Chapter 25: Trying to Come In with Ulterior Motives?

The group of people fell silent, sizing up Shi Muyao and Mo Qianqian from head to toe.

"Senior Sisters, we are here to join the Yuling Sect," Shi Muyao said truthfully.

"Join the Yuling Sect?" Sun Yuerong frowned and said in a harsh tone, "The Yuling Sect isn’t recruiting right now. Please leave!"

"We have a Token..." As Shi Muyao spoke, she took out the Token Mo Qianqian had given her. Just as she was about to hand it to Sun Yuerong, Mo Qianqian quickly stopped her. Shi Muyao was still too naive. The Token could not fall into the hands of these people.

Seeing this, Sun Yuerong sneered. "A Token? What Token? Why haven’t I seen it before? You just grab some random token and claim you want to join the Yuling Sect. Don’t you think that’s ridiculous?"

"Exactly! Plenty of people want to join our Yuling Sect, but not just anyone is qualified."

"I advise you to leave as soon as possible. Do you know the consequences of trespassing on the Yuling Sect?"

"If you ask me, you’re just here to seduce our Senior Brother Wu Yubai, aren’t you? In your dreams! Do you really think a pretty face is enough to hook him?"

"So that’s it! I could tell she was a vixen the moment I saw her!"

The rest of the group chimed in, hurling insults.

Hearing the female disciples’ words, Mo Qianqian furrowed his brow, a faint glint of coldness flashing in his eyes. They were just here to join the Yuling Sect, yet they were accusing Shi Muyao of trying to seduce some guy named Wu Yubai? Their imaginations were truly running wild.

"And you." Before Mo Qianqian could even speak, a female disciple pointed a finger right at his nose and scolded, "Do you think we don’t know what you’re scheming by trying to join the Yuling Sect?"

"What am I scheming?" Mo Qianqian’s face darkened. He hadn’t even said anything about them calling Shi Muyao a vixen yet, and now they were coming after him.

"What are you scheming? You actually have the nerve to ask us?" the female disciple continued her tirade. "Isn’t it because our Yuling Sect has a lot of female disciples? You want to sneak in with ulterior motives! Your head is full of filthy thoughts!"

Mo Qianqian was momentarily rendered speechless. Were these people out of their minds? Or did they just have an overinflated sense of superiority? Had they been acting high and mighty for so long, or were they just used to asking for a beating?

"Exactly! Do you think just because you have a bit of good looks, you can get your hands on the female disciples of our Yuling Sect? We are completely out of your league!"

The other female disciples joined in the chorus of condemnation. "That’s right! God knows how many men come looking for our female disciples every single day. The moment we go out to gain experience, disciples from various factions line up to court us. Pick any one of them at random, and they’d still be ten times better than you!"

"Are you two siblings? One schemes for Senior Brother Wu Yubai, and the other plots for our female disciples. What a calculated move!" another chimed in.

"Where did you two wild bastards come from? Get the hell out of the Yuling Sect right now, or do you want us to throw you out by force?!" yet another female disciple yelled furiously.

"You..." Shi Muyao was instantly choked with anger. She had no idea what she had done to deserve being cursed at and chased away.

"We aren’t like that! We aren’t joining the Yuling Sect for anyone’s looks, and..."

Just as Shi Muyao was about to explain, Mo Qianqian shook his head. "There is no need to explain so much to them. Let’s go find a Yuling Sect Elder."

"See our Elder?" Sun Yuerong crossed her arms, a mocking smile tugging at the corners of her lips. "You try to fool us with a fake Token, and you still want to see our Elder?"

With that, she glanced at a female disciple in a blue dress standing beside her. "Qing’Er, go teach her a lesson. Slash her face."

Hearing this, Mo Qianqian’s eyes narrowed. They had no grudges or enmity, yet she wanted to slash Shi Muyao’s face right off the bat? Was it because Shi Muyao was beautiful and she was driven mad by jealousy?

"Who dares to touch her?" Mo Qianqian glared coldly at the blue-dressed female disciple.

"Yes!" the blue-dressed disciple loudly responded to Sun Yuerong, completely ignoring Mo Qianqian and Shi Muyao.

"You!" Shi Muyao was equally furious. Over a simple disagreement, they wanted to ruin her face. These people were truly despicable.

WHOOSH!

At that moment, the aura of the Spirit Vein Realm Fifth Level abruptly burst forth from her body.

