Chapter 31 Li Sibao's Hesitation
Manager Chen is very upset now.
After attending the celebration banquet yesterday, he was called by several elders of the family to talk.
The implication of their words is that he should resign from the job of manager of the second branch and return to the family to study alchemy to cope with the increasingly fierce competition from the Jiang family.
The Chen family is known for its unique alchemy and weapons, but since the rise of the Jiang family, a large part of the alchemy market has been occupied by the Jiang family, and profits have fallen by more than half.
One of the key factors is the time for alchemy.
In the past, many second-level elixirs were supplied by the Chen family, and the rest of the foundation-building cultivators not only had to pay for the spiritual medicine, but also had to wait in line.
But now they have another choice, and many people will choose the side that takes less time.
As a foundation-building cultivator, if Manager Chen can successfully switch to alchemy, he will naturally be able to win back a lot of business.
It's just that he has not been interested in alchemy since he was a child, but is obsessed with learning different spells.
In the past, relying on his status as a direct descendant, it was not a big problem even if he didn't work, and such a big family didn't need him.
But what's worse is that with the severance of trade routes, the Chen family's weapon refining business has also been greatly affected.
Lizhou is poor, and in the past they relied on mining local spiritual mines, refining magic tools and reselling them to wealthy foreign places for profit.
But now that the Divine Fire Sect has established a firm foothold, it is very likely that the trade routes will not be restored in the next three to five years, and the number of magic tools must be controlled.
Otherwise, the overall price of magic tools will inevitably collapse.
In fact, the Chen family has reached an agreement with the other two weapon refining families two months ago to jointly reduce the production of magic tools.
Naturally, the income from weapon refining has also dropped a lot.
Several elders in the family calculated, hey, as a foundation-building cultivator, Manager Chen has not learned any skills yet, how can this work?
So they began to talk to him frequently, trying to get him to contribute more to the family.
Especially after seeing the new generation of the Song family yesterday, in contrast, many people in the family persuaded Manager Chen, which put a lot of pressure on him.
"I can pay 30% more spirit stones to the family, but I really don't like alchemy."
Manager Chen tried to shirk it by using the previous method, but it didn't work this time.
"We are all family members. Are we forcing you to pay spirit stones to support the family? We are going to make money from outsiders."
"What's the use of your spirit stones? You can't write two Chens with one stroke. If you transfer it from left hand to right hand, the total amount will still be the same?"
"In recent years, the local medicine shops in Lizhou will provide the main income for the family. Zhian, uncle is old, you come to help uncle."
Manager Chen looked up at the sky and felt a headache. These troubles seemed to have turned into a ball of fire burning in front of his eyes.
Huh? Why does this fire look so real?
Ten breaths later, a light white sword light fell.
Manager Chen waved his hand and froze the entire roof directly. Then he looked around and saw Xiao Chen who was releasing water therapy not far away, and Li Sibao who was dying beside him.
He stepped forward a few steps: "What's the matter?"
While asking, he reached out and held Li Sibao's wrist to check the injury.
Xiao Chen heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this. The poison in front of him was even more powerful than he had imagined. He estimated that it would take at most half an hour for it to invade the heart and kill him.
Fortunately, Manager Chen arrived in time, and things became easier.
"Manager, I was resting this morning, but Li Sibao suddenly broke in and attacked me. He was injured by me during the fight, and as a result, he was poisoned by someone."
"I just asked him, and he said someone ordered him to do it."
Li Sibao was already barely breathing at this time, and he tried to raise his voice: "Manager, save me, the poisoned wine is buried in the right corner, and I still have half a bottle left."
He just wanted to stay alive, so he took the initiative to explain the location of the wine bottle, hoping to identify the corresponding toxin from it.
Manager Chen had a calm expression and spoke softly, "It's okay. Now that I'm here, you don't have to be afraid. Tell me first, who gave you the wine?"
Li Sibao struggled and said, "I don't know, but I know his face. When I get better, I can take you to see him."
Manager Chen turned to look at Xiao Chen, "Do you have any clues? Have you offended anyone recently?"
Before Xiao Chen could speak, Li Sibao became anxious, "Hey, save me first, hey, save me..."
Seeing that Manager Chen was coming, Xiao Chen stopped the hydrotherapy.
At this time, the toxin was no longer suppressed and was spreading rapidly.
However, Manager Chen did not release any spells, but took out a pill from the storage bag.
At first glance, the size and shape of the pill were the same as the most common Qi-nourishing pills, but it exuded a strange fragrance.
Xiao Chen just smelled a little, and it was as if a spring breeze was blowing on his face, and his whole body was refreshed.
Li Sibao also seemed to have recovered a little spirit, and hope appeared in his eyes.
Manager Chen looked into Li Sibao's eyes and said in a very steady tone: "The toxins in your body are very overbearing, and I don't have any good way. Only this secret medicine can save you."
"But it's very expensive, more expensive than your life. Now you have to make a choice..."
"Ah!"
Li Sibao screamed, and he didn't know where he got the strength, and he suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the pill.
"Pah!"
