Mount Taiwei.

After the disciples of the second branch and Lu Qingyuan of the third branch left one after another, Taiwei Mountain fell into a brief period of peace. However, this peace did not last too long.

Because of Feng Shao's departure, the head of Taiwei Sect, Qing Yangzi, was questioned by everyone. Probably in order to divert everyone's attention, Ye Chen, who was originally sentenced by Qing Yangzi to face the wall for a year, ended his life of facing the wall after only one month.

After being released from confinement, Ye Chen immediately had a feeling of "the clouds have finally cleared and the moon is visible". When walking on the mountain path, his head almost reached the sky.

Humph! Time will tell who the future belongs to!

The result of Feng Shao leaving the sect is clear proof of this!

The first thing Ye Chen did after being released from confinement was to return to the location of the three branches on the shore of Baofeng Lake.

However, to Ye Chen's surprise, when he returned to the third branch, he was not greeted warmly by his master and three senior sisters, but was treated coldly.

The first person he met was the second senior sister Li Qingying. Li Qingying's presence in the three branches was not high. Since she became a disciple, she has been concentrating on cultivation and almost never cared about other things.

In Ye Chen's opinion, Senior Sister Li Qingying is really naive about worldly affairs and is a bit dull in her dealings with people, so Ye Chen has never liked getting along with this senior sister.

However, since they had met, it would be inappropriate not to say hello. Therefore, after seeing Li Qingying, Ye Chen waved his hand with an enthusiastic look: "Second Senior Sister, I'm back!"

Li Qingying didn't even look at him and went straight to the training room.

Ye Chen: “…”

Looking at Li Qingying's departing back, Ye Chen couldn't help but fall into deep thought: Could it be that I accidentally mastered the ability of invisibility today?

Li Qingying's indifference did not make Ye Chen think too much. After all, this second sister usually looked like she had nothing to do with the matter, and her words and actions were like those of an invisible person. Anyway, Ye Chen did not intend to have too much contact with this sister, so in the end he just shrugged and continued on his way.

Not long after, Ye Chen arrived at Du Yuanxi's residence. After a month of confinement, as a disciple, he should pay his respects to his master as soon as possible.

After Ye Chen knocked on Du Yuanxi's door, he heard Du Yuanxi's familiar voice from inside: "Come in!"

Ye Chen pushed open the door and said to Du Yuanxi with a smile: "Master, disciple is back!"

Du Yuanxi sat in the main seat, her eyes half closed. After hearing Ye Chen's words, Du Yuanxi's brows slightly frowned, but she then said "hmm" lightly.

Ye Chen waited for a long while, but did not wait for Du Yuanxi's next words. He looked a little puzzled: "Master, the disciple is back from confinement!"

Du Yuanxi hummed again, and seemed to still have no intention of speaking.

Ye Chen was puzzled and thought that his master was practicing. He could not respond much, so he could only say: "Master, I miss you and the sisters every day these days. It's just that I can't go out, so I can't come back to meet you. Please forgive me."

Ye Chen's tone was aggrieved, as if he had been wronged. Du Yuanxi frowned again and asked calmly, "Ye Chen, do you know why you were put in solitary confinement this time?"

Ye Chen curled his lips and said unhappily, "It was Feng Shao who said bad things about me! I just killed a few insignificant people, but Feng Shao was so persistent. If not for that, I wouldn't be put in solitary confinement."

Du Yuanxi didn't expect that Ye Chen still didn't think he was wrong until this moment, and his tone became a little cold: "You think you are not wrong at all?"

Ye Chen thought about it and felt that it was a bit unreasonable for him to attack the senior sister at most. However, since he became a disciple, the senior sister has been very caring for him, so Ye Chen felt that even if he was wrong to attack the senior sister, with the senior sister's broad mind, she would not take it to heart.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen said confidently: "My disciple was a little reckless, but this can't be entirely blamed on me, right? If not, Master, you can ask the senior sister to come and see what she says!"

Du Yuanxi was furious. He slammed the table and shouted, "Ye Chen! Not only did you attack your fellow disciples, you also killed two innocent people, one of whom was from Yunjian Pavilion. How dare you think you did nothing wrong? You even had the nerve to ask me to call Biyun over!"

This was the first time Ye Chen saw his master being so harsh to him, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He said hesitantly, "It was indeed wrong for me to attack the senior sister. But it was not my fault for killing those two people. Linglong Pavilion slandered me for stealing, but how could I accept their insult? That's why I am seeking justice from Linglong Pavilion!"

Du Yuanxi was so angry that she laughed: "Seeking justice? What kind of justice do you want? What did Linglong Pavilion slander you for?"

"Linglong Pavilion slandered a disciple for stealing one of their swords!"

"And the sword? Where is it now?"

Ye Chen said without hesitation: "In the hands of the disciple."

The matter of Bifangyuan has been concluded, so it is useless for Ye Chen to cheat. It is better to admit it openly, at least it can give people a sense of justice.

