101: Five hundred thousand military merits!

"Pfft... Invincible Aura?" The scene went silent for a moment before a girl couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Her companion quickly reminded her, "Keep your voice down. Dealing with you would be child's play for him..."

"It seems Chu Yuan's injuries have truly healed..." a descendant of a Martial Arts Family muttered to himself, momentarily feeling as if the strictest father of the trial-takers in Secret Realm No. 7 had come back online...

"No, I suspect Chu Yuan's injuries haven't healed at all!" someone said decisively. "Have you forgotten the fate of those who provoked Chu Yuan in Secret Realm No. 7?"

Qi Ying, Li Ji, Ma Chengye... they all seemed to have been killed on the spot by Chu Yuan.

"That's right... Following Chu Yuan's style, he should have just slaughtered him! How is it possible he only injured him?"

"But this isn't the Secret Realm, and Chu Yuan wouldn't dare kill people indiscriminately, right?"

With a show to watch, the people in line didn't feel bored for an instant and started gossiping among themselves.

However, no one questioned Chu Yuan's actions; they even felt that Chu Yuan had become much more soft-hearted.

Chu Yuan was a bit speechless. After reflecting on it, he thought... he didn't seem that brutal, did he?

He had indeed killed a few trial-takers in the Secret Realm, but weren't they all asking for it?

On the contrary, he had even protected the vast majority of trial-takers.

Even if he wasn't a Saint, he should at least be considered a good person, right?

It seemed the world had many misunderstandings about him...

"You little beast, how dare you! You dare to act violently here!?" An angry shout rang out from the end of the line, and a powerful Aura erupted!

Chu Yuan's Divine Sense swept over, and he saw an old man with white hair and beard catch the young man. After helping him stand, the old man rose into the air and struck with his palm.

"Today, I must teach you a lesson!"

He claimed it was a lesson, but the power behind his palm didn't diminish in the slightest; it was clearly aimed at severely injuring Chu Yuan...

"How utterly audacious, to dare touch Guardian Wei's student? Those idiots from the Pang Family, are they too lazy to even gather intelligence?"

"You can't blame them. The news of Guardian Wei taking on an apprentice is only known by a few people in our Zhenwu Bureau..."

Inside a building, two people looked out the window at the spectacle. Not only were they not worried, but they were also full of schadenfreude.

They happened to know Chu Yuan's battle record, so they naturally understood that this so-called 'Guardian' in the Divine Power Realm wouldn't get any advantage in front of Chu Yuan.

"The Pang Family disciple's Guardian is arrogant and domineering, attacking a seed student within the training base. According to the regulations, how should this be handled?"

"There really isn't a precedent... But I think 500,000 military merit is a very reasonable punishment."

"500,000 military merit? You might as well just take the life of the person surnamed Pang..."

"If you have any objections, go tell the Bureau Chief."

"Let's get to work, let's get to work. Are you going, or am I?"

"I'll go..."

At this moment, Chu Yuan had already decided the outcome with the old man.

Everyone only saw a black streak cut through the Void Realm, and then the arrogant old man suddenly froze!

A terrifying bloody hole appeared on his abdomen, and blood mixed with some organs slid out...

Feeling his life force constantly slipping away, he had an expression of disbelief.

How could a mere student kill him in one move?

In an instant, he suspected that Chu Yuan had used some means like a military talisman, but he had seen clearly just now that no such thing had been activated...

The students who were originally in the range of the old man's attack and preparing to flee also stopped in their tracks.

"...Who said his injuries hadn't healed?"

"Holy crap, why do I feel like Chu Yuan has become even stronger!?"

"You didn't know?"

"Know what?"

"A super powerhouse in Chenyang City had a Breakthrough, and many Martial Artists benefited, their strength increasing greatly... Chu Yuan must have hitched a ride on that too; look at that noob, he's also from Chenyang City. When I saw him in the Secret Realm before, he was still in the Leakless Realm, and now he's also in the Inner Breath Realm..."

"...How come he gets all the good things!?"

"That's just fate..."

The 'noob' being named, Yang Yi: "..."

But aside from that adjective, what they said was indeed the truth.

"You little beast... how dare you..."

Under the Riding the Wind Sword Control Art, the ink shadow returned from behind the old man.

Just then, an afterimage flashed by and instantly arrived behind the old man.

He smiled at Chu Yuan, and then pointed a finger at the ink shadow.

A strange deflection force field appeared, causing the ink shadow's flight path to deviate, and it was then smoothly retrieved by Chu Yuan.

The old man also noticed it at this time. Turning around and seeing the person's Face, he hurriedly and respectfully said, "Thank you, Commander Zheng, for saving me!"

The young man with the buzz cut grinned, "You're welcome."

Seeing his attitude, the old man felt relieved, seemingly gaining a bit more confidence. He hurriedly swallowed a Medicinal Pill and then spoke solemnly: "Commander Zheng, this student is ruthless in his attacks and has a vicious Heart-Nature! In my opinion, I'm afraid he isn't suitable to participate in this plan that concerns Great Qin..."

He didn't see the look in the eyes of the crowd below who were looking up at the spectacle—they were looking at him like he was an idiot.

This old piece of trash, you think you're still in charge? You've lived for so long, yet you were killed in one move by a student... Who do you think the Zhenwu Bureau will favor?

A fact that many children could see clearly, the old man couldn't understand; or rather, it wasn't that he couldn't understand, but that he thought the Zhenwu Bureau would give some Face to the Pang Family behind him...

But the buzz-cut young man didn't pay him any mind. He cleared his throat and said casually, "The Pang Family Guardian attacked a student within the training base, which has had a bad influence. After research and decision, the Pang Family is fined 500,000 military merit as punishment. That kid over there, you can notify your grandfather now."

The old man was stunned, then spoke in panic, "Commander Zheng!? This..."

But before he could finish his sentence, the young man pressed his palm forward as if he were being casual.

A muffled sound was heard faintly in the Void Realm, and a mist of blood suddenly exploded on the spot...

Chu Yuan was secretly shocked. His Divine Sense detected that the air where the old man had originally been seemed to have been compressed, as solid as an iron block!

Yet on the surface, it looked calm and tranquil... This Commander Zheng's strength was truly outrageous! At the very least, it should be the strength of the Seventh Realm...

But on second thought, it was normal. The hierarchy of the Zhenwu Bureau from top to bottom was Bureau Chief, Deputy Bureau Chief, Guardian, Commander, and Captain.

Among them, the Commander level was the highest official of the Zhenwu Bureau for an entire Prefectural Capital. If one didn't have the strength of the Seventh Realm, how could they suppress those who were insubordinate?

"Commander Zheng! This is unfair! He isn't even a member of the Pang Family; how can his own actions be counted against my Pang Family!?"

A shout rang out—it was that sturdy young man. At this moment, he was pale as a sheet, seemingly wanting to reason with the buzz-cut young man: "Besides, I didn't tell him to attack the student; it was completely his own decision..."

But the young man didn't even seem to bother looking at him. With a slight movement of his feet, his figure disappeared again. Only a lingering voice remained: "Continue reporting."