Chapter 115: I Like You
Ye Guan was standing at the entrance of the Daoist Sect and saw that the main gate no longer looked as rundown as before. There were two giant steles tens of meters tall and a plaque several meters wide.
The plaque was emblazoned with two golden words—Daoist Sect!
Monk Dao was standing at the main gate with Nanling Yiyi.
Ye Guan was standing in front of them. It was time to say goodbye!
Ye Guan bowed deeply to Monk Dao and said, “Master, I have to go.”
Monk Dao stared at Ye Guan with a complicated look. He was aware of the arrest warrant that the Guanxuan Academy had issued. He was furious but helpless.
A coalition of the aristocratic families and the great clans in the Main Guanxuan Academy were targeting Ye Guan, and there was no way a lone Daoist Sect could resist them.
Monk Dao sighed and said, “Little bastard, I hope you won’t blame your master for being so useless.”
Ye Guan smiled and said, “Please don’t say that, Master. This is all my fault, so I have to take accountability for my actions. I will not implicate the Daoist Sect.”
“All the best!” Monk Dao said and sighed. He opened his palm, and a storage ring flew toward Ye Guan. “The storage ring contains my savings over the years. Take it.”
Ye Guan was surprised to see that the storage ring contained a million gold spiritual crystals.
“Master…” Monk Dao trailed off before continuing in a soft voice. “Master left that money behind for me to rebuild the Daoist Sect and restore our glory.”
Monk Dao shook his head and said, “I’m afraid I’m not good enough to do that, so I’m hoping that you will fulfill my master’s wish for us.”
“Sure, but…” Ye Guan hesitated before saying, “Can you give me a bit more?”
Monk Dao was taken aback. Moments later, he boisterously laughed and said, “I don’t have any more money. It’s just a million gold spiritual crystals, but it took our ancestors several generations of saving to accumulate that much money!”
Ye Guan was at a loss for words. The Daoist Sect was truly too poor.
Monk Dao patted Ye Guan’s shoulder and said, “Little bastard, you’re an extraordinary talent. You’ll definitely soar to greater heights, but you must stay alive to do that. You have to stay alive!”
Ye Guan nodded and said, “I understand.”
“I’ll leave you two youngsters alone, then!” Monk Dao said and left.
Ye Guan looked at Nanling Yiyi and saw that she was playing with her fingers while looking down and avoiding Ye Guan’s gaze.
Ye Guan smiled and said, “Senior Disciple Yiyi!”
Nanling Yiyi looked up. Her eyes were slightly bloodshot and watery, but she wasn’t crying.
“I’m leaving,” said Ye Guan, “Please take care of yourself.”
“I-I-I…” Nanling Yiyi stammered. She wanted to say something, but she was having trouble saying it.
Meanwhile, Ji Xuan standing behind Ye Guan said, “We have to leave now, or it’ll be too late.”
Hearing that, Ye Guan took out a storage ring and placed it in Nanling Yiyi’s hands.
“Senior Disciple Yiyi, there are ten True Dragon corpses in this storage ring, and there’s also a copy of Canon of Divine Abilities and Canon of Laws in the storage ring.
”Master Pagoda said that they’re great and that a Divine Mage will definitely find them useful. I’m not exactly sure how useful they are, so it’s up to you to find out. I also left a few million gold spiritual crystals for you in there.”
Ye Guan smiled slightly and added, “The next time you visit Yong City, make sure to buy whatever you want. I know you’ve already gotten used to such a hard life, but you should start living a better life from now on!”
With that, Ye Guan turned around and disappeared into the horizon with Ji Xuan.
Nanling Yiyi looked down at the storage ring in her hand in a daze. Moments later, tears fell down her cheeks, and she stared at the horizon before muttering, “Junior Disciple Ye… I like you.”
Monk Dao walked over to her slowly and sighed. “Little brat, life is too short for hesitations. We’ll eventually lose everything that we have once we die, so if you like someone, why not be more honest about your feelings?”
Nanling Yiyi’s eyes remained fixated on the horizon as she replied, “Master, I want to go to the Main Guanxuan Academy.”