"Spirit Vein Realm Fifth Level!" The blue-dressed disciple’s expression shifted. She had assumed the other party was merely at the first or second level of the Spirit Vein Realm. To her surprise, this girl was actually at the Spirit Vein Realm Fifth Level. Reaching the Spirit Vein Realm Fifth Level at around sixteen years of age would be considered a genius even within the Yuling Sect. Meanwhile, she was already twenty and only at the Spirit Vein Realm Fourth Level. With the opponent at the Spirit Vein Realm Fifth Level, it probably wouldn’t be easy to deal with her. Sun Yuerong also frowned slightly.

"Hmph, you’re just a wild bastard. So what if you’re at the Spirit Vein Realm Fifth Level?" the blue-dressed disciple snorted coldly. She took a large stride forward, preparing to attack Shi Muyao.

But right at that moment, a calm, youthful voice suddenly rang out, "Stop!"

At those words, the blue-dressed disciple abruptly halted her movements, and the rest of the women were stunned.

"Senior Brother Wu!" Sun Yuerong’s face instantly softened. She looked like a completely different person compared to her earlier expression.

"Senior Brother Wu!"

"Senior Brother Wu!"

The others hurriedly followed suit, greeting him enthusiastically with infatuated looks on their faces. Even the blue-dressed disciple who was just about to attack had a significantly gentler expression.

Mo Qianqian also turned his gaze toward the newly arrived man. The man looked to be in his twenties, dressed in a flowing white robe and holding a folding fan. He carried himself with an elegant demeanor. His complexion was extremely pale and translucent. He could indeed be called a handsome man, but he was as beautiful as a woman. Mo Qianqian’s first impression wasn’t that he was handsome, but rather that he was effeminate!

"What’s going on here?" Wu Yubai barely spared Sun Yuerong and the female disciples a glance. Instead, he stared fixedly at Shi Muyao, an inexplicable light shining in his eyes, and took a few steps forward.

"Senior Brother Wu, these two want to force their way into the Yuling Sect!" Sun Yuerong said.

"That’s right. They brought a fake Token and even claimed they wanted to join the Yuling Sect," another female disciple echoed.

"A fake Token?" Wu Yubai looked Shi Muyao up and down, his thoughts unreadable.

"It’s not a fake Token! This Token was issued by the former Sect Leader of the Yuling Sect!" Shi Muyao protested.

"Former Sect Leader?" Wu Yubai was taken aback.

"Former Sect Leader? What a massive boast!" A female disciple standing nearby shouted, "I’ve seen brazen people, but I’ve never seen anyone as brazen as you two! How dare you use the former Sect Leader’s name as a cover! Senior Brother Wu, let us capture them immediately!"

"Exactly! They even dare to blaspheme the former Sect Leader! We can’t just let them walk away!" another female disciple added.

Wu Yubai raised his folding fan and said, "No one dares to cause trouble at the Yuling Sect. If this Junior Sister has come to the Yuling Sect, she must have a reason.

"We cannot afford to delay when it comes to the former Sect Leader’s Token. Only an experienced Elder and the Sect Leader can distinguish whether the Token is genuine or fake."

Hearing Wu Yubai’s words, Shi Muyao felt a surge of joy. Sun Yuerong and the others, however, revealed displeased expressions. Sun Yuerong in particular glared at Shi Muyao with eyes that had grown considerably colder.

Meanwhile, Wu Yubai looked straight at Shi Muyao and continued, "How may I address you, little sister?"

"My name is Shi Muyao!" Shi Muyao replied, her face lighting up with delight. "Thank you, Senior Brother Wu, for being so reasonable! Senior Brother Wu, can we go see an Elder now?"

"Of course. I will take you into the Yuling Sect right now, Sister Yaoyao!" As Wu Yubai spoke, he turned to look at Mo Qianqian. "And is this Sister Yaoyao’s older brother?"

"No, he’s my husband!" Shi Muyao replied.

"What?" Wu Yubai was stunned, his expression instantly sinking. "He’s your husband?"

Sun Yuerong and her group were also dumbfounded. They had all assumed that Mo Qianqian and Shi Muyao were siblings.

"Yes, he is my husband!" Shi Muyao nodded. Initially, she had wanted to elaborate, but in front of these people, it seemed there was no need to explain too much.

"Heh! I didn’t expect you to be married at such a young age," Wu Yubai mused with a touch of sarcasm. "I, Wu Yubai, am a clean freak. I have no interest in women who have been touched by other men."

Shi Muyao froze, momentarily unable to process what he had just said, while Mo Qianqian furrowed his brow.

"I think my Junior Sisters are right. You want to enter the Yuling Sect with a fake Token? If we let you in, the sect will punish us instead!" Wu Yubai abruptly changed his tune, his expression becoming completely unsympathetic.