Su Yuchen regained his conscious suddenly. He opened his frowning eyes to see Senior Brother Li and the figure of light in front of him.

No one spoke after he regained his conscious. He wanted to calm down for a bit but still opened his eyes and stared at the floor, while his thoughts were filled what he had seen just before.

“What do you think about their actions?” The Elder’s voice rang out in the silent room.

Su Yuchen panicked from the sudden sound. He recovered his composure and spoke without giving in too much thought, “Were they stopped? Is the man safe?”

The Elder answered, “Li Zhaoyun will stop them and the man will be safe.”

He asked Su Yuchen, “I like you, little one. You are promising. Do you want to take me as your master?”

Su Yuchen was surprised hearing that from the Elder. His pupils dilated, and his throat became stuck, making him unable to speak. He tried to relax and collect his thoughts that were jumping in his mind. The images from before replayed in his mind and made him hesitant to answer the Elder. He even didn’t want to accept the offer.

With a trembling voice, he pushed himself to ask, “Can I know why the Elder has shown me the scene from before?”

The Elder replied, “I wanted to observe you. Li Zhaoyun requested me to treat you like a little kid. But you don’t strike me as one. You were just disturbed by the scene earlier, but not shaken. Li Zhaoyun is wrong, you might just be naive and ignorant.”

“Now answer me. Do you want to be my disciple?”

Su Yuchen’s voice was filled with trepidation when he wanted to answer, “I don’t want to. But can I refuse?”

The Elder answer came after a silence of two seconds, “You can.”

Li Zhaoyun became anxious after listening to Su Yuchen’s refusal, then the Elder’s voice entered his ears, “Li Zhaoyun, take care of him. You should also let him cultivate with the stellar rock.”

Li Zhaoyun forgot his anxious and asked instantly, “But Elder, his life will be endangered if we let him cultivate with the stellar rock.”

The Elder voice resonated in the room, “The little one is satisfied with his cultivation. Taking away his satisfaction will affect his cultivation.”

Li Zhaoyun wasn’t convinced, he dared to refuse, “But he can die, we shouldn’t let him, Elder.”

The Elder questioned, “Will you go back to using the lower grade stellar rocks to cultivate if I ask you to.”

Li Zhaoyun was taken back, he still answered, “I can, Elder.”

The Elder said, “You will be dissatisfied with my request, but it will not endanger your life.”

“This child will also be dissatisfied with your forceful measures, and along with the impatience from his cultivation, he might die due to the lack of concentration.”

“Let him cultivate with stellar rocks, he will cultivate with unwavering concentration and absolute focus.”

Li Zhaoyun was unable to protest any more. He bowed towards the Elder, “I will, Elder. Please forgive me for trying to refuse you.”

The Elder replied, “It’s alright. Take care of your mission carefully.”

The Elder disappeared into thin air after answering Li Zhaoyun.

Li Zhaoyun immediately held Su Yuchen’s shoulders and questioned him, “Why did you refuse the Elder’s offer to become his disciple? Are you an idiot? What got into your mind?”

Su Yuchen was frightened by Senior Brother Li, he quickly collected himself and answered, “I didn’t feel like becoming the Elder’s disciple. I am sorry if you are disappointed by my choice, Senior Brother.”

Senior Brother Li shook his head in frustration. “I don’t need your apology! You lost your chance. You must apologise to yourself.”

“Now tell me truthfully, why did you refuse the offer?”

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Su Yuchen pursed his lips and then asked Senior Brother Li in a low voice after giving some thought, “Is there any chance that the Elder can hear our conversation?”

Senior Brother Li was flabbergasted for a second and then shook his head, “No! The Elder doesn’t eavesdrop on our conversation.”

“Did you refuse the offer because you were dissatisfied by the Elder?”

Su Yuchen widened his eyes and raised his eyebrows and tried to speak in a very sincere tone, “I didn’t like how he showed that scene to me. I don’t think there is a need to let me look at that. He could have observed me or tested me differently!”

Senior Brother Li face twisted listening to Su Yuchen’s answer, “That shouldn’t be your reason to refuse. The Elder wanted to know if you are naive like I reported to him. So he wanted to know if you had the mentality of a little kid.”

Su Yuchen raised his voice, “Being risky shouldn’t make me regarded like a kid.”

Senior Brother Li rebuked, “Kids do these stupid stuffs like you did.”

Su Yuchen shook his head, “I am just new to cultivation, I need to try things. But then what about my personality? Doesn’t the Elder check my personality?”

