“Hmph.”
Facing the crowd’s accusations, Chu Feng let out a cold snort. Ignoring them, he turned to the white-robed elder, his gaze full of contempt, “I never imagined Master Yuan Shu’s subordinate would be so incompetent.”
“Are you calling me incompetent?” Hearing this, the white-robed elder’s sword-like brows shot up, his face darkening with anger.
“If not you, then who?”
“I know why you captured me. Someone over a hundred years old used special means to sneak into the Spirit Mansion Gate.”
“Such a person, with spirit techniques far beyond juniors, could act lawlessly inside, even slaughtering others. Allowing such a dangerous individual to infiltrate is already incompetence.”
“Yet, using the array’s power, you forcibly captured someone, but got the wrong person, dragging an innocent here for public display while the real cheater remains inside the Spirit Mansion Gate.”
“That’s even more incompetent.”
Chu Feng’s voice was loud, his tone aggressive.
He spoke as if he were a judge, condemning a sinner.
“You’re saying I caught the wrong person, that you’re a junior?” the white-robed elder asked.
“Why ask what you already know?” Chu Feng replied.
“What a joke. I observed everyone in the Spirit Mansion Gate through the array’s eye, clear as day, and what you did is beyond any junior’s capability.”
“You broke a first-grade stone pillar, and you dare claim you’re a junior?” the elder demanded sharply.
At this, many onlookers burst into mocking laughter.
They thought Chu Feng was boasting, refusing to face reality.
Ignoring their jeers, Chu Feng asked directly, “Why can’t I, having broken a first-grade stone pillar, be a junior?”
“You dare ask why?”
“Fine, since you want to know, I’ll make it clear why you’re being punished.”
“The first-grade stone pillar you broke contains a protective array, immensely powerful, impossible for a junior to break. Your doing so proves you’re no junior,” the elder stated.
“What a joke. All treasures in the Spirit Mansion Gate are meant for juniors, yet you say the real treasures are beyond their reach.”
“Then why establish the Spirit Mansion Gate? Just for show?”
“So, the so-called Spirit Mansion Gate is just a scam.”
“If someone takes its treasures, you seize them, bind them for display, and wrongfully accuse them.”
Chu Feng’s voice thundered, brimming with dissatisfaction.
“You…”
The white-robed elder’s face paled with rage at Chu Feng’s words.
Even the onlookers froze, halting their accusations, suddenly feeling Chu Feng’s seemingly unreasonable words held some truth.
“Shameless scoundrel, committing despicable acts and still arguing brazenly.”
“Lord White Robe, such a person should be publicly punished, or others will follow, and our Seven Suns Mountain Range will lose all order!”
“Yes, he must be severely punished as an example.”
The other guardians behind the white-robed elder spoke up.
“A bunch of fools,” Chu Feng said mockingly.
“You dare insult us? Truly unrepentant, you deserve punishment.”
At this, some guardians drew long whips, ready to act on Chu Feng.
Buzz—
But at that moment, a massive boundary gate opened in the sky.
When it did, countless figures began streaming out.
These were all the juniors who had entered the Spirit Mansion Gate earlier.
Having been through it before, they knew time’s end meant being forcibly expelled, so they weren’t surprised.
But when they looked up and saw someone suspended in midair, bound by boundary chains, astonishment filled their eyes.
“Lord Shura, why are you bound?”
A junior, Wang Guangchen, asked from the crowd.
“Instead of asking me, ask them.”
Chu Feng spoke, his gaze fixed on the guardians.
Hearing this, Wang Guangchen and the other juniors turned to the guardians.
Seeing some holding whips with angry faces, Wang Guangchen and others sensed something was wrong and quickly asked.
“Lords, what’s going on?”
Wang Guangchen hurriedly inquired.
“You juniors may not know the situation.”
“After you entered, the Spirit Mansion Gate closed immediately. You likely noticed no other juniors entered after you.”
“This is because someone used cheating methods to infiltrate.”
“As you know, the treasures in the Spirit Mansion Gate were left by Master Yuan Shu for you juniors.”
“This person, an elder by age, cheated to enter and compete with you for treasures, defying rules and wronging you all.”
“Now that we’ve caught him, he must be punished to give you justice.”
A guardian spoke righteously to Wang Guangchen and the others.
“Lord, I understand, but…” Wang Guangchen said.
“But what? You have doubts?” the guardian asked.
“Yes,” Wang Guangchen replied.
“Speak,” the guardian said.
“Lord, you’ve caught the wrong person,” Wang Guangchen stated.
“Caught the wrong person?”
“What nonsense are you spouting?” The guardians’ faces darkened, thinking Wang Guangchen was lying.
“Lord, you truly caught the wrong person. Lord Shura isn’t a cheater, he’s a junior,” Wang Guangchen said.
“Rubbish! You dare defend such a person? Are you his accomplice?”
A thunderous shout rang out—it was the white-robed elder.
His voice shook the mountains, and everyone knew he was truly enraged.
Under his intimidation, even Wang Guangchen retreated several steps, too scared to speak.
But unexpectedly, after Wang Guangchen fell silent, another voice spoke up.
“Lord, Wang Guangchen is right, you’ve caught the wrong person. I can testify, Lord Shura is a junior, not a cheater.”
“I can testify too.”
“So can I.”
“Lord, you really got the wrong person.”
…
At that moment, the onlookers’ expressions grew complex.
Those speaking were all juniors fresh from the Spirit Mansion Gate.
And more kept speaking, forming an overwhelming consensus.
Almost none of the juniors blamed Chu Feng, all defending him.
This made people realise the situation wasn’t so simple.
