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Chapter 531: Chasing Another Disciple Out

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Lonemoon took one step back and shook his hand off. "At this stage, you're still unwilling to repent? You said you had no clue about Zhi Lin's plot, but why then did you want to do all that you could to destroy that evil ghost? You didn't even want to leave its remnant soul behind." When Shen Ying grabbed hold of the evil spirit's remnant soul earlier, Jian Xing suggested destroying it completely.

"I..." Jian Xing paled. He was unable to say anything else.

"You're a cultivator. You should understand that the proper way of dealing even with evil ghosts is to send them to Samsara, yet you didn't do that!" Lonemoon exclaimed in a low voice. He exposed Jian Xing's inner thoughts. "Given your cultivation level, a half-step demon king would not have managed to hurt you so severely. Not unless you forced it to its limits. Only then would a spirit try to take you down with it no matter the cost."

"..." Jian Xing remained silent but his entire body began to tremble.

"You said you didn't know Zhi Lin's plot, and I believe you! But when you helped her to possess Mushroom's body, you should have realized the truth. Still, you chose to completely destroy that evil ghost," Lonemoon said, looking directly into Jian Xing's eyes. "Did you do that purely to get rid of the evil, or did you do that to help cover up for Zhi Lin?"

Jian Xing swayed. He sat on the floor, defeated.

"You made a mistake, but if you took the initiative to explain yourself, I could have considered letting you off." Lonemoon closed his eyes. In a tired voice, he said, "Jian Xing... You've really disappointed me."

"Master..." Jian Xing raised his head to look at Lonemoon, confused. "Teach me then, what was I to do? She was my sister – my only family member. If I didn't do something to help her, was I to just stand by and watch her become a wandering soul?"

"Because of that, you were willing to let Mushroom lose her soul!"

Jian Xing remained stubborn, as if he was genuinely convinced that he did the right thing. He smiled. "Everybody has their own selfish motives. I chose to help my own sister – was that wrong? There's no right or wrong in this world, there are only different stands.What's more, shouldn't Master take some responsibility for the way Little Lin turned out?"

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"What did you say!" Lonemoon frowned.

"Am I wrong?" Jian Xing said sarcastically. "You accepted her into this immortal sect and allowed her to learn about the huge world outside of what she knew. Then, you kicked her aside. How can you blame her for being resentful? She did everything she could just to return. How can you fault her?"

Lonemoon frowned even more deeply.

"Who in this world can have no selfish intentions at all?" The more Jian Xing spoke, the more agitated he became. It was as if he was finally releasing what he had been harboring in his heart all these years. "Even Master is the same."

"You're saying I did all of these things out of pure selfish intentions?" Lonemoon laughed mirthlessly. The last bit of pity he felt for Jian Xing dissipated.

"Isn't it true?" Jian Xing thought that Lonemoon was trying to deny it. He pointed toward Shen Ying and said, "Isn't she your selfish intention? She can't do a single thing right, yet you protect her no matter what and give her all sorts of benefits. You can't tolerate when anyone badmouths her. Just because Zhi Lin said one thing to offend her, you chased her out of the sect. You allow this woman to eat all sorts of spirit fruits, and to take all sorts of spirit herbs. You even allow her to abuse all sorts of high-level beasts and internal cores. Yet, you don't allow even the badly injured disciples in your sect the same benefits. What for? Isn't it because of your own selfish intentions?"