58: Chapter 58 The Fifth Life, The Blazing Sun Illuminates the Martial Path (Part Six)

As she spoke, she took half a step forward, trying to get closer to Chu Shi with a pitiful expression on her face.

In the past, whenever she showed this expression, his predecessor would immediately soften, agreeing to whatever request she made.

But now, Chu Shi simply stepped aside to dodge her, his eyes devoid of any ripples, holding only undisguised disgust.

"Yun Mengyao, I remember telling you back in Canglan State City that there is no longer any relationship between us."

"That's not true, Brother Chu!"

Yun Mengyao hurriedly shook her head, crying even harder, "I know I was wrong; I truly know I was wrong."

"It was my obsession back then; I shouldn't have delayed making a choice between you and Li Hao, I shouldn't have..."

"No need to say more."

Chu Shi raised his hand to interrupt her, his tone leaving no room for negotiation.

"You don't need to apologize to me for your mistakes; go tell that to the Chu Shi from before, the one you twisted around your finger."

"As for me now, I have no interest in your affairs, nor do I want to see you again."

After saying this, he didn't wait for Yun Mengyao to speak again and slammed the door shut with a "bang."

Her crying and her pleas were all shut out behind the door.

Outside the door, Yun Mengyao stared fixedly at the tightly closed cabin door, the fragile, wronged look on her face instantly shattering, leaving only a livid expression and malice in her eyes.

Her fingernails dug deeply into her palms, and her heart was filled with nothing but overwhelming hatred:

"Chu Shi, what do you have to be so arrogant about?"

"If you hadn't fawned over me like a lapdog back then, would I have reached this point today?"

"Now that you've tested for a Top-grade Root Bone and awakened the Blazing Sun Body, becoming a prodigy that everyone fawns over, you're turning your back on me, aren't you?"

"You just wait; I will settle this score with you sooner or later!"

Gritting her teeth, she turned and walked quickly back to the dormitory area for Outer Sect Disciples on the lower deck of the flying ship.

Over a dozen people were squeezed into one cabin, the air thick with the smell of sweat, cosmetics, and ointment.

Compared to the single cabin with a viewing deck that Chu Shi had, it was like heaven and earth.

Yun Mengyao pushed the door open with a dark face, and as soon as she entered, she bumped into the mocking gaze of her roommate, Liu Mei.

"Oh, our beautiful Yun has returned?" Liu Mei said, leaning against the bed frame with her arms crossed, her tone full of undisguised sarcasm.

"Didn't you go to find Young Master Chu? Why did you come back with such a sad face? Did Young Master Chu ignore you?"

Liu Mei also came from a small family in Canglan State City and had average aptitude.

She had long been jealous of how Yun Mengyao used to act high and mighty while being pampered by both Young Master Chu and Li Hao.

Now that she saw her scheme had collapsed, she naturally couldn't resist kicking her while she was down.

Two other roommates nearby joined in, sneering in agreement:

"That's right, Mengyao. Back then, Young Master Chu was so devoted to you; he would give you the stars and the moon if you asked. How come you can't even get through his door now?"

"I thought this time you went, you could make Young Master Chu change his mind, but who would have thought he doesn't even care about you anymore."

Each mockery pierced Yun Mengyao's heart like a needle; she suddenly raised her head, eyes red, and roared:

"What I do, what does it have to do with you? Are you so bored you have nothing better to do?"

"Oh, getting anxious now?" Liu Mei laughed even harder, "What, did we say something wrong?"

"If you hadn't played tricks back then, stubbornly stringing along Young Master Chu and Li Hao, would you be in this situation today? Now that they don't want you, why are you still acting so high and mighty?"

"Exactly, everyone on the ship knows about your little affairs. Before, when people were pampering you, we didn't dare say anything. Now that you're nothing, you still dare to act tough with us?"

Yun Mengyao was trembling with anger but couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

She threw herself onto her bunk, covered her head with the quilt, and tears silently soaked the bedding.

Under the quilt, her eyes grew increasingly vicious.

She did not think any of this was her fault.

In her view, if Chu Shi hadn't suddenly turned against her, why would she be mocked by her roommates like this? If Chu Shi hadn't suddenly tested with Top-grade Root Bone and dumped her, how would she have fallen to this state?

It was all Chu Shi's fault!

She was not resigned to this.

She was used to a life where she was pampered and given whatever she wanted; how could she tolerate this life of living in a dormitory and being mocked at will?

Since she couldn't get through to Chu Shi, she would just find another backer.

There were so many disciples from noble families on this flying ship, so many talented prodigies. She didn't believe that, with her looks, she couldn't find someone even more foolish than Chu Shi to be her lapdog!

Early the next morning, just as the sky brightened, Yun Mengyao dressed up carefully and went to the busiest deck area of the flying ship.

This was a place for disciples to relax and unwind, and also where disciples from various major families gathered.

She first targeted a noble family disciple with high-grade aptitude, Wang Teng.

The Wang family was considered a second-rate family in the state city, and Wang Teng's aptitude was considered outstanding; in the past, whenever he saw her, he was always very polite.

She held a cup of spirit tea and, pretending to be careless, bumped into Wang Teng.

The tea spilled all over him, and Yun Mengyao's eyes immediately turned red as she apologized weakly, "Sorry, sorry! Young Master, I didn't mean to."

In the past, people would have already swarmed over to fuss over her.

But Wang Teng just frowned, stepped back, and said coldly, "It's fine."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Yun Mengyao hurriedly stopped him, eyes red with grievance, "Young Master, it's all my fault for being clumsy and getting your clothes wet. I was just bullied by my roommates, and I was a bit distracted, so..."

She deliberately put on a wronged look, hoping to elicit sympathy from him.

But the look in Wang Teng's eyes held only undisguised sarcasm:

"Yun Mengyao, I am not a sucker like Chu Shi and Li Hao. Don't try those tricks on me. In the entire Canglan State City, who doesn't know what kind of person you are?"

"Now that Chu Shi doesn't want you, you want to come find me to take over? Get as far away from me as you can!"

With that, he walked around the frozen Yun Mengyao without looking back.

The disciples watching the spectacle pointed at her and laughed without restraint.

Yun Mengyao's face turned red and then pale, and she stood there, feeling so embarrassed she wished she could crawl into a hole.

But she was not resigned; she gritted her teeth and went to find a few more disciples who looked easy to manipulate.

But the result was the same without exception. Either they had already heard of her reputation and avoided her directly, or they said sweet things just to take advantage of her.

No one was willing to be a lapdog for her, sincerely supporting her like Chu Shi and Li Hao did in the past.

For an entire day, she circled the deck countless times, chatted up over a dozen disciples, only to be rebuffed and subjected to cold glares and sarcasm.

Until the sun set and the sea of clouds was stained blood-red, she returned to the dormitory in a daze, only to be subjected to another round of mockery from Liu Mei and the others.

And what she didn't know was that her behavior of hitting on people all over the deck that day had already been seen by others and reported, word for word, to Zhao Xuan.