Chapter 3: Would you mind taking on a useless disciple?

The person blocking him was Li Tianhen, the Sect Master of the Four Gods Sect. Si Nansheng recognized him instantly, yet something about the scene before her felt wrong.

In her past life, she had also been punished in this great hall, but at that time, Li Tianhen had not appeared here!

"Sect Master Li, are you trying to interfere in the private affairs of our Saint Heaven Sect?" Feng Zeyan looked at him with displeasure, his voice harsh but his demeanor betraying a lack of confidence.

"Sect Master Feng, that is where you are mistaken. I simply feel that since this child dares to swear a heart demon oath, she cannot be a bad child.

Why not give her a chance to prove her innocence? Since your little disciple lying on the ground is not lying, what is there to fear in letting her swear a heart demon oath?"

Li Tianhen spoke calmly as he looked at Feng Zeyan. Feng Zeyan’s expression turned extremely ugly, clearly suppressing the rage in his heart.

"Besides, how old is this child? Her cultivation is so low; was that full-force strike of yours truly intended to take this child's life?"

After Li Tianhen finished speaking, he cast his gaze toward the people in the hall one by one, asking them with a mocking smile.

"Fellow Daoists, what do you think?"

The people in the hall nodded in agreement upon hearing this, and some began to speak up for Si Nansheng.

"Sect Master Li is right. Sect Master Feng, blindly blaming this child and listening only to one side is biased!

Furthermore, your strike just now was indeed too heavy. Could it be that you really wanted this child's life?"

"How could I possibly want her life? I only wanted to teach her a lesson," Feng Zeyan said uncomfortably.

"A lesson? So, a full-force strike is what Sect Master Feng calls a lesson? Those who know would know she is your disciple; those who don't would think she is your enemy," Li Tianhen said lazily.

"Li Tianhen, it would be best if you didn't interfere in the affairs of our Saint Heaven Sect."

Feng Zeyan’s tone carried a heavy threat, but Li Tianhen didn't care in the slightest, as if he hadn't noticed it at all.

Li Tianhen gave a cold smile and was about to say something else when he noticed Si Nansheng staring at him.

Her eyes were clear; where was there even a trace of grievance?

"Thank you, Senior Li, for speaking up for Nansheng, but Master does not believe me." Si Nansheng pouted aggrievedly.

"Since they don't believe you, why not leave?" Li Tianhen raised an eyebrow at Si Nansheng.

"Her? A piece of trash? Once she leaves the Saint Heaven Sect, where could she go?" Shen Jingyuan looked at Si Nansheng with disdain.

He didn't believe for a second that Si Nansheng would be willing to leave. She was, after all, a direct disciple of the Saint Heaven Sect; without it, she was nothing but a useless piece of trash.

"Do Master and Eldest Senior Brother see Nansheng the same way as Second Senior Brother does?" Si Nansheng blinked her watery eyes innocently at Feng Zeyan and Su Heng.

No one answered her question, and she immediately wore a look of disappointment.

"Senior Li, are you still looking for disciples?" Si Nansheng took a deep breath and looked at Li Tianhen with a wronged expression.

Li Tianhen looked at Si Nansheng for a moment, then said, "...I am."

"Then would you mind taking in a useless disciple?" Si Nansheng asked again.

"I don't mind. Although the Four Gods Sect doesn't have many people, it's no problem to support a little piece of trash," Li Tianhen said with a smile, ignoring the gazes of the others.

He watched Si Nansheng, wanting to see what kind of temperament this twelve-year-old child possessed, and how far she would go when faced with the hostility of the entire sect.

Hearing Li Tianhen call her a "little piece of trash," Si Nansheng didn't feel insulted at all. Instead, she detected a hint of doting—a kind of doting she had never felt before, one that belonged solely to her.

"Then, once I leave the Saint Heaven Sect, can I join the Four Gods Sect?"

"You can."

At this answer, Si Nansheng flashed a brilliant smile at Li Tianhen.

"Thank you, Senior Li. So, even after leaving the Saint Heaven Sect, Nansheng still has somewhere to go." Si Nansheng’s eyes welled up with grateful tears.

In the eyes of others, she looked like a pitiful, abandoned child.

"Si Nansheng, what exactly are you doing? With so many seniors here, aren't you making things difficult for Master by saying such things?"

Eldest Senior Brother Su Heng looked at Si Nansheng angrily. What she had just said to Li Tianhen was a resounding slap to Feng Zeyan’s face!

She hadn't even left the Saint Heaven Sect yet, and she was already securing a way out for herself.

"Nansheng doesn't want to leave either, but none of you believe me. Second Senior Brother even wants to dig out my spiritual roots for Junior Sister Xuewei.

If my spiritual roots are dug out, I will be a cripple. I would have no face to remain in the Saint Heaven Sect. Since Senior Li is willing to take me in, I naturally have to choose to leave with him."

With red-rimmed eyes, Si Nansheng stumbled toward him and took a small wooden sword from her storage ring.

"This is the last time I will call you Eldest Senior Brother. You carved this small wooden sword yourself and gave it to me when I first entered the Saint Heaven Sect. You said that as long as this sword existed, you would always be my Eldest Senior Brother, and I could come to you for anything.

Now, the sword is still here, but I no longer need you. I am returning this sword to its owner, and please return my jade pendant to me. It is the only thing my parents left me."

Si Nansheng held the wooden sword out to Su Heng with one hand, while with the other, she reached out and took the jade pendant hanging from his waist.

"Si Nansheng!" Su Heng gritted his teeth as he looked at her.

How dared she?

In the past, didn't she cherish the wooden sword he gave her more than anything?

She wouldn't even let the other senior brothers touch it, yet today, she had voluntarily returned it to him?

And that jade pendant—she had clearly given it to him with such joy, yet now she was taking it back in front of so many people.

"I am simply taking back what is mine. It is only right," Si Nansheng said slowly, glancing at him.

"Si Nansheng, don't you regret this!" Su Heng said, snapping the wooden sword in half and throwing it on the ground.

He expected Si Nansheng to be heartbroken as she always was, but to his surprise, he didn't even get a glance from her.

Si Nansheng sneered inwardly. In her previous life, Su Heng had also broken this sword himself. Back then, she had cried and begged him not to do it.

But he had said that she was not worthy of owning his things.

Now, she didn't care for it anymore. What was the dignified Eldest Senior Brother of the Saint Heaven Sect getting so angry about?

"What are you doing? I didn't take anything of yours," Shen Jingyuan said, his brows knitting together as he saw Si Nansheng walk toward him.

"Of course. I don't intend to take anything back from you either. When I first entered the Saint Heaven Sect, you did give me some welcome gifts, but later, you took them all back to give to Liu Xuewei.

Now, the only thing I have left is a fire-element sword manual you gave me. Unfortunately, I have water spiritual roots; I can't use it at all, and I've never studied it. Now, I am returning it to its owner, and I don't owe you anything anymore."

Si Nansheng shoved the sword manual into Shen Jingyuan’s arms and turned to leave, not even sparing him a final glance.

Shen Jingyuan looked at the manual in his hands. He had given it to her back then just to coax her; it was actually just a common sword technique he had practiced himself.

He never expected her to have kept it all this time, and even less did he expect her to return it to him in front of everyone!

Overcome with anger, he threw the manual onto the ground.

Si Nansheng was doing this on purpose—deliberately making him lose face in front of so many people.

Walking up to Li Tianhen, Si Nansheng handed him the jade pendant.