Manager Chen knocked away Li Sibao's outstretched right hand: "Prove your worthiness to live, or I will take you to the elders for help."
"If you can't prove it, I will do my best to find someone to save you, but if it takes too long, I can't guarantee that you can survive."
Li Sibao hesitated for a moment.
In fact, after several contacts, he had already vaguely guessed that the mysterious man came from Cang Yan Sect, one of the three major sects in Lizhou.
The three major sects seemed to be harmonious on the surface, but in fact, there were countless dirty tricks between them.
The resources in Lizhou were too poor, with only four large spiritual veins, which could only accommodate the three major sects and a Qianzhufang City.
However, there were a lot of small spiritual veins in the state, which gave birth to thousands of large and small immortal cultivation families and tens of thousands of independent cultivators, resulting in serious internal friction.
The founders of Cang Yan Sect and Lihuo Sect both founded their sects with fire-attributed skills.
So from more than a thousand years ago, they wished that the entire sect of the other party would be wiped out overnight.
Thus, the remaining family can unify Lizhou and enjoy the resources of the whole state.
So the real situation is that Cang Yan Sect and Lihuo Sect are secretly hostile.
Li Sibao was worried that once he told the truth, he would be accused of being a traitor or a traitor. Even if he was temporarily saved, he would die in the future.
Fortunately, he didn't have to worry about it soon.
First, a mouthful of reverse blood spurted out without warning, splashing on the ground and instantly forming several small black pits, with wisps of black smoke.
Then Li Sibao's head tilted and he lost his voice forever.
The hesitation at the critical moment made him miss the last ray of life.
"Li Sibao!" Manager Chen immediately leaned over to take his pulse, and then shook his head.
He stood up and put away the pills, with a look of doubt on his face: "What a powerful poison, there are still subsequent changes."
"Wait here for a while, I'll go find the elders."
Xiao Chen bowed his hand and waited in place.
After Manager Chen left, Li Sibao's body quickly turned into a pool of black blood.
It took only a quarter of an hour, and apart from the inferior flying sword that was still shining with spiritual light and stubbornly resisting corrosion, not even his clothes and bones were left.
The ground was also corroded into a big pit, and anyone who saw it would have their hair stand on end and their hearts shudder.
After another quarter of an hour, Manager Chen finally arrived with Elder Chen, another somewhat unfamiliar elder, and several brothers wearing robes from the Law Enforcement Hall.
Chapter 32 Bringing back to the Law Enforcement Hall
. Just as Manager Chen was about to introduce the situation, the elder interrupted him: "Wait a minute."
Then he walked to Xiao Chen with a serious face: "Is this your house?"
Xiao Chen nodded: "It is the residence of my disciple."
Manager Chen hurriedly stepped forward to explain the situation: "When I arrived before, Li Sibao had been poisoned, and Xiao Chen was using water therapy to save him."
Then he extended his hand and introduced: "This is Elder Jiang from the Law Enforcement Hall, and this disciple is Xiao Chen, the inner sect seed of my second branch."
"Don't talk, I'll ask him." Elder Jiang stopped Manager Chen and looked Xiao Chen up and down: "Why did Li Sibao come to you, and why was he poisoned?"
Manager Chen frowned when he saw this. He didn't want to go to Elder Jiang because he was worried that the other party would misunderstand Xiao Chen.
From the first time they met, he felt that Xiao Chen was a good seedling with potential, and the subsequent results also confirmed this.
But after finding Elder Chen, the other party insisted that he go to the Law Enforcement Hall to find Elder Jiang, and then "accidentally" meet him on the road and come to the scene together.
Now, Xiao Chen has indeed become a suspect.
Manager Chen looked at Elder Chen in confusion, but Elder Chen did not seem to be worried at all, watching the show leisurely on the side.
Xiao Chen frowned slightly when he heard it, but still told the whole story of his encounter with Li Sibao.
He was telling the truth, after all, he was also one of the victims in this matter. He
was inexplicably hostile, inexplicably attacked, and now he was inexplicably questioned.
But this only aggravated Elder Jiang's doubts: "You mean, you were sleeping well at home, Li Sibao came to you for no reason, and you don't know why he was poisoned?"
"Xiao Chen, I'm formally warning you. I'm questioning you as the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall now, and you have to answer all my questions honestly."
"If I find out that you're trying to lie to me, the eighteen kinds of punishments of the Law Enforcement Hall are waiting for you."
At the end, Elder Jiang shouted: "Do you understand!"
"Hey, Senior Brother Jiang, don't get angry first. I've seen this disciple before, he's an honest and decent child, let me go and talk to him first."
Elder Chen then calmly persuaded.
At the same time, he stepped between Xiao Chen and Elder Jiang in two steps, and directly blocked Xiao Chen with his body.
Elder Jiang looked annoyed: "Are you going to protect this disciple? Junior Brother Chen, you have to think about it."
Manager Chen next to him was stunned, and he realized a little bit of Elder Chen's intentions.
Sure enough, the next moment, Elder Chen declared righteously: "I believe Xiao Chen is fine. If I am wrong, I am willing to take responsibility."
