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Chapter 43 – Steward Hall Confrontation

The disciples were openly discussing how to deal with He Lu and his group, and upon hearing the words of the Divine Sword Peak disciples, He Lu and the others looked terrified.

"Damn it, are these really the disciples of the Dao Yi Sect, the leader of the righteous path in the Eastern Continent? Why do they talk about killing and covering up so casually?"

He Lu's mouth was gagged, preventing him from speaking, while the other Luoxia Sect disciples hurriedly spoke up.

"Wait a minute, this has nothing to do with us."

"Yeah, we were just accompanying them to the Dao Yi Sect, we didn't do anything."

From the expressions of these Divine Sword Peak disciples, it seemed they weren't joking at all, and the Luoxia Sect disciples were panicking.

Just then, He Lu's master, Yu Li, and the Third Elder of the main seat arrived in time. With their cultivation levels, they had heard the conversation of the Divine Sword Peak disciples from afar.

Yu Li's face was gloomy, while the Third Elder's mouth twitched, unable to hold back a cold shout.

"Silence, all of you."

With the shout, the two descended from the sky, glanced at He Lu and the others who were tied up and gagged, and Yu Li snorted coldly, waving a hand to untie the ropes binding them.

Seeing Yu Li's arrival, the Luoxia Sect disciples felt as if they had been granted amnesty, quickly standing behind Yu Li, as if only this could give them some sense of security.

"Elder, we..."

"Shut up."

It was utterly disgraceful, and Yu Li didn't want to hear any explanations from the disciples, only turning her gaze to He Lu.

Under the watchful eyes of his master, He Lu glared viciously at Ye Changqing and said.

"Master, it's all Ye Changqing's doing. He used some despicable means to bribe the Divine Sword Peak brothers and sisters to attack us."

Blaming everything on Ye Changqing, Yu Li and the Third Elder's gazes fell on Ye Changqing. Facing the attention of these two big figures, Ye Changqing said helplessly.

"If you're going to accuse someone, at least think it through. I'm just a menial disciple, how could I possibly bribe so many senior brothers and sisters? Not to mention Senior Brother Xu Jie and Senior Sister Liu Shuang, who are direct disciples."

"Is this something a mere menial disciple like me could achieve?"

Ye Changqing was truly speechless, as he hadn't done anything at all.

Hearing this, Yu Li and the Third Elder also didn't believe Ye Changqing could do such a thing. Yu Li glanced at He Lu, whose face was still gloomy, but he stubbornly insisted.

"Ye Changqing, even now you want to deny it?"

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No matter what, he refused to believe that Ye Changqing had nothing to do with it. Ye Changqing couldn't be bothered to say more, only looking at He Lu with an expression of pity for the foolish.

Both sides were sticking to their stories, and just then, the Enforcement Hall's steward arrived with a group of disciples.

Subsequently, Ye Changqing, He Lu, the Luoxia Sect disciples, and over ten Divine Sword Peak disciples were brought to the Enforcement Hall on the main peak.

This matter naturally had to be handled by the Enforcement Hall.

Inside the Enforcement Hall, the Second Elder sat in the main seat, with Yu Li and the Third Elder seated on either side. In the center of the hall stood Ye Changqing, He Lu, and the others.

The Second Elder had a rough understanding of the situation. From what He Lu and his group said, it was clearly the fault of the Divine Sword Peak disciples.

At this moment, looking at Xu Jie, Liu Shuang, and the other Divine Sword Peak disciples, the Second Elder asked in a deep voice.

"Xu Jie, Liu Shuang, is what the Luoxia Sect disciples said true? Do you have anything to explain?"

"Heh, what nonsense."

Hearing this, Xu Jie sneered, while Liu Shuang didn't even bother to respond.

Before anyone else could speak, Xu Jie looked at He Lu and the others and spoke loudly.

"This whole situation is entirely the fault of the Luoxia Sect disciples."

"Everyone knows that our Dao Yi Sect and the Luoxia Sect have a close relationship. We at Divine Sword Peak have always been extremely friendly to the Luoxia Sect disciples, but who would have thought that these Luoxia Sect disciples harbored ill intentions and even tried to harm our Divine Sword Peak disciples."

"You're lying, we didn't do anything."

"To impose a crime, what need is there for a pretext?"

Hearing Xu Jie's words, the Luoxia Sect disciples immediately retorted. In the Enforcement Hall, they seemed to regain some courage.

However, Xu Jie merely glanced at them indifferently and continued speaking to the Second Elder.

"You know the truth yourselves. Justice is in people's hearts. Let me ask you, why did you Luoxia Sect disciples come to our Dao Yi Sect this time?"

"Because of Senior Sister He Lu's engagement with Ye Changqing."

"You wanted to break off the engagement, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"In that case, what else is there to explain? You've admitted it yourselves."

With these words, the Luoxia Sect disciples were dumbfounded. What did he mean by admitting it themselves? What did we say?

Facing the confused Luoxia Sect disciples, Xu Jie sneered.

"The engagement between He Lu and Junior Brother Changqing was arranged since childhood by their families."

"As the saying goes, marriage is a matter of parental consent. Now He Lu wants to unilaterally break off the engagement. Whether it's right or wrong, even if you want to break it off, you should go to the Ye family, not come to our Dao Yi Sect."

"But you insisted on coming to the Dao Yi Sect and personally seeking out Junior Brother Changqing."

"Tell me, what man could endure the shame of a broken engagement? You wanted to make Junior Brother Changqing unable to hold his head high in the Dao Yi Sect in the future, didn't you?"

"You deliberately planned this, intending to destroy Junior Brother Changqing's Dao heart."

"Isn't this harming our Divine Sword Peak disciples?"

"Destroying someone's Dao heart is bad enough, but you, yes you, I clearly heard you say to the person next to you that once Junior Brother Changqing's Dao heart is destroyed, you'd find a chance to kill him."

"Destroying someone's Dao heart wasn't enough; you wanted to kill him to silence him. With Luoxia Sect disciples so ruthless, how could we, as fellow disciples, stand by and do nothing?"

The Luoxia Sect disciple being pointed at was dumbfounded. When did I ever say I wanted to kill Ye Changqing?

He was just there to watch the commotion, at most thinking of flattering He Lu, the newly promoted direct disciple.

But now, how did he suddenly become the culprit intending to harm a Dao Yi Sect disciple?

"I... I didn't..."

Coming to his senses, the disciple tried to defend himself, but Xu Jie wasn't buying it. He turned to the Second Elder, cupped his hands, and spoke righteously.

"So, seeing a fellow disciple being harmed, as the Third Senior Brother of Divine Sword Peak, how could I not step in to protect him?"

"These Luoxia Sect disciples are audacious and malicious. I even suspect they have colluded with demons. Their visit this time was to secretly sow discord between our Dao Yi Sect and the Luoxia Sect for some unspeakable purpose."

"Such scum of the human race, I implore the Second Elder to investigate thoroughly, first imprison them in the black prison and interrogate them severely."

"No, we're innocent."

The situation was getting more and more outrageous, and now they were even talking about imprisonment in the black prison. Hearing Xu Jie's words, the Luoxia Sect disciples all knelt on the ground, crying out their innocence. They truly weren't demon spies, nor did they intend to harm Ye Changqing.