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After the discussion, everyone dispersed.

After that, things turned out to be surprisingly calm.

But if nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected is about to happen.

That day, Lin Zhixu and Zhou Tong returned from outside and saw that the courtyard gate was open and there was a commotion coming from inside.

The two exchanged a glance and quickly went inside.

Shen Yue was sitting on a stone bench in the middle of the courtyard, legs crossed, directing her disciples. Her matter-of-fact manner made it seem like the courtyard belonged to her.

Their doors were all open, and the rooms were a complete mess.

A surge of anger rushed to Zhou Tong's head, and he strode forward, shouting, "What are you doing?!"

Shen Yue slowly turned her head, and seeing that they had returned, she didn't even stand up, saying nonchalantly, "Didn't you see? I was looking for something."

Zhou Tong angrily retorted, "Why are you searching our room?! Who let you in?"

Shen Yue: "The reason I searched your room is because your people stole my things."

Zhou Tong: "What nonsense are you talking about? We don't even know you, how could we steal your things?"

Zhou Tong certainly wouldn't mention that he had met Shen Yue at Tianheng Sect. Anyway, Shen Yue didn't know him, so there was no need to cause trouble for himself.

Shen Yue's gaze swept over the two faces, a hint of schadenfreude in her eyes. "Someone said they saw people from your Tianheng Sect acting suspiciously yesterday, and this morning my things were stolen. How can people not suspect that you stole them?"

Zhou Tong was furious and wanted to argue, but Lin Zhixu stopped him.

Lin Zhixu remained expressionless as he watched them search: "So, did you find it?"

Shen Yue felt inexplicably guilty under his cold gaze. She frowned and irritably called out into the house, "Have you found it yet! A bunch of useless people, you're so slow at finding something."

They clearly had someone slip something in there last night while they were away, so why haven't they found it yet?

Just then, a disciple rushed out of the room, holding something in his hand, and excitedly shouted, "Senior Sister Shen, we found it!"

Shen Yue's eyes lit up, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She stood up from the stone bench, a smug smile playing on her lips: "See, we found it. Let's see how you try to deny it this time."

The commotion was quite significant. The disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect were already curious about these "outsiders" from the Heavenly Heng Sect, and now that Shen Yue had led people into the courtyard, they were even more curious and gathered around, with discussions rising and falling.

"What's going on? Isn't that Senior Sister Shen inside? Why is she clashing with the people from the Tianheng Sect?"

"You don't know yet, do you? I heard that someone from the Tianheng Sect was dishonest and stole Senior Sister Shen's treasure, and they were caught red-handed!"

"Huh? Really? You seem pretty upright."

"Why is that impossible? Maybe she took a fancy to Senior Sister Shen's things and swiped them when no one was looking."

The discussions became increasingly outrageous, and the four Tianheng Sect disciples who had just returned turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

The four exchanged a glance and tacitly squeezed into the crowd.

Gao Jing reacted quickly, grabbing the Wan Jian Sect disciple by the back of his collar and dragging him out like a chick into the center of the courtyard, where he threw him to the ground.

"Junior Brother Lin," Gao Jing said, suppressing his anger as he looked at Lin Zhixu, "this man is spouting nonsense and ruining the reputation of our Tianheng Sect. What do you think we should do with him?"

The Wanjian Sect disciple was thrown around in a daze. When he looked up, he saw countless eyes staring at him, and he panicked instantly.

"What...what do you want! I'm a member of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect! You were caught red-handed stealing, and you won't even let me say anything? You want to hit me?"

Lin Zhixu didn't even bother to look at him: "Tell him to shut up, tie him up and put him aside. We'll deal with him later, let's handle this first."

Without hesitation, the men gagged the disciple, tied his hands and feet, and tossed him into a corner like trash.

The man struggled for a few moments, whimpering, but found he couldn't break free, so he stopped.

After doing all this, the four of them stood directly behind Lin Zhixu, arms crossed, looking coldly at Shen Yue opposite them.

Zhou Tong took the opportunity to straighten his back, raising his chin slightly, with a hint of triumph.

So you're the only one with connections? Don't they have any?

Shen Yue, who had been full of confidence, lost most of her composure due to this sudden change, and unconsciously took a half step back.

Lin Zhixu looked at Shen Yue, his tone calm yet carrying an invisible pressure: "Are you sure we stole this?"

Shen Yue swallowed hard, feeling that things weren't going as she had expected.

But the words were already out, and with so many people surrounding them, if she backed down now, how could she ever face anyone in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect again? "Of course! The things were found in your room, how could they be fake?"

Lin Zhixu chuckled in exasperation, tilting his head slightly, his tone carrying an ambiguous meaning: "Do you know who I am?"

Shen Yue scoffed as if she'd heard the funniest joke in the world: "I don't care who you are! Do you know who I am? My father is the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect! Your people stole my things, and if you don't kneel down and apologize to me, I'll make you regret it!"

Back in Tianheng Sect, Shen Yue was afraid of Yan Lingcang's pressure and did not observe carefully, so she did not know Lin Zhixu's true identity and only thought of him as an elder disciple with some talent.

Otherwise, Shen Yue would never be so arrogant.

Hearing this, Zhou Tong could no longer hold back, her voice even louder than Shen Yue's: "So what if you're the sect leader? Does being the sect leader make you so great? Do you even know who my Senior Brother Lin's master is? Your sect leader isn't even worthy of carrying his shoes!"

Lin Zhixu: "..."

It's not that exaggerated.

Lin Zhixu wanted to hear what kind of compensation Shen Yue wanted before deciding how to respond: "Tell me, what kind of compensation do you want?"

Seeing that his attitude seemed to have softened, Shen Yue became smug again.

She snatched the jade hairpin from the disciple beside her, holding it high in the air for the onlookers to see clearly: "Do you know what this is? My father personally gave it to me when I came of age; it's a Grade Earth Spiritual Artifact, priceless!"

Sure enough, a gasp of surprise rippled through the crowd.

A level-earth spiritual artifact. Sect Master Shen really spoils this daughter rotten.

Seeing the enthusiastic reaction from the crowd, Shen Yue became even more smug, her tone filled with haughty arrogance: "Luckily, the items weren't damaged, otherwise we couldn't afford to compensate you even if we sold all of you!"

"Alright then, since the items have been recovered and no significant loss has occurred, but you stole first, and your behavior was truly egregious, so I'll punish you by making each of you kowtow to me three times."

She pointed at each of the six people opposite her, her malice undisguised. "You six, three each, not one less!"

Upon hearing this, the Wanjian Sect disciples watching fell silent for a moment.

Isn't it a bit too much to make someone kneel down and kowtow?

This isn't a legitimate claim; it's blatant humiliation. They might as well have fined them or given them a beating.