He looked at Xiao Chen and said righteously: "Don't worry, I will vouch for you."
Xiao Chen thanked Elder Chen first: "Thank you for your concern, but I am not afraid of any slander."
Then he looked at Elder Jiang calmly: "If there is any problem with the Law Enforcement Hall, I will tell you everything I know."
In this matter, he really did nothing.
So facing the suspicion, Xiao Chen was very confident.
After all, the other party can't make up something out of nothing and confuse right and wrong.
"Hmph, that's a nice thing to say." Seeing this, Elder Jiang continued to question: "Then let me ask you, do you have any grudges in the past?"
"No."
"Did you have any quarrels before?"
"No."
"Then why did he come to your room to find you?"
"Disciple doesn't know."
"Don't know? Then what do you know?"
"Except for what I said before, disciple knows nothing."
"How dare you!" Elder Jiang shouted: "Come on, take him back to the Law Enforcement Hall and help him recall his past."
Upon hearing this, the two brothers behind him immediately took out the ropes and stepped forward, wanting to take Xiao Chen away.
"Wait! Who dares to take him away!" Elder Chen immediately said: "I said, I guarantee that Xiao Chen must have nothing to do with this matter."
Elder Jiang looked at Elder Chen, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Then he looked at Xiao Chen again to confirm that he did not have the face of this disciple in his memory.
Then he reminded: "Brother Chen, according to the sect rules, it is a taboo for disciples to kill each other. At the least, their cultivation will be abolished, and at the worst, they will be sentenced to death." "
If there are high-level sect leaders who protect family members, disciples and grandchildren, they will be jointly responsible and dismissed from their posts and punished."
Elder Chen glanced at him imperceptibly, and Xiao Chen behind him responded loudly: "Of course I know, Brother Jiang doesn't have to worry about this."
"Anyway, I'll take care of Xiao Chen."
When Manager Chen came before, Xiao Chen was helping Li Sibao suppress the poison.
So Manager Chen easily noticed that Xiao Chen had quietly broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
If it weren't for the emergency at the time, seeing that Li Sibao was dying, Manager Chen would have wanted to pull Xiao Chen first and ask him how he practiced.
This is also the reason why he deliberately went around in two circles and went to find Elder Chen first when he set out to find someone.
In the expectation of Manager Chen, he should have brought Elder Chen to help calm down the incident.
Faced with such a potential disciple, no matter what the truth is, Xiao Chen should be picked out first, and then slowly investigated.
But Elder Chen thought for a while, then rejected his proposal and chose another way to act.
Now it seems that he wants to take this opportunity to win over Xiao Chen?
Manager Chen looked normal, but he was constantly thinking about Elder Chen's intentions.
Elder Jiang was also thinking about it in his heart.
He glanced at Xiao Chen in confusion. Something was wrong. Could this disciple have some background?
Otherwise, how could Elder Chen work so hard and even personally guarantee him when he looked so unfamiliar?
To be on the safe side, Elder Jiang asked one more question: "Xiao Chen, right? Even if someone vouches for you, you are still the biggest suspect."
"After all, human life is at stake. You will be investigated and interrogated at any time for the next period of time."
"At the same time, we need to notify your family or teachers to come and be questioned with you."
This is actually equivalent to giving Xiao Chen a chance to call someone.
Generally speaking, cultivators with backgrounds will use the excuse of something happening to inform them quickly.
However, Xiao Chen shook his head: "I am an orphan taken in by the sect. I have only been under the sect's instructor Wu for these years, and I have no other teachers."
No background?
Elder Jiang was obviously a little surprised, so why did Elder Chen go out to vouch for him?
As if to answer this doubt, Elder Chen spoke up in time: "Although Xiao Chen has no nominal master, he has a high level of understanding, and I am very optimistic about him."
"My nephew Zhian once brought him to see me, and I felt at the time that he was a good seedling and very suitable for my eyes."
"In my heart, I have already regarded him as half of my disciple."
"Of course, this depends on his own wishes. Xiao Chen, if you are willing, you can officially call me master from now on."
This is Elder Chen's purpose. He wants to take the lead and snatch this apprentice in this way.
He decided to bet on Xiao Chen, so that he can maintain this amazing cultivation speed and quickly build a foundation.
At the same time, he deliberately designed a misunderstanding.
Not only can he directly sell Xiao Chen a favor, but if he is lucky, he can also cheat Elder Jiang.
When Xiao Chen heard this, he suddenly remembered the situation when he met Elder Chen last time.
Yes, when they met last time, he did act very cordially and gave him several things.
In terms of fate, both Manager Chen and Elder Chen have indeed shown a considerable degree of goodwill.
In terms of status, Elder Chen is one of the powerful elders of the sect, and the Chen family is also one of the five major families. Many people want to join but have no way.
From the current point of view, he is now inexplicably being made difficult by Elder Jiang. As long
as he agrees to Elder Chen, he can have an extra backer, which is a good thing no matter how you look at it. So he immediately bowed and saluted: "Hello, Master!"
