The Black Lotus Reborn: The Entire Sect Kneels and Begs for My Forgiveness

"No, no, Yun Nong won't die!"

Jun's ears were ringing. He swallowed hard and let out a roar.

He pushed aside several disciples of the Enforcement Hall, entered the teleportation array, and rushed into the Cold Abyss.

He ran frantically, searching for Ye Yunong's whereabouts.

As you walk along, you can see the corpses of various monsters, making the harsh environment of the Cold Abyss immediately apparent.

He could hardly believe that Ye Yunong, despite being injured, had stayed in such a place for three months.

For the past three months, he had been completely oblivious to everything. He spent his time refining pills with his junior sister and cultivating with his fellow junior brothers, leaving Ye Yunong out of his mind.

For the first time in his life, the emperor felt heartache, as if he had been stabbed.

Even after Master Qinglian found him, Jun Ce was still heading deeper into the Cold Abyss.

"Come back with your master."

"Master, I need to find Yun Nong. She's all alone in the Cold Abyss. She must be very cold and scared."

Jun Ce raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was extremely agitated.

Master Qinglian was stunned. Was this really his usually calm and refined second disciple, Junce?

Previously, Master Qinglian always thought that Ye Yunong had a one-sided love for Jun Ce, and that Jun Ce only had familial affection for Ye Yunong and no other feelings. But his eyes really showed no emotion.

"Yun Nong is not dead; she has been found."

"She's back. I'm heading back to Qinglian Peak now."

Jun Ce's expression relaxed, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole being came alive again.

"Don't rush. She's not on Qinglian Peak right now; she's with Steward Wang at the Hidden Dao Pavilion. There's something I need to tell you, and after you hear it, you must not act rashly."

Master Qinglian sighed.

He had just received the news from the Zangdao Pavilion.

I heard that Ye Yunong was rescued by Steward Wang. When she was rescued, she was already unconscious, presumably attacked by a demonic beast. She must have been seriously injured, and all five of her spiritual roots were shattered.

"Her five elemental spiritual roots are shattered? How could that be? Didn't she take the Jade Vein Pill?"

"Manager Wang has been confirmed. He used to be an elder of the sect and the sect leader's senior brother. For some reason, he was relieved of his position as elder and became the manager of the Hidden Dao Pavilion. His diagnosis is correct."

Master Qinglian also felt very uncomfortable.

He never expected that Ye Yunong would end up like this.

If she had been willing to apologize, things wouldn't have come to this.

The person was in the Hidden Dao Pavilion, but Master Qinglian was unwilling to go there, fearing that he would see Ye Yunong in a state worse than death.

"I'll go see her."

"Manager Wang is aloof and doesn't like receiving guests. Let's wait until Yun Nong wakes up before we talk about it."

Master Qinglian and Junce left the Cold Abyss together.

Throughout the journey, the emperor remained silent.

"My lord, Yun Nong is the eldest disciple of my Azure Lotus Peak, and you are the second disciple. You two grew up together, which is why I allowed you to become Daoist partners. But now, she has destroyed her spiritual root, and I'm afraid she won't be able to accompany you on your journey. If you are worried that she will be a burden to you, I can make the decision for you to dissolve your Daoist partnership."

Master Qinglian arranged for the two to become Daoist partners because Ye Yunong liked Jun Ce, and Jun Ce did not object. He could not resist Ye Yunong's persistence, so he agreed.

But now, Ye Yunong's five elemental spiritual roots are all gone. Her talent was already average, and without her spiritual roots, she may never be able to become an immortal. Her lifespan will only be twenty or thirty years longer than that of mortals.

She and Junce were no longer a good match. As her teacher, he had to consider his disciple's feelings. Yun Nong's situation was irreversible, and he couldn't delay Junce's cultivation any longer.

Whether it's Xiao Qi or any of the other outstanding female cultivators from Qinglian Peak, they are all more suitable to be by the emperor's side than Ye Yun Nong.

"Thank you, Master. I'd like to think about this matter some more."

Jun looked sideways at Zangdao Peak, where Zangdao Pavilion was located, his heart heavy with unprecedented sorrow.

After being rescued by Elder Wang, Ye Yunong was settled in a room in the basement of the Zangdao Pavilion.

He took out a bottle of pills and put it into Ye Yunong's mouth.

"Jade Vein Pill".

Upon smelling the rich medicinal aroma, Ye Yunong, who was pretending to be asleep, almost didn't open her eyes.

Just who is this Old Wang?

