Chapter 88: Oppression in Front of the Palace

  Halfway up the mountain, Chen Lie and Sun Li as well as Fang Qiu Zheng walked out of the Execution Temple, each holding a bottle of dan medicine, apparently just obtained from the Execution Temple.

  "Alas, the Yuanqi Dan dispatched by the sect every month is always so little, it can't be used for a few days and then it's gone. It's simply a drop in the bucket. It was better when Xia Chen was around, he could provide us with abundant Yuanqi Dan." Chen Lie sighed as he looked at the medicine bottle.

  "Yes, it was better when Xia Chen was here. But it's been more than two months now. Why hasn't Xia Chen come back? Isn't he just substituting for a small family to preside over the scene? Does it need to take so long?" Sun Li frowned and said.

  "Perhaps Xia Chen saved that little family, and the family wants to marry their precious daughter to him, so he's having too much fun and doesn't want to come back?" Fang Qiu said with a smile.

  The three of them burst out laughing at the same time. In the days when Xia Chen was not around, they rarely had such a joyful moment.

  "Alas, the Men's Gate is about to hold the Beast Garden Selection Tournament soon, I don't know if Xia Chen can make it back in time." Sun Li said with a smile, but not without concern.

  "The Beast Garden Selection Tournament requires at least a Sixth-Order Heavenly Refining cultivation to participate, and all the participants are elites. I don't know how Xia Chen is doing with his training outside, but he hasn't broken through to the Sixth Order yet. I've heard that the bottleneck of the Sixth Order is very difficult." Chen Lie was also worried.

  "I don't think there's a problem." Fang Qiu said with great confidence, "Xia Chen is different from us, he is the Holy Body of Guyuan, there's nothing he can't do. As long as he can make it back in time, his name will definitely be on the selection list."

  "You're talking about Xia Chen that bastard, he actually dares to participate in the Beast Garden Selection Tournament? Daydreaming!" Suddenly, a disdainful voice rang out.

  The three of them were stunned, and all they saw was a young man in Chinese attire and a girl in white standing in front of them, with an air of arrogance and coldness on their faces. It was none other than the long-absent Zhuo Bufan and Li Yuanyao.

  It seems that the two of them are in high spirits, and their every move exudes a sharp and powerful aura, as if the serious injuries from several months ago have completely healed, and their cultivation has also made significant progress.

  "That guy hasn't returned from his trip yet, has he? I hope he's dead. If so, I'll fire crackers to celebrate and applaud with joy." Li Yuanyao said coldly.

  "What did you say!" Fang Qiu's face changed color, and he couldn't help but get angry.

  "We can't let them get away with this. Our school strictly forbids internal fighting, we must follow the rules!" Chen Lie suddenly smiled faintly.

  He turned his head to look at the two, with a sarcastic expression between his eyebrows: "Zhuo Bufan, Li Yuanyao, congratulations, you've finally gotten out of bed, can come to the main hall to bask in the sun, what a joyous occasion, haha."

  Zhuo Bufan and Li Yuanyao were furious, with cold glints flashing in their eyes. A few months ago, they had been severely injured by Xia Chen, although they had finally recovered, but the deep hatred left in the hearts of the two people was still there.

  Chen Lie's sarcasm was simply exposing the scars of both people in public.

  "Chen Lie, Sun Li, Fang Qiu, you used to rely on Xia Chen's backing and dared to shout loudly. Now that Xia Chen is not here, I'll see who can still protect you. It just so happens that my fists are itching today, so I'll teach you a lesson!"

  Zhuo Bufan said, his eyes gleaming with ferocity, and suddenly stretched out a large hand to grab Chen Lie fiercely.

  Chen Lie's eyes were cold and stern, one fist struck out, and Zhuo Bufan's hand collided heavily with his.

  Bang! The two fists and palms intersected, Chen Lie suddenly stood unsteadily, stumbling backward several steps, his face pale, and exclaimed: "You broke through the Three Heavens of Houtian?"

