Everyone looked at Li Chen with astonishment. Sneaking into someone else’s bed in the middle of the night? That was something only a beast would do. How could someone like that exist?
Ning Ningyun looked at everyone’s expressions, feeling smug, and continued, “He taught us only to fulfill his disgusting intentions. He did it to defile me. He’s trash, a pervert.”
Li Chen showed no concern.
Zhao Xueyi whispered, “That’s enough, stop talking.”
“Why should I stop? I’m going to say it all. I want everyone to see his true face,” Ning Ningyun completely ignored Zhao Xueyi.
Li Chen looked at her with disdain and asked coldly, “Then tell me, what was my cultivation realm back then?”
“Qi Refining Realm.”
“And what was yours?”
“Void Refinement Realm.”
The crowd was stunned.
The Qi Refining Realm was essentially just slightly stronger than an ordinary person. At that stage, a person merely possessed spiritual energy but hadn’t officially stepped onto the path of cultivation. Only after reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm would one truly enter the cultivation path.
Meanwhile, a Void Refinement Realm cultivator would already be a high-status Elder or a core disciple of a holy land.
Everyone in the cultivation world knew the realm progression: Qi Refining Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, Soul Formation Realm, Void Refinement Realm…
And a Qi Refining Realm cultivator defiling someone in the Void Refinement Realm? How was that even possible? He’d have to be insane.
Li Chen said, “Back then, Qin Fan told me you had run into trouble during cultivation and brought me to your Misty Peak. As soon as I arrived, I felt dizzy.”
“When I woke up, I was already in your bed.”
“And you were lying beside me.”
“Then Master arrived, and you immediately told him I had defiled you. But think about it—what was my cultivation level? I was just in the Qi Refining Realm, and you were a Void Refinement Realm expert.”
“You could have killed me with a casual strike. Even someone in the Foundation Establishment Realm wouldn’t survive against you.”
“Do you really think anyone would believe your story?”
“I always thought you weren’t that kind of person. But you actually colluded with Junior Brother to frame me, accusing me of defiling you and asking Master to punish me. You even personally whipped me.”
Li Chen removed his clothes and revealed his back.
Everyone gasped.
His back was covered in crisscrossing scars. Each wound had cut deep into the flesh. There wasn’t a single patch of intact skin.
Zhao Xueyi broke down in tears when she saw the scars. She hadn’t expected his back to be so horribly damaged. Each scar was a mark of despair and betrayal.
At that time, Senior Brother was only at the Qi Refining Realm. How did he endure all of this?
He couldn’t vent his hatred. He could only wait for the right moment. When that time came, he would take everything back with his own hands.
“Ning Ningyun, you’re truly cruel. If you wanted to kill me, why bother framing me like this? One blow would’ve ended my life instantly.”
Zhao Xueyi looked at Ning Ningyun, her brows furrowed, lips trembling, her gaze filled with overwhelming disappointment. “Junior Sister, how could you do this?”
“I never imagined you would resort to such a scheme to ruin your own Senior Brother.”
Zhao Xueyi’s heart sank. She never thought her Junior Sister could do such a thing. After all, she was raised by her Senior Brother himself.
Ning Ningyun lowered her head in a panic and said quickly, “That’s not it. I missed him, so I asked him to come up. But I didn’t expect Master to arrive suddenly. I had no choice but to claim he defiled me.”
Li Chen said coldly, “These wounds are your gift to me. You framed me. You let Master punish me. I know you did it on purpose.”
“You wanted Master to punish me. I raised you for so many years, and this is how you repay me? Thank you so much.” He gritted his teeth as he put his clothes back on.
Everyone’s faces changed dramatically.
This woman was too vicious. Just to get her hands on her Senior Brother, she used such a cruel method and in the end, even blamed it all on him.
She humiliated the one who raised her, protected her, and cared for her deeply. And this was how she repaid him?
Li Chen said coldly, “Since you brought up the poisoning of the sect’s spirit beasts…”
“Then let me tell you the truth.”
“I was on Misty Peak. You all know how tall Misty Peak is—three thousand zhang, piercing into the clouds, surrounded by sheer cliffs. As someone in the Qi Refining Realm, I couldn’t even descend from the mountain.”
“Do you know how I survived up there?”
“I drank dew. I ate spirit beast meat. Sometimes I had to go an entire month before I could kill a single beast. I was just in the Qi Refining Realm, and those beasts could crush me with one slap.”
