The Disciplinary Ruler

“Is it not simply a matter of refunding and apologizing!” Gongyang Hao, enduring the dual pain of body and soul, flung the twenty high-grade spirit stones to the ground and bowed deeply, exclaiming, “I was wrong! I apologize!”

With those words, he swiftly ran away, fearing being stopped by Xu Yi again.

Xu Yi was amused by Gongyang Hao’s flexible nature.

She retrieved the twenty spirit stones into the palm of her hand and calmly placed them into her storage ring, right in front of Yuan Dahai.

These spirit stones were the reward for constructing the Teleportation Formation, and Gongyang Hao felt unworthy of them.

However, it was only natural for Xu Yi to receive them.

The young man wanted to say something upon witnessing this, but was sternly silenced by Yuan Dahai’s gaze.

“Gongyang Hao intentionally sabotaged the Teleportation Formation so that he could extort more from you. He must have been waiting here all along, which is why he appeared when I activated the array,” Xu Yi explained.

Yuan Dahai and the young man were taken aback, recalling the chaotic state of the Teleportation Formation and their previous conversation.

They immediately believed Xu Yi’s explanation.

“So that’s how it is. Many thanks, Senior Su. If it weren’t for your intervention, I would have been thoroughly deceived by him,” Yuan Dahai exclaimed, feeling a sense of relief and cursing Gongyang Hao inwardly.

Xu Yi waved her hand nonchalantly, paying no attention to Yuan Dahai’s gratitude.

She did this not for Yuan Dahai’s sake, but mainly for her own convenience.

“Lu Zaiye, let us depart.” Since Lu Zaiye had protected her earlier, Xu Yi’s attitude towards this seemingly cold individual became more gentle.

She knew that the disciples of the Xuanji Sect were all good children.

Lu Zaiye, seeing that Xu Yi didn’t care at all about the recent events, didn’t mention them either.

He silently recorded everything in his heart.

Master Qiu, who had left with a resentful expression, clearly wouldn’t let the matter rest.

They would need to be more cautious of the members of the Zhentian Alliance in the future.

Xu Yi had great confidence in the Teleportation Formation she had constructed.

After Lu Zaiye stepped onto it, she placed the spirit stones at the eye of the array and, under the expectant gazes of Yuan Dahai and the young man, activated the Teleportation Formation.

When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves in an unfamiliar desolate area.

Lu Zaiye raised his head to identify their location and pointed southwest, saying, “Li City is over there.”

Xu Yi nodded, took out the Divine Traveling Ship, and headed towards Li City.

Meng City.

In the Pavilion of Zhentian Alliance.

Qiu Tianying grabbed his follower by the collar and viciously demanded, “Investigate! Investigate for me!”

“Yes, yes.”

The follower panicked and hurriedly agreed, only to be kicked out of the room by Qiu Tianying.

Already injured, the follower experienced intense pain as he fell.

His vision darkened, and he nearly fainted.

He dared not cry out and instead pinched himself hard, forcing himself to stay alert as he limped away to carry out Qiu Tianying’s command.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!” Qiu Tianying felt a raging fire burning in his chest, disturbing his internal organs.

Since he began cultivating, he had never suffered such humiliation.

“Su Mei’er!”

“Gongyang Hao!”

“…Here.”

Qiu Tianying looked menacingly at Gongyang Hao, who cowered by the door, and roared, “You dare to come here!”

“Master Qiu.”

Gongyang Hao, facing Qiu Tianying’s murderous gaze, entered the room and knelt down with a thud.

“Master Qiu! I, I never expected that Su Mei’er, she actually possessed such abilities, she…”

“Shut up! Do not mention her!” Qiu Tianying almost lost control of his temper, wanting to slap Gongyang Hao, the troublemaker, to death.

“I won’t mention it, I won’t mention it.” Gongyang Hao trembled in fear, repeatedly kowtowing.

He regretted it now.

The idea of scheming against Yuan Dahai arose in his mind because he had invested a great deal of effort in establishing a relationship with Master Qiu.

For nearly a year, he had been running errands and finally obtained an opportunity to ask for his assistance.

He thought that even if something went wrong, he could seek help from Master Qiu.

That’s why he acted so arrogantly, but he never expected to encounter a setback right from the start.

Not only did he waste the chance for help, but he also offended Master Qiu, resulting in a double loss.

Now he not only had to endure Master Qiu’s anger but also found ways to solve his problems, or else he will be the one to suffer.

“Master Qiu, I… I have a solution that can help you vent your anger.” Qiu Tianying’s gaze hardened.

“Speak quickly.”

He now regarded Su Mei’er as his number one enemy and wished to trample her underfoot immediately.

“I have tested her before, and it seems she is not a member of Zhentian Alliance. So, we can use Zhentian Alliance to deal with her. Moreover, I know her next destination is Li city, so we can prepare the people in Li city in advance…”

After Gongyang Hao finished speaking, he anxiously awaited Qiu Tianying’s response.

He cautiously raised his head and met the other’s blood-red eyes.

Feeling as if he had been pricked by needles, he immediately lowered his head.

“When did you find out about my identity?” An emotionless voice resounded above Gongyang Hao’s head.

“A… a year ago, I accidentally learned the news.” Gongyang Hao buried his head even lower.

Qiu Tianying was not only the youngest fourth-level formation cultivator in Meng city, but his father’s identity was even more extraordinary.

It was because Gongyang Hao knew about his identity that he had deliberately tried to flatter him.

“Hmph, no wonder… I understand now. Leave, and never appear in front of me again.”

Almost as soon as Gongyang Hao’s words fell, he scrambled out of the room using both his hands and feet.

He was afraid that if he didn’t leave now, he might never be able to leave.

Li city.

Qiu Tianying sneered and took off the voice transmission disc from his waist. … “Ancestral……, Xu Yi, the treasure you just used…”

On the Divine Boat, Lu Zaiye suddenly broke the silence and asked about Xu Yi’s ruler.

Xu Yi opened her eyes and looked at Lu Zaiye with some surprise.

She took out the ruler and said, “This is the Disciplinary Ruler, a fourth-level treasure I selected from the sect’s inner treasury.”

Xu Yi’s original treasures were all shattered during the tribulation.

Later, when Elder Liu, who was in charge of the affairs hall, found out about it, he allowed her to choose several treasures that suited her from the inner treasury.

This ruler of admonishment was selected at that time. To be precise, it was the Disciplinary Ruler that chose Xu Yi.

When Xu Yi entered the inner treasury, the Disciplinary Ruler repelled all the other treasures that wanted to approach her and fell into her palm.

The Disciplinary Ruler was pitch black, resembling stone yet not stone.

It was one arm long and one fist wide, with a chilling touch.

Xu Yi tried holding it and found it quite comfortable, so she didn’t choose any other treasures.

When she came out with the Disciplinary Ruler, the elders teased her, saying that she looked more like the sect’s ancestral master with it.

Xu Yi had also asked them about the origin of the Disciplinary Ruler, but the elders shook their heads.

If Xu Yi hadn’t taken it out, they wouldn’t have known that such a treasure existed in the inner treasury.

Lu Zaiye looked at the Disciplinary Ruler and suddenly recalled some past events.

He slightly furrowed his brows, concealing the complexity in his eyes, and softly said, “So, that’s how it is.”

Xu Yi felt that Lu Zaiye’s attitude was somewhat strange and wanted to inquire further, but she found that he had already closed his eyes and started meditating.

She shrugged her shoulders, thinking that she might be overthinking, and put the Disciplinary Ruler into her storage ring, emptying her mind to begin cultivation.