After Being Reborn, I Refuse To Be The Holy Son Of The Sect Anymore

Chapter 11:

Li Xingyao’s challenge to Azure Sun Mountain was nothing short of overwhelming. On the dueling platform, she didn’t even need to unsheathe her sword. 

With just a flick of her sword finger, she defeated Lei Renjie, the second strongest among the younger generation of Azure Sun Sword Sect.

Even Qin Fei, the newly ascended genius with an innate Dao Body who had just reached the Heavenly Martial Realm, was utterly crushed. His flying sword, the result of ten years of painstaking refinement, was shattered in her grasp, leaving his cultivation severely crippled.

Standing tall on the platform, Li Xingyao, with her sword by her side, radiated an aura that made all Azure Sun Sword Sect disciples bow their heads. Only now did they remember their sect’s Holy Son and senior brother, Xiao Yang.

Left with no other choice, Sect Master Jiang Qitian sent his second disciple, Zheng Fan, to fetch Xiao Yang. However, what came back was a single word from Xiao Yang: “Leave!”

Zheng Fan returned to report this, visibly embarrassed.

“What? Xiao Yang, as the Holy Son of the sect, refuses to act for the sake of our sect?”

The Law Enforcement Elder was furious upon hearing this, and Sect Master Jiang Qitian was equally shocked. He couldn’t believe Xiao Yang dared to disobey his orders.

“Father, let me go. I will personally ask Senior Brother to come,” Jiang Ting volunteered.

Meanwhile, Qin Fei had been carried to a pavilion outside the plaza to receive medical treatment. His injuries were severe, not only from being beaten by Li Xingyao but also due to the destruction of his flying sword. His recovery would take years of cultivation.

Jiang Ting was furious and determined to help Qin Fei get revenge. Whether or not Xiao Yang was a match for Li Xingyao didn’t concern her.

“We’re going too. As his father, I refuse to believe that my son would dare disobey me,” said Xiao Zhenshan.

With his wife Chen Ruolan and daughter Xiao Yue in tow, they headed to the Reflection Cave.

Before long, the four of them arrived outside the cave.

“Senior Brother, come out now! We have something important to discuss,” Jiang Ting commanded arrogantly, her tone as entitled as ever.

But Xiao Yang was no longer the same man who had tirelessly followed her and done everything she asked of him.

Inside the cave, Xiao Yang remained indifferent, ignoring their presence entirely.

In his previous life, Jiang Ting had also come to him like this. After much persuasion, he had agreed to fight. But it was all part of Qin Fei’s scheme. During his duel with Li Xingyao, Xiao Yang had been drugged and ended up being humiliated in front of everyone, crushed under Li Xingyao’s feet.

That battle had destroyed his reputation. As the Holy Son and senior brother representing the sect’s pride, his failure became the sect’s greatest disgrace.

It wasn’t until the Hexennial Grand Competition that Xiao Yang redeemed himself, defeating Li Xingyao as a dark horse to claim first place. But the damage had already been done.

Not this time, Qin Fei. This time, you won’t use me to advance your schemes.

“Unfilial son! Come out this instant! Or do you no longer listen to your father’s commands?” Xiao Zhenshan’s angry voice echoed from outside the cave.

“Yang’er, the sect is in trouble. How can you sit by and do nothing?” Chen Ruolan added, her tone laced with reproach.

“Senior Brother, you are the Holy Son of the sect. Protecting the sect’s honor is your duty and obligation. How can you allow others to humiliate our sect without taking action?” Jiang Ting demanded indignantly.

“Brother, look at how terribly Brother Fei was beaten by Li Xingyao. You must avenge him!” Xiao Yue shouted.

Inside the cave, Xiao Yang sat cross-legged on a large rock, paying no attention to the voices outside.

In his heart, he had already made up his mind to leave Azure Sun Sword Sect. Whatever happened to the sect had nothing to do with him.

“Unfilial son, you’ve greatly disappointed me,” Xiao Zhenshan exclaimed.

“Yang’er, how did you become so cold-hearted?”

“Senior Brother, your behavior is completely unreasonable!”

“Brother, you’re too heartless,” Xiao Yue cried out.

The voices of reproach, anger, and frustration continued from outside the cave, but Xiao Yang remained unmoved.

In his previous life, they had disappointed him far more.

Back then, they had treated him with indifference and neglected his feelings.

They hadn’t cared whether he could defeat Li Xingyao or not.

Fine. If they didn’t care about him, he decided he wouldn’t care about them either.

To love others, one must first love oneself. Strength comes from within. This was a lesson he had learned with his life in his previous life.

Seeing that their pleas were ineffective, Xiao Zhenshan and the others had no choice but to leave, their faces filled with embarrassment.

As Xiao Zhenshan walked away, he felt humiliated that even his own son refused to listen to him.

Back at the plaza, Jiang Qitian was fuming. Xiao Yang’s refusal to act at such a critical moment infuriated him. How could the sect’s Holy Son be so obstinate? Even his own parents couldn’t convince him!

“Sect Master, your Holy Son seems to have quite the temper,” Li Daozhen said with a faint smile, her tone laced with mockery.

“Could it be that your Holy Son looks down on my disciple?” she added.

“The Holy Son, Xiao Yang, made a small mistake earlier and is currently undergoing punishment in the Reflection Cave,” the Law Enforcement Elder quickly explained.

“Forget it. It seems your so-called Holy Son isn’t anything special after all. Azure Sun Sword Sect is clearly in decline,” Li Daozhen said mockingly as she stood up.

“Wait!” Jiang Qitian’s voice rang out as he rose to his feet, his face flushed with anger.

“Do you think you can come and go as you please, showing no respect to Azure Sun Sword Sect?”

Li Daozhen sneered. “Strong rule over the weak. Surely, Sect Master Jiang understands this principle? So far, I haven’t seen anyone worthy of even making my disciple draw her sword.”

“Outrageous!”

Everyone in the plaza was enraged.

In a nearby pavilion, Qin Fei nearly coughed up blood from anger. He had thought his innate Dao Body would at least allow him to put up a decent fight, but he had been thoroughly humiliated without his opponent even drawing her sword.

“I can leave whenever I want. Do you think you can stop me?” Li Daozhen said arrogantly.

“Please wait! I will personally bring my incompetent disciple to face your high disciple,” Jiang Qitian said through gritted teeth.

He couldn’t let this insult slide.

“Very well. I’ll give you some time,” Li Daozhen said, sitting back down and sipping her tea leisurely.

With that, Jiang Qitian, along with the Law Enforcement Elder and the Transmission Elder, flew toward the Reflection Cave in three dazzling beams of light.

The disciples erupted with excitement. If the three highest-ranking members of the sect went personally, surely Xiao Yang would come!

In the Reflection Cave, however, Xiao Yang remained unmoved.

“Unfilial disciple! Come out and meet your master!” Jiang Qitian’s stern voice echoed outside the cave.

“Master, as a punished disciple, I am undergoing reflection and cannot leave. I must decline your summons,” Xiao Yang replied calmly from inside the cave.

“What?”

Jiang Qitian and the two elders were stunned. Xiao Yang had even defied them?

This was rebellion!