Peerless Divine Eyes
Chapter 381 Minimize the serious, exaggerate the trivial!

Chapter 381: Chapter 381 Minimize the serious, exaggerate the trivial!

Zhu Chongjiu felt a bitterness in his heart.

For him, it was not easy to have finally taken in a disciple who was unassuming yet extremely helpful to him.

Yet, Li Haorong had brought up the matter of murder!

Clenching his teeth, Zhu Chongjiu said, "Elder Brother, there might be some kind of misunderstanding, why don’t we take a look before we talk!"

Li Haorong remained noncommittal and released the Spiritual Power in his hand.

The Spiritual Power whirled down, flying towards the ground, and in the midst of their conversation, it had already reached the valley of Zhu Chongjiu.

No sooner had the two landed than Li Haorong noticed his three disciples in a sorry state.

"Master, please stand up for your disciples!"

The three scrambled over, aggravating their injuries and rushed to Li Haorong with gnashing teeth, kneeling on the ground, and knocking their heads incessantly.

"Cheng Ming, Cheng Yang, Cheng Gu, the three of you have thoroughly embarrassed me," said Li Haorong indifferently, then turned to look at Zhu Chongjiu.

As he turned his head, Lu Chen too heard the commotion outside and hurried out. Seeing Zhu Chongjiu’s return, he greeted from a distance, "Disciple pays respects to the Master!"

In contrast to the posture of Li Chengming and the others, Lu Chen was neither servile nor overbearing, standing tall and looking as if his conscience was clear.

Zhu Chongjiu breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly, "Lu Chen, this is the Great Elder Li Haorong, who is also my senior brother, why don’t you come forward to pay your respects? Do you not understand the proper etiquette?"

Understanding, Lu Chen stepped out from the cave dwelling, and only after maintaining a distance of three steps did he bow and clasp his fists, offering the respect due from a younger generation.

"Disciple Lu Chen, pays respects to the Great Elder!"

Li Haorong looked at Lu Chen with a gaze that also carried a bit of intimidation, "I dare not accept the honor of being your elder!"

This statement not only alienated Lu Chen but also failed to give Zhu Chongjiu, his junior brother, any face!

Zhu Chongjiu gave an embarrassed smile, stepped in front of Lu Chen, and pulled something out of his arms.

"Lu Chen, this is your identity token, and this storage..."

Before he could finish speaking, and before Lu Chen could accept the items, a surge of Spiritual Power burst forth, flinging the two items far away.

"Junior Brother Nine, Elder Brother... I still have questions!"

His words conveyed a faint threat. Zhu Chongjiu clenched his teeth but still stood protectively in front of Lu Chen.

The intimidation dissipated, but the identity token and storage bag flung aside could no longer be retrieved.

"Elder Brother, we must... get things clear," said Zhu Chongjiu.

Zhu Chongjiu knew that very likely these three had entered the cave to steal something. The situation being what it was, if he wanted to protect Lu Chen, he could only start from this angle.

But...

Whether this would turn him into a target among his fellow brothers and sisters was something he couldn’t know!

Although Lu Chen was still young, he fully understood Zhu Chongjiu’s intention as the elder shielded him from the pressure. His heart was touched, and he began to weigh his options.

His forbearance was solely due to his lack of strength.

But now that he had the backing of another elder at the Core Formation Stage, perhaps it was worth a try!

Before Li Haorong could speak, Lu Chen stood up straight and said loudly, "Great Elder, there is something I do not understand!"

Since Li Haorong did not recognize him as a disciple of the Casting Gear Pavilion, he naturally would not continue to flatteringly refer to him with respect.

Having already fallen out, what more was there to care about?

Lu Chen taking the initiative to speak caught everyone by surprise.

It also completely derailed Zhu Chongjiu’s plan to downplay the incident.

"Lu Chen, you..."

He wanted to stop Lu Chen, but to his surprise, Lu Chen did not listen at all and continued, "Under the broad daylight and the expanse of the sky, these three brazenly entered my master’s dwelling to steal. I wonder whose instruction they were following?"

This statement effectively implicated Li Haorong as well!

Li Haorong looked at Zhu Chongjiu somewhat taken aback and responded with a cold laugh.

Zhu Chongjiu quickly said, "Lu Chen, I owed the Elder Brother some things, and he sent his disciples to collect them. I just didn’t inform you, it’s all a misunderstanding! You injured Cheng Ming and the others, so if you apologize and make amends, I believe the Elder Brother, being a broad-minded man, will consider the matter settled!"

Lu Chen knew Zhu Chongjiu wanted to minimize the issue.

However, he understood.

This action would only embolden the other side to be more excessive!

Unconcerned with Zhu Chongjiu’s words, Lu Chen instead stepped forward to stand alongside Zhu Chongjiu and spoke sternly to Li Chengming, "Did I ever tell you that the long spear belongs to me, Lu Chen? Even if you were following Master’s orders to take Master’s possessions, I have repeatedly emphasized that it is mine! To take without asking is stealing, and refusing to relinquish upon discovery is robbery! I would like to ask this Li Chengming Elder Brother, does our sect’s rules allow one to arbitrarily seize others’ belongings?"

Lu Chen’s words were firm and resounding, leaving not only Li Chengming and his companions stunned but also Zhu Chongjiu frozen in place!

Li Haorong’s brows also furrowed.

Zhu Chongjiu wanted to make a big issue small.

But Lu Chen, it seemed, wanted to make a small issue big!

And since Zhu Chongjiu appeared to be intent on defending Lu Chen, this matter...

Had just become complicated!