“The sharpening stone is broken?”
A hint of doubt flashed across the face of the Law Enforcement Elder, then he turned his gaze to Cheng Fei.
Cheng Fei's expression shook, and he said, “Elder, I don’t know about this matter. My nephew… no, Cheng Hou didn’t report to me that the sharpening stone was broken.”
“However, it’s also possible that this little girl is lying for Lu Chengfeng. The sharpening stone's material is special and can withstand any impact below the逍遥 Realm. Lu Chengfeng’s cultivation has already reached the peak of the逍遥 Realm, so it’s normal for her to break the sharpening stone.”
“Perhaps it was because Lu Chengfeng broke the sharpening stone that the Xuanbei City selection was interrupted.”
With a few words, Cheng Fei once again pointed the finger at Lu Chengfeng.
Anyone with eyes could see that there was something fishy about this matter, but everyone present was looking at their noses, mouths, and hearts, and even the Law Enforcement Elder nodded and said, “That makes sense.”
Lu Chengfeng’s face darkened when she heard this, and she sneered, “It seems that today you are determined to convict me of violating the rules of the sect.”
The Law Enforcement Elder frowned upon hearing this, and he said, “Are you saying that our Law Enforcement Hall is not handling things fairly and wants to wrong you?”
“Have you investigated the matter clearly? You’re so anxious to convict me. Law Enforcement Elder, thousands of years ago, my master and I also came to the Law Enforcement Hall. I was still young at the time, but I still remember that you didn’t even dare to breathe loudly in front of my master. What, now that my master is only missing, not fallen, you treat my Lihun Peak like this?”
Lu Chengfeng said coldly, she looked down on these people in the Law Enforcement Hall very much. They were clearly directly responsible to the Sect Leader, and even though the Blood Drinking Blade Master was temporarily managing things, they were still relying on the big tree of the Sect Leader. But now, in order to please the Blood Drinking Blade Master, they had turned the Law Enforcement Hall, which was the benchmark of the sect, into a tool for the Blood Drinking Peak to suppress fellow disciples. People like this staying in the Tianxuan Blade Sect were simply a disgrace to the Tianxuan Blade Sect's blade philosophy.
It was a pity that the Sect Leader had been in seclusion for a long time, and the sect had become a place full of moths. If her master, the Lihun Blade Master, hadn't raised and taught them, their four senior sisters would have left the Tianxuan Blade Sect long ago to venture out on their own. They wouldn't join other forces, but becoming rogue cultivators would be more free and at ease than staying in this Tianxuan Blade Sect.
The faces of the people in the Law Enforcement Hall changed, but Lu Chengfeng felt that it wasn’t enough, and she continued, “Since my master, the Lihun Blade Master, disappeared a hundred years ago, the death rate of our Lihun Peak disciples on missions has been as high as 90%. In the end, only our four sisters are left. I don’t understand why a Breaking Void Realm disciple’s mission would encounter Life and Death Realm and even Nirvana Realm enemies? Has the sect’s intelligence system fallen to the point where it can’t even investigate the mission targets clearly? Or is someone engaging in favoritism and secretly making things difficult for our Lihun Peak?”
“Enough, Lu Chengfeng, I think you’re crazy, actually talking nonsense and slandering us.” Cheng Fei’s face darkened, his eyes full of anger.
“Not enough!”
Lu Chengfeng shouted coldly, loudly saying, “For a hundred years, countless disciples of our Lihun Peak have died, but we haven’t been able to recruit a single new disciple. That’s right, now the news that our Lihun Peak’s Lihun Blade Master is missing is spreading everywhere in the sect. When others hear that Lihun Peak’s pillar is gone, they naturally won’t want to join our Lihun Peak anymore. Over time, our Lihun Peak will naturally disappear. I don’t understand, my master’s disappearance is a huge loss to the sect, how can someone treat this as after-dinner gossip and spread it everywhere, making it known throughout the sect? Can anyone give me an explanation?”
Faced with Lu Chengfeng’s questioning, everyone present, including the Law Enforcement Elder, had unnatural expressions. Even though they were all seasoned veterans, they now felt an embarrassment as if their dirty deeds were being exposed in public.
