Ye Chen felt a sharp pain in his heart, unable to believe that Rong Qingyan would be so heartless as to betray him. Even if he wasn't her biological son, she had raised him for so many years; shouldn't there be some affection between them? Did she really think that he, her adopted son, was less important than Chi Yuan, an outsider?
Shangguan Zhen's expression was stiff. Rong Qingyan's words had effectively put him in a difficult position. Once the fact that Ye Chen possessed the Divine Sun Body was made public, who would still believe that Ye Chen was forced?
If he continues to protect Ye Chen, he will inevitably find himself in a very difficult situation, and the reputation and prestige he has accumulated over the years may be lost.
But if we don't cover it up...
"Hmph, what a Shenxiao Sect! In order to cultivate a Divine Yang Body, they have persecuted innocent disciples of the sect. With such behavior, do you even deserve to call yourselves righteous?"
Although Yu Ling Shuang's voice was soft, it carried a thunderous force. She lowered her head, her icy blue eyes peering through the white veil as she looked down at Shangguan Zhen, saying, "Shangguan Zhen, today I demand justice from you. Your disciple conspired with the ancestor of your lineage to persecute my sect's disciple, causing his cultivation to be crippled. As a result, he was abandoned by his family and suffered unimaginable hardships... You must give me an explanation for this!"
"A disciple of your sect?"
Shangguan Zhen's eyes narrowed. After leaving the Divine Firmament Sect, Chi Yuan became a disciple of the Reflecting Moon Sect.
"My Yuan'er..."
Rong Qingxian felt a pang of bitterness in her heart. Chi Yuan had once been her prized disciple, but now…
It's all her fault. If she hadn't been so stupid, how could Chi Yuan have left his sect and switched allegiance?
All of this bitter fruit was brewed by her own hand!
"Senior brother..."
The seven girls, including Lu Ziling, were also heartbroken. How wonderful and happy the time they spent with their senior brother had been! But now, it was all gone forever...
Ye Chen, it's all because of that damned Ye Chen!
If he hadn't framed his senior brother, how could his senior brother have become a disciple of another sect?
The seven women hated Ye Chen to the extreme.
“That’s right, my disciple Fu Feng is Chi Yuan, who was expelled from your Shenxiao Sect!”
Feng Yaoyao said in a crisp voice, then turned to Chi Yuan and said, "Disciple, take off your mask. With your master and your senior uncle backing you up, you don't have to be afraid of anyone anymore."
Chi Yuan nodded, his gaze sweeping over Rong Qingxian, Lu Ziling, and the others. He then raised his hand and removed the mask from his face, revealing his refined and handsome features.
Snap!
Chi Yuan clenched his fingers, and the mask shattered in his hand. From now on, he would no longer conceal his face. He would live under the sun again as Fu Feng and begin his new life.
"Yuan'er!"
"Senior brother!"
Upon seeing that handsome face that was all too familiar, Rong Qingxian, Lu Ziling, and the other seven women all had red eyes, and tears streamed down their faces like broken beads.
Chi Yuan's face hadn't changed, but he was no longer the Chi Yuan they knew...
"Owner……"
You Rong Qingyan murmured to herself, gazing at Chi Yuan with a dreamy look. She felt that there was no man in the world more charming than her master. Only a man like her master was worthy of making her his furnace!
"What?! He's Chi Yuan?!"
Upon seeing Chi Yuan's face, Shangguan Zhen's expression changed drastically. He had witnessed Chi Yuan's cultivation being crippled back then, so how could he now possess the cultivation of a fourth-level Spirit King?
Could it be that in just three and a half years, Chi Yuan went from having lost all his cultivation to reaching the fourth level of the Spirit King realm?
How is that possible?!
Shangguan Zhen felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that Ye Chen, who possessed the Divine Sun Body, had taken five years to barely break through to the Spirit King Realm, and he was only at the lowest level, the first rank of Spirit King. Chi Yuan's innate sword body was only a third-grade Saint-level physique. How could he have made such a terrifying progress?
Not to mention, Chi Yuan mastered a Heaven-rank spiritual skill while still at the fourth level of the Spirit King realm. His comprehension and talent are probably no less than Ye Chen's.
What opportunities did Chi Yuan obtain in the past three years? How could his talent be so astonishingly strong?
Shangguan Zhen was deeply shocked. Looking at Chi Yuan who remained silent for a long time, he couldn't help but wonder what the situation would be like now if he had stepped forward to protect Chi Yuan back then.
Perhaps, he really was wrong...
Shangguan Zhen was filled with regret, but he also knew that now was not the time for regret. The Shenxiao Sect had already lost Chi Yuan, and it absolutely could not lose Ye Chen as well.
Thinking of this, a resolute look flashed in his eyes. He looked up at Yu Ling Shuang and said, "Fellow Daoist Yu, I admit that because of a moment of hesitation, I failed to stop Pei Qingyun in time, which led to the tragedy of Chi Yuan. I bear an inescapable responsibility for this matter."
"Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Yu, after returning to the sect, we will thoroughly investigate this matter and severely punish Pei Qingyun without any leniency! As for the sect, once this matter is settled, I will resign from my position as sect leader and go to the Tianyuan border wilderness to guard it for a hundred years to atone for my mistakes."
Yu Ling Shuang listened to Shangguan Zhen's words and knew that he was avoiding the main issue. She sneered, "You didn't mention Ye Chen at all. Do you think you can fool us?"
"I hereby declare that Ye Chen must pay the price for his crimes, or none of you will leave here unscathed!"
Yu Ling Shuang suddenly raised her hand, and a vast amount of ice-type spiritual power condensed in her palm. Instantly, the entire martial arts arena seemed to become a domain of ice and snow. At the same time, an invisible spatial barrier sealed off the entire space. With the support of the Half-Saint Domain, its strength was so great that even a Ninth-Rank Spirit Venerable could not easily break through it.
Shangguan Zhen's eyes flashed, and as Yu Ling Shuang sealed the space, a grayish-white talisman suddenly broke through the air, bursting out with an incomparably powerful spatial penetrating force. Then, thousands of forces condensed into a single point, crashing into the spatial barrier like a sharp cone, instantly piercing through it and carving out a small spatial hole that was barely visible to the naked eye.
The moment the small hole in space appeared, Elder Tianjian activated a golden talisman. Then, a golden light enveloped Shangguan Zhen, Pei Qingyun, Ye Chen, and the other two, and in an instant, the four disappeared from the arena.
"Void-Breaking Talisman, Boundary-Stabilizing Talisman!"
Yu Ling Shuang's face was gloomy. Shangguan Zhen was really willing to go to such lengths to protect Ye Chen, even using two high-grade seventh-rank spirit talismans at once.
At this moment, Shangguan Zhen's voice came from the void: "Fellow Daoist Yu, whether Ye Chen deliberately framed Chi Yuan or not, our sect will investigate and find out. At that time, our sect will definitely give Fellow Daoist Yu and your disciple Chi Yuan a satisfactory explanation."
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