Chapter 5093 — I'm Not Going Back!
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"Wei Zhao gave me these. I'm giving them to you now to repair your dantian—that should be enough to settle the matter, shouldn't it, Senior Brother Xue?" Leng Leng was secretly relieved. Thank goodness Wei Zhao had given her that handful of pills back then; otherwise she truly would not have known what to do at a moment like this. If she had simply let Xue Jianming press his attack, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
But just as Leng Leng breathed her sigh of relief, Xue Jianming suddenly snatched the fifth-grade Great Returning Pill from her hand and bellowed, "Disciples, hear my command! Leng Leng has illicit dealings with an outside enemy and has violated the sect's rules—seize her and lock her up!"
"You!" Leng Leng was simple-hearted and had never imagined the man could be so despicable—snatching the pill and then turning on her to her face!
The other Snow Sword Sect disciples were stunned as well; even they had not expected such a turn. Xue Jianming had always been upright and honorable in the past—how had he suddenly become so treacherous and mean?
"What are you standing there for? Why haven't you seized her? Or do you mean to rebel as well?" Xue Jianming snarled.
"Yes, sir!" The others had no choice but to steel themselves and surround Leng Leng. Core disciple though she was, her standing was far beneath Xue Jianming's, and they had no choice in the matter.
Leng Leng was furious and frantic all at once, yet facing her fellow disciples she could hardly strike out—and she could not afford to, either. If she did, she would only confirm the charge of betraying the sect, and then everything would be over.
"Calm yourself, Senior Brother Xue. I think Junior Sister Leng was merely speaking to the matter at hand and had no intention of opposing you. There is no need for fellow disciples to fall out so bitterly, is there?" Fei Yangnian said, stepping forward to mediate with a show of courage.
Compared with Xue Jianming, the threat Wei Zhao posed to him was far greater. Here was a perfect chance to do Leng Leng a favor, so that even if she were reunited with Wei Zhao in the future, she would not speak ill of him—and he might yet live to see another day.
"Colluding with the sworn enemy of our Snow Sword Sect, and now springing to Wei Zhao's defense at every turn. Is that speaking to the matter at hand? Fei Yangnian, I haven't yet settled accounts with you for deserting in battle last time, and now you have the nerve to stand up and plead for her?" Xue Jianming said, eyeing him with ill intent.
Fei Yangnian immediately lost his nerve. This was only because Xue Jianming did not know the true state of affairs—he assumed that Fei Yangnian had fled after Wei Zhao crippled his dantian and knocked him unconscious. If he knew that Fei Yangnian had never fled at all, but had directly become Wei Zhao's inside man, then it would not be only Leng Leng locked up today; Fei Yangnian would be dragged down with her!
"Why haven't you moved?" Xue Jianming glared at the Snow Sword Sect disciples again. This was only because he himself was now a cripple; otherwise he would have struck long ago.
The others hurried to act, when Leng Leng suddenly said, "Hold on. You may be the senior brother, but I am a core disciple as well. You have no authority to lock me up. I want to see my master!"
"This training expedition into the mortal world is under my command—everything is decided by me!" Xue Jianming sneered. Seeing the hesitation on the others' faces, he added, "Rest assured, I will only hold you in custody for now. As for how you are to be dealt with in the end, I will petition the sect's higher-ups."