Supreme Emptiness

Ye Cangyuan listened intently.

His eyebrows furrowed, and he said sternly, "I don't want to repeat myself a second time!"

An invisible authority gradually pressed down.

In Li Shiqian's heart, she felt a sense of awe.

However, if she apologized like this, how could she maintain her dignity?

If she apologized publicly to top prodigies like Xia Chaoge, Jin Zhongming, or Liang Feiyan from the Nine-Sect.

That would be understandable.

Their status was evident.

Apologizing to them wasn't humiliating.

But who was Jiang Fan?

Merely a person without a Spirit Root!

Apologizing to him, and bowing while doing so, totally disregarded her dignity as a prodigy of the Supreme Sect!

However, Ye Cangyuan was partial to Jiang Fan, suppressing her.

She could only glare at Jiang Fan with a dissatisfied expression and say, "Jiang Fan, I misunderstood you today."

"I can apologize to you."

"But not here, not now."

"I will apologize to you properly in private and even offer you compensation."

"I hope you can understand."

Jiang Fan let out a sarcastic laugh.

He coldly replied, "When you slandered me, you made sure the whole world heard it!"

"But when you apologize, only I get to hear it?"

He really hadn't expected.

A simple apology had turned into such a spectacle!

If she had shown a bit more humility, Jiang Fan wouldn't have pursued the matter further.

But the more she acted like this.

The less Jiang Fan could tolerate her!

"Apologize! Right here, right now, immediately!"

He shouted those words forcefully.

Li Shiqian was furious, "Jiang Fan! Don't push your luck!"

"Our Sect Master and my Senior Brother are present!"

"Don't think that just because Xia Chaoge calls you Senior Uncle, you can trample all over me!"

She even dared to publicly threaten him.

With a look of defiance on her face.

However.

This completely enraged Ye Cangyuan.

His eyes flared with anger, his robe billowed, and he coldly shouted, "You're the one being presumptuous!"

Without any visible action.

A terrifying pressure, like a tsunami, slammed onto Li Shiqian.

Thud—

With her First Layer of Core Formation cultivation, she had absolutely no power to resist this pressure.

She was instantly smashed to the ground!

The huge impact made her spew a large mist of blood.

Li Shiqian groaned in pain, her eyes filled with horror.

Ye Cangyuan actually... actually took action against her.

Only then did she realize, her public threats had crossed Ye Cangyuan's line!

Ignoring her injuries, she hurriedly knelt on the ground, saying, "Disciple... Disciple knows her mistake."

Ye Cangyuan coldly said,

"In front of the Vice Pavilion Master, you threatened another disciple?"

"Is your Sect Master and Senior Brother really that powerful?"

He took out a thick roster.

It recorded the names of disciples participating in various missions from various sects.

With a glance, he found Li Shiqian's name.

With a ruthless stroke, he completely erased her name.

"From today onwards, you are stripped of your mission execution qualifications!"

"Return to your Supreme Sect!"

What?

Li Shiqian was stunned.

Stripping her of mission qualifications meant that while others were striving for merits and exchanging them for massive resources.

She could only stand aside and watch!

The ones stronger than her would become even stronger, leaving her with no chance to catch up.

The ones weaker than her would rapidly progress, leaving her far behind!

This completely altered her destiny.

Panicking, she pleaded, "Vice Pavilion Master Ye, this disciple knows her mistake and will apologize to Jiang Fan right now."

"Please retract your order."

She never expected.

That her usually advantageous "Proud Daughter" status would not only gain her no favor.

But instead bring her such great misfortune!

Ye Cangyuan put away the roster coldly, saying, "There's no need."

"Since you were unwilling to apologize, let this punishment return justice to Jiang Fan!"

Li Shiqian became frantic and screamed, "But this will ruin my whole life!"

Ye Cangyuan replied calmly, "Spreading rumors, slandering others, knowing you are wrong yet refusing to repent."