Monk Dao sighed once again.
Nanling Yiyi’s tears wouldn’t stop falling, and her vision had turned blurry from the tears as she said, “So many things happened to Junior Disciple Ye, but I haven’t been able to do anything for him aside from praying for his safety. I hate how useless I am… I really hate it! I want to go to the Main Guanxuan Academy and cultivate, I want to become the strongest sorcerer[1] in history.”
“I understand!” Monk Dao nodded.
After a while, Nanling Yiyi turned around and bowed deeply to Monk Dao. “Master, please take care of yourself. Please drink moderately, even when I’m no longer around.”
With that, Nanling Yiyi turned around and walked down the mountain.
Monk Dao wordlessly stared at Nanling Yiyi’s departing figure, and he soon realized one thing—he was alone once again.
…
A woman was reading something in a garden somewhere on the Xiaoguan Continent of the Guanxuan Universe. The woman was Ye Guanzhi. She was wearing a plain robe, and her long hair was tidily draped over her shoulders.
A huge pile of memorials was in front of her, and she had to review each and every one of them.
Swoosh!
An old lady suddenly appeared next to her.
The old woman bowed slightly and said, “The Academy’s Discipline Department and the Heavenly Dao Department have issued a bounty for Ye Guan’s head.
”His killer will be rewarded with three strands of Great Dao Destiny and a million immortal spiritual crystals.”
The old woman paused before continuing, “The talents from the Guanxuan Universe are currently rushing over to the Zhongtu Divine Continent, and there were quite a few old monsters among them!”
Ye Guanzhi put down the brush in her hand, but she didn’t say anything.
The old woman glanced at Ye Guanzhi and said, “The great clans and aristocratic families look unwilling to compete for Ye Guan’s head, but I’ve found out that some talents and geniuses affiliated with them are already on their way to the Zhongtu Divine Continent. Some talents on the Divine Martial List have also—”
Ye Guanzhi interrupted by asking, “Young Lord Ye killed An Daoxin and defeated that individual from the Five Dimensions Universe?”
The old woman nodded and said, “An Daoxin took out the Martial God Spear, but she was still defeated and killed. The An Clan’s Clan Leader, An Ya, intervened and even sent eighty percent of their clan’s powerhouses from Qingzhou to Zhongtu Divine Continent just to kill him, but they failed.”
Ye Guanzhi remained calm as she asked, “Who helped him?”
The old woman replied, “His Dao Protector is a female Great Sword Sovereign, but everyone forgot what she looked like.”
Ye Guanzhi frowned and asked, “What was she wearing?”
“She was wearing a blood-red skirt,” that old woman said.
A blood-red skirt? Ye Guanzhi pondered before shaking her head. “I don’t know her.”
The old woman nodded and said, “Young Lord Ye is indeed full of mysteries.”
Ye Guanzhi shook her head and said, “I didn’t expect the great clan faction and the aristocratic families faction to think that I was targeting them just because I punished the An Clan for their arrogance. I’m sure they want to kill Ye Guan to warn me.”
Ye Guanzhi’s eyes flashed in an apologetic light as she lamented. “I got too careless and inadvertently implicated him. If I hadn’t intervened that day, things wouldn’t have escalated to this point.”
The old woman shook her head and said, “It’s not your fault. The An Clan and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan would definitely not let him go, even if you hadn’t done anything. Even if you hadn’t intervened, what is happening right now would have still happened. It would have been just a matter of time.”
The old woman stared deeply at Ye Guanzhi and said, “I advise you not to intervene anymore. What’s right and what’s wrong is no longer important.
”The crux of the matter here is that those two factions think that you’re helping Ye Guan to suppress them indirectly. In other words, Ye Guan will only find himself in deeper trouble if you were to help him once more.”
Ye Guanzhi stood up and walked to a corner of the pavilion. She stood there in silence with her hands behind her.
The old woman said, “Ye Guan killed the Heavenly Dao of the Zhongtu Divine Continent, so he has also earned the ire of both the Heavenly Dao Department and the Discipline Department. We’ll make enemies out of the latter two, and I don’t think that’s a great thing.”
