Rong Hua's look at Ji Yunxi was rather strange, with an indescribable something in it.
Feng Xingzhi noticed his look and always felt there was a hint of guilt and uneasiness in it.
He secretly tugged at Ji Yunxi's sleeve, signaling her to look at Rong Hua.
Ji Yunxi also thought his look was odd, so she asked, "Master, what's wrong? Do you have something to say?"
Rong Hua's heart skipped a beat at the question. How could he put it?
He wasn't sure if he should be straightforward. But some things were bound to come to light sooner or later. Instead of having Ji Yunxi resent him even more then, it was better to tell her now.
After some inner struggle, Rong Hua decided to confess. He looked up with a complex expression and asked, "Do you still remember what happened at Yunqi Palace back then?"
Ji Yunxi was curious. Logically, Rong Hua shouldn't have brought up Yunqi Palace. Why did he suddenly mention it and ask about the past?
"I..." She was about to speak when she heard some commotion outside the door.
Rong Hua immediately decided to keep silent. He made a shushing gesture to the others, instantly concealing his look and emotions, and stood up. "Who's making a racket outside?"
A disciple rushed in from outside. "Master! Goddess Yunluotian has been punished and is now on the execution platform. Please go and have a look!"
Ji Yunxi instantly stood up and stared at the disciple in shock. "She's a goddess. How could she be punished?!"
"I don't know, disciple."
Without any delay, everyone quickly headed in the direction of the execution platform. On the way, they were still wondering. Logically, as a goddess, Yunluotian shouldn't be punished by the people of Kunlun Mountain. How did they have the right?
However, when they arrived and saw the scene on the execution platform, they realized that indeed no one on Kunlun Mountain had the right to punish her, but the Upper Realm did.
Ji Yunxi looked at the people standing near the execution platform. They were all from the Upper Realm, and one of them looked very familiar.
She stared intently at that person's face, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember who that person was or where she had seen them.
The group mingled in the crowd and didn't step forward to the platform. Rong Hua, however, flew to Bai Youmu and whispered, "What's going on?"
Bai Youmu also looked grim. "They said they were going to punish her. I think it's just revenge, but they insisted that we from Kunlun Mountain carry it out."
As the deputy head, he only had the interests of Kunlun Mountain in mind.
Rong Hua frowned and looked at Yunluotian, who was tightly tied up on the execution platform.
"Isn't this embarrassing for a goddess?"
"What's embarrassment? Chu Huaiyuan is happy now. He wishes for this. Didn't Yunluotian refuse to give him any face before?" Bai Youmu rolled his eyes and looked at Chu Huaiyuan, who was standing with the people from the Upper Realm, in disgust. "What a jerk!"
Chu Huaiyuan was carefully talking to the woman beside him when suddenly the woman's eyes were caught by Ji Yunxi in the crowd. The corner of her mouth twitched slightly, and she pointed at Ji Yunxi. "Who is she?"
Chu Huaiyuan was quite surprised to see that Ji Yunxi had woken up. He didn't expect her to recover so quickly after being injured by divine power.
"That woman is Ji Yunxi. She's the female disciple injured by Yunluotian."
Hearing this, the woman instantly narrowed her eyes and sized Ji Yunxi up and down. "Interesting."
Before Chu Huaiyuan could ask what was interesting, he saw the woman fly down. As she flew, the crowd dispersed, leaving Ji Yunxi standing there coldly.
Li Jiuge was anxious. "Yunxi, come with me quickly!"
"Go? They're here for me. Where can I go?" She sneered and still stood there, staring at the woman.
The woman walked up to her. Instead of being arrogant and rude like those from the Upper Realm, she said gently, "You're the woman injured by Goddess Yunluotian?"
Ji Yunxi immediately put on a terrified look. "It's me."
"Don't be afraid. I'm from the side of Emperor Yuechen of Yuehua Palace. My name is Yue Qiu."
Ji Yunxi lowered her head, calculating in her mind what the woman said, but still humbly replied, "I'm honored, disciple."
"You've seen it. The Upper Realm doesn't allow gods and goddesses to attack others casually. But she violated the rule and almost killed you. I think... you should carry out the punishment yourself. It'll also ease your anger."
Ji Yunxi was very surprised and suddenly looked up. "Ah? Why?!"
Yue Qiu laughed at her reaction. "What's the reason? Don't you want to?"
Ji Yunxi shook her head repeatedly. "It's not that. It's just that she's a goddess, and I..."
She looked embarrassed. Yue Qiu still looked at her with a smile. "It doesn't matter. She's the one who injured you. Now I'm giving you the chance to take revenge. It's just a matter of whether you want it or not."
Ji Yunxi naturally didn't want to do it at all in her heart. But she knew these people came with ill intentions. Yuehua Palace clearly had a grudge against Yunluotian. It seemed wrong to agree now, and it also seemed wrong not to agree.
She looked at Yue Qiu and then at Yunluotian, only to see Yunluotian staring at her intently.
After all, they were fellow disciples. Ji Yunxi instantly understood what Yunluotian meant. She wanted her to agree.
She was confused. The punishment mustn't be a simple thing. Why did Yunluotian want her to agree? What if they asked her to kill Yunluotian?
"I, I dare not..." Ji Yunxi timidly shrank back.
Yue Qiu sneered inwardly. How interesting. The master was extremely wary of this person, but she was even afraid to carry out the punishment?
Ji Yunxi saw Yue Qiu's expression and instantly understood why Yunluotian wanted her to do it. This Yue Qiu just wanted to see the relationship between Ji Yunxi and Yunluotian and test whether she would attack Yunluotian.
She looked up, with a hint of expectation in her tone. "But if you can ensure that no one from the Upper Realm will trouble me in the future."
Yue Qiu was stunned. "You really want to?"
"Of course. Why should I bear such a serious injury? Even though I healed myself, the pain was still on me. I've been worrying about not having a chance..." Her voice became softer and softer, as if she accidentally blurted out her true feelings.
Yue Qiu laughed out loud, and the suspicion in her eyes dissipated a bit. "Okay, I'll give you this chance! Come with me."
Ji Yunxi didn't expect these people to be so distrustful of Yunluotian. She looked at the person on the platform with a bit of pity. How many grievances had she suffered?
But she didn't dare to let Yue Qiu notice these emotions. She could only pretend to be very happy on the surface and happily follow forward.
Li Jiuge looked nervous. "Cousin, what is Yunxi going to do? She..."
Feng Xingzhi immediately covered Li Jiuge's mouth with his spiritual power and shook his head at her almost imperceptibly.
He understood. Although these people said they were doing it for the disciple to take revenge, there were too many tests in it. It was definitely not that simple.
They were forcing Yunxi to make a difficult and helpless decision.