Elder Chen smiled: "Hey, good disciple."
Manager Chen was stunned on the side. He was still thinking that after suppressing this matter, he would win over Xiao Chen.
Unexpectedly, Elder Chen actually thought of this trick all of a sudden.
What's more amazing is that when Elder Jiang heard this, it also made up for his doubts and misled his judgment.
At this time, an inner sect brother also happened to come, approached Elder Jiang and whispered in his ear, roughly telling about the big and small things Xiao Chen had participated in in the past six months.
The main content is that he had three consecutive epiphanies, breaking the record of the outer sect disciples' cultivation.
Elder Jiang suddenly realized that it was right, it was right, it turned out that Elder Chen had seen the potential of this disciple.
In this case, he doesn't have to worry about anything.
He can just take this opportunity to investigate Xiao Chen. As long as he can find relevant black material, he can also use it to attack the Chen family.
Just like the rise of the Jiang family, competing for the Chen family's share of elixirs.
If there is a problem with Elder Chen's apprentice, he, as the master, will naturally be responsible.
In this way, the position of the outer sect elder can consider changing his surname to Jiang.
Elder Jiang has also thought about it. In this matter, he is completely beneficial and harmless. There is
a high probability that black material can be found on Xiao Chen, because this kind of disciple from the bottom will most likely do anything for cultivation resources.
There are not many clean ones in total, and
they can't stand the investigation at all. It's nothing more than the difference between finding a big thing or a small thing. As long as Xiao Chen has a little flaw, he can link it to Li Sibao.
Even if nothing is found in the end, as an elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, it is his job to investigate impartially.
At most, Xiao Chen will feel uncomfortable and may even hate him for it.
Thinking of this, Elder Jiang immediately made up his mind.
Xiao Chen was just an outer sect disciple, and he would not dare to bear a grudge against the Jiang family even if he had ten guts.
"Junior Brother Chen, human life is at stake. Since you are the Lord of the Law Enforcement Hall, you must be fair and just. You must follow the necessary procedures. I hope you understand."
"Come on, invite Elder Chen and Xiao Chen back to the Law Enforcement Hall, set up a seat for Elder Chen in the hall, serve him tea, and treat him to delicious food and drinks."
Chapter 33: The situation escalates, Chen and Jiang fight
. The Law Enforcement Hall of the Lihuo Sect is located on the main peak, but it is hidden on the side. You need to go around half of the mountain to see the dark hall.
Xiao Chen followed Elder Chen and was escorted to two small rooms in the side hall.
"Squeak~" The door was opened, and the strong smell of decay rushed out immediately.
Looking up, the room was very cramped. In addition to a small wooden table and a pair of benches, there were only four walls, and there was not even a window.
An inner sect disciple brought over two plates of peanuts and two pots of wine: "Elder Chen, we have limited conditions here, so you can make do with what you have."
Elder Chen didn't seem to mind at all, and comforted Xiao Chen cheerfully: "Don't be nervous, I've already informed my family before I came."
"Before this pot of wine is finished, we can all go out."
"Since you have become my disciple, he can never touch you unless I agree."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen bowed his hands and thanked him: "Disciple thanks the elder for his concern, and I will remember your great kindness."
Although the whole thing was inexplicable and he was locked up for no reason, he still had to distinguish between gratitude and resentment.
The indiscriminate hatred of the Law Enforcement Hall must be remembered, and the kindness of Elder Chen who stood up for justice must also be remembered.
Afterwards, the two were locked up separately.
On the other side.
Elder Jiang quickly found a very big doubt.
When the Miscellaneous Service Peak was tested this year, Xiao Chen's cultivation was still at the first level of Qi Refining. Even at the Miscellaneous Service Peak, it was considered the bottom level.
He was a low-level cultivator whose future life was in danger, even worse than many casual cultivators.
However, such a hopeless servant broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining not long after, and his behavior was like a completely different person.
Elder Jiang noticed that Xiao Chen, who had never taken the initiative to practice in the past three years, had suddenly become a hard-working cultivator.
He changed his previous behavior of drinking tea, taking a walk, appreciating flowers, and looking at the scenery, and seized every opportunity to practice.
This was obviously unreasonable!
A gleam of light flashed in Elder Jiang's eyes. If Xiao Chen had a problem, then Elder Chen, who had guaranteed him, must be held responsible!
As an outer sect elder, he was not good at judging people, so he should step down and let others do the right thing.
In order to collect enough strong evidence as soon as possible, especially evidence that could point to the Chen family.
Elder Jiang directly mobilized all the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall to conduct a large-scale investigation. All
the disciples who knew Xiao Chen in the servants' peak and the second branch were questioned, and then all the disciples who had seen Xiao Chen were questioned.
Such a big move soon made Xiao Chen's name spread throughout the Miscellaneous Service Peak and the Twelve Outer Sect Branches, and even the Inner Sect disciples had heard of it.
In the Law Enforcement Hall, Wang Sanhu, who was in charge of guarding, also heard about the vigorous investigation outside.
