Chapter 476: Chapter 476: Destroying the Ghost Doctor’s Vale (Part 2)
Anya Forrest sneered, "First Disciple, do you naively think that without the protection of power, you can still have the freedom you desire?"
The First Disciple felt even more resentful and shouted, "You make it sound so pleasant. You junior sisters who joined the sect later, one inherits the Ghost Doctor’s Vale, another rules The Hall of Penance, and all of you are mighty and imposing. Yet, I, the First Disciple, have become a joke!"
Anya Forrest was enraged, rushed over, and slapped her, "How can you say such heartless things!"
The First Disciple licked the corner of her lips, the metallic taste spreading on her tongue, filling her heart with malice, "You keep saying that the master arranged this for my sake. If she really did it for me, how could I be suppressed like this, letting you slap me? Don’t tell me this is what you call freedom! If it is, then forgive me for not caring!"
"I hit you because you did something wrong and went down the wrong path!" Anya Forrest glared at her, her eyes filled with the frustration of failing to meet expectations.
The First Disciple replied sarcastically, "Oh, is that so? Then I really have to thank you."
Anya Forrest roared, "You..."
"Enough." Raina North stopped Anya Forrest, "There’s no need to say anything more. The Elders will decide everything."
As Raina North finished speaking, a group of white-haired yet youthful-faced elders filed into the room.
Leading the group, the First Elder greeted Raina North.
Raina North nodded, "First Elder, you’ve all worked hard this time."
"Not at all." The First Elder looked at the First Disciple, pained and regretful, "Foolish! Truly foolish!"
"Whether foolish or not is my concern, spare the nonsense and get straight to the result. Is it fun to be so painstakingly verbose like a woman?"
"Insolent! How dare you speak to the First Elder like that!"
The First Disciple raised her chin defiantly, eyes full of challenge, showing none of her usual gentler demeanor.
Others were furious, rolling up their sleeves ready to rush over and bicker with the First Disciple, yet before they could act, the First Elder stopped them.
"Since you show no remorse, there’s nothing more to say. Sasha Thorne, you colluded with outsiders and betrayed Ghost Doctor’s Vale. After deliberation, we elders have decided to expel you from Ghost Doctor’s Vale. From now on, you are no longer one of us, nor shall you act in the name of Ghost Doctor’s Vale. If we ever find out, we will not show mercy!"
The First Disciple, Sasha Thorne, was not surprised, "Expel me from Ghost Doctor’s Vale, then expel me. Do you think I care about this place?"
Ignoring the others’ unpleasant expressions, she moved her shoulders, "This time, can you let me go?"
The guards holding Sasha Thorne down looked at Elias Hawthorne. Seeing Elias nod, they let her go.
Sasha Thorne stood up, tidied her disheveled clothes, and approached Anya Forrest, "Even if you hold power over internal punishments from this moment, you no longer have control over me. Anya Forrest, this is what true freedom is. And you..."
She looked at Raina North, "You are indeed excellent. As the master used to say, you’re incredibly talented, but so what? No matter how talented you are, before me, you can only bow your head and call me First Disciple."
"Not necessarily." Raina North suddenly said, meeting Sasha Thorne’s gaze, "If the master expels you from the sect, you will no longer be my First Disciple."
"Yes, except the master is no longer with us."
"Indeed, the master is no longer with us. Therefore, I will carry out the master’s duties." As Raina North finished speaking, Anya Forrest immediately brought out Phoenix’s tablet, placing it on the altar set up by the Ghost Doctor’s Vale disciples.
After Anya Forrest and Raina North paid their respects to their master, they turned to Sasha Thorne, "Now, I will act on behalf of Master Phoenix to expel you, a traitor who disgraced the sect and sold out Ghost Doctor’s Vale. From this moment, Sasha Thorne is no longer Phoenix’s Inner Disciple. The First Elder will notify Ghost Doctor’s Vale and announce it to the entire medical community."