Jealousy

Song Yu Qi was not dense but just realistic. Even if she was very beautiful, she couldn't imagine that a powerful elder would fall for her after meeting her just once. Anyway, even if that was the case, she would never be interested so Elder Ming would just waste his time with her. After all, even if she accepted the fact that her body was female, it would never change the fact that her soul was male...

The three girls continued to chat while working. They mostly talked about their advancement in cultivation and how they were happy to finally be able to do sect missions together. Tan Yanyan and Xia Zilin also talked about their family while Song Yu Qi just pretended that hers was very boring and not worth mentioning.

Although Song Yu Qi, Tan Yanyan, and Xia Zilin were chatting, they were still working very fast thanks to their cultivator's strength and speed. Before the end of the morning, they had already finished removing the weeds from all twelve spiritual fields.

"We are finally done! Luckily you two were there or I would have been super bored with this mission." Said Song Yu Qi, smiling.

"I really can't wait until we become strong enough to hunt Demonic Beasts. I really don't like these missions." Said Tan Yanyan.

"Sorry it was my fault, I shouldn't have chosen this mission." Said Xia Zilin, sighing.

"Don't be sorry! I can assure you that all the missions are boring so it was not your fault at all." Said Song Yu Qi to reassure her.

"That's right!" Nodded Tan Yanyan, "Hm, I think that we should now find Senior Sister Li Mingyue to tell her that we are done."

The three of them walked back towards the entrance of the peak where all the houses were located.

There, they saw Li Mingyue sitting at a table in front of another disciple. They spent the whole morning doing manual labor but she was tranquilly chatting and drinking tea? That was really unfair! But there was nothing they could do about it...

"Senior Sister, we have removed the weeds from the twelve spiritual fields." Said Song Yu Qi as she gave her the Storage Pouches containing the weeds.

When Li Mingyue saw them, she smirked. Now, it was time to really make them suffer.

"Alright, I will check your work." She said as she took the Storage Pouches from Song Yu Qi.

She summoned her Flying Sword and flew towards the spiritual fields. However, a few minutes later, she came back with a furious expression.

"Junior Sister, what does that mean?" She yelled, angrily.

"What's wrong?" Asked Song Yu Qi, not knowing what was going on.

"You dare to ask what is wrong?! Two of the spiritual fields are half destroyed! You three will be severely punished for that!" Explained Li Mingyue in a menacing tone.

"Senior Sister, there must be a mistake. When we left, all the spiritual fields were perfectly fine." Said Xia Zilin.

"So, you're saying that I made a mistake?" Asked Li Mingyue, intimidatingly.

"I..." Xia Zilin didn't know what to say. She just knew that they were innocent.

"You three destroyed the precious spiritual plants of Elder Ming and instead of recognizing your mistake, you try to argue and deny it? Elder Ming will..." Said Li Mingyue.

"What is going on here?" Someone suddenly interrupted Li Mingyue.

The person who just talked was Elder Ming. As he arrived, all the girls except Song Yu Qi started blushing. Li Mingyue was so loud that it attracted a lot of disciples around them and it even disturb Elder Ming's meditation.

"M-Master Ming! These three outer disciples destroyed two of our spiritual fields. You must punish them." Said Li Mingyue, looking at him seductively.

"I won't punish anyone without proof." Coldly said Elder Ming, crossing his arms.

"Right! Can you prove that you didn't destroy them?" Li Mingyue asked the three girls.

"We can't, but you also can't prove that we did it." Answered Tan Yanyan.

"You three were the only ones who came near the two destroyed spiritual fields. This is enough to prove that you did it." Retorted Li Mingyue.

"Excuse me Senior Sister but you were the one in charge of supervising us. So, even if we really destroy the spiritual fields, you should be the one who should be punished. Elder Ming trusted you but because of your negligence this incident happened..." Said Song Yu Qi in an irritated tone. She didn't know why Li Mingyue was trying to frame them but she was bored of her childish scheme.

"What? Don't try to reverse the roles. I..."

"Enough!" Elder Ming interrupted, "No need to argue anymore. I have a way to know what happened."

Hearing this, Li Mingyue started to panic. How was it possible? According to her knowledge, Elder Ming couldn't possibly tell what happened.

"R-Really M-Master?" She asked with a fake smile.

"Disciple Li Mingyue, do you remember two months ago when the spiritual vegetables of one of the fields were all eaten by my pet? Following that event, I decided to install some Recording Crystals around all the fields as a security measure." Explained Elder Ming.

Li Mingyue instantly became pale after she heard this. A Recording Crystal was a rare artifact able to record visual images. If there were really Recording Crystals around all the fields, it meant that they definitely recorded what she did!

"Disciple Li Mingyue, is there a problem? You seem very pale." Asked Elder Ming, smirking.

Without waiting for her answer, he raised his right arm in the air. Then, a few seconds later, small colored crystals started to fly towards him.

Elder Ming activated one of them and a translucent screen suddenly appeared, showing images of Li Mingyue destroying herself the spiritual fields.

Li Mingyue instantly fell to her knees and grabbed Elder Ming's thigh with tears in her eyes.

"M-Master, please forgive me! I was blinded by my jealousy. I-I did this for you, because I love you!" She said, crying.

"So you're saying that it is my fault if you destroy two spiritual fields and try to frame your junior sisters?" He asked, raising his eyebrows.

"N-No, of course, no. This is... This is all that bitch's fault! S-She tried to seduce you!" She said, pointing at Song Yu Qi.

After saying this, Li Mingyue suddenly felt an immense pressure crushing her body and forcing her to lie down on the ground. It was so strong that she started vomiting blood.

Elder Ming was the one who was suppressing her with his spiritual pressure. He was very annoyed by what she just said... Li Mingyue was only at the Qi Condensation realm while he was at the Golden Core Transformation realm. With a difference of three realms, he could crush her like an ant, without needing to lift a finger.

"You three, I need to deal with this rebellious disciple. You can leave now. Take this note to complete the mission." He said, giving the note with his seal to Song Yu Qi.

Song Yu Qi thanked him and took the hands of her two sisters before leaving the place as fast as she could. She didn't want to stay there a second longer.