Senior Brother Li patted Su Yuchen’s shoulder, “The Elder has some trust in you since you are my subordinate. So he extended a branch to you generously. But you didn’t appreciate the Elder’s generosity.”

Su Yuchen squinted his eyes, “What if my personality dissatisfies him after I become his disciple? What will happen then?”

Senior Brother Li frowned to the question, “The Elder will not teach you if your personality is beyond correction. You will be imprisoned into seclusion.”

“Do you remember the Third Elder’s disciple Bai Yuhua? She spends most of her time in seclusion due to punishments. But the Third Elder still teaches her wholeheartedly because her personality is acceptable to him.”

Su Yuchen couldn’t understand, he said his thoughts, “He always punishes her but still accepts her personality?”

Senior Brother Li simplified, “Bai Yuhua doesn’t commit evil, so the Third Elder tolerates her. If you commit evil, the Elder wouldn’t have tolerated you. You would have been imprisoned for eternity until you change your ways. The scale might be different for both the Elders, but you should be able to understand.”

Su Yuchen nodded, he tried to divert Senior Brother Li’s attention and then thought of the scene he saw earlier. “What about that scene the Elder shown me? When are you going to stop them, Senior Brother?”

Senior Brother Li stared at Su Yuchen, he then answered, “The scene you have seen has happened in real time. Those medicine disciples are under surveillance. They will need some time to complete the poison, you don’t have to worry. A fellow disciple will send a signal for me to take action.”

Su Yuchen nodded his head, he frowned reminiscing the actions of the two medicine disciples, “Why are they poisoning that Senior Brother? Is there any important reason for you to get involved, Senior Brother?”

Senior Brother Li sighed, “The medicine disciples were instructed to do that by the elders above them. We need to stop them.”

Su Yuchen’s mouth opened wide in disbelief, he only thought of fighting between disciples, but the Senior Brother Li’s answer shocked him, he asked him loudly “Why do the elders want to kill the sect’s disciples? For what reason are they trying to kill him sneakily?”

Senior Brother Li waved his hand to let Su Yuchen lower his voice, he walked to sit on the bed and answered, “That junior disciple Yang Yuhan belongs to the Fourth Elder’s faction. He has great combat abilities. Yesterday, he was besieged by five Crystal Heart Sect disciples and escaped alive. The rivals of the Fourth Elder’s faction took this opportunity to eliminate him.”

Su Yuchen’s eyebrows frowned, he lowered his head as his face turned gloomy, he expressed a thought “The elders can dare to do that in this Medicine Hall? Are others not aware of it like you? Does poisoning him and letting him die a year later make culprits escape from the blame?”

Senior Brother Li let out a small chuckle, his face was glum, “When everyone is a culprit, how can others not know? The last war with the Twilight sacrificed more than five hundred talented cultivators with this scheme. What can anyone do about this?”

Su Yuchen’s pupils shrank, his mind became blank for a few seconds. He asked in a horrified tone, “All elders are poisoning the talented disciples? How can the sect survive any more?”

Senior Brother Li gave a depressing laugh, “Yang Yuhan can escape from being besieged by five cultivators, and he was still thrown into this Medicinal Hall to die, do you know why?”

Su Yuchen stared at Senior Brother Li silently.

“Yang Yuhan must have dissatisfied an elder in the Fourth Elder’s faction. And that was an enough reason to abandon him in the Medicine Hall.”

Senior Brother Li continued to speak without letting Su Yuchen to ask, “After the last war, many disciples didn’t dare to get treated at the Medicine Hall. Unless your soul loses consciousness, a cultivator can control his body to treat himself. But when even your soul loses consciousness, the body will repair itself on its own. The body will adapt to the major injuries and there will be many abnormalities that will be left behind.”

“So, only the masters of a cultivator or their close relative will be allowed to treat a cultivator when his soul loses consciousness.”

“Yang Yuhan should have been abandoned even by his master to let him be treated in the Medicine Hall.”

“The Elder is from a neutral faction. He doesn’t participate in the intrigues. But even he was angered by the deaths of all those talented cultivators. So he let us go undercover to stop and catch these medicine disciples in action.”

“The scene you have seen was also recorded as a proof.”

The room became silent after Senior Brother Li stopped speaking. Su Yuchen thought about everything Senior Brother Li said to him and became worried about him, “How can you enter the Medicine Hall? Won’t they think about your strangeness? What if they attack you?”

Senior Brother Li smiled lightly after hearing his questioning, “I was only seeking asylum from the Elder in the eyes of others. Now, that the Elder decided to take action, he will also confront them openly. I need to show my stance at this moment. To the Elder and to everyone else.”