In this situation, Gu Huaiyu couldn’t help but give Lu Chengfeng a thumbs up. Her first impression of these people was very bad. She didn’t understand why her master wanted her to join the Tianxuan Blade Sect. So far, the most direct feeling this Tianxuan Blade Sect gave her was that it was too ruthless.
She didn’t understand why the atmosphere between fellow disciples was more uncomfortable than between mortal enemies. Mortal enemies could at least draw their swords and fight directly, but there was so much infighting.
Little did she know that this was also something Gu Changsheng wanted her to experience.
Her experience was limited to working as a guide in Wanghai City, running around every day for a few mid-grade source crystals. Although she had met many different kinds of people, she didn’t have time to have in-depth exchanges with these people. In addition, after becoming Gu Changsheng’s disciple, all the pressure that had been squeezed in her heart in the past suddenly disappeared, allowing her to finally be herself, which made her heart become pure.
At this time, Cheng Fei spoke first.
“What a Lu Chengfeng, I didn’t expect you to be so sharp-tongued. Today, no matter how eloquently you speak, the fact that you violated the rules of the sect is already established. Come, take Lu Chengfeng down, throw her into the dungeon, and suppress her for a hundred years!”
Cheng Fei shouted loudly.
Lu Chengfeng’s face changed. Just as she was about to speak, suddenly, a earth-shattering sound came from outside.
“Rumble!”
Heaven and earth trembled at this moment, and the aura of the Great Dao permeated, and everyone's face changed.
The Law Enforcement Elder frowned even more, and said softly, “Who is it that opened the Heavenly Ladder?”
After speaking, the Law Enforcement Elder waved his hand, and used a secret technique similar to the Heavenly Eye to create a picture in the air. In the picture, a stone ladder appeared that went straight into the clouds and could not be seen at the top. The ladder's aura was very ancient, as if it had experienced countless years, revealing an ancient aura.
In front of the stone ladder, three female figures appeared. When Lu Chengfeng saw it, her face changed.
“It’s Yu Shui and the others!”
Lu Chengfeng said.
Gu Huaiyu looked at the picture with a puzzled face, and asked, “Sister Lu, what is this?”
Lu Chengfeng said with a wry smile, “This is the ‘I have a way to resolve it’ that I mentioned earlier, climbing the Heavenly Ladder!”
That’s right, Lu Chengfeng had thought of this method from the beginning. As long as she successfully climbed to the top of the Heavenly Ladder, then she could justifiably become the Peak Master of Lihun Peak, and then she would have the right to recruit disciples on her own. At that time, the crime that the Law Enforcement Hall wanted to impose on her would naturally be easily solved.
It’s just that the difficulty of climbing the Heavenly Ladder is very, very great. So far, apart from the Sect Leader who created the Heavenly Ladder, no one has been able to climb to the top of the Heavenly Ladder. Lu Chengfeng is also not sure, but she has no choice.
Lu Chengfeng sent out a divine thought to tell Gu Huaiyu her intention to climb the Heavenly Ladder, and then said with a wry smile, “I didn’t expect Yu Shui and the others to be one step ahead of me. Let’s go too.”
“Yeah!” Gu Huaiyu nodded, and then followed Lu Chengfeng out of the hall.
“Lu Chengfeng, where do you want to go?”
Cheng Fei scolded.
“Climb the Heavenly Ladder, what, do you want to stop me from climbing the Heavenly Ladder, or do you dare to stop me?” Lu Chengfeng turned her head and looked at Cheng Fei coldly.
“You……”
Cheng Fei was speechless for a moment. Climbing the Heavenly Ladder was a major event for the sect. All sect disciples could climb the Heavenly Ladder, and no one, including the Sect Leader, could stop them. This rule was set by Tianxuan Supreme himself. He would naturally abide by it. Naturally, Tianxuan Supreme had to abide by it. If others violated it, it would be comparable to the crime of treason, and the consequences would be irreversible.
Of course, Cheng Fei didn’t dare to stop her, but he dared to say harsh words.
“Do you think you can succeed? After you fail, you will still be punished.”
