At these words, Long Feiyu became even angrier.
Waking up early in the morning, Long Feiyu found his entire face wrapped in bandages. He wouldn’t be healed for at least 6 months to 1 year.
What made him feel even more despair was that his grandfather actually wanted him to apologize to Nameless.
‘On what grounds?’
‘He was the one who hit me.’
‘I’m the one who got beaten.’
Long Feiyu looked indignant.
But since it was his grandfather’s wish, he had no choice. Fine, it was just an apology.
‘I’ll just say “I’m sorry” and be done with it,’ Long Feiyu comforted himself.
But when he asked where Nameless was, the jealousy in his eyes flared up.
‘What!’
‘That guy is actually living with the Saintess?’
‘Why?’
Before his face was injured, he was a handsome young master with a great background. Furthermore, he was one of the top figures in the Inner Sect. Even if he wasn’t a match for the Saintess, he was still much better than that Nameless guy who came from nowhere.
Long Feiyu grimaced, and the injuries on his face made him hiss in pain.
However, compared to the physical pain, the agony in his heart was much worse.
He had admired the Saintess for many years, but she had never given him a second glance. She didn’t even remember his name; she only knew he was the Second Elder’s grandson.
He could accept that.
He would just endure it.
He was still doing better than the other male disciples in the sect. At least the Saintess knew who he was.
He wanted to work hard so that one day he could become the best of the younger generation or be promoted to an Elder. Perhaps then he could catch the Saintess’s eye.
That was what Long Feiyu originally thought.
And he had indeed worked toward that goal.
However, not long after, a White Moonlight suddenly appeared by the Saintess’s side. His name was Ye Yun, and he was just a weak scholar. He didn’t understand what the Saintess saw in him, but she often took him for walks around the Inner Sect.
This broke the hearts of many male disciples who admired the Saintess, and it broke Long Feiyu’s heart even more.
He had originally thought there was no hope left.
To his surprise, it wasn’t long before that Ye Yun fellow fell into the hands of the Demon Cult.
It was truly satisfying.
Long Feiyu thought his chance had finally come.
He never expected that shortly after Ye Yun left, this Nameless person would suddenly pop up. Moreover, this person looked somewhat similar to Ye Yun.
‘Does the Saintess have a preference for this kind of face?’
Long Feiyu refused to accept it. He had planned to teach Nameless a lesson while he was still new to the sect, just to show the Saintess how useless the man truly was.
Instead, Long Feiyu had tried to be clever only to end up suffering for it. He never dreamed he would fall at the hands of that Nameless guy.
And now he had to apologize to him?!
Long Feiyu was stifling a surge of rage, so he had come to the Saintess’s courtyard early in the morning to cause a scene.
Not long after he started shouting, an arrogant voice came from inside, and a figure slowly walked out.
The moment Gu Ming appeared, the two female disciples in the courtyard immediately bowed to him respectfully.
“Greetings, Lord Wuming.”
Following Shen Lingxi’s instructions from the previous day, the two female disciples responsible for guarding the area had a much better attitude toward Gu Ming.
“Mm-hmm,” Gu Ming nodded naturally.
‘Lord… Wuming?’
Long Feiyu felt like he was going to explode. Did these two women take the wrong medicine this morning?
In his memory, these two women were arrogant because they had the Saintess backing them. They looked down on everyone. Not only him, but even that Ye Yun guy had never received a kind look from them.
Why were they so polite now?
Before Gu Ming came out, he had already sensed Long Feiyu’s presence through his aura. But seeing Long Feiyu with his face covered in bandages, he almost burst out laughing.
However, based on the principle of not being too cruel, Gu Ming didn’t laugh; he just held it in.
This, however, annoyed Long Feiyu even more.
Gu Ming naturally didn’t care what Long Feiyu thought. He said, “So you’re the one whose grandfather is the Second Elder. Since you’re here to apologize, then kneel.”
Hearing this, the veins on Long Feiyu’s head bulged. The pain made him grimace again, and he almost jumped in frustration. Still, he forced himself to endure it and said, “Grandfather only told me to apologize. Why should I kneel to you?”
At that moment, a lazy but exceptionally beautiful voice came from the courtyard.
“Nameless, who is outside?”
“Just a jumping clown,” Gu Ming replied. “Go back to sleep, Lingxi.”
“Oh~ Then I’m going back to sleep~”
Hearing that soft, sweet voice, the expressions of the two guards and Long Feiyu became very interesting.
*Thud.*
Long Feiyu’s knees went weak, and he fell directly to the ground. His entire being was shrouded in a thin layer of gloom.
He began to both cry and laugh, looking as if he had lost his soul. He kept muttering under his breath.
“Haha—haha—Lingxi… You actually called her by her name… And you’re sleeping together—haha—haha—”
“Hey.”
Seeing Long Feiyu on the verge of a mental breakdown, Gu Ming’s expression gradually turned serious.
‘Don’t go slandering people.’
‘The Saintess and I are innocent!’
Gu Ming really wanted to argue, but looking at Long Feiyu’s state, the man clearly wouldn’t listen. It was useless to say anything.
He said to the two female disciples, “If he’s still like this after a while, call someone to take him back. Otherwise, his presence here will interfere with the Saintess’s travel.”
“Yes, Lord Wuming,” the two female disciples replied in unison.
After giving the order, Gu Ming returned to the courtyard.
After Gu Ming left, the two female disciples looked at each other. One of them said, “I’ll go get the Law Enforcement Disciples.”
“Okay.”
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Tianshan Peak.
Inside the cave dwelling of the Second Elder’s mountain.
“Feiyu, Feiyu, my dear grandson, how did you… end up like this?”
The Second Elder sat by the bed, looking at Long Feiyu huddled in a corner, his heart aching with grief.
At this moment, Long Feiyu was hugging his knees with vacant eyes. He kept muttering to himself, his entire body covered in a faint shadow.
The Second Elder didn’t know what to do. He had only asked Long Feiyu to apologize, but the boy had returned insane.
‘Fine! I have endured again and again, but you people have ruined my grandson!’
‘I am not finished with you!’
‘Saintess!’
‘And… that Nameless one! I will make you pay the price you deserve!’
A sharp light flickered in the Second Elder’s eyes.
He turned his head and summoned a disciple. “Notify all the Elders. Tell them that in 2 hours, I will convene an Elder Council Meeting at the Main Peak.”
“Yes!” the disciple immediately replied. After a moment, he cautiously asked, “Second Elder, what is the topic of the meeting?”
The Second Elder narrowed his eyes and said, “We will discuss whether the Saintess should be allowed to take a Personal Disciple.”
Hearing this, the disciple felt that things were taking a turn for the worse. The Second Elder was going to directly confront the Saintess.
On the surface, however, the disciple remained extremely calm and accepted the command. “Understood.”
Before long, news of the Elder Council Meeting spread like wildfire throughout the entire Saintess Mountain.
For a moment, everyone was in an uproar, deeply shocked by the Second Elder’s move.
Because although the Saintess and the Second Elder had been in a constant power struggle, they had always maintained a surface level of peace. Neither side would cross the other’s bottom line. For instance, the Second Elder had not participated in the Ye Yun incident.
Both sides usually yielded when possible, but this time, the Second Elder was coming directly for Nameless!