flstandardbreds Chapter 148 The mob
Chapter 148 The mob
The snow-sweeping disciple was talking excitedly, and then continued, "No wonder Fan Li's treatment at Xuanji Peak plummeted after Junior Sister Song appeared. The real daughter has been found, so there's no such thing as a fake daughter."
"It's no wonder Fan Li is so disheartened. If I were her, I'd be too embarrassed to stay any longer."
Another disciple echoed, "Fan Li is so pitiful. He has been a substitute from the very beginning..."
"what are you guys saying?"
A cold voice suddenly sounded.
The disciples were all shocked.
Seeing Zhou Ming standing among them, they were so scared that they shut their mouths and lowered their heads.
As Xiaoyao Sanren's eldest disciple, Zhou Ming's presence has always been very low, so low that he was almost stepping on their foreheads, but the group of people still didn't notice him.
If Zhou Ming hadn't spoken at this moment, they wouldn't have noticed him yet.
By the way, isn't Senior Brother Zhou in seclusion? Is that over already?
Zhou Ming just came out of seclusion today. When he heard that Fan Li was back, he wanted to go see her.
He had been eavesdropping openly for a long time.
He has been here since they talked about Song Xixi's life experience.
He didn't want to interrupt and planned to walk away quietly as usual.
However, when he heard them sympathizing with Fan Li and describing Fan Li as so pitiful, he subconsciously frowned and spoke to stop them.
"Junior Sister Fan is not pitiful. She doesn't need your hypocritical sympathy."
Zhou Ming's tone was calm, but it contained a hint of coldness.
The disciples looked extremely ugly, but they were not afraid of him.
It was the disciple who was sweeping the snow who stood up and contradicted him.
"How can we be considered hypocritical? We didn't do it on purpose. Besides, Brother Zhou, didn't you say a word to Fan Li?"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I really don't." Zhou Ming stood straight and said without thinking.
"How, how is this possible? I don't believe it!" The disciple's face turned pale.
Fan Li had a very bad reputation before, and even passing dogs would curse him.
How could Zhou Ming have never said anything bad about Fan Li?
Zhou Ming sneered: "Whether you believe it or not is not important to me, and I don't care about your opinion."
If there is, there is; if there is not, there is not. Zhou Mingxing is upright and never proves himself.
The snow-sweeping disciple looked embarrassed and stiffened his neck to argue, "Brother Zhou, what right do you have to lecture us? We just said a few words without knowing the truth. It's not us who caused Fan Li to be punished!"
I'm talking about the Demon Sealing Platform incident.
Zhou Ming thought it was ridiculous and asked, "You think you are not at fault at all?"
The snow-sweeping disciple wanted to say of course not, but after seeing Zhou Ming's gaze, his scalp inexplicably tightened, and he changed his words.
"...It's not that we're not at fault at all. Even if the fault isn't ours, we're still innocent."
The others nodded in agreement.
"That's right. It was the Sect Master who punished her, and it was those people from Xuanji Peak who ostracized her. We were just angry and said a few unpleasant words, but we didn't hurt her."
"Yes, we admit that we were wrong to misunderstand her, but we have never wronged her. Brother Zhou, please don't slander us."
"That's right, every wrong has its perpetrator, and it has nothing to do with us..."
The disciples talked to each other, and Zhou Ming shook his head helplessly.
They didn't even notice that the titmouse above their heads was looking at them coldly.
This chubby tit is Fan Li.
She originally came to try out her learning of shapeshifting to see if she could deceive other people's eyes.
When he saw Zhou Ming by chance, he was delighted and wanted to fly down to play with him.
But when I got closer, I found that he was arguing with a group of inner disciples.
Then he heard his own name, so Fan Li landed on a branch to listen to what they were talking about.
To call it an argument is actually a bit of an exaggeration, because Zhou Ming's expression made it look as if he was disdainful of arguing with them. It was this group of disciples who spoke the most.
They kept emphasizing that they had not harmed Fan Li, but it seemed more like they were covering up their own guilty conscience.
Zhou Ming saw through it but didn't say anything. He raised his hand, and the disciples who were talking at once fell silent.
Seven or eight pairs of eyes stared at Zhou Ming.
Zhou Ming then said, "You misunderstood Junior Sister Fan and spoke harshly to her, claiming to be righteous, but you didn't realize that harsh words can hurt like a cold June."
"Put yourself in their shoes. If you were in that situation, being distrusted, insulted, and misunderstood by everyone, would you be able to sleep soundly and pretend nothing happened?"