  Zhuo Bufan didn't retreat, but his body swayed slightly. His eyes also showed some shock: "Chen Lie, you're actually a waste, yet you've broken through to the Second Heaven of the Postnatal Realm?"

  Chen Lie's face turned solemn, after more than two months of bitter cultivation, he and Sun Ligang had just broken through the second heavy sky a few days ago, his cultivation state was good, only then did he dare to collide head-on with Zhuo Bufan.

  Who would have thought that after being severely injured, Zhuo Bufan's cultivation wouldn't decline but instead advance, and he even broke through to the third stage of acquired realm; this is truly hard to believe.

  Sun Li and others also changed their faces, quickly approached Chen Lie, and were on full alert.

  "I thought you were no match for me, but I didn't expect you to break through the second layer of acquired skills. You really surprised me." Zhuo Bufan's face suddenly returned to calm, and he sneered, "But this is good, if it's too weak, it's not interesting, beating you up will be more fun, don't you think, Yuan Yao?"

  "Not bad, you bunch of trash. I didn't even bother to take action against you because you're too weak." Li Yuanyao said calmly, "However, since you're following Xia Chen, then you can only blame your own bad luck."

  "Do you dare to make a move in front of the Executive Hall?" Sun Li said coldly, "Unless you want to violate the rules!"

  "What sect rules?" Zhuo Bu Fan sneered, "Sect rules are for trash like you, they're useless to us. Even if we were punished, it would just be a slap on the wrist. Can you think of any outer sect disciple above the sixth level who was truly punished for violating sect rules?"

  "It's not worth talking nonsense with them, I've been displeased with them for a long time. Let's just take action." Li Yuanyao said coldly. She suddenly flashed in front of Sun Li, raised her palm and slapped Sun Li's face fiercely.

  One does not hit a person in the face, but Li Yuanyao apparently did not hit enough and also wanted to humiliate Sun Li severely.

  Her movements were extremely fast, and although Sun Li also broke through the second layer of heavenly defense, she was only able to dodge slightly, barely retreating a step back, opening up most of her palm, but still being scratched by Li Yuanyao's sharp fingernails on her chin, instantly appearing several long blood marks.

  "You despicable person, you actually think you can hide! Today, this slap you will not be able to escape no matter what." Li Yuanyao's eyes flashed with a cold light, her five fingers like hooks, once again fiercely scratching towards Sun Li's face.

  This is not just a slap in the face, it's clearly intended to disfigure Sun Li.

  "How dare you!" Chen Lie was both shocked and enraged, and he rushed forward to assist.

  Suddenly, Zhuo Bufan stood in front of him, his entire body emitting a powerful voice like a strangulation, coldly saying: "Still want to help? If I don't beat you until you're searching for your teeth all over the ground today, then I'm not Zhuo Bufan."

  "Bastard!" Chen Lie's heart was filled with extraordinary anger, and he clenched his fists in an instant.

  Sun Li's teeth were clenched tightly, she raised her hand to push away Li Yuan Yao's palm, but was forced back a few steps. Urgently, she said: "We'll split up, Fang Qiu, you go find the law enforcement disciples at the Law Enforcement Hall. This is a major sect site, they won't dare do anything to us."

  Fang Qiuwen immediately rushed towards the Law Enforcement Temple. Although they had all broken through to the Second Heaven of the Mortal Realm, in front of the Third Heaven, they were far from being a match for them.

  Zhuo Bufan and Li Yuanyao's faces sank, although they had the backing of Yue Zifeng and Xu Fang, and there were also people in the law enforcement hall who cared about them. However, the rules of the sect were not to be trifled with, and if things really got out of hand and reached the sect leader, it would be a huge trouble.

  "Get out of here!" Suddenly, a cold voice rang out.

  Fang Qiang had just taken a few steps forward when he felt a surge of great force coming towards him, and with a pained cry, he flew backwards and crashed heavily to the ground.

