"What are you doing, senior brother? Master is being bullied by this guy with his ears all over his head. Aren't we supposed to just stand by and watch and help?" Su Muchen asked in confusion.

"What help are you offering? Are you stupid or am I stupid to argue with a scholar?" Ye Tian stared intently at Su Muchen, his eyes full of doubt about his intelligence.

Su Muchen scratched his head, looking somewhat dazed.

Ye Tian was too lazy to argue with him, so he just told him what to do: "Let's go. Come back with me and use our magic weapons to deal with him."

"What? Senior brother, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

“What’s wrong with that? With our combined magical abilities, it would be difficult for him to find out who made it.”

"Ah, that seems to be the case."

Ye Tian certainly wouldn't rigidly adhere to the rules. If Chao Shuang'er, a mere scholar, intended to insult his master with words, then Ye Tian could naturally join Su Muchen in practicing magic weapons to deal with Chao Shuang'er.

"What type of magic weapon are you making, senior brother?" Su Muchen asked him at this moment.

Is there even a question? Since he's so good with words, the solution is definitely to target his tongue and shut him up completely in one go, only then can this trouble be stopped.

Otherwise, we can try other approaches, no matter what we do. He can use his verbal provocation skills to his advantage by talking to both ears.

Ye Tian finished explaining the types to Su Muchen.

Su Muchen chuckled, suddenly appearing as if he had become a completely different person. Once his junior brother started constructing magical treasures, he was truly ruthless, his abilities were terrifying.

"Just you wait and see, senior brother. Watch how I deal with Chao Shuang'er." Ye Tian wasn't flustered at all when the entire Wuqing Sect said this.

But when Su Muchen said that, Ye Tian felt a chill run down his spine, as if a cold wind had swept over him, and the hairs on his body almost stood on end. Su Muchen's intimidating presence was truly astonishing.

Since embarking on the path of magical artifacts, Xiao Su's originally clumsy talent has been overshadowed, and he has begun to show his true potential.

Take this time, for example.

Because time was tight, Su Muchen started brainstorming ideas, including construction. Ye Tian assisted him and used his superior strength to reinforce the structure.

The magic weapon was completed in a very short time.

[Ding! Su Muchen of the Ruthless Sect has successfully crafted a magical artifact—the Gourd of Caution. (Once a target is locked onto, shining the gourd's mouth at any person will inflict a three-day negative effect. Any opening of the gourd will inevitably reveal their secret.]

This thing is really creepy.

After reading through this terrifying array of features, Ye Tian couldn't help but feel a chill for Chao Shuang'er.

This was the first time he had worried about the enemy, because this thing was quite powerful. A large-scale weapon of mass destruction.

If someone were to be exposed to the light in their ears, it would likely result in social death.

"How is it, Senior Brother? Do you need to forge another magic weapon?" Su Muchen asked with great satisfaction, looking at the gourd he had forged in his hand, which was a mix of blue and red and as clear and bright as jade.

Ye Tian chuckled, wiping away a bead of sweat, and quickly reassured Su Muchen, "No need, junior brother. This gourd is enough."

This is already enough to completely destroy Chao Shuang'er's social standing; there's absolutely no need to try again. If Junior Brother were to attempt to refine it again, who knows what terrifying thing he might create?

Outside the residence of Hanlin Academy.

But then he saw Chao Shuang'er looking down at Wuchen Daoist with an extremely smug and slightly cold smile, asking, "What? You're silent now! You're just a bunch of charlatans who know nothing about Taoist culture, yet you dare to come to our academy claiming to promote Taoist culture? It's laughable! Get out of the academy right now."

Xu Changlin joined in, shouting, "Get out of the academy! Don't stay here and cause trouble!"

Seeing this, Ye Tian immediately became annoyed. Fine, he'd felt a little sympathy just moments before, but now it was all gone. These two idiots were going to suffer social death.

"Master, how is it?" Ye Tian asked, looking at his master who was drenched in sweat.

Wuchen Daoist wiped the sweat from his forehead and said through gritted teeth, "That bastard, he relies on his quick wit to keep confusing concepts. He uses layman's language to attack my solid knowledge. I can't take it anymore."

Ye Tian smiled and said, "Master, it's alright. I've found the secret to dealing with trolls. Just watch!"

Click!

With a loud noise, Ye Tian shone the blue and red gourd on his ears.

However, he remained completely calm.

Xu Changlin snorted coldly and said, "My master has already sent the academy's academicians to watch you bunch of liars get exposed. Just wait! You'll be kicked out soon."

This guy. Let's give him a taste of his own medicine.

Ye Tian hadn't originally planned to do it to Xu Changlin, but seeing how much he was jumping around, he decided to give him a scalding treatment as well.

Just then.

Academicians Chen Zhang and Chen Dexing, along with two other academicians whom Ye Tian did not recognize, all rushed over.

"What's going on?" Chen Zhang asked anxiously, watching the tense standoff.

"Chen Zhang, the group of people you brought back aren't Taoists at all; they're just a bunch of swindlers pretending to promote Taoist culture," Chao Shuang'er said coldly.

At this point, he believed he had the upper hand, but he never expected this.

The "be careful with your words and actions" mantra is starting to take effect.

Chao Shuang'er, almost out of his control, said, "Chen Zhang, the scholar's three-leaf clover you planted last time, it was almost a year old. Then it withered when it was about to bloom. I urinated on it."

These words were spoken.

Chen Zhang froze for a moment. After thinking for a while, he realized what was happening and hurriedly asked, "Huh?! Chao Shuang'er, why did you urinate on my Scholar's Three-Leaf Flower?"

Chao Shuang'er's face froze, her ears turning bright red. She gritted her teeth and said, "I didn't mean that. I don't know why I was talking."

But at this moment.

It's working again.

"It's all because you keep telling everyone how lush your clover is and how rare its branches and leaves are. It annoys me. Who's stupid enough to spend a whole year carefully tending to something as basic as clover?"

"You!" Chen Zhang gritted his teeth in anger.

"I never expected you to be this kind of person. Being jealous is one thing, but you even destroyed my clover."

"I didn't, let me explain." Chao Shuang'er panicked instantly, he was almost in tears. Direct social death.

But at this moment.

It's working again.

"What's a three-leaf flower? Your Ruyang thin paper. Three whole stacks are missing. You think it was stolen. Actually, no, I put it all in the outhouse, and it's actually quite useful."

"Chao! Shuang! Er!" Chen Zhang was so angry that he roared his name.

Do you know how rare my Ruyang thin paper is?

"I...please let me explain."

He was about to explain himself when he turned to both ears.

"What's so special about Ruyang thin paper? Do you even know about your calligraphy copybook from the Hanlin Academy..."