408: Ye Xingchen's story begins

Soon, their transaction concluded smoothly. However, Hua Mengjie remained standing in place, showing no signs of leaving.

"What's wrong? Could it be that you're reluctant to leave my humble Immortal Cave?" Chen Xuan said with a slight smirk, a hint of playfulness in his tone.

"Get lost! This... This Revered Master is now free. Don't joke about that anymore. I just wanted to ask..." Hua Mengjie responded coquettishly, her eyes flickering, seemingly finding it difficult to speak.

"If you have a question, just say it. I need to hurry back and get some good sleep once I'm done!"

"It's... it's about that day... Oh, never mind, forget I asked!" The words caught in her throat, and Hua Mengjie's cheeks instantly flushed crimson. She stomped her foot fiercely, then turned her head and hurried away like a startled fawn.

Watching her retreating figure, Chen Xuan was bewildered, a string of question marks popping up in his mind.

After a moment, he came back to his senses and muttered, "How inexplicable. What in the world is wrong with that woman?" He shook his head and whispered, "Spoiled rotten."

Then, he turned and entered his Immortal Cave, sat down quietly, and began patiently waiting for the subsequent plot development.

Sure enough, within two days, the two Disciples rescued by Ye Xingchen from Qingfeng Mountain slowly woke up. The first thing they did upon waking was to rush to the Enforcement Hall, demanding that the Disciples of the Enforcement Hall apprehend Ye Xingchen.

Soon, the Enforcement Hall Disciples bound Ye Xingchen and brought him to the Enforcement Hall's main hall.

"Xiao Yao, Mu Feng... What is going on? Why did you have the Senior Brothers of the Enforcement Hall come to arrest me?"

"What's going on?! You know perfectly well!" Su Yao looked at Ye Xingchen with disgust, her face filled with rage.

"You killed so many of our Senior Brothers, and now you're asking us what's going on? What a huge joke!" Mu Feng also shouted angrily.

"What?? I killed Senior Brothers? I didn't!" Ye Xingchen looked utterly bewildered.

Seeing this, Su Yao's anger flared even more. She walked up to Ye Xingchen and slapped him twice.

"You still dare to quibble? I personally witnessed you kill Senior Sister Xiaoyun! How could it be false?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding crowd immediately erupted.

"I knew it! This Ye Xingchen must have been problematic! So he was the murderer all along!"

"Murderer! I want you to pay for my Senior Brother's life!"

"That's right! No wonder he brought Junior Sister Su Yao and Junior Brother Mu Feng back, but Elder Chen Xuan only woke him up, not the Junior Brother and Junior Sister. So, the Junior Brother and Junior Sister were drugged by him!"

Without any logic, a Disciple pointed out that Ye Xingchen had drugged the two.

And upon hearing that she had been drugged, Su Yao furiously kicked Ye Xingchen several more times, making him vomit blood.

Seeing this, Ye Xingchen felt as if his heart was shattering.

His most beloved Junior Sister not only hit him but also didn't believe him!

"No, it's not like that, Junior Sister, what you saw was definitely not me! You have to believe me!" He still tried to explain to Su Yao.

"Hmph, even if Senior Sister Su Yao was mistaken, could I also be mistaken?" Mu Feng's voice came.

He slowly pulled out a recording stone from his embrace and immediately began playing "Ye Xingchen's" heinous massacre in the Secret Realm trial.

Many Disciples, upon seeing this, had their eyes turn red with fury.

"Die!!!! Ye Xingchen, you truly deserve to die!"

"You're a disgrace!"

"You went to protect your Senior Brothers, not to kill them!"

"You don't deserve to be a Disciple of my Feixian Sect! Get out of Feixian Sect!"

"Kill him! Kill this traitor!"

"Get out? Kill him? Heh heh, that's too easy for him. He must be sent to the Black Prison!"

"Yes, send him to the Black Prison, to the Black Prison!!"

"Send him to the Black Prison!!"

For a moment, emotions ran high, and no one questioned whether the Ye Xingchen in the recording stone was real.

"No! It's not like that, I didn't! I didn't kill fellow Senior Brothers! I've been framed! Revered Master, you must do me justice!" Ye Xingchen saw Hua Mengjie arrive and was still shouting.

Unbeknownst to him, Hua Mengjie had already been greatly affected by the intelligence reduction, and by her side, there was also Li Qingfeng.

"Mengjie, it's absolutely not your fault that such a malicious Disciple appeared in your Qingfeng Mountain. I think it's because this child usually relied on your trust, which allowed him to commit such demonic acts! You must not be disheartened by this!"

Li Qingfeng appeared to be comforting Hua Mengjie, but in reality, he was saying things to incite her, determined to make Hua Mengjie grow to dislike Ye Xingchen.

Chen Xuan came out to watch the drama. First, he looked at Su Yao. Several times, her intelligence reduction had reached 100%. At this level, even if the truth was thrown in her face, she wouldn't believe it for a second.

Then, he looked at Hua Mengjie, whose intelligence was reduced by 75%. That was still acceptable; at least she still had some sense.

Hua Mengjie, after hearing Li Qingfeng's words, felt even more heartbroken. She looked at Ye Xingchen, who was tied up, and remembered the innocent young Ye Xingchen who had kowtowed to her to become her Disciple back then.

How did he, in the blink of an eye, become such an unforgivable person?

Now, she had to uphold justice for the other Disciples of the Sect, because she believed everything Li Qingfeng said.

"Ye Xingchen, I am... truly too disappointed in you!" Hua Mengjie said with deep anguish, her voice filled with helplessness and disappointment.

Seeing Hua Mengjie's attitude, Ye Xingchen felt even more despair. As soon as he heard Revered Master say that, he knew he no longer had a chance to prove his innocence to her.

"No! Revered Master, you must believe me, all of this is due to a mastermind behind the scenes! Look at that recording stone, it shows Moves I don't even know!" Ye Xingchen screamed hysterically.

Li Qingfeng's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, but he quickly returned to his calm demeanor. He sneered, "Heh heh, Ye Xingchen, you committed the crime yourself, and you still want to frame others. You are truly too vicious!"