516: Chapter 516 Are you trying to create gender antagonism?

Abbess Jingci paused in her tracks, pressed her palms together, and bowed slightly.

"Junior Sister Jingan is correct; Qingyin Nunnery does indeed have this rule."

"Then what is the deal with this man?" Abbess Jingan's gaze landed on Ye Chen, her tone aggressive.

Abbess Jingci took a deep breath, just about to explain.

Ye Chen stepped out from behind the crowd.

And there was more.

Standing beside Abbess Jingci, he looked at Abbess Jingan with a beaming smile.

"What? Are you trying to pit men against women?"

Everyone: "???"

Good grief!

Going straight for the throat, questioning if someone is trying to start a gender war?

This Ye Chen is practically a god among men...

The expressions of the surrounding nuns one by one became peculiar.

But before they could think further.

Ye Chen had already continued: "Why can't men enter? Do you not have parents? Or did you just pop out of a rock?"

Abbess Jingan's face instantly darkened, a cold light bursting from her eyes.

"Shut up!"

"Who are you? How dare you behave so wildly here?"

Ye Chen shrugged, looking innocent: "Isn't the one behaving wildly you?"

Abbess Jingan's expression turned completely frigid.

"I am from the Shenni Nunnery of the Kunlun Ruins. What is the problem with me coming to my own subsidiary temple?"

"Conversely, you, a man, have disregarded the rules of Qingyin Nunnery and trespassed into a nun's place of cultivation. What should your punishment be?"

Hearing this, Ye Chen didn't panic; instead, he laughed: "Then let me ask you, did the Buddha ever say that all living beings are equal?"

Abbess Jingan's brow furrowed, and she answered subconsciously.

"Naturally, he did."

Ye Chen nodded as if enlightened and spread his hands.

"Then why can women enter, but men cannot?"

"Are you trying to make the Buddha laugh?"

The surrounding nuns were in an uproar.

Good grief!

This logic is simply impeccable!

Abbess Jingan was so choked up her face turned blue and white; she simply couldn't find the words to refute him.

She took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in her chest, her voice as cold as ice.

"Glib-tongued!"

"If you do not leave, I shall personally invite you to go."

Hearing this, Ye Chen didn't back down; instead, he beckoned her over.

"Sure, if you can 'invite' me to leave, I'll let you take the person you're here to seize."

Abbess Jingan was suddenly startled.

Wait...

The opponent actually already knew the purpose of her trip?

She was indeed here to seize Bai Shanshan.

The exchange of scriptures was just a cover; using the hand of Qingyin Nunnery to control the person and then quietly bringing her back to the Kunlun Ruins was the real plan.

But this young man before her had actually seen through it in one word?

Or could it be...

Her plan had already been exposed?

Immediately.

She subconsciously looked at the surrounding nuns, only to find...

Jingxiang and the others seemed to have not appeared at all!

Standing behind Ye Chen, Bai Shanshan rolled her eyes upon hearing this.

"I'm not some piece of cargo."

Without turning his head, Ye Chen said flatly: "In her eyes, you are."

Bai Shanshan: "..."

Abbess Jingan suddenly snapped out of it, her face turning completely black.

"Who on earth are you?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Take a guess. If you guess right, I'll tell you."

Hearing this, Abbess Jingan's face grew even colder.

"Fine! Fine words, 'guess right and I'll tell you'!"

"Today, this poor nun doesn't care who you are; for daring to break the rules of this temple..."

However.

Before she could finish.

Abbess Jingci sighed and spoke softly: "Junior Sister Jingan, isn't the one breaking the rules you?"

Abbess Jingan's face instantly turned ashen, her gaze shooting toward Abbess Jingci like a knife.

"Jingci, was it you who let this person in?"

Abbess Jingci shook her head, pressed her palms together, her expression calm: "He came to the door himself, saying his friend and his belongings had been hijacked by you all."

Abbess Jingan's heart suddenly sank.

As expected!

The plan had been exposed!

But Abbess Jingan was someone who had seen great storms after all, and her face quickly regained that high-and-mighty look.

"These are the rules from above; stay out of it."

"Otherwise, the one breaking the rules will be you."

Abbess Jingci looked at her, silent for a moment before slowly speaking.

"The Buddha said, 'The straightforward mind is the place of practice, for it is without falsehood.'"

"But look at yourself now, what do you look like?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The nuns of Qingyin Nunnery looked at their own Abbess, then at Abbess Jingan opposite her, the emotions in their eyes extremely complex.

They all knew that Abbess Jingan had once been part of Qingyin Nunnery.

In terms of seniority, she was even the Abbess's junior sister.

