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

When Ye Yunong returned to Qinglian Peak, it was already afternoon.

"Kneel down."

As soon as Ye Yunong entered her master's room, she heard a low shout.

Ye Yunong did not kneel.

Suddenly, a powerful pressure swept over us.

Her knees buckled, and she was forced to kneel on the ground by the oppressive force. Blood immediately seeped from her knees, staining her Taoist robe red.

Master Qinglian sat there upright.

Master Qinglian was over a hundred years old, but he looked no more than twenty-seven or twenty-eight. He had phoenix eyes and eyebrows, and his thin face was as if sculpted by a knife and axe, making him quite handsome.

Standing beside him was Lu Jinxin, whose eyes were red and swollen, as if she had just been crying.

Junce and his two junior brothers stood to one side.

Seeing Ye Yunong being punished, Jun Ce felt complicated emotions.

He should have pleaded for her, but when he saw the purple hairpin in Ye Yunong's hair, the words he wanted to say were swallowed back down.

Ye Yunong raised her head and looked at her master, feeling as if she had been transported to another world.

Years ago, she was a little beggar on the street. Her parents disappeared when she was born.

Before she was six years old, she was often hungry and cold, and even had to fight with stray dogs for food.

One winter, it was freezing cold. She hadn't eaten or drunk anything for three days and collapsed in the snow. Her master, who was out collecting herbs, found her.

She vividly remembers that her master arrived in a blue robe, riding a sword, like the warm winter sun appearing in her life.

Unlike those passersby who would see her and call her a "beggar," "filthy," or "get lost," he didn't.

He bent down and gently picked her up.

That was the first time in her life she had been held like that; she realized how warm a human embrace could be.

Her master took her back to Qinglian Peak, gave her a name, styled her hair, cooked porridge for her, and taught her horse stance...

At that time, Master Qinglian was like an elder brother and a father to her, and she had vowed to follow him for life.

Like the emperor's concubine, he was the most important person in her life.

There was a time when Master doted on Ye Yunong, but after Junior Sister Lu Jinxin appeared, he changed.

Every time Lu Jinxin slandered her, her master sided with Lu Jinxin.

Everything she liked had to be given to Lu Jinxin, from elixirs to Taoist magic, to men...

Even in her final moments after being struck by lightning, she hoped that her master would appear, just like he had been back then, to be her great hero and savior.

She clearly sensed her master's familiar aura, but her master never appeared in the end.

He was right there, watching helplessly as she was tortured and humiliated by her fellow disciples...

Ye Yunong's heart was ice-cold.

"I wonder in what way I have disobeyed my master?"

Ye Yunong straightened her back and spoke, her voice cold, which made Qinglian Shangren frown.

"I've only been in seclusion for half a year, and so much has happened on Qinglian Peak. The medicine hut was destroyed, your junior sister was injured, and I also heard that you stole the hairpin that your junior sister wanted."

Master Qinglian was very disappointed in Ye Yunong.

Ye Yunong was the first disciple he took in. Although she lacked talent, he still taught her with great care.

Even after he had other disciples, he still retained Ye Yunong's status as the senior sister, so that she could be diligent and strive for excellence, and one day be guided by her junior brothers and sisters to attain immortality.

But Ye Yunong changed, becoming unreasonable, even trying to steal resources from her junior brothers and sisters.

“Master, the medicine hut was destroyed by the explosion of the alchemy furnace. If there is any connection, my second junior brother, junior sister, and I are all involved, and I am willing to accept the punishment. As for the others, I do not acknowledge them. Everything I, Ye Yunong, have obtained has always been honest and upright, without theft or robbery.”

"You dare to talk back? Could it be that your junior sister and the other junior brothers are all lying?"

Ye Yunong looked up at her fellow disciples beside her, her gaze fixed on them with endless sarcasm.

The people, including the one beside the emperor, felt a little uneasy under his gaze.

They did complain to their master, because the eldest sister was bullying the junior sister.

If the eldest sister were to soften her stance, they would plead for her.

But Ye Yunong didn't; she just smiled coldly.

“Master, you’re so biased. They’re all your disciples, but you believe what they say and not what I say.”

"presumptuous!"

Master Qinglian was furious. With a flick of his robe, his true energy surged forth like a flood, and Ye Yunong, who was kneeling on the ground, was lifted up by a powerful force.

bang——

She crashed into the wall, which dented deeply.

Ye Yunong could even hear the sound of her five spiritual meridians shattering completely.

Master Qinglian paused, staring at Ye Yunong in disbelief.

Why did she take this blow without using her inner energy to defend herself?

"Sister!"

The fourth and fifth junior brothers were both taken aback, and they both knelt down.

"Master, please calm down. Eldest sister is injured. Please show mercy."

Junce quickly stepped forward to pick up Ye Yunong.

"Do not touch me!"

She doesn't need this belated concern!

Ye Yunong swept his hand away, panting heavily, and leaned against the wall, her thin shoulders resting on it, as she stood up with difficulty and slowly.

Jun's hand missed its target, and he stood there stunned.

Just now, Ye Yunong looked at him with disgust, as if he were something filthy.

He didn't see himself in Ye Yunong's eyes.

The Ye Yunong of the past clearly had eyes full of him.

A dull ache throbbed in Junce's heart, a feeling he had never experienced before.

"Yun Nong, are you injured?"

Only then did Master Qinglian notice that Ye Yunong's face was unusually pale. He had only noticed that Lu Jinxin was injured, but he hadn't noticed that Ye Yunong was also injured.

“Master, both my eldest sister and I were injured in the explosion at the medicine hut. Please calm down and forgive my eldest sister this time. I don’t want any hairpins anymore.”

Lu Jinxin was delighted to see Ye Yunong being beaten, but she pretended to be concerned.

She hurriedly knelt down and pleaded for Ye Yunong.

"Look, even your junior sister is more sensible than you. As the senior sister, you should be tolerant even if you suffer any injustice. Give that hairpin to your junior sister, apologize to her, and let it go this time."

Master Qinglian stood with his hands behind his back, exuding an imposing aura without anger.

"I will not apologize. I would rather accept the punishment."

Ye Yunong pursed her lips, dragging her heavy body as she walked out step by step.

Blood dripped continuously from her feet, each step leaving a bloody footprint.

"Senior Sister..."

The fourth and fifth junior brothers were struck dumb. They never expected that their eldest senior sister, who always revered their master's orders, would dare to disobey him.

Is that still the senior sister they know?

"Master! Eldest Sister, she..."

Jun knelt down beside her. He knew very well that Ye Yunong's injuries were severe, and even after taking a Jade Vein Pill, she could no longer accept punishment.

Before the emperor could finish speaking, a layer of frost had already settled on the Qinglian Venerable's face, and he gave the order with almost resolute certainty.

"By my oral decree, Ye Yunong has disobeyed my orders and is considered to be disrespectful to his elders. He is to be punished by guarding Hanyuan for three months without fail."

Outside, Ye Yunong paused slowly. It wasn't the three months of confinement before her rebirth, but the Cold Abyss Forbidden Ground!