Such a generous gesture! These are top-grade Jade Vein Pills. It would take the Emperor half a month of painstaking refinement to produce just one. But Old Wang treats them like chocolate beans, stuffing four or five into his mouth without even flinching.

"I never expected that you were the unlucky guy punished to guard the Cold Abyss. It's all my fault that you ended up like this. If only I hadn't picked up that egg back then, what a tragic fate. Don't worry, I may not have many other skills, but I have plenty of pills and Taoist techniques. You became like this because of me, so I promise I will heal you."

Old Wang was rambling on and on about something.

The moment the top-grade Jade Vein Pill entered Ye Yunong's stomach, its medicinal effects began to take effect.

Ye Yunong felt that the Chaos True Qi in her body had become much thicker. She had a vague feeling that she had reached the threshold of the ninth level of Qi Refining and was about to break through.

A series of knocks came from the door, and Old Wang muttered to himself.

"That old bastard is here again, so annoying."

He stormed off in a huff.

As soon as Lao Wang left, Ye Yunong woke up immediately.

She was actually fine; she only pretended to be seriously injured and unconscious to avoid arousing suspicion from the sect.

She concealed her presence and quietly slipped out of the room.

The Zangdao Pavilion had guests, but it was already closed.

Ye Yunong looked at the sky; it was already dark outside.

The night was dark and windy, the perfect time for arson, looting, and revenge.

She quietly went to the Imperial Household Department along a mountain path.

In the Internal Affairs Hall, the steward was squatting beside a brazier, burning account books.

After Han Yuan's incident today, Lu Jinxin secretly conveyed a message to him, saying that Ye Yunong had an accident, and that Qinglian Shangren was very angry. She would go to the sect leader first thing tomorrow morning to demand an explanation and severely punish the senior brother in charge.

“Junior Sister Lu is really loyal; she didn’t betray me. Fortunately, those two disciples are already dead. Only Junior Sister Lu and I know about this. As long as we burn the account book, there will be no way to prove anything.”

Lu Jinxin gave her senior brother in charge a suggestion: to burn the account books from all these years and hide all the spirit stones and treasures he had embezzled.

boom--

The doors to the Imperial Household Department suddenly opened.

The senior brother in charge was startled.

He looked towards the doorway but didn't see anyone.

He was suspicious and was about to turn back to continue burning the ledgers.

Suddenly, a sack fell from the sky and covered his head.

"Bang bang bang, crack crack crack crack crack."

He was punched and kicked repeatedly; the opponent was a ruthless character, and every blow hit a vital spot, causing the senior brother in charge excruciating pain.

"Spare me, spare me!"

The manager was beaten black and blue before the other party stopped.

The senior in charge lay on the ground like a dead dog, panting heavily.

But it didn't end there. Suddenly, the senior brother in charge felt a chill down his back, as if something was stabbing down along his spine.

His spiritual roots are leaving his body.

Then, his spiritual root was crushed.

The senior brother in charge stared in horror, but he could no longer make a sound; he had fainted from the pain.

"what!"

A scream came from the Imperial Household Department.

When the emperor arrived at the entrance of the Inner Affairs Hall, he heard screams.

He walked into the Imperial Household Department and felt a chill run down his spine. What he saw was a shocking scene.

Normally, the arrogant senior brother in charge was lying in a pool of blood, curled up, having already fainted from the pain.

Looking inside the Imperial Household Department, it was completely empty, except for a brazier whose flame had gone out.

The ledgers that couldn't be burned in time, as well as the spiritual treasures and stones that the senior brother in charge had prepared to hide, were all gone.

It seems someone beat him to it.

When Junce learned that Ye Yunong had been framed by the steward, he felt a surge of anger.

He secretly planned to teach the senior brother in charge a lesson, without telling his master.

Upon hearing the diagnosis, Jun Ce gasped in shock.

The senior brother in charge had his spiritual root dug out and destroyed.

"Help, save me."

The senior brother in charge woke up, grabbed Jun's leg, and pleaded bitterly.

He recognized Jun Ce; he was a cultivator specializing in alchemy and medicine. If Jun Ce was willing to save him, he would still have a chance to survive.

Jun glanced at the senior brother in charge, then bent down.

"Your spiritual root has been destroyed, is it very painful?"

"It hurts so much, it hurts so much, please save me."

"Yun Nong, she's in more pain."

Thinking of Ye Yunong's five spiritual roots being destroyed, Jun Ce's handsome face, faintly visible in the firelight, suddenly took on a somewhat ferocious look.

As he spoke, he stepped on the back of the senior in charge, and with a crack, the senior in charge's spine was broken.