanderer, if you don’t scram now, we’ll tell the Qin Family where to find you! We hear you have countless enemies. Scram! Get out! Don’t you dare drag Lengning Palace into your mess!"

"You know, I’m getting the feeling that in your Lengning Palace, it’s the Elders who run the show, and the Palace Master has little to do with it." Ling Xiao’s lips curled slightly. He squinted at the Second Elder and sneered, "And another thing. If it weren’t for Lady Cold’s sake, I would have killed you for speaking to me like that. Tell the Qin Family? I bet you’ve already been well-compensated by the Qin Family in private, right? The Qin Family wants to be elected Alliance Leader of the great families and sects, so they’d have to bribe a few sects to drum up support. The way you go on and on about the Qin Family, one would think you were born a Qin! Am I wrong?"

"You’re courting death!" The auras of both the Grand Elder and the Second Elder surged towards Ling Xiao. The pressure in the room instantly intensified. Shangguan Yutong and Qiuyue Yao, who had weaker cultivation, immediately turned deathly pale, finding it difficult to even breathe.

At that moment, Leng Qianqian suddenly spoke in a soft, cool voice, "Do you even acknowledge me as your Palace Master anymore?"

Leng Qianqian’s words were like a needle to a balloon. The auras of the Grand Elder and Second Elder instantly deflated as they reined them in. The two stood there, and the Grand Elder bowed to Leng Qianqian, saying, "Palace Master, you are still young. I have lived for almost a hundred years! There is no kind of person I haven’t seen before. This boy, he..."

"Enough." Leng Qianqian lowered her eyelids, not even glancing at the Grand Elder as she said coolly, "I know what I’m doing. I don’t need you lecturing me day in and day out. Ling Xiao is my guest and has nothing to do with Lengning Palace. Therefore, when I said Ling Xiao could come to me for help, I was speaking in a personal capacity. Is that clear enough?"

The Second Elder’s expression was ugly. She shot a vicious glare at Ling Xiao, then looked coldly at Qiuyue Yao and her disciple before bowing and saying, "Palace Master, please reconsider! You were born and raised in the Palace; your entire being belongs to Lengning Palace. Scoundrels like him are silver-tongued and experts at deceiving young women. Palace Master, you must not..."

"I said, enough!"

Leng Qianqian suddenly slammed her hand on the table. The Grand Elder and Second Elder both shuddered, but the expressions in their eyes grew even more frigid.

"In your eyes, is this Palace Master nothing more than a puppet? To be ordered around by you all day? Don’t forget, the role of the eight Elders, since the founding of Lengning Palace, has been to *assist* the current Palace Master! Not to *shackle* her! Or perhaps I should return to the sect and ask my master about this? Ask her if you Elders have grown so bold that you can now make my decisions for me!"

Leng Qianqian was truly getting angry. Just because she seemed otherworldly didn’t mean she was without a temper.

These Elders were used to being arrogant back at the sect headquarters. She hadn’t expected them to still try and use things like age and experience to keep her down even after they’d left. At every turn, it was, "You’re still young..." or "You’re so young..."

Hearing it once or twice was tolerable, but after a while, anyone would get sick of it.

Every person has a mind of their own, and while Leng Qianqian was naive and innocent, she was no fool. From the moment they entered, the Grand Elder and Second Elder had targeted Ling Xiao, their words painting him as an irredeemably wicked man. Normally, Leng Qianqian wouldn’t have lost her temper with the two Elders over Ling Xiao. After all, she and Ling Xiao were practically strangers—at most, they could be considered casual friends—while the two Elders were, after all, members of her sect.

But the problem was, the Grand Elder and Second Elder were simply too tactless. Every other word out of their mouths was about the Qin Family, and then they publicly denounced Ling Xiao. Even if everything they said was true, it was still a slight against Leng Qianqian, since Ling Xiao was currently her guest.

The Grand Elder and the Second Elder exchanged a look. Leng Qianqian was hailed as a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius. She had always had an indifferent temperament and paid no mind to sect affairs. Moreover, she had only been seventeen or eighteen when she took over as Palace Master, spending all her days immersed in cultivation. As a result, the eight Elders held the reins to almost all of Lengning Palace’s affairs.

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