He couldn't help but have his own little thoughts.
As an ordinary disciple, it is very difficult to stand out unless he can get the attention of Elder Jiang.
But he is only a guard in a side hall, and even if he wants to curry favor with Elder Jiang, he has no way.
But today, in order to improve efficiency, a large number of idle guards were transferred out.
Wang Sanhu was left behind because he had no connections and became one of the four guards guarding Xiao Chen.
This is an opportunity!
Seeing another basket of freshly washed fruits being delivered, Wang Sanhu hurried forward to take it: "Brother, I can do this kind of thing."
"You? Okay, then you can deliver it in, remember to put it on the plate."
"Brother, don't worry, I'm always quick and nimble. Hey, brother, wait a minute, what's the situation with Xiao Chen now?"
The brother who delivered the fruits actually didn't know the specific situation.
But he replied casually: "I think Xiao Chen is finished. So many people went out before just to check him. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely not be able to get out."
Wang Sanhu's eyes lit up when he heard it.
After getting the fruit basket, he took the opportunity to open the door to deliver the fruits, and he saw Xiao Chen pouring wine at a glance.
He didn't know that he was about to die, and he even drank wine, hum!
Wang Sanhu put down the fruit, suddenly jumped up, and kicked the wine glass in front of Xiao Chen away.
"We've come all this time, and you're still pretending. Are you worthy of drinking? Stand up, face the wall, and reflect on where you went wrong!"
Xiao Chen's eyes condensed, and he looked at Wang Sanhu coldly.
With his current strength, if he were in Feihong Mountain Range, it would only take one move to kill such a guy.
Wang Sanhu suddenly felt as if he was being stared at by a ferocious beast, his back felt cold, and his legs felt weak.
The guards on duty at the outer gate heard the noise inside, and two more rushed in at once.
One of them pointed at Xiao Chen's nose and scolded him: "What do you want to do? Be honest!"
Wang Sanhu suddenly regained his courage when he saw his fellow disciples coming in.
Thinking of the fear just now, he became even more stern: "What the hell are you looking at? Don't you understand that you should face the wall and reflect on your mistakes? Stand in the corner!"
Seeing that the other party was unreasonable and seemed to be about to fight if he disagreed with them,
Xiao Chen thought about it and stood up. A good man would not suffer a loss in front of him.
After all, this is the territory of the Law Enforcement Hall. It is useless to just fight. You must consider the other party's background.
Let them show off their power for a while, and keep this account in mind for the time being, and slowly settle it later.
Just at this moment, a chaotic sound of footsteps suddenly came from the outer gate, as if a large group of people were coming.
The two guards immediately turned around and went out to check the situation. Wang Sanhu wanted to teach Xiao Chen a lesson, but finally decided to go outside to take a look.
While they were closing the door, the first person had already walked to the door.
Xiao Chen turned his head and took a look. On the chest of the person who came, there was a dark golden word "Chen" embroidered. It was a member of the Chen family
. Just as Elder Chen said, the Chen family had sent someone to guarantee.
The two elders led the way, with a group of Chen family disciples, demanding that the Law Enforcement Hall release the people immediately.
At this time, all the disciples who stayed behind in the Law Enforcement Hall quickly gathered together and formed a human wall to prevent them from approaching.
The Chen family was just putting pressure on them, not really coming to cause trouble, so they were deadlocked.
Soon Elder Jiang outside received the news. Surprised, he quickly rushed back to the Law Enforcement Hall.
"Uncle Chen, why did you come here in person?"
"Jiang Shiyou, you detained Tianyang and his apprentice for no reason. Isn't that inappropriate?"
"Uncle Chen, Tianyang's apprentice has abnormal behavior and is a major suspect. I am also acting impartially, please understand."
"Acting impartially, okay, if you show us the evidence, we will naturally obey the rules. But if you don't have evidence, we won't agree."
As soon as these words came out, many members of the Chen family who came with them also raised their arms and shouted: "No! No!"
Jiang Shiyou narrowed his eyes and thought quickly about the pros and cons.
If he allowed the Chen family to make trouble, it would obviously be disadvantageous to him. After all, he didn't have any evidence that Xiao Chen was problematic, let alone implicate Elder Chen.
But he changed his mind and thought, the fact that the Chen family came to him in such a hurry, did it mean that he was about to get hold of their handle?
If it was just that Chen Tianyang had taken a fancy to Xiao Chen, why would the Chen family go out in such a big way, even at the cost of gathering people to make trouble?
In the current situation where the Chen and Jiang families are secretly competing, the more the opponent opposes, the more it shows that he is doing the right thing.
Thinking of this, Jiang Shiyou no longer hesitated and decisively shouted: "Shut up, gather privately to attack the Law Enforcement Hall, do you still have the rules of the sect? Do you still have the sect?"
In the crowd, a young man from the Chen family drew out his flying sword with a "swoosh": "You have detained my Chen family for no reason, you must give us an explanation."
