“Hmm?”
This scene was witnessed by all the Disciplinary Disciples, and they all wore expressions of slight surprise.
The Entwining Silk Hand was a Desolate Grade high-tier Cultivation Method taught by the Spiritual Moon Sect to the Oversight Committee Members, specifically designed to subdue disciples who violated the sect rules.
It was unexpected that it would be so easily broken by a newly admitted girl.
Unlike Mu Yanxi’s past life, where high-level cultivators no longer relied on spells, the spells in this world were divided into eight grades: Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow, Cosmic, Aeon, Primordial, and Desolate.
Desolate Grade spells were used during the Qi Refining stage, Primordial Grade corresponded to the Foundation Establishment stage, Aeon Grade to the Golden Core stage, Cosmic Grade to the Nascent Soul stage, and so on.
Furthermore, each major grade was divided into three sub-grades: high, middle, and low.
As a Desolate Grade high-tier spell, although the Entwining Silk Hand belonged to the bottom tier within the vast sea of magical techniques, it was already the highest grade of spell a Qi Refining cultivator could learn.
Moreover, this Senior Sister was already at the eighteenth layer of Qi Refining, making her much stronger than the average new disciple.
The Entwining Silk Hand she unleashed could even hold its own against low-tier Divine Artifacts. It was shocking that a disciple at only the Refining Qi Thirteenth Layer could break it.
Seeing her spell easily countered, the Disciplinary Senior Sister felt she was losing face.
With a wave of her hand, she produced a wooden ruler emitting a yellow glow and said, “It seems Junior Sister needs to receive a little punishment.”
That wooden ruler was a fifth-tier Divine Artifact, also issued by the Spiritual Moon Sect to Oversight Committee Members for the purpose of punishing disciples who made mistakes.
Even a Physical Cultivator would have their backside beaten to a pulp by this Oversight Ruler.
Seeing the opponent bring out a fifth-tier Divine Artifact, Mu Yanxi could not help but take a step back. At this point, she had to consider whether to continue resisting or to surrender.
Just now, the Disciplinary Disciple had unilaterally attacked her. Although Mu Yanxi had broken the Entwining Silk Hand, she had not counterattacked.
If she brought out a Divine Artifact for a direct confrontation, it would escalate to an entirely different level of conflict.
She would very likely face severe punishment or even be directly expelled from the Spiritual Moon Sect.
But even if she surrendered, Mu Yanxi would certainly face all sorts of humiliating punishments from these Disciplinary Disciples who had lost face, just to make an example of her.
Many new disciples were already looking over, and based on the style of the Spiritual Moon Sect she had seen so far, Mu Yanxi believed their punishment would be extremely humiliating.
As a former Nascent Soul Cultivator, Mu Yanxi’s pride made her absolutely unwilling to surrender to a few mere Qi Refining female disciples.
At worst, she would just be expelled from the Spiritual Moon Sect.
After all, now that she had the Immortal Brain, she felt that even as an Itinerant Cultivator, she might not be unable to rise to become a high-level cultivator.
Besides, she had heard that one could retake the Sect Entrance Exam the following year.
Thinking of this, Mu Yanxi’s gaze became firm. She prepared to take out her Gliding Board and fight the opposition. Just then, Ruo Xuan cried out, “Please wait a moment!”
Her voice was very soft; even when she shouted, it lacked any sense of deterrence. Mu Yanxi paused her movements for the time being, but the Disciplinary Disciples ignored her completely—until she produced three glittering mid-grade Spirit Stones.
“I’m sorry, Senior Sisters. we’ve just arrived and don’t understand the rules. Please be magnanimous and forgive us this once,” Ruo Xuan said, holding the mid-grade Spirit Stones out to the Disciplinary Senior Sisters.
Three mid-grade Spirit Stones were equivalent to three hundred low-grade Spirit Stones. Since she could produce them so casually, she was indeed a young lady of means.
However, Mu Yanxi felt that the Disciplinary Senior Sisters, having been publicly humiliated, would not let the matter rest so easily.
To her surprise, upon seeing the Spirit Stones, the Senior Sister who had been aggressive just a moment ago immediately swapped her expression for a smile.
She stowed the Oversight Ruler and laughed. “Junior Sister, you’re being too polite. We are only supervising to ensure you follow the school rules; how could we actually hurt you?”
Despite her words, her movements were extremely swift.
She immediately grabbed one Spirit Stone and handed the other two mid-grade Spirit Stones to the leading Disciplinary Disciple, as if terrified that if she were slow, they would be snatched away.