Yu Xiaogang was stunned, leaned closer to take a look, and then immediately flew into a rage, saying, "No, this is impossible. You're taking advantage of someone in distress."
In Yu Xiaogang's mind, the zuzong actions were undoubtedly no different from what Qian Xunji had done to him back then.
Everyone looked puzzled. Didn't they say they were going to help Dai Mubai cure his illness? Why did the master suddenly get angry?
The zuzong remained calm, took Zhu Zhuqing's hand, and sneered, "Taking advantage of someone's misfortune? What do you mean by taking advantage of someone's misfortune? Zhuqing and I are mutually in love and have known each other for many years. Besides, do you think that guy behind the partition, who ruined himself by visiting brothels, is worthy of Zhuqing? And you told me before that I should repay evil with kindness. Well then, let me ask you, how will you repay kindness? Today Dai Mubai is cured, and he's been shamelessly pestering Zhuqing ever since. I bet you don't know, 'Master,' that if I hadn't been there yesterday, your Dai Mubai would have tried to attack Zhuqing!"
"I can testify that Dai Mubai tried to ambush Zhuqing yesterday," Ning Rongrong shouted, pushing through the crowd, raising her hand, and peeking out.
"I can also testify," Meng Yiran also stepped forward. As a woman herself, she found Dai Mubai's actions utterly repulsive. She could imagine how terrifying it would be to have a man like that pestering her, resorting to violence if he couldn't win her over. If someone treated her like that, she figured even a mistress would help her!
Thinking of this, Meng Yiran looked at Tang San. Under his girlfriend's gaze, even Tang San reluctantly stepped forward and said, "I can also testify."
"This..." For a moment, Yu Xiaogang was speechless.
Flander also sighed. If Dai Mubai hadn't gone to the brothel and ruined himself, he could have refused under the pretext of supervising Dai Mubai's correction. But if he really forced Zhu Zhuqing not to resolve the engagement, then he would become the villain. He was indeed protective of his own, but Zhu Zhuqing was also his student, and he couldn't show favoritism. Besides, Dai Mubai had indeed brought it upon himself.
Flander said, "I'll go talk to him!"
"No, that's impossible." Dai Mubai's angry roar came from behind the partition, but the roar was so weak that Dai Mubai was obviously very weak.
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang still wanted to salvage the situation, so he ran directly to Ye Lingling and said, "Miss Ye, could you treat Mubai first? Consider it a favor I owe you."
The zuzong sneered inwardly.
Ye Lingling ignored him; she didn't care about being a master. Turning around, she said calmly, "I owe the zuzong a favor. Ask him about it. Besides, if he hadn't spoken up, I wouldn't have come at all."
Ye Lingling's words completely shattered Yu Xiaogang's hopes.
Inside the partition, Flander was earnestly persuading Dai Mubai.
"Mubai, think about it. If you don't sign, you'll lose your lower status. Even if you marry Zhu Zhuqing, what then? A marriage of convenience? I know a thing or two about the rules of your Star Luo Empire's royal family. Being childless is equivalent to being eliminated!"
Dai Mubai trembled. He shouldn't have said that; it reminded him of his brother's methods. Wasn't he hiding here precisely to escape pursuit?
In the end, Dai Mubai didn't have much affection for Zhu Zhuqing; he only decided to abandon the entire forest because of her beauty and her martial soul fusion.
After much deliberation, Dai Mubai gritted his teeth and ultimately chose to abandon his pride and save himself. At the same time, he secretly harbored resentment towards the zuzong and Zhu Zhuqing. One day, Dai Mubai would repay them a hundredfold.
Dai Mubai said, "Alright, I'll sign."
Not long after, Flander came out with the signed dissolution of the engagement. The zuzong looked at it and nodded in satisfaction.
Flander smiled wryly, "Now you can treat Mubai, right?"
The zuzong nodded, put the dissolution of the engagement into his system storage space, and said, "You can treat him now, but let me make it clear beforehand: Lingling will do her best to treat him, but if she can't cure him, don't blame her."
"Haha, it's alright, it's alright, if he can't be cured, that brat Mubai deserves it." Flander laughed heartily. He didn't take the clan leader's words to heart. He had fully understood the power of the Nine-Heart Begonia from Ning Rongrong's words. If they couldn't cure it, their Undying Sect's reputation would be ruined.
The zuzong said to Ye Lingling, "Lingling, let's begin!"
Ye Lingling nodded.
Immediately afterward, accompanied by a faint fragrance, a white light descended from the sky. The light was extremely peculiar, taking the shape of flower petals, slowly drifting down, passing through the partition and landing directly on Dai Mubai, gently merging into his body. Behind the partition, Dai Mubai trembled, his complexion improving considerably, and he actually stood up.
"I'm alright, I'm alright! I have strength again!" Dai Mubai shouted excitedly as he stepped out of the partition.
Flander also smiled, saying to Ye Lingling, "Thank you so much, Miss Ye."
Just then, Ye Lingling shook her head, her voice clear and cold, "I only cured his qi and blood deficiency. As for that cough cough, that thing is completely necrotic, and I can no longer sense any life force. My Nine-Star Begonia can only heal, not reshape the body, so..."
At this point, even the usually aloof Ye Lingling blushed, hiding behind the clan leader.
"Crack."
Everyone's eyes widened in shock, as if they heard the sound of Dai Mubai's heart breaking.
Dai Mubai carefully examined his body and found that the weakness had indeed disappeared, but he still had no feeling in his lower body.
"Ah! You're lying to me, you're lying to me!" Dai Mubai's eyes were bloodshot, his face contorted in rage as he roared at Ye Lingling.
As he spoke, Dai Mubai was about to attack Ye Lingling, who was standing behind the clan leader.
The zuzong glanced at him coldly, and just as he raised his 40-yard foot to kick him, Flander moved.
Flander casually delivered a chop to Dai Mubai, knocking him unconscious, and sighed, "At this point, there's no other way. Mubai's lower body is already rotting flesh; no matter how powerful the Nine Star Begonia is, it can't bring him back to life. I should have thought of this sooner."
He then said to Tang San, "Little San, just cut it off!"
Tang San: I have a thought in my mind, 'What a load of crap,' but I don't know if I should say it.
Half an hour later, under the personal supervision of "Attending Physician" Tang San, with "Senior Knife Wound Treatment Authority Expert" Ye Lingling assisting outside, Dai Mubai's surgery went smoothly. There were no risks, and it was believed that Dai Mubai would soon be able to walk freely again after waking up, unlike palace eunuchs who had to wear feathers and spend three to five months in bed. It also wouldn't interfere with his future cultivation.
To express their regret for Dai Mubai, at the suggestion of the clan leader, everyone had his genitals preserved to ensure he would be a virgin when he was laid to rest.
After this ordeal, Dean Flander, deeply saddened, decreed that, except for Ma Hongjun's special case, students were forbidden from engaging in promiscuous activities during the school year.