48: Make great contributions

The cold bluestone ground made the two Sect scoundrels, who had been high and mighty and thought they could control everything, taste the flavor of “despair” for the first time.

“No… don’t…”

Zhang Ping was already scared witless, his body limp like mud, only able to emit incomprehensible, fear-filled wails.

As for Liu Feng, after the initial shock and fear, a greater, more frantic sense of humiliation surged into his heart!

He, Liu Feng! A dignified Inner Sect Genius, the younger brother of a Core Disciple!

Today, in front of thousands of Outer Sect ants, he was so roughly pressed to the ground?!

“Let go of me!” He struggled fiercely, his Qi Refinement Stage fifth-level spiritual power erupting, almost shaking off the two Law Enforcement Disciples. “How dare you touch me?! Do you know who I am?! My brother is Liu Yue! If you dare to harm a single hair on me, my brother will tear you to shreds!”

“Elder Liu! Are you senile?! For an Outer Sect good-for-nothing, you dare to offend my brother?! Can you bear the consequences?!”

He spoke in a stern, hysterical tone, openly threatening the Enforcement Elder in front of everyone!

These extremely arrogant words made everyone present change their expressions!

However, Elder Liu, who was on the high platform, after hearing these words, his face, which had been livid with anger, slowly returned to calm.

A dead calm before a storm.

“Good… good, Liu Yue…” He slowly walked down from the high platform, step by step, until he stood before Liu Feng.

He looked down at this profligate son who was still wildly shouting, and in his cloudy old eyes, there was no longer any trace of anger, only a bottomless, chilling coldness that made one’s heart palpitate.

“It seems the Sect has been too lenient these past few years, raising scoundrels like you who don’t know their place and disregard Sect rules as nothing!”

He suddenly lifted his foot, and under the horrified gazes of everyone, he fiercely stomped on Liu Feng’s Dantian!

“Pfft!”

Liu Feng only felt an irresistible terrifying force, as if his entire Dantian Qi Sea was instantly shattered! He violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and the spiritual power that had just erupted instantly dissipated into nothingness, like a punctured balloon!

“You… you dare to cripple my cultivation?!” Liu Feng’s eyes were filled with incredulous horror.

“Cripple your cultivation?” Elder Liu sneered, his laughter filled with endless killing intent. “Today, this old man will let you know what… Sect iron rules are!”

“Before the Deacon Hall, under the Sect iron rules, let alone you, even if your brother Liu Yue were to come personally and dare to engage in favoritism, commit fraud, or steal Sect resources, this old man… will still execute him without mercy!”

“Drag them out for this old man!!”

These iron-blooded words and this merciless kick completely stunned the entire audience!

The two Law Enforcement Disciples no longer hesitated, dragging Zhang Ping, who had already fainted from fright, and Liu Feng, whose face was ashen, out of the main hall like dead dogs.

A shocking case, enough to shake the entire Outer Sect, finally settled.

Inside the main hall, silence returned once more.

Everyone’s gaze unconsciously converged on the young man.

Lin Ye.

Elder Liu slowly turned around. He looked at Lin Ye, and on his face, which appeared incredibly dignified due to his iron will, a deeply complex expression slowly emerged.

There was appreciation, emotion, but even more, a heartfelt… approval!

“Lin Ye,” he slowly began, his voice no longer cold, but instead carrying a hint of warmth, “You, step forward.”

Lin Ye calmly walked forward, and respectfully bowed to Elder Liu again: “Disciple is present.”

“Good… wonderful!” Elder Liu looked at the young man before him, who, though slender, had eyes as calm as a deep abyss, and couldn’t help but nod repeatedly. “Calm in the face of danger, meticulous, courageous, and resourceful! Most remarkably, you were able to endure humiliation that ordinary people cannot, and finally deliver a fatal blow! Good! Truly ‘accumulating strength and appearing foolish’!”

“Today, you, Lin Ye, have not only cleared your own name with irrefutable evidence.” Elder Liu’s voice suddenly rose, and with the augmentation of spiritual power, it clearly spread to every corner inside and outside the hall, “You have also rooted out two large rats that have been entrenched in our Qingyun Sect’s Outer Sect for a long time! Preventing even greater losses for the Sect! Such merit deserves reward!”

“This old man, in the name of the Sect Enforcement Elder, hereby announces!”

“Lin Ye’s Heart-Nature, wisdom, and merit are all of the highest caliber! Therefore, he is specially awarded… one thousand contribution points! And a Low Grade Magical Artifact, a Qingfeng Sword!”

“Additionally, he is granted an ‘Outer Sect Honorary Deacon’ token!”

If the previous rewards had only evoked envy.

Then, at this moment, this reward, specially established for “meritorious service,” was enough to drive all the Outer Sect Disciples present into complete frenzy!

Outside the hall, the thousands of Outer Sect Disciples, after a brief silence, erupted into cheers like a mountain roaring and a sea raging!

“Senior Brother Lin is mighty!!”

“Senior Brother Lin, you have eliminated a scourge for us Outer Sect Disciples!”

“I knew it! Senior Brother Lin is definitely not that kind of person!”

The previous doubts and curses, at this moment, transformed into the most fervent worship!

Facing the overwhelming clamor and the Elder’s approving gaze, Lin Ye’s heart also surged with emotion.

But his face still maintained its calm demeanor.

He showed no trace of arrogance from his achievements, only once again, deeply bowing to Elder Liu.

“Disciple thanks Elder!”

“What this Disciple did was merely to follow his Heart-Nature and uphold the Righteous Path of a Qingyun Disciple.”

This neither humble nor overbearing, neither arrogant nor impatient posture, made the admiration in Elder Liu’s eyes reach its peak.

“Go,” Elder Liu waved his hand, his tone becoming even gentler, “Go claim your glory. The Inner Sect is where you belong.”

“Yes!”

Lin Ye straightened up, without another word of unnecessary speech.

He turned around, and facing the thousands of gazes filled with fervor and worship, calmly, step by step, walked out of the Deacon Hall’s main entrance.