Chapter 22

Task Hall, Registration Office.

Chen Dazheng lowered his head to check the mission information when someone suddenly ran up and shouted, "That Lin Xuan is back, and he’s currently facing off against the Divine Might Group!"

This shout immediately alarmed all the disciples of the Task Hall. They put down their tasks and ran out.

Although they had never met Lin Xuan, they had heard about his reputation for nearly a month. An outer gate disciple with no background dared to kill a member of the Divine Might Group, and the one who died was the younger brother of the inner gate expert Zhang Qian. This was definitely the hottest news in recent times.

Chen Dazheng had heard about these events long ago, but he could only be anxious. Now, hearing that Lin Xuan had returned, he was even more anxious. After thinking for a long time, he could only seek help from Elder Fang.

He picked up the repaired treasure sword and hurriedly ran to the back mountain.

Passing through layers of halls, Chen Dazheng arrived at the quiet courtyard and bowed to the guard disciple, "Senior Brother, I have an urgent matter to see Elder Fang."

"Oh, it’s you." The guard disciple, seeing it was Chen Dazheng, smiled, "Wait a moment, I’ll inform him for you."

Chen Dazheng waited anxiously outside. Time was life now. If he was a second late, Lin Xuan might be taken away by the Divine Might Group. He didn’t think Lin Xuan could stand up to the Divine Might Group.

"Alright, follow me."

Just as Chen Dazheng was counting the seconds, the guard disciple led him in.

Disciple Chen Dazheng respectfully bowed to Elder Fang.

"What is it?" Elder Fang asked indifferently.

Chen Dazheng, though anxious, could only speak slowly in front of the elder, "This is the elder’s treasure sword, which has been repaired by Lin Xuan."

"Oh, Lin Xuan again?" Elder Fang stroked his beard, "He’s back?"

"Reporting to the elder, Lin Xuan has returned, but he is now surrounded by the Divine Might Group. They insist that Lin Xuan killed their people and are trying to take him away!"

"Nonsense!" Elder Fang was immediately alarmed.

"Lead the way!" He grabbed Chen Dazheng and moved, leaving a trail of afterimages in the air.

...

In the outer gate dormitory area, Tang Yu stood beside Lin Xuan, hands on her hips, glaring angrily at the Divine Might Group and the Enforcement Team.

"Whoever dares to take him away, they’ll have to get through me first!"

Lin Xuan didn’t expect this girl to defend him so much, and he felt a warm feeling in his heart. He whispered, "Thank you this time."

"Hmph!" Tang Yu shot him a glance, "We agreed that I would take care of you after you joined. Don’t worry!"

"Then you’re in for it!" Captain Hua said coldly.

He strode forward, his body glowing, and a large hand reached out, aiming directly at Lin Xuan.

Tang Yu’s face turned cold, and she was about to act when she was pulled behind someone.

Lin Xuan pulled her behind him and quickly drew his sword. The black iron sword turned into a bolt of lightning and stabbed out instantly.

Lin Xuan used the Thunder Movement Sword Technique from the start. The sword glow flashed like lightning, stabbing towards the large hand.

Clang clang!

The two collided, producing the sound of metal clashing. Lin Xuan stabbed three times, each targeting a different position, but each time was blocked by the spiritual energy in the hand. However, the hand was also stopped by these three stabs.

"Is this the Sixth Stage of the Condensation Pulse? What a powerful spiritual energy!" Lin Xuan couldn’t help but marvel at the strength of the opponent’s spiritual energy.

This scene caused a chorus of exclamations from the crowd.

"Did I see that right? He actually withstood Captain Hua’s attack!"

"Fourth Stage of the Condensation Pulse can actually resist the Sixth Stage? Am I dreaming?"

"That sword was so fast, who is this guy?"

"Whoever he is, if he offends the Divine Might Group and the Enforcement Team, he’s definitely dead!"

Captain Hua’s face was terrifyingly dark. He had used three-tenths of his strength in that attack, but it was unexpectedly blocked by Lin Xuan, and so many people had seen it. In the outer gate, where news spreads quickly and gets exaggerated, everyone would soon know that Lin Xuan had blocked his attack. Compared to his status, this was a great humiliation!

"Refusing to be arrested, take him down!" Captain Hua shouted.

Lin Xuan pushed Tang Yu to the side and said in a low voice, "You’d better run!" Then he gripped his sword, ready to break through the encirclement at any moment.

The disciples of the Divine Might Group all sneered at Lin Xuan, knowing he had no chance of escape.

"Haha, let you offend the Divine Might Group, and spend the rest of your life repenting!"

At this critical moment, a figure flashed from a distance and appeared above the crowd in an instant.

"Want to rebel? All of you, stop!"

The figure landed, and his voice rang out like a bell, quickly spreading in all directions.

The crowd finally saw the figure, an old man with white hair holding a pale-faced disciple, standing in the center of the crowd.

"It’s actually an elder!" The crowd was shocked, all bowing and greeting Elder Fang.

The disciples who had been acting stopped and stood obediently to one side.

"In the sect, gathering to cause trouble, you have a lot of nerve, or should I send you all out to fight the enemies one day!" Elder Fang shouted coldly.

The crowd shrank back in fear. The outside world was not peaceful, with some places often invaded by beast demons. The human race and the demon race frequently engaged in battles. If they were sent to the front lines, it would be hard to survive.

"Reporting to the elder, Lin Xuan is suspected of killing a fellow disciple, so we... " Captain Hua put on a fair and just appearance.

"Where’s the evidence?" Elder Fang interrupted him, "Hua Yangping, as the captain of the outer gate enforcement team, you should know your responsibilities, right?"

"Yes." Hua Yangping said, "But..."

"Enough, all of you disperse. Come back when you have evidence!" Elder Fang gave the order.

Hua Yangping’s eyes were filled with unwillingness. He wanted to catch this boy who had made him lose face, but he had to back down now. Thinking about it, this was the first time the enforcement team had suffered a loss, and the feeling made Hua Yangping furious.

Hua Yangping led the enforcement team away, and the remaining people also dispersed, knowing that with Elder Fang present, Lin Xuan was safe.

However, the members of the Divine Might Group glared at Lin Xuan with ill intent before leaving reluctantly.

A grand arrest operation ended like this.

"What’s going on? Didn’t you say this guy has no background?" In a distant place, Hua Yangping asked angrily, "Why did Elder Fang come?"

Yan Kong’s face was dark, and he said in a low voice, "During the investigation, we didn’t find any connection between him and Elder Fang. But even if there is a connection, so what? Don’t forget we have an elder backing us, and it’s an inner gate elder!"

"There are many ways to deal with him. Once he leaves the sect, we can kill him directly!"

"What if he doesn’t leave the sect?"

"The sect rules prohibit killing, but they don’t say anything about sparring, right? A formal sparring match on the arena, blocking all his missions, making his life in the sect a living hell, is easy for us."

"Alright, the rest is up to your Divine Might Group. I’ll leave now." Hua Yangping led the enforcement team away.

Yan Kong then instructed the members of the Divine Might Group to prepare, determined to thoroughly ruin Lin Xuan.