Ye Guanzhi chuckled and said, “I think it’s important to determine which side is in the right and which side is in the wrong. The An Clan has become brazen enough to bully those weaker than them, and I think you’ll also agree that they’re in the wrong.
“The Heavenly Dao Department is also in the wrong for colluding with the An Clan to suppress Ye Guan, and the Zhongtu Divine Continent’s Guanxuan Academy is also in the wrong for doing nothing but watch as the An Clan disregards the Guanxuan Law.
”In other words, the An Clan has committed a great crime!”
Ye Guanzhi indifferently turned to look at the sky before continuing. “I have great authority as the representative of the Main Guanxuan Academy’s Literary Department, so if I only think about profits and losses rather than holding those who are in the wrong accountable, am I really worthy of such power?
“And why did I even spend so many years studying the Guanxuan Law if I’m not going to enforce it?”
The old woman’s expression abruptly changed.
Ye Guanzhi sat back down and held the brush once more. She wrote down two words on an empty piece of paper—to impeach!
She then proceeded to list down the aristocratic families and great clans of the Main Guanxuan Academy.
The old woman was horrified, and she went beyond pallid at the sight. Her voice was trembling as she said, “Is this really worth it, my lady? Are you really going to make an enemy out of all the great clans and aristocratic families for a mere Ye Guan?”
Ye Guanzhi stopped writing. After a moment of silence, she said, “It doesn’t matter whether it’s worth it or not. What’s important is whether it is the right thing to do or not.
”If everyone here only cares about profits and losses, who will address the grievances of the masses and uphold justice for them? The Academy serves the common people, not the aristocratic families or the great clans!”
The old woman shook her head and said, “The aristocratic families and the great clans have long taken root in the Main Guanxuan Academy, so you can impeach them, my lady, but it will be in vain. You’ll only be putting yourself in danger.”
Ye Guanzhi smiled and responded, “It doesn’t matter. I still have to do it.”
“Why?” asked the old woman in a trembling voice.
“Because I want to stay true to my beliefs!” Ye Guanzhi responded resolutely.
Boom!
A pillar of white light abruptly descended and struck Ye Guanzhi.
Rumble!
An aura of righteousness blossomed from Ye Guanzhi and shot to the skies. It parted the clouds and sent tremors throughout the Xiaoguan Continent.
A new Saint was born!
Tens of thousands of divine sense strands surged toward the garden like a deluge.
Ye Guanzhi ignored the awe-inspiring aura of righteousness that she was emitting and wrote frantically with her brush.
Moments later, she took the memorial with her to the Committee Hall. A strand of white light would merge with her with every step she took, and each strand of white light that she absorbed made her aura of righteousness grow stronger!
The powerhouses of the Main Guanxuan Academy were taken aback.
Another Saint was born in the Literary Department!
Ye Guanzhi soon arrived at the Committee Hall.
The Main Guanxuan Academy’s Committee was one of the most powerful organizations in the world, and it reached its peak of power upon the Sword Master’s disappearance.
An old man walked over to Ye Guanzhi. He bowed slightly at her and said, “Congratulations!”
Ye Guanzhi handed over the memorial to the old man and said, “Old Zhang, sorry to trouble you!”
Old Zhang nodded slightly and accepted the memorial. He turned around and walked into the Committee Hall.
Ye Guanzhi closed her eyes and stood rooted in front of the Committee Hall.
Half an hour later, Old Zhang walked out of the hall.
He sighed upon seeing Ye Guanzhi.
“The Committee’s orders are here! Representative Ye, you shall be dismissed from your position, and you will also be stripped of your authority to mobilize the Guanxuan Guards.
”You are also hereby ordered to stay in closed-door seclusion within the confines of the South Garden, and you are not allowed to leave the South Garden in the next hundred years unless the Committee has explicitly granted you permission to do so!”
Ye Guanzhi didn’t say anything in response.
1. Nanling Yiyi is a Divine Mage, but it is written as?sorcerer in the raws. I think all Divine Mages are sorcerers, but not all sorcerers are Divine Mages
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