Finally, when Elder Lianshan calmed down, Elder Lianqiao next door woke up.
After learning what had happened, with a dark face, she immediately summoned the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall through the Sound Transmission Jade Talisman.
The disciples tied Qingdai up tightly and threw her and Banfenghe together in the middle of the main hall.
When the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall were arresting Banfenghe, they saw that there were more than twenty Storage Pouches hanging on her body. The Storage Pouches were filled with all kinds of spiritual pills and medicines, and she had even plundered most of the medicine garden where spiritual herbs were planted.
Elder Lianshan looked at the devastated medicine garden and rolled his eyes, almost fainting.
"You, you, you! We in the Azure Wood Sect have treated you well, right? Do you have to destroy the lifeblood of the Azure Wood Sect?!"
In the main hall, Elder Lianshan pointed at Banfenghe heart - brokenly and scolded, almost pounding his chest and calling her an ungrateful wretch.
Shen Qing sighed helplessly. She knew that what Elder Lianshan meant by "lifeblood" was not Qing Qing, but those spiritual herbs that could be sold and used to make medicine.
Banfenghe was unconvinced. She snorted coldly and turned her head away.
Elder Lianshan was infuriated by Banfenghe's attitude. He stamped his feet repeatedly. "What's this attitude of yours? I'm your master! Can't I even scold you?!"
"Master?" Banfenghe suddenly glared at Elder Lianshan and said resentfully, "Did you really want to take me as your disciple?!"
"Now you claim to be my master, but where were you when I needed you?!"
"On the contrary, it's Qing Qing. He's clearly not your disciple, but you care about him more than you care about me. Do you deserve to be my master?!"
Tears welled up in Banfenghe's eyes as she vented all her resentment.
Elder Lianshan was stunned. He took a step back and stared at her in disbelief with wide - open eyes.
"You said I... don't deserve to be your master?"
Shen Qing watched Elder Lianshan's expression. She saw that he opened his mouth slightly, took a few deep breaths. His expression changed from shock at first to sadness, and then he hid all these emotions.
After several changes, Elder Lianshan's expression became serious and cold. "You said I don't deserve to be your master. Very well, you're right. Originally, I also intended to dissolve the master - disciple contract with you."
Having said that, Elder Lianshan turned around, leaving only a heartless back for Banfenghe.
Banfenghe's heart suddenly became a mess. She just wanted to vent her emotions just now and didn't really want to stop being Elder Lianshan's disciple.
Qingdai's plan had failed, and her fate would not be good either.
If she lost the identity of Elder Lianshan's disciple, how could she stay in the Azure Wood Sect?
If she couldn't stay in the Azure Wood Sect, wouldn't she have to go back to the main divine temple, that purgatory on earth!
Thinking of this, she became even more afraid.
Banfenghe knelt on the ground and quickly shuffled to Elder Lianshan's back. She reached out and grabbed the corner of Elder Lianshan's robe, crying, "Master, what I said just now was not my true intention. I was just talking nonsense!"
Elder Lianshan raised his head, closed his eyes, and with a firm heart, brushed Banfenghe's hand away.
"I don't care whether your words are sincere or not. Since you feel so aggrieved being my disciple, I won't force you to stay. From now on, whether you live or die has nothing to do with me. Don't mention our relationship in front of others."
Elder Lianshan's emotionless voice made Banfenghe cry out in fear. She shook her head desperately, begging for Elder Lianshan's forgiveness.
"No, no, no! Master, you can't be so heartless! I'm your disciple!"
"Come on, I don't deserve it!"
Elder Lianshan coldly interrupted Banfenghe's plea. In the presence of the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, he started the ceremony to sever the contract.
What happened next was very familiar to Shen Qing.
After all, she had also dissolved a master - disciple contract. The difference was that this time it was the disciple who was unwilling.
Qingdai knelt on one side, her eyes blank, quietly watching Banfenghe being forcibly dissolved from the contract and falling to the ground in pain, wailing.
At the moment when the contract was dissolved, Banfenghe felt great pain in her spiritual consciousness. But what made her even more uncomfortable was the fear in her heart.
Her mission had failed. Just thinking about going back to the main divine temple was more painful than killing her.
When she saw Qingdai, she crawled painfully to Qingdai's side and begged desperately, "Mother, please save me. Don't let father take me away again. He's not even human!!"
"Mother, I don't want to go back to the main divine temple and live that inhuman life. I can only stay in the Azure Wood Sect and accompany you!"
Banfenghe's short words shocked everyone present.
Although Shen Qing had guessed the mother - daughter relationship between Banfenghe and Qingdai, she didn't expect that there was something related to the main divine temple in it.
She gritted her back teeth and closed her eyes irritably.
How could the main divine temple infiltrate the major sects so easily?
It was the same with the Beast - Taming Sect and the Azure Wood Sect. What about the Five - Element Dao Sect and the Azure Cloud Sword Sect...
Shen Qing suddenly realized that Nan Zhijin was the disciple of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect who had been turned by the main divine temple!
Qingdai knew that there was no way to reverse the situation. Facing Banfenghe's desperate plea, although she felt heartache, she knew that she couldn't protect her anymore.
"Fenghe, mother has done something wrong and has to accept the punishment. You should go with your father first..."
"No!" Banfenghe let out a shrill scream, and terrified tears welled up in her eyes. "Don't mention that man to me. It was he who personally pushed me to those devils!!"
Qingdai was confused. She only thought that Banfenghe just couldn't accept her failure for a while.
"Fenghe, didn't you say that father treated you very well and the immortals in the main divine temple would teach you immortal arts? You can't stay in the Azure Wood Sect anymore. Why not..."
"I lied to you!"
Banfenghe cried and grabbed Qingdai's hands tightly, as if grasping her only hope.
But before Banfenghe could continue speaking, Elder Lianshan and the others also came back to their senses from the shock and asked in disbelief, "Qingdai, is Banfenghe... your daughter?"
Elder Lianqiao frowned tightly. There was still deep tiredness on her face, but she still gritted her teeth and stood up, sternly questioning, "When did you give birth to a child?!"
"No wonder you haven't refined the Elixir of Immortality all these years. It wasn't because of serious injuries from cultivation, but because you simply couldn't refine it!"
"How do you deserve the position of sect master?!"
"Humph," Qingdai sneered coldly. "If Yao Fenghua hadn't insisted on returning to the mortal world all those years ago to live together with her dead husband, would this position of sect master have fallen on my head?!"
Yao Fenghua was Jiang Zhijun's mother.
"I've wanted to say this for a long time. The Book of All Living Things chose Yao Fenghua back then, but Yao Fenghua only wanted to return to the mortal world. You doted on her so much that you even ignored the ancestral teachings left by the founder!"
"And I was forced to take over after Yao Fenghua left. I forcibly formed a contract with the Book of All Living Things. Do you know how painful it was for me when I was being rejected by the Book of All Living Things during the contract - forming process?!"
"In order to refine the Elixir of Immortality, I'm destined not to look for a Taoist companion. Then why couldn't you treat everyone equally and ask Yao Fenghua to give up chasing her love and be this depressed sect master!"