In just three short days, Brother Cheng arrived at the Chi Yin Palace.

This top-tier sect, one of the very best in the Realm of Yin, really did live up to the words "solemn and grand" in terms of scale and grandeur.

But inside and outside the mountain gate, it was actually dead quiet.

There wasn’t even a single Mountain Guard Disciple.

Even the smallest sects would never have a situation like this.

Jiang Cheng hadn’t really paid much attention to it at first.

But after he entered the Chi Yin Palace proper, he was quickly blocked by a large crowd.

The group coming head-on at him, their Realm wasn’t actually that high.

The dozen plus at the front were all Emperor Realm Seventh Layer.

And the several hundred behind them were all neat rows of Emperor Realm Sixth Layer.

On the outer ring there were still tens of thousands of Emperor Realm Fifth Layer and Fourth Layer disciples.

These people all shared one thing in common: they looked young on the outside and wore disciple robes.

No need to guess, those dozen or so at the front were True Disciples of Chi Yin Palace, and the Emperor Realm Sixth Layer ones behind were probably Elite Level Inner Sect Disciples.

Right now every one of them wore an unfriendly expression, and in the way they looked at Brother Cheng, flames of anger and hatred burned in their eyes.

"He’s that Jiang Cheng!"

"He’s the one who killed Venerable Qi Yan and all the Elders!"

"This bastard actually dares come to my Chi Yin Palace?"

"Detestable!"

"Take him down!"

"Kill him, kill him!"

Brother Cheng hadn’t even said anything yet when a huge crowd swarmed up around him.

Every one of them was so worked up they were about to explode.

This really made him laugh.

He could, in fact, understand their hatred.

But did this bunch not look at the power gap?

He could kill an Emperor Realm Ninth Layer, and these Emperor Realm Sixth and Seventh Layer kids running up to shout at him, what was the point?

"Protector Qu, what do you mean by this?"

He turned his head and looked at Venerable Qu Xin with an inquiring gaze.

Venerable Qu Xin actually knew perfectly well what was going on.

These disciples were in fact deliberately let over by the sect high-ups.

The intention was very simple: to disgust Jiang Cheng a bit.

Jiang Cheng had after all killed so many people from Chi Yin Palace, forging a death grudge.

For the sake of cooperation, Chi Yin Palace couldn’t kill him for now, but they still had to vent somehow, so they put on this show.

They deliberately sent out a bunch of disciples to stir up trouble, then in the end could just push it off as "the disciples are young and don’t understand, please be more tolerant."

You get scolded for nothing, and you can’t even reasonably hold it against them.

On the surface, Venerable Qu Xin feigned surprise.

"Ah?"

"This matter is completely unknown to this old man, let me go ask!"

With that, he flew forward and shouted sharply at those leading True Disciples at the front: "Tao Zhi, Ji Lan, Gai Wu... what are you all doing, are you trying to rebel?"

Those leading True Disciples had long since received orders from the sect high-level; they knew Venerable Qu Xin’s scolding was just for show, that he was actually cooperating with them.

So they all put on tragic, indignant faces.

"How would we dare cause trouble, we were simply enraged by this despicable, shameless beast!"

Venerable Qu Xin said hypocritically, "Fellow Daoist Jiang is our Honored Guest, where does a ’beast’ come from?"

The disciples understood the cue, and right in front of Brother Cheng they started laying into him.

"He used schemes and tricks to harm Venerable Qi Yan, utterly devoid of conscience!"

"Even Heaven and God are outraged!"

"His methods are so despicable that if I were him, I’d be too ashamed to keep living in this world..."

"He actually has the nerve to stand here, truly shameless beyond belief!"

Hearing these accusations, Brother Cheng actually felt no anger at all.

His mind just didn’t work like other people’s; he even felt like they were helping him list out his achievements.

But he still had to show the proper attitude; he couldn’t just let others point at his nose and curse him out.

However, if he started cursing back, it would turn into a farce.

By the time word got out, it’d be "the Lord of the Ice Realm stooped to argue with a bunch of disciples, and ended up getting yelled at till his face turned red and neck thick," losing face for nothing.

Right now in the main hall, Celestial Venerable Mieyang and a group of Guardian Elders were watching the Transmission Array image with smug faces.

"That kid probably has never seen a scene like this before, right?"

"Hmph, no one feels good being cursed and spat on by thousands."

"Sect Leader is still the brilliant one. Using a group of disciples to step up—whether he talks back or strikes back, it lowers his status, he can only endure it..."

"Let’s see how he gets out of this!"

"He’ll probably be pissed half to death, right?"

"Hahaha!"

At this moment, Brother Cheng, who was being mass‑flamed by the crowd, looked at Venerable Qu Feng with a serious expression.

"You’re sure this really isn’t the意思 of your sect high-ups?"

Venerable Qu Feng waved his hands again and again.

"No, no, these disciples are really disobedient, making Fellow Daoist Jiang laugh at us."

Acting had to be done to the end, so he deliberately scolded those disciples again.

"Sect Leader Jiang is our Honored Guest, what kind of behavior is this?"

"Why aren’t you withdrawing?"

Given their orders, how could those disciples possibly withdraw?

Instead, they made an even bigger scene.

"He must give us an explanation!"

"That’s right, he must give an explanation!"

"Kneel and admit your mistakes and apologize!"

Everyone knew there was no way he’d kneel, but shouting didn’t cost them any effort.

Brother Cheng felt the farce had just about run its course, so he slowly drew the Tier Five True Artifact he’d taken from Venerable Qi Yan—Void Moon Sword.

Seeing this sword, the disciples who had merely been jeering before flared up even more.

Even Celestial Venerable Mieyang in the hall revealed a deep killing intent.

This guy actually dared take this sword out in front of Chi Yin Palace—was he provoking them?

But Brother Cheng’s provocation was only just getting started.

He spread his hands toward Venerable Qu Xin, who was also suppressing his anger, his face full of regret.

"Since this isn’t the意思 of your side, then it seems this group of disciples is ignoring commands and rebelling against their betters?"

"In any sect, that’s an unforgivable capital crime of betrayal, isn’t it?"

"I’m thinking it’s inconvenient for you to act, so why don’t I do a good deed and help you carry out the sect rules?"

The moment he said this, Venerable Qu Xin nearly spat a mouthful of blood.

What, what?

You’ll help us carry out the sect rules?

What do you mean, are you planning to wipe out this group of disciples?

Are you insane, these are the future of our Chi Yin Palace!

How could we possibly let you kill them?

He hurriedly blocked Brother Cheng in front of him. "No, no, no, Fellow Daoist Jiang, your status is so exalted, how could we trouble you to take action personally?"

"No trouble, no trouble!"

"When I do good deeds, I never ask for anything in return."

Brother Cheng pushed him aside while brandishing his weapon at the group of disciples.

"Come on then, come on, didn’t you all just now want nothing more than to tear me to pieces?"

"Don’t tell me you only know how to flap your mouths?"

These disciples of Chi Yin Palace were impulsive, but not stupid.

They knew the gap in Power between themselves and Jiang Cheng was enormous; if they made a move, they’d be秒杀 on the spot.

The only thing they’d relied on just now was: we have low status and weak Power—if you, the dignified Lord of the Ice Realm, stoop to argue with us, you’ll only be losing face.

That was why they dared to be so brazen.

Now that Jiang Cheng’s sword was pointed at them, every hair on their bodies stood on end; who would actually dare start a real fight with him?

"Get lost, all of you!"

Venerable Qu Xin was strenuously holding Jiang Cheng back while roaring at the disciples, "You ignorant brats, get lost already!"

This time, he really did want them gone.