But what about now?

One was high and mighty within the Kunlun Ruins, while the other kept watch over a dilapidated nunnery on a mundane island.

The gap in status was like a natural chasm lying between the two...

Hearing this, a flash of anger appeared in Abbess Jingan's eyes.

"Are you trying to teach me how to do things?"

"Think about how you used to be my senior sister, yet why was it I who entered the Kunlun Ruins while you wasted half your life on this broken island?"

Abbess Jingci fell silent.

She didn't answer, nor did she argue.

She just lowered her head, fingering the Buddhist beads in her hand, her lips moving slightly as if reciting some scripture.

That silence was more powerful than any rebuttal.

Abbess Jingan was provoked by her stubborn attitude until her temper flared; she couldn't be bothered to waste any more words and spoke coldly.

"Now, immediately have your people take down Bai Shanshan!"

She didn't say this as a request, but as an order.

As a special envoy of Shenni Nunnery, could she not handle a local Abbess???

However.

Abbess Jingci remained silent.

Among the nuns behind her, not a single person made a move.

This scene caused Abbess Jingan's face to turn completely black.

"What is the meaning of this?"

She swept a glance over the nuns, her voice full of fury, "Do you wish to defy the will of those above?"

Still, no one answered.

The nuns of Qingyin Nunnery kept their heads down, looking at the stone path beneath their feet, not wanting to speak at all.

That silent posture was an answer in itself.

What a joke!

They weren't fools!

Facing a man who could casually create a Heaven Realm Expert, were they supposed to go up and die?

And to take it a step further.

Setting aside this man's power, just regarding Bai Shanshan herself—she was already a Heaven Realm Expert now; the only one who could probably confront her was the Abbess!

And as for them, these little nuns?

Wouldn't going up just be like delivering themselves on a platter?

Watching this scene.

Abbess Jingan's anger surged; just as she was about to explode, a young voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.

"If you're so capable, go take her down yourself. Why are you bullying my master?"

The speaker was a little nun in her early twenties.

Abbess Jingan's gaze shot over like a knife.

"Is it your place to speak here?"

The little nun was so scared she trembled, shrinking behind the crowd, not daring to show her face again.

Clap, clap, clap—

Just then, a round of applause broke this dead silence.

Ye Chen clapped his hands and spoke with a beaming smile.

"If anyone told me that the Shenni Nunnery of the Kunlun Ruins were all people without desires or needs, I would be the first to disagree."

He tilted his head, looking at Abbess Jingan, his smile full of mockery.

"Look at this aura, this style, this condescending face."

"If I didn't know better, I'd think you were some bandit leader from a mountain top."

Hearing this, killing intent burst from Abbess Jingan's eyes, her aura suddenly surging, her monastic robes fluttering loudly without any wind.

"You seek death!"

She gave a sharp shout, stomped her foot, and her whole body became like a bolt of gray lightning, lunging toward Ye Chen!

The aura of the Celestial Master Realm suddenly erupted, and even the bluestone slabs on the ground were crushed!

She thrust out her right palm, which was enveloped in a layer of pale gold true qi, carrying an unstoppable force as it struck straight for Ye Chen's face!

She used her full strength in this palm strike.

She had just lost face to Jingci; if she couldn't take down this kid in one blow now, she would be the one losing face!

Therefore.

She had to ensure she took down this young man in one strike to shut everyone up!

However.

When Abbess Jingan was still three feet away from Ye Chen's face...

"Ha—"

Ye Chen let out a yawn.

It wasn't mockery, it wasn't intentional.

But with just this one yawn, Abbess Jingan felt as if her palm had struck an invisible mountain.

To the extent that.

It completely blocked her full-strength strike!

Not only that.

A counter-shock force traveled from her palm, making her entire arm go numb; she stumbled and retreated seven or eight steps before barely steadying herself.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen stood in place, finished his yawn, and even carelessly rubbed his eyes.

"So boring."

"Are there no more experts left in your Kunlun Ruins?"

Total silence.

The hundreds of people in front of the mountain gate were all stunned.

Good grief!

The legendary Chief Instructor of the Dragon Group is indeed strong to an unbelievable degree...

Abbess Jingan steadied herself and looked up, her arrogance already completely gone.

Her right arm was still numb, and the true qi in her palm had vanished entirely.

Her face turned green and white, as if she had been slapped in public.

"You... who on earth are you?"

Ye Chen rubbed his eyes and spoke lazily.

"Who I am is not important."

"What's important is that you won't be taking anyone away today."

"And..."

He paused, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly, "If you continue to be so arrogant, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave either."