Du Yuanxi said coldly: "Since it is in your hands, it proves that Linglong Pavilion did not slander you."

Ye Chen said unhappily: "I helped the people of Linglong Pavilion solve the problem. So what if I took their sword? How can it be considered stealing?"

"When you took the sword, did you get permission from Linglong Pavilion?"

“No.”

"Taking something without permission is stealing!" Du Yuanxi looked at Ye Chen coldly, "I, Du Yuanxi, am a bad teacher. I actually taught someone as thieving as you. I am truly ashamed of my ancestors in Taiwei Sect!"

Ye Chen suddenly felt that his master’s moral values ​​might have some problems.

In Ye Chen's opinion, it was wrong to take something without asking for permission, but it also depended on the situation. He helped the young lady of Linglong Pavilion solve a problem! So what was the point of taking a sword from Linglong Pavilion? He deserved it!

So it was wrong for Deng Ying to accuse him of stealing! It was also reasonable for him to sneak into Linglong Pavilion in the middle of the night to seek revenge!

Listening to Ye Chen's argument, Du Yuanxi looked at this little apprentice in amazement. She really couldn't understand why someone in this world had such a different way of thinking? Could it be that the structure of his brain was different from others?

In the end, the master and the apprentice parted ways unhappily because of "differences in ideas".

After leaving Du Yuanxi's residence, Ye Chen was still indignant. In his opinion, it was okay for others not to understand him, but it was unreasonable that even his own master did not understand him. Besides, you are my master! Even if I did something wrong, as a master, you should stand by me! Other people's masters protect their shortcomings, why do you blame your own apprentice?

Ye Chen was very confused and felt very aggrieved. He felt that his master had betrayed his trust in her!

Feeling aggrieved, Ye Chen ran to Baofeng Lake, drew out his blood, forged a sword, and slashed at the lake. He infused his true energy into the sword, so every time he slashed, he created a water curtain several feet high, and also slashed out hideous sword marks on the rocky shore, splitting a beautiful lake beyond recognition.

But Ye Chen became more and more excited as he chopped. Looking at the panicked water birds on the lake, and then at the struggling fish that were chopped ashore, he felt that the evil spirit in his heart seemed to have been released.

Just when Ye Chen was enjoying the chopping, a voice suddenly shouted, "Stop!"

Ye Chen looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Senior Sister Han Biyun looking at the devastated Baofeng Lake with a look of pity on her face. She couldn't help but angrily said, "Ye Chen, what are you doing here?!"

Ye Chen had just been scolded by Du Yuanxi, and wanted to find a senior sister to talk to. But he didn't expect that before he could open his mouth, the senior sister scolded him so harshly. Ye Chen was very dissatisfied and said unhappily: "I'm just venting here, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? Look at what you have done to this lake! Do you know that there are many medicinal herbs planted in this lake? All these medicinal herbs have been destroyed by you in your venting!" Han Biyun shouted angrily.

Ye Chen said impatiently: "Isn't it just some medicinal herbs? Our Taiwei clan is a big family, we can afford the loss!"

Han Biyun took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger that was about to burst out, and said coldly: "In this case, then you should compensate for the lost herbs! It's not much, just a few thousand spirit stones!"

Ye Chen couldn't help but exclaimed: "Thousands of spirit stones? Senior sister, are you kidding me?"

In Ye Chen's opinion, these herbs were worth only a few hundred spirit stones at most. He wanted thousands right away? Did he really take him for a ride?

Han Biyun treated him coldly: "I hope I'm just bluffing you. In addition to practicing, our three branches' main task is to look after the medicinal materials in this lake. The dozens of true disciples and hundreds of outer disciples in the entire Taiwei Sect consume elixirs every month, and a small half of the medicinal materials needed for refining come from this Baofeng Lake. If you chop up all these medicinal materials, Taiwei Sect will have no elixirs to use for at least three months! Can you bear this responsibility?"

Ye Chen turned his head away with an unnatural look, muttering: "Just because of a few pills, is it that serious? At worst, I can buy some outside! It's not like I can't afford it..."

Han Biyun sneered, "In that case, then please trouble our rich master Ye to go to Liyang City to purchase the elixirs! Oh, by the way, I forgot that you may not be able to enter Linglong Pavilion now. How about this, you take out 3,000 spirit stones first, and let other disciples purchase them for you!"

Ye Chen said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you want me to pay? Doesn't the sect have money?"

Han Biyun was furious: "Why did you pay for it? Didn't the medicinal materials get ruined in your hands?!"

Ye Chen shrugged his shoulders, looking like a rogue: "I don't have any money! I'm not the only one using the elixir, why should I pay? If anyone wants to pay, it has to be paid by the sect!"

Ye Chen finally understood that the elder sister came here to make him unhappy today! In that case, he simply didn't want to bother her anymore!

So Ye Chen turned around and left, leaving Han Biyun standing by the lake, trembling with anger.