After Leaving the Sect, I Became the Protagonist. Why Are You Crying? - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: I Did It?

Heavenly Profound Continent, Longevity Sect.

“Let me ask you one more time. Are you really saying it wasn’t you who injured your Junior Brother Xiao Yifei?”

At this moment, Ye Yunshang sat high atop the main hall. Her brows were tightly furrowed, her expression grim, and anger surged visibly in her eyes.

Hearing this all-too-familiar opening, Jiang Yubai’s lips curled into a mocking arc—

So this is… back again?

“Master! I never thought our always upright and virtuous Senior Brother would actually do something like this!” That was Mu Xueqi, Jiang Yubai’s Second Junior Sister, her voice brimming with accusation and disappointment.

Something like this?

You mean… Xiao Yifei injuring himself and putting on a pitiful act?

Jiang Yubai sneered inwardly.

“Yes, Master, I truly didn’t expect that Senior Brother would be this kind of person!” That was Liu Liyue’s voice—his Third Junior Sister.

This kind of person? You really think you know me so well?

“Senior Brother, I never imagined you would be jealous of Junior Brother and resort to underhanded attacks!” That voice could only be Si Chenyu, the Fourth Junior Sister.

Incredible… Xiao Yifei really has some clever tricks.

He’s only been in the sect for how long?

And yet he’s already won over so many hearts?

Heh…

Jiang Yubai had been the Senior Brother for most of his life, but he’d never received this kind of treatment… right?

“Senior Brother must have had his reasons, right? Just apologize and use some of your cultivation to heal Junior Brother. Master and the others surely won’t hold it against you…”

Heh, even you couldn’t hold back, Lu Jinwei?

His… Fifth Junior Sister.

In his previous life, he thought Lu Jinwei was the most obedient and lovable of them all.

And indeed, he did as she said—spending half his lifetime of cultivation to heal Xiao Yifei.

Was he really that stupid?

That was basically the same as confessing guilt.

But that was far from all.

While he was weakened, these people threw him into the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, using him as bait to seal the gap in the formation.

Then, while the demonic aura was suppressed and spiritual Qi surged, they madly absorbed all the energy.

As for him, he became half-human, half-demon… and in the end…

Became the sacrificial offering they used to plead allegiance to the Heavenly Dao.

…

The thought made Jiang Yubai’s eyes brim with intensified mockery.

These people…

Were truly cold-blooded.

Back then, when Ye Yunshang had lost control in pursuit of ultimate cultivation and fell into qi deviation, unconscious and convulsing on her bed, all the other junior sisters stood by and watched, none daring to step forward.

Only he—

Braved life and death to search through the Forest of Ten Thousand Ghosts for immortal herbs. He found them and gave them to her just in time, saving her life.

But he himself had been poisoned multiple times in the process and lay bedridden for over a month just to stabilize his condition.

The toxins in his body ever since made each cultivation breakthrough excruciatingly difficult…

…

Mu Xueqi, his Second Junior Sister, had once been a dying beggar he picked up while training in the mortal world.

She had been on the verge of death, almost eaten alive by wild scavengers…

It was he—Jiang Yubai!

From the moment he picked her up, he spared no effort to heal her internal injuries.

He led her onto the path of cultivation!

Over many harsh winters and blazing summers…

He poured his heart into teaching her sword techniques and cultivation methods…

Only then did the immortal world come to know her as the famed “Fairy Xueqi.”

If not for him, could she be the shining figure she was today?

He once believed Mu Xueqi was simply confused.

After all, she was the first Junior Sister he raised personally—he had deeply cherished her.

But now that he was reborn…

He finally, utterly, completely understood.

That pathetic thought was just his own delusion!

Everything he’d done for them, every effort, every sacrifice…

Was nothing but a joke.

And he could never compare to that newcomer—

Xiao Yifei.

As long as that Junior Brother furrowed his brow…

Everyone here would immediately feel sorry for him!

Even if Jiang Yubai had done nothing, his very existence…

Was somehow wrong in their eyes.

…

Liu Liyue’s famed medical skills were also taught by him, step by step.

In the cultivation world, he’d never revealed his unparalleled healing arts…

Only to help this ungrateful traitor rise and shine, making her a master of both pill and healing arts praised across the realm!

It was laughable to the extreme.

…

Si Chenyu, the Fourth Junior Sister, had once been a disciple of a small sect, constantly bullied and excluded.

Jiang Yubai picked her up gravely injured during his training outside.

For years, he worked to rebuild her confidence, sacrificing so much.

Her unparalleled divination skills today…

Were all because he used up most of his life essence to teach her.

Otherwise, with her talent—she didn’t even know how to read a star chart when she started—how could she become one of the top diviners in the cultivation world?

…

Lu Jinwei, the Fifth Junior Sister.

Back then, she was nothing but a waste who couldn’t even form a spirit contract with a dog.

He risked his life in a secret realm to find a spirit pearl, enabling her to finally form a contract.

Only then…

Did she become the famed young contract master of the cultivation world.

…

Fine.

“Second Junior Sister, I’ll ask you just one thing today. If the one lying in bed right now was me, and it was Junior Brother standing before you, what would you do?”

Mu Xueqi looked at the Senior Brother who had accompanied her since childhood. A flicker of panic flashed in her eyes as she quickly said, “Senior Brother, this… this isn’t the same!”

Jiang Yubai stared at her, pressing further, “What’s not the same? Tell me—I’m listening.”

Mu Xueqi couldn’t withstand his gaze and looked down, murmuring, “I… I… Senior Brother, just apologize! I’m sure Junior Brother won’t blame you—”

“Junior Brother… won’t blame me?” Jiang Yubai’s voice rose slightly, carrying a trace of anger.

Startled, Mu Xueqi rushed to explain, “Yes, Senior Brother, Junior Brother is so kind, he’ll definitely forgive you. Just apologize, and everything will be fine.”

Listening to her words, Jiang Yubai’s heart grew increasingly bitter.

He chuckled self-mockingly, disappointment filling his eyes. “So what you’re saying is… Junior Brother is kind, while I—this Senior Brother—am ruthless enough to harm my own Junior Brother?”

The mockery in his eyes grew even deeper.

Even though he had already guessed the ending…

He still couldn’t help but ask the question he’d longed to ask in his past life.

Just to finally kill the last trace of hope in his heart.

Sure enough, the answer didn’t disappoint.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yubai took a deep breath. With a flip of his elbow, his life-bound sword appeared with a flash.

His sudden move startled everyone in the hall.

Ye Yunshang was both shocked and furious, “Unfilial disciple, what are you trying to do?!”

Unfilial disciple?

Jiang Yubai’s lips curved mockingly as the cold light in his eyes intensified. “Heh. Master, so in your heart, I’m nothing more than… an unfilial disciple?!”

Hearing her eldest disciple’s sharp question, Ye Yunshang was momentarily stunned.

But only for a moment.

She quickly composed herself and said with a hint of unease, “I… did not—”