  An extraordinary young man with his arms around him, indifferently looked at the three people, his whole body skeleton made a low explosive sound, it turned out to be the acquired fifth heavy!

  "Brother Lu!" Li Yuanyao and Zhuo Bufan exclaimed in unison. This young man was named Lu Chenfeng, a close disciple of the Law Enforcement Temple who followed the lineage of Yue Zifeng and Xu Fang.

  Lu Chenfeng said proudly: "Li Shimei, Zhuo Shidi, with me here, these few blind fools, you can beat them at will. Don't worry, the Law Enforcement Hall has our fellow disciples from the same sect, they'll all support you, do whatever you want to torture them!"

  "Good!" Li Yuanyao and Zhuo Bufan were overjoyed, turning their heads to look at Sun Li and Chen Lie, with a fierce killing intent in their eyes.

  "Lu Chenfeng, as a disciple of the Law Enforcement Temple, you actually know the law but break it, and incite private fights in public? Don't forget, we are under the care of Master Chen Qiushui. If she finds out that disciples of the Law Enforcement Temple are bending the law for personal gain, you won't even know how to die!" Chen Lie shouted loudly.

  Lu Chenfeng sneered, "Think you can intimidate me with Chen Qiushui? Joke! I'll tell you, the elite of the Exorcism Temple are all post-heavenly disciples, and they have their own system, directly under the leadership of the sect leader. No matter how powerful others may be, they have no right to control us."

  Chen Lie's face changed color, unexpectedly Lu Chenfeng was so arrogant, not even putting Chen Qiushui in his eyes.

  "You useless trash, how dare you use Chen Qiushui to threaten me?" Lu Chenfeng's eyes were filled with intense coldness. "Zhuo Shidi, Li Shimiao, take care of him for me. Later, I'll say that he attacked the Disciplinary Hall disciples on his own accord and have him kicked out of the sect."

  "No problem!" Zhuo Bu Fan and Li Yuan Yao exchanged a cold smile, suddenly rushing into the crowd, dashing towards Chen Lie and Sun Li.

  "We'll fight them to the end!" The three men, filled with indignation and unafraid of death, charged forward, but their strength was far inferior to that of Zhuo and Fan. In an instant, they were knocked to the ground.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Zhuo Bufan sent Fang Qiu flying far away, then strode in front of Chen Lie, unleashing three consecutive heavy punches that instantly sent Chen Lie stumbling backward, almost falling to the ground.

  Sun Li also couldn't withstand Li Yuan Yao's offensive, constantly retreating backwards, her body and shoulders already had several blood marks, Li Yuan Yao was expressionless, a pair of snow-white jade hands fluttering about, incessantly clawing towards Sun Li's face, as if determined to disfigure Sun Li.

  Zhuo Bufan struck out with another fist, just as he was about to hit Chen Lie's chest, suddenly changing his fist to a claw, grabbing Chen Lie and lifting him up: "Chen Lie, you useless thing, I've had my eye on you for a long time. Today, you'll kneel down for me! After kowtowing a few times, I'll personally cripple you!"

  He suddenly pressed down hard, almost forcing Chen Lie to kneel on the ground.

  "You beast! I'd rather die than kneel down to a despicable person like you!" Chen Lie roared in fury.

  "Is that so? I'd like to see whose bone is harder, yours or my palm!" Zhuo Bu Fan said calmly, his hand about to exert force and press down.

  Suddenly, a hand pressed down on his right shoulder: "Zhuo Bu Fan, I also want to see, is your bone hard or my palm hard?"

  "Get out!" Zhuo Bu Fan didn't even look back, just shrugged his shoulders and was about to send the person behind him flying.

  He thought it was another new disciple who didn't fear death rushing up again, so he didn't even turn his head.

  But that hand did not leave his shoulder, instead it became incredibly strong, and with a sudden crack, crushed his scapula.