Late summer, early autumn, under the bright night sky, Bian Feng lay excitedly in the grass, staring at the clear spring in front of him. He knew that his cleanliness-loving little junior sister would come to this spring to bathe every night.

The thought of soon seeing her bathing made even the noisy cries of the autumn cicadas less bothersome.

Even the mosquito bites and the damp chill from the grass beneath him became bearable.

Soon.

When the moon reached mid-heaven, its clear light illuminated the valley and the spring.

Two graceful figures appeared beside the spring.

Bian Feng was momentarily stunned, then overjoyed, praising his good luck.

Because tonight, the people who came to the spring were not just the charming little junior sister, but also the voluptuous senior sister-in-law.

Under the moonlight, the graceful figures of the disrobed junior sister and senior sister-in-law made Bian Feng's heart thrill with joy.

But suddenly, the little junior sister shrieked from the pond, "There's a snake!"

Bian Feng instinctively moved.

The senior sister-in-law in the spring immediately sensed his presence and scolded angrily, "Who's there?" Then she shouted sharply, "Wang Hongda! Why aren't you coming out? How are you being the Sect Leader when your wife and daughter are being watched while bathing!"

The senior sister-in-law's voice was loud enough for everyone in the sect to hear.

Realizing he had been discovered, Bian Feng turned and fled, but as he leaped over the fence, he ran directly into Bianyi, who was rushing over at the noise.

Seeing Bian Feng's panicked expression and hearing the shouts echoing through the valley, Bianyi said in a deep, angry voice, "Are you crazy? Our master is famously afraid of his wife, and you dared to spy on her bathing? Are you tired of living?"

Bian Feng fell to his knees in front of Bianyi, pleading, "Brother, please let me go quickly. I didn't mean it. I just wanted to sneak a peek at the little junior sister. I didn't expect the senior sister-in-law to be there as well."

Bianyi, frustrated and angry, said, "Isn't it the same?"

Just then, the master's furious roar came from the valley, "Bastard, who spied? If I catch you, I'll kill you!"

Hearing the master's roar and the sound of robes breaking the air, Bian Feng knew it was too late to escape.

Desperate to the point of almost wetting his pants, Bian Feng clung to Bianyi's leg, urgently saying, "Brother, brother, you promised our mother on her deathbed to take care of me! Help me think of something! The master never liked me; he will kill me, he really will!"

Bianyi clenched his teeth.

At that moment, the sound of robes cutting through the air drew near.

Bianyi pulled Bian Feng up from the ground and snapped, "Stand up straight."

Bian Feng was stunned.

Meanwhile, several figures swooshed and appeared beside them.

Bianyi suddenly took a step back, knelt down before their angry master, and said solemnly, "Master, I am sorry, it was I who spied on the senior sister-in-law and the little junior sister bathing."

"Bastard!" The master flew into a rage, exclaiming in anger, "Bianyi, you beast! You're the smartest disciple under my wing and the one I value most! I've told you countless times to cultivate earnestly. The position of Sect Leader in the future would be yours! How could you do such a thing? I will kill you!"

As he spoke, the master suddenly drew his sword.

Bian Feng, scared witless, stared at the long sword in his hand, his mind blank.

At this moment, the third senior uncle, noticing the terrified Bian Feng, who had dirt on his knees from kneeling earlier and stains from crushed grass on his body, suddenly intervened and pulled the master aside.

He said, "Sect Leader, calm yourself; there might be more to this matter than meets the eye!"

The master, having been pulled aside, glared with bulging eyes.

The third senior uncle glanced at Bian Feng and said, "Bianyi, among this generation of disciples, you are the smartest one. Although your cultivation talent is average, we all have high hopes for you as the Sect Leader's successor. So, don't ruin your future for someone else; tell your senior uncle the truth. Was it you who spied on the senior sister-in-law bathing, or was it Bian Feng?"

Upon hearing this, Bian Feng's mind went blank, and he looked at Bianyi with a nearly desperate gaze.

"It was me," Bianyi said in a very cold tone, "It has nothing to do with anyone else."

Smack!

The third senior uncle slapped Bianyi hard, scolding, "Bianyi, you must take responsibility for what you say. Do you understand the consequences? I am giving you another chance; tell the truth. Who spied on the senior sister-in-law bathing?"

"It was me. No matter how many times you ask, it is me," Bianyi responded with unyielding seriousness in his eyes.

"Seize him!" The master, overwhelmed with grief and rage, wept bitterly.

That night, Bian Feng could not remember how he passed the time. He sat dazedly outside the grassy hut where Bianyi was detained, like an abandoned kitten, while his usually cheerful fellow disciples inexplicably ignored him.

The next day, just at the first light of dawn.

The master interrogated all night, but Bianyi persistently insisted that he was the one who spied, so the master ordered Bianyi to be castrated.

When he heard Bianyi's screams of agony, Bian Feng inexplicably felt a sense of relief because he knew this meant he was safe.

But then, without saying a word to him all along, the master announced that both Bian Feng and Bianyi would be expelled from the sect.

Bian Feng, in a daze, led the castrated Bianyi down the mountain.

For the first three days, watching Bianyi suffer, Bian Feng felt guilty.

On the third day, Bian Feng began to see Bianyi as a burden.

So when he managed to catch a hare, he roasted it in a small mountain cave by himself and, after eating his fill, brought back a small handful of unripe, inedible green hawthorns to Bianyi.

Bianyi only smiled and said nothing. But while he was gnawing on the hawthorns, Bian Feng noticed the grease on his pants and the aroma of roasted meat on himself, but Bianyi didn't notice, did he?

Days followed in this fashion.

Bian Feng felt more and more like Bianyi was a burden, and deep down, he increasingly hoped for Bianyi's death.

Even though he knew that the master must have suspected something, which is why he expelled him along with Bianyi, he still wanted to believe that if Bianyi died, no one would know about his despicable deeds, and he could live like a saint.

Over a dozen days later, Bian Feng and the frail and worn-out Bianyi emerged from the mountains and came to a small town nearby.

Sitting by the roadside, the two of them hungrily eyed the street food stalls and inhaled the tantalizing scent of food from the restaurants, their hunger sharpening.

But they were penniless.

At that moment, a stout middle-aged man approached them and said, "You must be from out of town. If you need a job, you can come with me."

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