“In order to survive, I had to use poison. I remember the longest time I went without food—I starved for seven days.”
“Until one day, you all realized spirit beasts were going missing. That’s when you began investigating. That’s when you found Misty Peak.”
Everyone was shocked.
This… how could it be possible?
Someone surviving seven days without food?
One person exclaimed, “I know Misty Peak. It’s three thousand zhang tall. A Qi Refining Realm cultivator can’t fly with a sword, so it’s impossible to descend. Alone on a mountain like that, if no one brought food, he would’ve starved to death!”
“Why didn’t anyone bring him food? Didn’t his Junior Sisters take care of him?”
“Probably forgot about him.”
“Forgot? That’s their Senior Brother! If my Senior Brother had treated me like that, even if I didn’t cultivate, I would still have stayed by his side.”
“Ungrateful! Leaving him to starve alone up there!”
“Exactly!”
Zhao Xueyi’s lips trembled. Her body shivered. Her chest felt tight, as though she was suffocating from pain. Ten years… She never thought her Senior Brother lived like that for ten whole years.
She could feel the pain and injustice in Li Chen’s heart. Standing alone atop that peak, his figure must have been so lonely and filled with despair.
Ning Ningyun suddenly shouted, “What does any of this have to do with me?”
Li Chen said coldly, “Doesn’t it? I had so many fruit trees in my backyard, yet you took them all to your own mountain. You didn’t leave me a single one.” This chapter was taken from novelping dot com without permission.
“You agreed to it! If you hadn’t, would I have dared to take them?” Ning Ningyun argued.
Li Chen sighed. “Yes, I agreed. But I never expected you wouldn’t send me food. Maybe this is what I get for being too kind.”
Ning Ningyun rolled her eyes and snorted, “Couldn’t you have contacted me with a message talisman?”
Zhao Xueyi’s face darkened. “Don’t talk nonsense. Senior Brother was only in the Qi Refining Realm. Only Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators can use true qi to activate message talismans. Have you forgotten that?”
Ning Ningyun was instantly speechless.
Without true qi, how could he use a message talisman?
No wonder he poisoned the spirit beasts.
He was doing it just to eat.
Why didn’t he say anything? If he had, would they not have brought him food? Even if they didn’t, they could’ve asked someone else to.
Li Chen looked at Zhao Xueyi and said coldly, “And you want me to go back?”
Zhao Xueyi’s eyes were firm. “Senior Brother, come back with me. They treated you horribly in the past, but you know I’m not like them.”
“From now on, I will protect you.”
Li Chen sneered, full of disdain. “Save it. You may not have treated me like they did, but you’re not much better. Ever since I lost my cultivation, you went into seclusion to train and never once came to find me. Ten years.”
“Ten years. Don’t tell me you forgot.”
“No, you didn’t forget.”
“You just never saw me as your Senior Brother. Zhao Xueyi, I raised you too. I was like half a father to you. Is this how you repay me?”
“You know very well. But after I lost my cultivation and had no more value to offer, I became worthless, didn’t I?”
Zhao Xueyi trembled. Tears welled in her eyes like shattered glass. “No, Senior Brother, that’s not true. I really was in seclusion.”
Li Chen turned to Ning Ningyun. “After I left, you all stole my pills, my treasure artifacts, and shamelessly gave them to Junior Brother. Even my cave residence—you gave that to him too.”
“I’ve kept all of this in mind.”
Ning Ningyun mustered her courage and said, “You were already a cripple. What’s the point in keeping those things? They were wasted on you, so we gave them to Junior Brother.”
“As the Senior Brother, don’t tell me you can’t be a little generous?”
Li Chen gave an evil smile. “Well said, Ning Ningyun. I’m a cripple. But now I can cultivate again. Once I reach success, do you know what I’ll do to you?”
Ning Ningyun looked at Li Chen’s sinister smile and suddenly felt uneasy.
That gaze was filled with murderous intent and rage.
Everyone stared at Li Chen.
They all wondered—if it were them, what would they have done?
As Senior Brother, he had protected his Junior Sisters all his life, only to be betrayed when he lost his cultivation. They took his fruit trees, his treasure artifacts, his pills, even his cave residence. Worse still, they framed him, accusing him of defiling a Junior Sister.
Such sins were unforgivable.
Now, everyone waited to see—how would Li Chen take his revenge?