"These reflect your lack of personal integrity."

"What's worst, you abused your power."

"Someone like you, if allowed to remain on the battlefield, would harm more people."

Everyone who came here was engaged in a life-and-death struggle.

When they returned from the front lines, they should not have to endure slander from the rear.

When asking for an apology, they should not be threatened, especially in front of their commander.

As the highest commander overseeing this place.

He would not tolerate it!

"Get out!" Ye Cangyuan yelled coldly.

Li Shiqian shuddered.

With the assistance of several Supreme Sect disciples, she hurriedly left.

But before leaving, she glared at Jiang Fan with venomous eyes.

If it wasn't for Jiang Fan's pettiness, would things have turned out this way?

Jiang Fan shook his head, "Truly incorrigible."

"Even now, she thinks the fault lies with others."

A simple apology, yet she escalated it step by step until crossing Ye Cangyuan's line.

She had no one else to blame.

Suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he noticed Xia Chaoge lowering her head with a complicated expression.

Showing a hint of apology, he said, "I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position."

On one side was her Senior Uncle, on the other her Junior Sister.

It was hard for her to support either side.

Xia Chaoge shook her head and sighed, "I don't blame you, Senior Uncle."

"Her current predicament was inevitable."

"Before this, she had conflicts with several Outer Sect disciples, mostly due to her rash and arrogant personality."

"In the end, each dispute was resolved by the Sect Master, using force to suppress others."

"Perhaps because of this, she became complacent and inadvertently provoked Vice Pavilion Master Ye."

"I just lament her wasted talent."

"For someone else, this might have led to a different outcome."

So many driven disciples, limited by their aptitude.

Li Shiqian was dealt a good hand by fate, but played it poorly.

With the issue resolved.

Ye Cangyuan returned to the main hall with a calm expression.

The disciples also quietly dispersed, each leading away their Spirit Beasts.

Today, they witnessed what it meant to "kill the chicken to scare the monkey."

Regardless of her status as a Proud Daughter, violating the rules meant losing mission qualifications.

A lifelong regret!

Bam—

In a secluded courtyard.

Hua Xiangchen furiously smashed the teacup in his hand, shouting with rage, "Jiang Fan, you've gone too far!"

"Because of such a trivial issue, he forced Junior Sister to lose her mission qualifications, ruining her future!"

Li Shiqian, who was sitting on the ground, wept bitterly.

Looking extremely wronged.

The few Supreme Sect disciples who had brought her back exchanged glances.

And sighed silently.

Senior Sister Li didn't mention a word about threatening Jiang Fan with the Sect Master and Senior Brother in front of Ye Cangyuan!

Which was the fundamental reason for her being stripped of her qualifications.

But with Senior Brother Hua being this angry.

The Sect Master sitting above them had a face so dark it seemed it might drip water.

Who would dare to tell the truth?

Moreover, given how the Sect Master had always favored Li Shiqian, even if he knew the truth, he would still blame Jiang Fan.

So, it made no difference whether they said anything or not.

"Master!" Hua Xiangchen picked up the sword on the table and respectfully said, "I will go find Jiang Fan and seek justice for Junior Sister!"

The Supreme Sect Master coldly said, "Are you confident?"

Hua Xiangchen's jaw muscles twitched.

No one would believe that the prime disciple of the Supreme Sect, its Big Senior Brother, would be asked such a question when confronting a disciple without a Spirit Root.

However, the reality was, he had previously been defeated by Jiang Fan!

This was a humiliation etched deeply into his soul.

For more than a month.

Every single moment, he had been tormented by this humiliation.

Constantly thinking of a way to redeem himself!

Today, the chance had come!

Avenging his Junior Sister was merely a pretext.

Washing away his humiliation was his sole purpose!

Hua Xiangchen respectfully said, "Master, what are you saying?"

"I... have broken through to the Second Level of Core Formation!"