Many Chen family disciples also drew out their flying swords: "Give us an explanation!" "Release Uncle Tianyang!" "Why are you detaining our people!" "How
dare you!" Elder Jiang's nephew immediately stepped forward, drew his sword and shouted: "This is the Law Enforcement Hall, are the Chen family trying to rob people?"
There are also many Jiang family members among the other disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall, and they all drew their flying swords without hesitation when they saw this.
For a while, the Law Enforcement Hall was tense.
The situation has spread from Elder Chen to the conflict between the Jiang and Chen families.
Jiang Shiyou ignored the cold sword lights and looked at the elder of the Chen family: "Uncle Chen, what do you want to do? What does the Chen family want to do?"
Uncle Chen responded calmly: "It's very simple, we just want to know why the Law Enforcement Hall detained people. We just want an explanation and justice!"
Seeing that the conflict was about to break out, a disciple on duty from the Law Enforcement Hall suddenly ran in from the outer gate
and shouted: "The Great Elder is here!"
Chapter 34 You are a demon cultivator!
When the Chen family had come, some clever disciples had gone to the Elder Hall and asked the Great Elder to intervene.
It happened that the Great Elder and several elders were discussing matters in the Elder Hall.
With the timely arrival of the Great Elder, everyone consciously put away their magic tools and calmed down again.
After understanding the reason, the Great Elder first severely reprimanded the Chen family and ordered them to leave the hall immediately and wait outside.
Then he took over the leadership of the investigation and personally presided over the investigation of Xiao Chen and Elder Chen.
After several hours, the complete investigation results came out. There was no evidence to show that Xiao Chen had a problem.
Naturally, there was no evidence to show that Elder Chen had a problem.
Only when the two were brought out and the suspicious items were searched on the spot, the elder of Liehuofeng who was responsible for searching Xiao Chen found something wrong.
"You are at the seventh level of Qi Refining!"
As soon as he said this, the scene immediately became quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Chen.
Being watched by so many people, Xiao Chen's expression remained calm: "Replying to the elders, I had a feeling when I was practicing this morning, and I successfully broke through."
As he said this, he took the initiative to emit his own aura.
The aura of a cultivator who has just broken through is relatively unstable, with an obvious and irregular fluctuation, which is very easy to distinguish.
The elders present looked at each other in surprise and widened their eyes in suspicion.
You know, through the investigation that just ended, they all knew that Xiao Chen was a chores disciple at the first level of Qi Refining half a year ago.
But now, in just seven months, this chores disciple has actually completed the journey of others for seven years, breaking through the realm continuously, and reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.
The elders present were stunned and couldn't believe their eyes.
Throughout the history of the Lihuo Sect since its establishment, there has never been a disciple whose cultivation has improved so quickly.
Even the ancestor of the fire element's spiritual root took a full ten months to go from the first level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
But Xiao Chen actually broke this record that has been passed down for thousands of years, and increased the speed by 30% at once.
It's incredible!
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Jiang Shiyou shouted, his face flushed and his eyes were about to burst.
The moment he heard the time in the morning, he realized that he had been calculated by Elder Chen.
No wonder the other party was willing to come forward to protect Xiao Chen. It turned out that he was trying to win over a talented disciple with super potential.
In this way, Xiao Chen not only became Elder Chen's apprentice and had a good impression of the Chen family, but he was also bound to hate the Jiang family, especially Jiang Shiyou.
Elder Chen was smiling at this time, and he was sure of victory. The purpose of arranging Manager Chen in this way included this consideration.
With the catalysis of this conflict, I believe that when Xiao Chen grows up in the future, he will definitely stand on the side of the Chen family to help fight against the Jiang family.
Jiang Shiyou soon realized this matter. His eyes turned cold. No, he must not give up.
Either don't offend people, or offend them to death, and leave no future troubles!
If he remembered correctly, Xiao Chen was a low-grade spiritual root in the sect's archives.
To be able to break through the cultivation level so quickly, there must be other undiscovered tricks behind it.
Coincidentally, Jiang Shiyou had a flash of inspiration and immediately remembered a piece of news he had seen before.
Thirty years ago, the Sihai Sect, one of the three major sects in Lizhou, had a similar situation.
At that time, there was an outer disciple of the Four Seas Sect, whose cultivation suddenly improved rapidly, and was considered a rare genius in a century.
It was finally confirmed that he actually took a shortcut and secretly practiced magic skills.
Thinking of this, Jiang Shiyou looked at Xiao Chen again. Would this suddenly rising errand disciple in front of him also practice magic skills?
This was of course just a guess or a malicious speculation, because he had no evidence.
But without even a moment of hesitation, Jiang Shiyou pointed his finger at Xiao Chen: "You are a demon cultivator! A spy sent by the demon sect!" As soon as
these words came out, it was like a big stone falling into the lake, and a stone stirred up a thousand waves.
The two words "demon cultivator" are almost the biggest accusation and slander against a normal cultivator.
From ancient times to the present, demon cultivators with many crimes have committed various horrific tragedies.
So much so that the righteous cultivators in the entire cultivation world, together with all the casual cultivators, have a consensus-demon cultivators deserve to die!
