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In the courtyard, Lu Luo was overjoyed to see his two nemesis driven away by Ye Chen. He couldn't stop smiling, and all the pent-up anger from the earlier mockery vanished...

But when he met Ye Chen's gaze, he suddenly froze, his smile instantly freezing...

A chill ran through me, and I couldn't laugh anymore.

Will I lose my own storage bag too?

"Clang, clang..."

Lu Luo hurriedly lowered her head, quickly crafting the wooden chair, not daring to look at Ye Chen again, her heart pounding with panic...

Ye Chen ignored him, took the two storage bags he had just snatched, and planned to go back to his room to take stock of them.

"Get out of the way..."

"The Enforcement Hall people have arrived..."

"Strange, why are disciples from the Enforcement Hall here?"

A commotion arose outside the cave...

Ye Chen paused, vaguely hearing the words "Hall of Enforcement," and a sense of tension welled up inside him...

Could it be that my impersonation has been discovered?

Just as he was wondering, several disciples dressed in black standard robes barged in.

The obese disciple in the lead looked up, his gaze falling on Ye Chen. After sizing him up, he asked in a deep voice.

"You're Xu Xiao?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen frowned slightly, ready to take action at any moment.

"It's me..."

"Is there something you need?"

Upon hearing him admit his identity, the obese disciple immediately revealed his own identity.

"We are from the sect's Enforcement Hall. Last night, Ji Bochang, a disciple of Inner Sect Leader Lin Feng, went missing. Some people said they saw him come here..."

"Tell me, did you kill Senior Brother Ji?"

Upon hearing this, the disciples watching the commotion outside the courtyard gate immediately erupted in uproar...

"What! Senior Brother Xu killed someone?"

"That's impossible! How could Senior Brother Xu do such a thing?"

"Wait a minute, an inner disciple? That means he's at least at the Foundation Establishment stage, right? Even if Senior Brother Xu is powerful, he couldn't possibly kill a Foundation Establishment senior brother, could he?"

"The people from the Enforcement Hall have come knocking on our door, could it be fake?"

......

Harming fellow disciples is a grave crime, and if verified by the Enforcement Hall, death is almost certain...

The other party immediately accused Ye Chen of harming his fellow disciples, clearly acting on someone's orders and specifically targeting him...

Ye Chen not only didn't panic, but actually breathed a sigh of relief...

His biggest worries were the deaths of the two disciples from Xianxia Peak and Xu Xiao; other than that, he wasn't worried at all about anyone having any leverage over him...

Although he killed Ji Bochang, Ji Bochang was absorbed into the Purple Gold Gourd, leaving not even a trace. He wasn't worried at all that the other party could find anything out...

Last night, in order to prevent the fighting from being discovered, Ji Bochang specially set up an array outside the cave, so no one would know what happened.

The person who knew Ji Bochang had come to find him was undoubtedly the mastermind behind it all.

Ye Chen met the gaze of the obese disciple and spoke calmly.

"What Ji Bozhang or Ji Bo-miao? I don't know any Senior Brother Ji, and no one has come looking for me..."

"Does your Enforcement Hall handle matters based on hearsay? Do you believe everything others say?"

"If you're going to accuse me of harming my fellow disciples, you'd better provide evidence of my murders to convince anyone, wouldn't you?"

"Besides, you said you're an inner disciple, how could I, an outer disciple, possibly beat him? This is clearly someone deliberately trying to frame me..."

Upon hearing this, the faces of everyone in the Enforcement Hall darkened.

The obese disciple in the lead stared intently at Ye Chen with a gloomy face. He hadn't expected that Ye Chen would not only not be afraid of him, but would also turn the tables on him, thwarting all his plans.

"Xu Xiao, don't be so arrogant..."

"When we conduct our duties in the Enforcement Hall, we naturally pay attention to evidence of guilt."

"Since we've come to you, we must already know these secrets. If you tell us willingly, we might spare your life. Don't be so stubborn..."

The obese disciple glared at him menacingly and said.

"Really?"

Ye Chen remained calm and simply said...

"Then produce the evidence of my murder. Let everyone see how a mere outer disciple in the Qi Refining stage could kill an inner disciple..."

After all, the disciples who can enter the inner sect are far stronger than those in the outer sect. Once they enter the inner sect, their cultivation resources will increase several times over, and their cultivation will improve much faster—something that outer sect disciples cannot compare to...

Inner disciples even have access to more martial arts manuals, magical treasures, and spiritual weapons, making them significantly stronger than outer disciples...

Before the disciples of the Enforcement Hall could speak, Ye Chen continued in a loud voice.

"I know why you came to find me; you just want to cause trouble..."

"I heard that Long Aotian, whom I injured yesterday, has an inner sect elder as his backer. It must be him who sent you here, right?"

"If you want to punish me, just say so. Why bring up the whole 'harming fellow disciples' thing? We outer disciples are like stepchildren, we have fewer resources than those with connections, and we're targeted at everything..."

Upon hearing this, the disciples watching the commotion outside the cave suddenly realized what was happening, as if they had uncovered some conspiracy...

"So that's how it is... No wonder Senior Brother Xu couldn't have killed an inner disciple, it turns out it was a frame-up..."

"I've heard about it before. Long Aotian's grandfather is Elder Long of the inner sect. Senior Brother Xu injured someone yesterday, and the people from the Enforcement Hall came today. It's so obvious..."

"Ha, isn't this going too far? Are they just bullying us disciples who have no connections or backing?"

"How can anyone trust the Enforcement Hall when they act so unfairly..."

......

The disciples present were making a ruckus, and their gazes towards these Enforcement Hall disciples had changed...

When faced with injustice, these outer disciples all shared Ye Chen's indignation; helping Xu Xiao was tantamount to helping themselves...

"Don't talk nonsense, kid. What Elder Long? That's not true..."

The obese disciple's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth in anger, hurriedly denying it.

He was acting under orders to target Ye Chen, and he had absolutely no evidence of Ye Chen murdering his fellow disciples, so naturally he couldn't produce any at this moment...

He originally planned to just scare Ye Chen, then pin the blame on him, take him back to the Enforcement Hall for punishment, and that would be his job done.

Who knew Ye Chen would bluntly state his position on the spot, putting him in a difficult position...

There are still so many disciples watching outside the cave. If he forcibly takes someone to the Law Enforcement Hall, it will prove that he was instructed to teach Ye Chen a lesson. If things get out of hand, he himself will be punished.

Elder Long certainly wouldn't step in to protect him, for the sake of his reputation...

After all, most outer disciples don't have any background, and they all resent those with connections who can improve their cultivation and even gain the qualification to enter the inner sect through resources...

If the outer disciples cause trouble, the sect might even cripple their cultivation and expel them from the sect in order to quell the disturbance...

"Alright, Xu Xiao, right? I'll remember you..."

"You just wait, you little brat!"

The obese disciple glared fiercely at Ye Chen, but seeing that Ji Bozhang's body wasn't found in the courtyard, not even a drop of blood, he had no choice but to turn and leave with his men...