Novel Full Chapter 127: House Arrest
As mentioned before, losing to Qin Qingyu was absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
In fact, almost everyone felt it was normal for Chen Yan to lose to Qin Qingyu.
Including Chen Yan himself.
Although Chen Yan hadn’t originally intended to defeat Qin Qingyu, it was already enough for him to make a name for himself across Chenping Continent by simply defeating all the ordinary sect disciples.
After all, on the surface, he was only at the early stage of the Martial Spring Realm.
If he had won against Qin Qingyu, his reputation would have become too loud, which would only invite unnecessary trouble.
Of course, even if Chen Yan wanted to win, he couldn’t.
From his duel with Qin Qingyu, Chen Yan finally experienced the gap between himself and a true genius.
Although Chen Yan had seen many “geniuses” and had even defeated many so-called geniuses.
The gap between them and Qin Qingyu was far greater than Chen Yan had imagined.
However, Chen Yan did not come away empty-handed.
He gently closed his eyes, sensing that point of Clear Light slowly revolving around his Martial Spring.
Through the battle with Qin Qingyu, Chen Yan had completely assimilated that point of Clear Light for his own use.
When fighting others again, he wouldn’t be reduced to the awkwardness of rapidly firing Kongshan Finger techniques; he now had a new killing move.
Chen Yan returned to the viewing stand and sat down again beside Chu Xiyao.
“I lost, Senior Sister Chu,” Chen Yan said slowly.
“This outcome is not surprising in the least, Chief Disciple Chen,” Chu Xiyao, clad in white, replied with similar calm.
She wasn’t wrong.
“Is this how Senior Sister Chu comforts a fellow disciple who has suffered a setback at the Heavenly Summit Dao Inquiry?” Chen Yan half-joked.
“Is that so?” Chu Xiyao’s tone lifted slightly. “Does Chief Disciple Chen feel he has suffered a setback?”
“I’m also not surprised at all that I lost to Qin Qingyu,” Chen Yan said. “It’s just that, even though she suppressed her cultivation to the early stage of the Martial Spring Realm, I still lost so miserably. I can’t help feeling a bit unwilling.”
“Actually…” Chu Xiyao seemed to want to say more but suddenly stopped short.
Because two people had suddenly appeared, standing before her and Chen Yan.
They were the elders dispatched by the sect for this Chenping Continent Dao Inquiry Assembly—one from Mingxiao Peak and one from Linwu Mountain.
“Chen Yan,” the elder from Linwu Mountain called out. “Come with us back to the Slaying Heaven Pavilion.”
Hearing this, Chen Yan’s brows furrowed slightly. He detected something unusual in the elder’s tone.
He stood up and bowed respectfully. “May I ask, Elder, what is the urgent matter?”
“Elder Zhong Yin has something to discuss with you,” the elder from Mingxiao Peak said.
“Understood, Disciple,” Chen Yan said, offering no further words. He simply followed the two elders away from the Daoyan Arena, heading towards the Slaying Heaven Pavilion.
Of course, he didn’t believe it was Elder Zhong Yin looking for him.
Chen Yan had reincarnated dozens of times in this world. Regardless of how shrewd he was now, he was certainly not stupid.
If it were Martial Uncle Zhong Yin looking for him, the people who came wouldn’t be an elder from Mingxiao Peak, an elder from Linwu Mountain, or even elders from Yunyin Peak or Yibai Peak.
It would definitely be his own master, or perhaps Martial Uncle Yue Chi, or Martial Aunt Liu Yantang coming to deliver the message.
The appearance of these two elders before him could only mean one thing.
Right now, the direct disciples of Kongyuan Mountain on Heavenly Summit Mountain were indeed in a very precarious situation.
…
Slaying Heaven Pavilion.
Initially, Chen Yan thought these two elders would take him to see someone, or do something to him.
But they did not.
They simply escorted Chen Yan to Martial Uncle Zhong Yin’s courtyard within the Slaying Heaven Pavilion.
Once Chen Yan stepped into the courtyard, the two elders left.
At this moment, excluding Chen Yan, there were four figures in the courtyard.
They were Zhong Yin, Yue Chi, Lin Qifeng, and Liu Yantang.
In other words, all the direct disciples of the Sect Leader’s lineage from Kongyuan Mountain were gathered in this courtyard.
“You lost to Qin Qingyu?” Lin Qifeng asked, looking up as Chen Yan appeared in the courtyard.
“Yes,” Chen Yan replied.
“You really should have lost to her,” Martial Uncle Yue Chi, clad in his Bagua Daoist robe, nodded from the side.
Even if he wanted to win, he couldn’t.
Chen Yan silently muttered to himself.
“Can you tell what situation we’re in right now?” Lin Qifeng asked again.
“I can,” Chen Yan nodded.
The direct disciples of Kongyuan Mountain were currently under house arrest.
This was quite obvious.
“But why?” Chen Yan asked.
“Because someone has accused someone from our Kongyuan Mountain of killing Qin Yue,” Martial Uncle Zhong Yin, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
“Who?” Chen Yan asked.
“You know him too,” Martial Uncle Yue Chi said. “Ye Xiu.”
Chen Yan was suddenly taken aback.
Ye Xiu?
This was a name Chen Yan had never expected.
Because he didn’t believe that, based solely on the testimony of Ye Xiu—a disciple from a second-rate sect—all the direct disciples of Kongyuan Mountain would be placed under house arrest.
Especially considering Ye Xiu had some personal entanglement with him.
Unless…
In Chen Yan’s mind, the image of He Furen’s face, wearing that half-smile, surfaced.
“Ye Xiu doesn’t have the influence to pull off something like this,” Chen Yan said.
Zhong Yin, Yue Chi, and the others remained silent.
No one present was a blockhead; they all understood the underlying machinations at play.
“What about Elder Wen?” Chen Yan continued to ask.
Elder Wen Hongli was the True Dharma Elder of Kongyuan Mountain, personally appointed by Kongshan Sect Leader Yun Yichen to lead the investigation into Qin Yue’s death.
In this situation, they could only pin their hopes on Elder Wen.
“It’s useless,” Zhong Yin simply shook his head.
“Chen Yan, what do you think He Furen’s true goal is?” Lin Qifeng asked.
He naturally also knew that Gu Qin was He Furen’s man and that He Furen had once sent two Martial Spring Realm cultivators to assassinate Chen Yan.
It was just that they still didn’t have enough evidence to accuse He Furen, especially since he had a lofty Grand Elder backing him.
Chen Yan shook his head, indicating he didn’t know.
He Furen’s target definitely wasn’t him; his life wasn’t worth such elaborate trouble.
“Where is Ye Xiu now?” Liu Yantang spoke up. “Otherwise, let’s summon him here for a direct confrontation.”
“You won’t get to see that kid,” Zhong Yin shook his head. “He’s at the Water Mirror Pavilion, under the protection of the Mirage Palace.”
“The Mirage Palace?” Chen Yan frowned tightly.
Not long ago, he had just met Xiao Bo’an, the Chief Disciple of the Mirage Palace’s Weaving Dreams Tower.
Actually, it wasn’t surprising that the Mirage Palace would protect Ye Xiu.
Because outside Heavenly Summit Mountain, Kongshan Sect’s Supreme Imperial Law Elder Huo Mu had already reached an agreement with the other four great sects.
The four great sects on Heavenly Summit Mountain would fully cooperate with Kongshan Sect’s actions.
The object of their cooperation, naturally, was not Wen Hongli, the lead investigator appointed by Yun Yichen.
It was He Furen.