Once a cultivator is identified as a demon cultivator, it means that he will be abandoned and hunted down by the entire righteous path.
The cultivator who killed the demon cultivator would be considered a hero.
It could be said that Jiang Shiyou's accusation was equivalent to an indirect death sentence for Xiao Chen.
Upon hearing this, Elder Chen immediately retorted: "You are talking nonsense, Jiang Shiyou, do you know what you are talking about!"
The Great Elder also frowned: "Don't talk nonsense like this, do you have any corresponding evidence?"
Jiang Shiyou vowed: "I have checked the sect archives. When Xiao Chen joined the sect, he had low-grade spiritual roots. Ladies and gentlemen, low-grade spiritual roots!"
"I believe that everyone present should know what this means. Cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots will encounter obstacles even when breaking through small bottlenecks."
"Only high-grade spiritual roots can reach perfection without any bottlenecks in the Qi Refining Period."
Jiang Shiyou became more and more confident as he spoke. He even asked a question on the spot: "Jiang Cungang, you have a mid-grade spiritual root. Tell me, how long did it take you to break through the late Qi Refining period?"
Jiang Cungang: "To reply to the elder, after I perfected the sixth level of Qi Refining, I spent another year polishing it before I successfully broke through."
"Did you all hear it?" Jiang Shiyou's voice became louder and louder: "But Xiao Chen, a low-grade spiritual root, has made rapid breakthroughs one after another. What is his basis?"
"Xiao Chen, let me ask you, on what basis can you overcome the bottleneck brought by your spiritual roots!"
Then, without waiting for Xiao Chen to answer, he made a conclusion on the spot: "There is only one truth - you are a demon cultivator!"
Elder Chen was anxious at the time: "Jiang Shiyou, you can't just say that you are a demon cultivator, show us the evidence."
"If you can prove that Xiao Chen is a demon cultivator, I will clean up the mess myself."
"But if you don't have evidence, just shut the fuck up and don't slander me here!"
However, Jiang Shiyou shamelessly asked back: "Xiao Chen, tell me yourself, on what basis can you overcome the natural bottleneck? If you can't tell, you are a demon cultivator."
Xiao Chen wanted to laugh after hearing what he said: "Elder Jiang, as an elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, do you only rely on your mouth to convict others?"
"Just after we touched each other's lips, I have to prove my innocence myself? What kind of logic is this?"
Jiang Shiyou ignored Xiao Chen and looked at the elder instead: "Brother Song, once a demon cultivator infiltrates the sect, there will be endless troubles."
The elder lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and finally chose to believe Jiang Shiyou: "Xiao Chen, then you tell everyone how you broke through the late stage of Qi Refining."
"If what you say makes sense, it will surely help the other brothers. I will give you 500 spirit stones as a reward for sharing your experience and insights."
"If you can't tell it..." The elder paused.
"I would rather hurt someone by mistake than let any suspicious demon cultivator go."
Chapter 35: Master Ming Yan comes forward
Xiao Chen almost wanted to laugh. He didn't expect that the great elder of the sect could make such a foolish decision.
He just saw that he was an ordinary disciple with no background, but he still had the nerve to pretend to be righteous. How shameless.
However, the other party's words of "preferring to hurt others by mistake" still made him feel the cruel side of the world of cultivation.
Most of the time, a thought of a big shot can determine the fate of the people below.
But Xiao Chen was still very calm at this time, because he could fully prove that his breakthrough in cultivation was justified.
Recently, he happened to have obtained several spiritual objects that were helpful for cultivation, such as purple peach blossoms, green wood spirit liquid, bone sharpening spring, and Qi gathering pill.
Each of these things can be used as one of the reasons for his rapid breakthrough.
Including the "Qi Nourishing Breathing Method" he chose at the beginning. The only effect of this method is to reduce the difficulty of breakthrough and help ordinary disciples to break through better.
Although Xiao Chen actually enjoyed a tenfold increase in the method, this kind of thing cannot be really quantified.
Who can prove that he is not more comprehensible and has achieved better results?
As he introduced the five different reasons one by one, the elders present also had some discussions.
"Yes, the main effect of our sect's "Qi-nourishing Breathing Method" is to reduce the obstacles to breakthrough for disciples with poor spiritual roots."
"Purple peach blossoms can help cultivators consolidate their foundations, thereby speeding up their cultivation."
"I remember that Xiao Chen has a low-grade wood spiritual root in the file, and refining the green wood spiritual liquid can help him improve his cultivation efficiency."
"The Su family kid is willing to use the Liguquan to give a favor. He has a good eye and is generous!"
"After returning from the trial, he took a total of two bottles of Qi-gathering pills. That is equivalent to practicing at the sixth level of Qi Refining for five months. This time is much more reasonable."
This last point immediately aroused everyone's discussion.
Although the ancestor with the fire-type heavenly spiritual root took ten months, he did not use any elixirs or spiritual objects from beginning to end.
Xiao Chen seemed to have taken seven months, but in fact he borrowed many spiritual objects, and it was still not as fast as the heavenly spiritual root.