“Whether I succeed or not, I’ll only know after I try.” Lu Chengfeng said coldly, then took Gu Huaiyu and walked outside. At this time, a man came face to face. This man was that Senior Brother Cheng, whose real name was Cheng Hou.
Cheng Hou was stunned when he saw Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu walking outside, but Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu didn’t even look at him and ignored him directly.
Cheng Hou came to the Law Enforcement Hall, knelt down with a thud, and cried loudly, “This disciple is guilty and has come to receive punishment.”
“Cheng Hou, what are you doing?”
Cheng Fei, as Cheng Hou’s uncle, frowned and asked.
Cheng Fei did not dare to hide anything and told the whole story of what he had concealed in Xuanbei City before.
“What? The sharpening stone was really broken by that girl?”
Everyone’s faces were horrified.
Cheng Hou nodded.
At this time, Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu had just reached the door. They looked back and showed a sneer together. The laughter was full of sarcasm. The Law Enforcement Elder and others only felt their cheeks burning. Just now, they had forcibly imposed the breaking of the sharpening stone on Lu Chengfeng. Now Cheng Hou came out and told the truth. Wasn’t this slapping them in the face?
“Cheng Hou, tell me quickly, were you threatened by someone? Tell me, Uncle… the Law Enforcement Elder is here, he will make the decision for you.” Cheng Fei said quickly.
But Cheng Hou shook his head quickly and said, “No one threatened me.”
“Then……”
The Law Enforcement Elder and Cheng Fei looked at each other. Cheng Fei said, “Since you have already realized your mistake, as the saying goes, it is great to correct your mistakes. Get up.”
“No, I want to receive a hundred law sticks.” Cheng Hou said firmly.
Now it was Cheng Fei’s turn to be confused. He knew Cheng Hou and he was definitely not someone who could correct his mistakes, but now he actually asked to receive a hundred law sticks. That was a hundred law sticks. He would be seriously injured even if he didn’t die. Was this child’s brain broken today?
“Why?” Cheng Fei asked.
“It was Senior Sister who asked me to receive the punishment.” Cheng Hou asked.
“What? Is it Rong Bing?” Cheng Fei was shocked.
The Law Enforcement Elder also raised his eyebrows and said, “Since it is Rong Bing, then go to the execution room to receive a law stick!”
“Yes!” After Cheng Hou finished speaking, he left.
After Cheng Hou left, the Law Enforcement Hall fell into a strange silence.
“Miss Rong Bing is really… impartial and selfless!”
“Yes, yes, she is really a role model for us.”
Suddenly, praise for Rong Bing rang out in the hall, but Cheng Fei and the Law Enforcement Elder’s faces were unusually strange. In the strangeness, there was also a hint of embarrassment.
You are praising Rong Bing so much, aren’t you saying that the two of them are unfair in their law enforcement?
But the object of praise was Rong Bing, and they didn’t dare to say anything. Rong Bing was not only the chief disciple of the Blood Drinking Blade Master, but also the only daughter of the Blood Drinking Blade Master. Since she had spoken, how dare they disobey?
……
On the way to the Heavenly Ladder, Gu Huaiyu asked, “Sister Lu, they seem to be very afraid of that woman named Rong Bing.”
“Rong Bing, she is the only one in Blood Drinking Peak that I can’t hate. Maybe she is the one who will change the current situation of the sect.”
Lu Chengfeng said.
Rong Bing, a woman who very much abides by the rules. Lu Chengfeng only has admiration for this woman. In the past, they were very, very good sisters. It’s just that because the grievances between Lihun Peak and Blood Drinking Peak are getting deeper and deeper, Rong Bing may not have any ill feelings towards Lihun Peak, but Lu Chengfeng has a strong aversion to Blood Drinking Peak.
Over time, Lu Chengfeng deliberately alienated Rong Bing, and even ridiculed her a few times after meeting. Rong Bing was not used to Lu Chengfeng and would also fight back.
However, they both knew that their friendship had not faded because of this, but it was just that Lu Chengfeng herself could not get over the hurdle in her heart.
Blood Drinking Peak has an unshirkable responsibility for the decline of Lihun Peak.
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