The Immortal Cultivation World of Male Inferiority and Female Supremacy-Chapter 177. The Adventures of Li Ruyu (Part Four)

The importance of reputation can be said to be related to the long-term prosperity or decline of a sect.

This is also the reason why the high-ranking members of the Xuanji Sect were so furious when they saw the third piece of news. The first two pieces of news they could still treat as a spectacle, but the third piece directly concerned every member of the Xuanji Sect.

The atmosphere was much more serious than before. The Sect Master, Qing Jing Wanderer, personally questioned Li Ruyu on several points.

Unfortunately, no answers were obtained, as Li Ruyu herself was utterly confused.

The high-ranking members also knew that this matter might not have much to do with Li Ruyu; someone might be using her name to attack the Xuanji Sect.

This is because all three newspapers were dated a month ago and did not match the current time of Li Ruyu’s punishment unless someone had anticipated this in advance.

However, the high-ranking members’ impression of Li Ruyu was not favorable. If it weren’t for your penchant for causing trouble, why would others use your name to attack the Xuanji Sect and not someone else’s?

Some high-ranking members suggested using the Soul Searching Technique on Li Ruyu to see if she was an insider, but Qing Jing Wanderer refused.

Such a vicious method was not out of the question, but if I agreed to it when proposed publicly, wouldn’t that leave room for criticism?

Li Ruyu was terrified at the mention of the Soul Searching Technique and collapsed on the spot.

The Soul Searching Technique would turn the target into an idiot, their soul would scatter upon death, and they would be unable to reincarnate.

Fortunately, the Sect Master firmly refused. Indeed, only the Sect Master of the entire Xuanji Sect was a decent person. free𝑤ebnovel.com

After a serious discussion for a while, the high-ranking members finally came up with a solution.

The immediate priority was to send a third group of people to investigate the situation in the Cloud Sea Mountains and send a formal letter to the Heavenly Sword Sect, inquiring about why such rumors kept arising there. Does it have something to do with poor management?

Of course, the language had to be cautious so as not to let the Heavenly Sword Sect feel they were being interrogated.

Although rumors had it that the Xuanji Sect was only slightly inferior to the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Heavenly Sword Sect seemed to think so too.

But the Xuanji Sect knew its own situation. Compared to the Heavenly Sword Sect, they were quite far behind.

The Heavenly Sword Sect was a thousand-year-old prestigious sect, although now it was somewhat declined, it was still well-grounded, and there might be some old immortals hidden within it, supposedly even connected to the Three Great Holy Lands.

In contrast, the Xuanji Sect had only been established for over 300 years. The founding ancestors started it with a group of sisters on a mountain, completely different from their prestigious origins.

It was also for this reason that the Xuanji Sect had inherited many bad practices from the first generation, remaining even today to their detriment.

The Xuanji Sect’s reputation was half earned and half exaggerated, so from top to bottom, they dared not provoke the Heavenly Sword Sect. With an incident like this, they could only send a formal letter to inquire.

The Heavenly Sword Sect’s Lei Jian was very irritable; it wouldn’t be good if she came to confront us.

In addition, they also needed to investigate how widely the newspaper had circulated, sending formal letters to other sects in Jingnan State, strongly condemning and warranting the people behind the newspaper. Anyone who sheltered them would be considered an enemy of the Xuanji Sect.

Nobody paid attention to Li Ruyu, who shrank like an ostrich, wishing the elders would forget her existence.

Unfortunately, that was just wishful thinking. After the meeting, Qing Jing Wanderer decided to imprison Li Ruyu in the forbidden area.

Even though it was largely unrelated to Li Ruyu, it could not be ruled out entirely. Who knows, she might be an insider?

Better to lock her up first.

Li Ruyu felt her entire being turn cold. Being locked in the forbidden area was no different from death.

Her limbs went limp, and she opened her mouth to beg for mercy, but Qing Jing Wanderer had already lost interest in her pleas and ordered someone to drag her away.

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Li Ruyu didn’t even have time to pack her belongings before being dragged into the forbidden area for confinement.

This forbidden area was where the graves of the Xuanji Sect’s ancestors rested, with a Contemplation Hall built inside. People were imprisoned in the Contemplation Hall to repent for their sins to past generations.

In the dark, damp, moldy, and foul-smelling Contemplation Hall, Li Ruyu leaned against the wall with vacant eyes.

Anyone imprisoned in the Contemplation Hall was invariably heinous, most of whom were detained until death or publicly executed after a trial.

Over three hundred years, only a few had managed to escape from the Contemplation Hall.

Li Ruyu couldn’t understand what heinous crime she had committed to be locked in this hellish place.

Who was targeting me? Please come forward, let me die with clarity.

Ten days ago, Li Ruyu was still thinking of making a comeback. Seven or eight days ago, she was planning on how to guard against reprisals. A few days ago, she was thinking about how to save her life.

At this moment, she wanted nothing but to be reborn into a good family in her next life.

As for betrayal?

She, Li Ruyu, had nothing loyal feeling for the Xuanji Sect... Ha! To hell with loyalty, I’ve been wronged!

Li Ruyu finally couldn’t hold back her tears.

After who knows how long in the dark, sunless Contemplation Hall, Li Ruyu was taken for the fourth time before the Xuanji Sect’s high-ranking members.

By the fourth time she was here, Li Ruyu had already gotten used to it. It seemed that even the high-ranking members of the Xuanji Sect were used to it.

They didn’t even bother questioning her anymore, simply tossing a newspaper in front of her.

Li Ruyu picked it up; she wanted to see what explosive news "she" had released this time.

This time, it was written from the perspective of an anonymous "Miss Li Ruyu," who had revealed the sect’s filth and was then confined in the forbidden area by the sect, preparing to be secretly executed.

But at this critical juncture, a small sect once forcibly dismantled by the Xuanji Sect returned to seek revenge and launched an assault on the Xuanji Sect.

Both sides engaged in a chaotic melee, suffering mutual losses, while Li Ruyu seized the opportunity to escape from the Xuanji Sect, lamenting that forcible demolition was gratifying at the moment but a crematorium afterward.

As Li Ruyu read the newspaper, the high-ranking members whispered amongst themselves.

Yu Xu asked Qing Jing Wanderer, "Senior Sister, could it be that our sect has really forcibly dismantled other small sects before?"

Qing Jing Wanderer gave her a lovingly disdainful look and answered, "Our Xuanji Sect has been established for three hundred years, and there hasn’t been another sect within a radius of a thousand miles."

Yu Xu, feeling guilty, averted her gaze. No one said that cultivators must be good at history.

As the Xuanji Sect had no neighbors for three hundred years, the notion of forcible dismantling was purely fictional, making the newspaper slander all the more detestable.

Who knew what grudge they held against the Xuanji Sect.

Li Ruyu had just finished reading the newspaper. Her previously resigned heart suddenly sparked with hope again.

This newspaper was incredibly insidious, as the events it described often turned out to be true. If so, could it be that someone was indeed coming to attack the Xuanji Sect this time?

And might she seize a sliver of opportunity amidst the chaos to escape?

Noticing Li Ruyu’s expression, the Xuanji Sect’s high-ranking members knew what she was thinking and couldn’t help but laugh in unison.

The entire scene was filled with a lively atmosphere.