After emerging from the back mountain, Ye Chen ran back to the Hengyue Sect in one breath.
By now, the sky was already bright.
The Hengyue Sect Disciples had begun to come out to absorb the essence of heaven and earth.
Seeing Ye Chen in such a disheveled state, there was some confusion in their eyes.
“Too close, too close.” Ignoring the strange gazes around him, Ye Chen slowed his pace, panting heavily.
He glanced back at the back mountain, still feeling lingering fear, as if he had just walked through the Gates of Hell.
After a long while, he slowly calmed his mind.
“She doesn’t remember me?”
“Could it be that it wasn’t the same person?”
“That can’t be!
Is there really someone in this world who looks so similar?”
Ye Chen muttered to himself the whole way.
If the woman from that night was also at the Hengyue Sect, he would have to leave.
If they just happened to look alike, then he wouldn’t need to worry so much.
“I didn’t go in, I didn’t go in, I was just standing outside the Spirit Mountain gate.” Just as he was thinking, a familiar voice from not far away interrupted Ye Chen’s thoughts, followed by noisy shouting and cursing.
“You little brat, still lying.”
“Not staying obediently at the foot of the mountain, but running up here to steal things!”
“Don’t even look at what your status is.”
“Hu Wa.” Ye Chen saw that familiar figure from a distance.
Wasn’t it Hu Wa from the Small Spirit Garden?
At this moment, a group of Hengyue Sect Disciples had surrounded him, scolding, mocking, or yelling.
Hu Wa’s small body was curled up in fear, his face bruised and swollen.
He didn’t dare to lift his head, looking like a criminal who had committed a grave crime.
“I didn’t come up, I was just standing at the entrance watching.” Hu Wa seemed to have suffered a great grievance, lowering his head and whimpering.
“Still daring to quibble?
You’re asking for a beating.” A Disciple, looking fierce and malicious, immediately raised his palm.
However, before it could land, his arm was gripped by a hand.
“Do you want to die?” A cold voice rang out instantly.
The one who acted was naturally Ye Chen.
He treated Hu Wa as kin, so naturally, he couldn’t stand by and watch Hu Wa get bullied.
The surrounding Disciples, seeing it was Ye Chen, subconsciously took a step back.
Although he was only an Intern Disciple, Ye Chen was an anomaly.
Zhao Long from Diyang Peak and Wei Yang from Tianyang Peak were bloody examples.
“Not properly absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, but instead bullying a child who cannot Cultivate.
You all are really something.” Ye Chen’s cold gaze swept around, and he sneered, “If you have guts, fight me.”
Hearing this, the group of Disciples hurriedly gathered together.
“He was the one who broke the Sect rules first.” Perhaps because there were many of them, the leader, a white-robed Disciple named Xu Ming, sneered.
Those who are not Hengyue Sect Disciples are not allowed to ascend the Hengyue Sect’s Spirit Mountain.
This has been the rule for ages.
This little brat called Hu Wa snuck up here—heaven knows if he came up to steal things.”
Ye Chen frowned.
He had indeed heard that the Hengyue Sect had such a rule.
Moreover, although Hu Wa lived at the foot of the Hengyue Sect mountain, he was different from Zhang Fengnian.
Although Zhang Fengnian had been demoted down the mountain, he was still a person of the Hengyue Sect.
Hu Wa, however, was adopted by Zhang Fengnian and, in a certain sense, did not belong to the Hengyue Sect.
“I didn’t.” Hu Wa’s small face was full of tears, “I only stood outside the main gate.
I didn’t come in.
They were the ones who dragged me in.”
Hearing this, Ye Chen’s cold gaze glanced at that group of Disciples.
“You little brat, you still dare to lie.” The white-robed Disciple named Xu Ming leading them scolded again, “Do you believe I’ll break your legs?”
Hum!
With a buzzing sound, Ye Chen suddenly drew the heavenly fortress heavy sword.
“Try hitting him and see what happens.” Ye Chen looked coldly at Xu Ming.
“What?
In broad daylight, you want to bully the weak?” That Xu Ming shrieked at the top of his lungs.
His shouting attracted more onlookers.
With more people around, Xu Ming became even more unscrupulous, “Come and look!
