“I was beaten by a girl??” Xing Wuliang’s eyes rolled back once more and he fainted dead away. He didn’t hear any part of Lu Yun and Xing Lang’s conversation, just the “senior sister” honorific and Xing Lang’s frank admittance.

“If you don’t agree, I’ll hang you up and beat you as well,” Xing Lang added when she read Lu Yun’s expression. “As the foremost senior brother of the Star Sect, I have the authority to punish any junior brother or sister. But since you’ve revealed my gender and let many junior brothers know that they were beaten by a girl all along, their dao hearts will likely suffer for it.”

“There’s no hierarchy when it comes to learning, and there’s no talk of gender either. So what if we’re beaten by a girl?” Lu Yun grinned. “Did...