In this way, everyone felt that it was acceptable.
Only Jiang Shiyou still insisted on opposing: "Not enough! If it were another disciple, even if he had dual spiritual roots, he would definitely not be able to do it so quickly with these spiritual objects!"
In fact, he was right. With only these spiritual objects, it would definitely not be so fast without Hex.
But the situation has developed to this point, and the others sounded like Elder Jiang was insisting on being stubborn.
Elder Qi of Bishui Peak couldn't help but speak up: "Brother Jiang, Xiao Chen has given several reasons, which are reasonable and well-founded. Why do you have to embarrass him like this?" As soon as
she opened her mouth, her cold voice and outstanding appearance attracted the attention of the whole audience.
The other neutral elders who had been silent did not want to speak, but when they saw Elder Qi express his position, they also spoke up to support him.
They all said that since there were spiritual objects to help, such a result was not incomprehensible, and there was no need to dwell on it.
However, Jiang Shiyou still refused to give in: "Everyone, don't be fooled by this kid's sweet words. Although these things are a little difficult to put together, they can be repeated."
"For the safety of the sect, lock up Xiao Chen first, and find other disciples to test in the same way. It will not be too late to make a decision after the test is completed in seven months."
Elder Chen directly refuted: "This is nonsense! You want to imprison my disciple for seven months without any evidence. Why don't you lock him up for seven years or seventy years?"
"Does the sect still have sect rules? Or is it that you, Jiang Shiyou, have the final say in the Law Enforcement Hall?"
Elder Qi also questioned: "Every disciple's cultivation situation is different, and it is related to each person's talent, comprehension, and mentality."
"If only one disciple takes the test, the result will inevitably be inaccurate. If many disciples take the test, who will be responsible for these resources?"
Another elder immediately chimed in: "The test is simple, but who will provide the resources? Who will participate in the test? Do you want the sect to spend resources to help the Jiang family disciples break through?"
Jiang Shiyou glanced at Elder Qi angrily.
As one of the five newly-promoted families, the Jiang family's foundation is still not strong enough to influence neutral people like Elder Qi.
Now the other party has continuously supported Xiao Chen and led others, which makes him very passive.
If he knew that things would turn out like this from the beginning, Jiang Shiyou would definitely not wade into this muddy water.
But as the conflict intensified, it is no longer a problem for him alone, but has become a status dispute between the Jiang family and the Chen family in the public eye.
Now it has alarmed the twelve branches of the outer gate, the entire law enforcement hall, and the elders.
Since the previous investigation, the matter has been so big that everyone in the Lihuo Gate is watching the outcome of the matter.
If he gives in now, it will not only be his face that will fall, but also the momentum of the Jiang family.
If it is spread out, outsiders will think that the Chen family has suppressed the Jiang family.
At this point, Jiang Shiyou feels that he is in a difficult situation.
Elder Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't expect Jiang Shiyou to be so stubborn before. It was obviously a small matter but he didn't give in at all, which made things much more complicated.
Fortunately, with the help of Elder Qi, the situation is now obviously one-sided.
Seeing this, the elder was also ready to mediate and end the conflict.
He looked at Jiang Shiyou: "Since..."
"I want to enforce the special regulations!" Jiang Shiyou gritted his teeth and interrupted the elder.
"The special regulations of the Law Enforcement Hall allow special detention for disciples who are likely to endanger the sect. I am now detaining Xiao Chen for investigation under the special regulations."
"The specific results of the investigation will be made public in the sect hall at the latest seven days later."
At this time, all the elders were confused. Xiao Chen's past experience was very simple. What else is there to investigate?
But they didn't know that Jiang Shiyou had made up his mind.
As long as Xiao Chen was locked up, no matter if he had any guilt or not, he must be a spy sent by other sects.
He didn't work in the Law Enforcement Hall for nothing these years. He was quite experienced in framing people.
"Don't bother. I'll check."
A deep voice suddenly sounded in everyone's ears.
Turning his head, he saw a middle-aged man with a dignified face, wearing a crown and a wide round-necked robe, walking slowly.
Xiao Chen's eyes focused instantly, looking at the bottom of the other party's Ruyi cloud-head shoes.
Walking in the air!
It is not difficult to just walk in the air, but with the other party's easy step, it is a hundred feet away. In just three breaths, he walked from the cloud head several miles away to the front.
There is only one possibility, the person coming is a Jindan Zhenren!
The elder immediately bowed: "Greetings to Zhenren Mingyan."
The other elders and disciples also bowed and greeted: "Greetings to Zhenren Mingyan!"
Zhenren Mingyan raised his right hand, and everyone present was immediately lifted up by a spiritual power.
The elder immediately replied: "Reporting to Zhenren, this disciple in the field is Xiao Chen."
Immediately, everyone looked at Xiao Chen again.
Unexpectedly, an unknown outer sect disciple with low-grade spiritual roots could eventually alarm Zhenren Jindan to come out in person.
Hearing this, Xiao Chen took a deep breath and greeted again: "Disciple Xiao Chen, greetings to the real person."