Chu Feng put the bead away.
This bead was a rare treasure.
It would have remarkable effects on someone whose cultivation had been crippled.
After all, back when Chu Feng had completely crippled Jia Lingyi's cultivation, she had still managed to recover to a considerable degree.
If it were used on Bai Yunqing, the results would surely be even better.
"Chu Feng, I know I was wrong."
At that moment, Jia Lingyi spoke up.
"I regret it. I never imagined that a single decision from the past would lead to something like this today."
"I admit that I, Jia Lingyi, am a villain. But if I could choose again, I would never have laid a hand on your grandmother and her family."
"Chu Feng, I know I've committed countless evil deeds. I deserve to die a thousand deaths. Kill me if you will, but I beg you—please spare my Alchemy Immortal Sect."
"I'm begging you. I'm begging all of you."
At those words, the frail Jia Lingyi struggled to push herself upright and actually began kowtowing to Chu Feng and the many prodigies standing behind him.
She had clearly realized that she had reached a dead end.
In truth, she didn't understand why so many prodigies were standing with Chu Feng, backing him up.
But what she did know was that with these prodigies supporting Chu Feng, her Alchemy Immortal Sect would never be able to contend with him again.
"Jia Lingyi, you want to trade your own death to preserve your Alchemy Immortal Sect?"
"Let me tell you—that's not going to happen."
"Killing you right now would be as easy as flipping my hand. But I want you alive."
"I want you to live in agony. I want you to watch with your own eyes as I slaughter every last member of your Alchemy Immortal Sect."
Chu Feng said to Jia Lingyi.
"Chu Feng, disasters shouldn't extend to one's family! Disasters shouldn't extend to one's family! Please, just let my Alchemy Immortal Sect go. I'm begging you!"
Tears streaming down her face, Jia Lingyi crawled closer to Chu Feng and reached out, trying to grab hold of his leg.
Seeing this, Jiang Jingyu and the others wore complicated expressions.
The Jia Lingyi they remembered had been someone aloof and radiant, shining above everyone else.
They had never imagined that she could also be so wretched and desperate.
Jia Lingyi was, in truth, someone with a measure of backbone.
Back when she had been imprisoned by the Totem Dragon Clan and subjected to brutal interrogation—pressured to reveal whether there were other traitors within the Totem Dragon Clan who had colluded with her—Jia Lingyi had refused to say a single word.
But in reality, she had surely known about the dragon scales all along.
She also understood that such a thing could never be spoken of, for if it were, her Alchemy Immortal Sect would be finished.
Though Jia Lingyi had committed countless evil deeds, she did harbor a genuine affection for her Alchemy Immortal Sect.
But what did that affection matter to Chu Feng?
Before Jia Lingyi's hand could even touch his leg, Chu Feng kicked her square in the face, sending her tumbling to the ground.
"Disasters shouldn't extend to one's family?"
"You dare say something like that?"
"What your Alchemy Immortal Sect has done does not deserve to exist in this world."
"Whether you're here or not, your Alchemy Immortal Sect must be wiped from the face of this earth."
There was no killing intent in Chu Feng's eyes, only unwavering resolution. In his heart, the Alchemy Immortal Sect had already been placed on the list of those that had to be eliminated.
After hearing Chu Feng's words, Jia Lingyi raised her head and looked toward Long Chengyu and Long Muxi.
Seeing the same cold gleam of determination in their eyes as well, she realized that her Alchemy Immortal Sect truly could not be saved.
And so, a look of grim resolve surfaced in her own eyes.