This Ye Chen wants to rely on his strength to bully people.”
“Bully people?” Ye Chen sneered, took a large step forward, and immediately swung the heavenly fortress heavy sword down, “Then I’ll bully you today.”
Seeing this, Xu Ming hurriedly drew his spirit sword and held it horizontally in front of him.
Snap!
The sound of shattering immediately rang out.
Xu Ming’s spirit sword was smashed in two on the spot, and even he was shaken to the point of vomiting blood and retreating.
“Murder, murder.” Xu Ming hid in the crowd and shrieked, as if trying to deliberately escalate the situation, “Murder, Ye Chen is going to kill someone.”
“Since you’ve said so, I’ll finish you off today.” With a cold snort, Ye Chen carried the heavenly fortress and charged forward.
Seeing this, the surrounding Disciples scolded one after another.
“In broad daylight, you dare to commit violence?”
“No wonder Senior Sister Su said you have a heavy killing intent.
It’s true.”
“Is there anything that can’t be said properly?
Must you resort to violence?”
“Scram!” Ye Chen roared and immediately swung the heavenly fortress.
The scene immediately fell into chaos.
With the white-robed Disciple and his accomplices in the dark adding fuel to the fire, more than one Disciple rushed up, either accusing, scolding, or cursing.
“Send him to the Discipline Hall.” When the first Disciple used True Qi, one after another, others began to attack.
Ye Chen’s face was like frost.
Anyone who rushed up was swatted away by his sword.
Vaguely, he saw Xu Ming hiding behind the crowd, revealing a treacherous, sinister grin.
Judging by the situation, he had already anticipated this scene, and all of this seemed to have been premeditated.
The Disciples gathering for a brawl alarmed the people of the Discipline Hall.
Soon, people from the Discipline Hall intervened forcefully.
The person who arrived was a Disciple wearing purple robes, with a fair face, holding a folding fan.
He was the head Disciple of the Discipline Hall, Yin Zhiping.
“Sect rules forbid private fights.
Do you not know this?” Yin Zhiping lightly shook his folding fan, swept a glance at the injured Disciples, and then glanced at Ye Chen.
“Senior Brother Yin, you must uphold justice for us!” It was that Xu Ming again, clutching his chest, tears streaming down his face.
Although his cultivation was mediocre, his acting skills were top-notch.
“Senior Brother Yin, this Ye Chen disregards the Sect rules.
You must not tolerate this!”
“Relying on his strength, he wantonly bullies fellow Disciples.”
“In broad daylight, it is truly hateful.”
The scene was truly filled with indignation.
Some people were gnashing their teeth, wishing they could drag Ye Chen out on the spot and execute him by slow slicing.
Listening to the clamor around him, Yin Zhiping looked at Ye Chen and smiled playfully, “Ye Chen, come with me to the Discipline Hall.”
“If I dared to do it, I dare to admit it.” Ye Chen’s expression was indifferent.
He put away the heavenly fortress and was about to lift his foot, but was blocked by Hu Wa behind him.
“It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault.
If you want to punish someone, punish me!” Hu Wa was very panicked.
As he spoke, he knelt on the ground with a thud, begging for mercy for Ye Chen while kowtowing.
His forehead was bleeding from the impact, wanting only to use his weak body to shield Ye Chen from all blame.
This scene made Ye Chen’s heart tremble.
“The young man doesn’t know any better, please spare him this once!” An old voice sounded.
Zhang Fengnian arrived in a hurry, leaning on a cane.
His aged body was very hunched, and he kept bowing and apologizing.
Hearing this, Yin Zhiping lightly shook his folding fan, looked Zhang Fengnian up and down, and smiled with amusement, “Zhang Fengnian, you have already been demoted down the mountain.
You should know the rules here.
Don’t make things difficult for yourself.”
“Senior Nephew Yin, please, for the sake of the past…”
Zhang Fengnian wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Ye Chen.
Ye Chen forcibly pulled the kneeling Hu Wa up and pulled him behind himself.
Looking at the aged Zhang Fengnian, his heart was filled with surging warmth, and he smiled, “Old Grandfather, take Hu Wa back!
I’m fine.”
As he spoke, Ye Chen strode toward the direction of the Discipline Hall.