Zhou Ming rarely spoke so harshly, and he had never said so many words at once.
The snow-sweeping disciple bit his lip, not daring to look him in the eyes.
Yes, if it were him, his faith in Taoism would have collapsed long ago.
Zhou Ming looked at him and said coldly, "Now that you realize your mistake, you're still using her scars as a topic of conversation. How can that not be considered another form of harm? That's why I say this: your sympathy is hypocritical."
"You guys are not innocent at all."
Silence fell.
The sharp words pierced their hearts like swords.
All the disciples lowered their heads, looking ashamed and feeling chilled in their hearts.
"mob."
After saying that, Zhou Ming snorted coldly and walked away.
The last four words were like a heavy hammer, as if to break the proud backbones of these inner disciples.
"Fan, Senior Sister Fan?"
At this time, a disciple blurted out.
Only then did the others realize that Fan Li had appeared in front of them without them noticing.
Why are these direct disciples so elusive?
Seeing Fan Li, the disciples felt so ashamed that they even forgot their manners.
The snow-sweeping disciple walked up to Fan Li with his head down, bowed, looked at the tip of her shoe, and said solemnly, "Senior Sister Fan, I'm sorry!"
Fan Li raised her eyebrows and glared at him.
"I misunderstood you before and said something bad. I apologize for the hurt I caused you. Please forgive me!"
Others gradually reacted and followed suit by apologizing to Fan Li.
The disciples bent over, as if they would remain like that and would not stand up until they received Fan Li's forgiveness.
Fan Li said "Oh" in a very casual tone.
The next sentence should be "It doesn't matter", right?
The snow-sweeping disciple didn't wait for the "It's okay" to come out. He raised his head doubtfully, blinked his eyes, and said, "Are you willing to forgive us?"
Fan Li smiled indifferently, and then spat out three words indifferently.
"No forgiveness."
The disciples were all stunned.
When Fan Li saw their identical expressions, he suddenly found it a little funny.
"What's wrong? Do I have to accept your apology? How can such a thing be justified?"
"this......"
How can you erase all the hurt with just a simple "I'm sorry"?
Fan Li said mercilessly, "If I accept your apology, will that erase your guilt and allow you to pretend nothing happened?"
The snow-sweeping disciple was speechless again and stared at Fan Li blankly.
Fan Li seemed to see through his thoughts and chuckled, "Do you think I'm unkind? I shouldn't have embarrassed you?"
No one speaks.
Fan Li shrugged nonchalantly: "Yes, I'm just unkind. It's up to you what you think."
Fan Li revealed her true form simply because the time for her transformation had come. Instead of falling down from the tree in a mess, it was better for her to show up on her own initiative. Otherwise, she would not bother to waste time talking to these people.
There is no true empathy in the world, and she never expects anyone to understand her pain.
She will never forgive anyone who hurts her.
Fan Li left.
Several disciples were still standing there, motionless.
that's terrible.
Zhou Ming mercilessly exposed their true feelings. They originally wanted to get Fan Li's forgiveness to alleviate their inner guilt, but unexpectedly Fan Li said it all.
Under the sun, all sins are exposed.
They remained silent.
At this moment, the scene of insulting Fan Li appeared in their minds.
Some almost forgotten memories surfaced.
"Fan Li is so vicious, why doesn't she just die?"
"Her existence is a disgrace to our sect. She is unfit to be the Sect Master's disciple. The Sect Master should kick her off the mountain!"
"In my opinion, not only should she be driven out, but her ice spirit roots should also be stripped away, leaving her to repay the sect for raising her."
"Also, before we chase her away, we should kick her off the Demon Sealing Platform so she can experience the fear and helplessness that Junior Sister Song feels!"
"..."
Those words were not harmless at all, they were extremely vicious!
They couldn't believe that these words actually came out of their mouths!
"How could this happen? How could I say something like that? It's unbelievable!"
"Fan Li and I have no grudges against each other, so why would I curse her to death?"
"You all remember it too?"
They were all inner disciples with excellent comprehension. After thinking carefully, they realized that something was wrong.
The same scene, the same people, were standing here and talking about Fan Li.
They could see that each other's expressions were extremely ferocious and full of hostility, and they kept spitting out extremely resentful curses. At that moment, their former fellow disciples became extremely strangers.
It was like someone was manipulating them into saying these words.
This is clearly abnormal!
But why didn't they notice anything wrong at the time?
An eerie chill crept up from the soles of my feet, and I shuddered.