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Chapter 28: This Guy Is Cold-Hearted:
Su Xinyue was stunned at that moment.
'Isn't that... Gu Shengyan?'
'And she's... stealing the Golden Spirit Fruit? These are personally cultivated by the Sect Master, taking several years to mature! The Sect Master had previously mentioned that she should look after the Golden Spirit Fruit tree when she had the time. While they were away, Gu Shengyan came to steal the fruit?'
"You..." Su Xinyue began.
Gu Shengyan had gotten up by then. Because she had fallen face-first, she was now bruised and swollen, looking quite embarrassed.
"Are you blind?" She snarled, glaring fiercely at Ling Ye.
'What the heck? Who does that?'
'He could have saved me with just a stretch of his hand, but he did nothing? Just stood there watching me crash in front of him? This guy is cold-hearted!'
"Gu Shengyan, watch your words!" Su Xinyue snapped coldly. "You fell from up there; what does it have to do with my master?"
"I... I fell from up there, and he couldn't lend a hand?" Gu Shengyan glared at Ling Ye. "He saw me falling, and he did nothing?"
"I did see you," Ling Ye said calmly. "I did it on purpose."
"You..." Gu Shengyan, with her swollen face, stared daggers at Ling Ye.
'Bastard, inhuman!'
'He purposely didn't save me? And he admitted it so bluntly?'
"And you, stealing the Golden Spirit Fruit and taking so many! How do you plan to compensate for that?" Ling Ye asked indifferently.
That was why whoever took an impulsive and headstrong heroine as a disciple was asking for trouble. Every day, there were big and small issues! But if she were his disciple, these wouldn't be problems at all. Because he could solve any problem!
"Stealing? They were growing on the tree, not in your house!" Gu Shengyan retorted fiercely, quickly gathering up the fallen Golden Spirit Fruits.
Hearing this, Ling Ye just shook his head.
An unreliable heroine without any logic!
Just because they were on the tree, she thought she could take them? Taking someone else's things, and she was in the right?
"These are Golden Spirit Fruits personally cultivated by the Sect Master! Do you know how many years it takes for them to mature?" Su Xinyue interjected. "The Sect Master rarely uses them, and here you are, taking so many by yourself? Do you realize what a mess you've made?"
Indeed, these Golden Spirit Fruits were top-quality spiritual fruits, not yet fully mature. Gu Shengyan's actions weren't just theft; they were wasteful!
Moreover, Su Xinyue lived on Purple Moon Peak, and the Sect Master had specifically asked her to help look after the fruit tree. Gu Shengyan's theft couldn't go unpunished!
"Rubbish! They're just a few fruits!" Gu Shengyan protested, feeling guilty now. She clutched the fruits, intending to leave quickly.
"Stop!" Su Xinyue called out. "You made this mess and now want to just walk away?"
"So what do you want me to do? They're just a few fruits! There are plenty more on the tree!" Gu Shengyan shot back, glaring at Su Xinyue. "Making a big deal out of nothing!"
"You..." Su Xinyue was speechless at Gu Shengyan's unreasonable attitude.
Just because there were many on the tree, she thought she could take them? And call this making a big deal out of nothing? Was this a small matter?
"Compensate!" Ling Ye said. "If you don't compensate, these Golden Spirit Fruits are enough to get you expelled from the Purple Moon Immortal Sect!"
Hearing this, Gu Shengyan's face changed. "What?"
It couldn't be that serious, right?
Just for picking a few fruits?
Enough to get expelled from the sect?
She had worked so hard to get into the Purple Moon Immortal Sect, she couldn't be expelled now!
"The Golden Spirit Fruits grow once every three years, bear fruit after three years, and take another three years to mature," Ling Ye explained calmly. "Nine years in total, and it's only the eighth year now. The Sect Master has been nurturing these fruits for eight years, and you ruined so many before they fully matured. Do you think this is a small matter?"
"I..." Gu Shengyan was becoming anxious.
This serious?
The Sect Master's eight years of effort? Eight years ago, she was just a little girl. If this really was the Sect Master's eight years of hard work, she might have really messed up big time!
"You can't afford to compensate," Ling Ye said, smiling faintly. "Let your master pay; even he will have to bleed for this!"
"This... what should I do?" Gu Shengyan looked helpless.
"Alright, I'll think of a way for you." Ling Ye said with a cunning smile.
"What way?" Gu Shengyan asked quickly.
"Give me those Golden Spirit Fruits, and I can say... I did it." Ling Ye replied calmly.
Hearing this, Gu Shengyan quickly handed over the fruits. "Take them, take them all!"
Ling Ye waved his hand, and the Golden Spirit Fruits floated over to Su Xinyue.
"Now it's none of my business! I didn't do anything!" Gu Shengyan quickly stepped back after passing off the hot potato.
Now the Sect Master shouldn't trouble her, right?
She shouldn't be expelled from the Purple Moon Immortal Sect, right?
"Good. Now that I've helped you, how do you plan to thank me?" Ling Ye asked.
"I..." Gu Shengyan was confused. He didn't mention needing thanks earlier!
"You don't have anything valuable on you. How about that jade pendant... as a reward?" Ling Ye's eyes fell on a ring-shaped jade pendant hanging from Gu Shengyan's waist.
This jade pendant was something Gu Shengyan had picked up by chance. And it was precisely because of this jade pendant that she later tamed an incredibly powerful beast, comparable to a deity.
-To be continued!