White-Robed Chief

Cui Da’s face turned pale as his mind went blank.

He hoed some Golden Glow Grass but not all of them, knowing it would be obvious that it was his doing. He only dug a section, enough to keep Chu Li away from reaching the five hundred target and remained tied down from ever leaving Spirit Medicine Nursery. Ultimately, landing him the fate of being banished from Great Light Peak.

However, all the Golden Glow Grass were dead.

Cui Da only committed a light offense but it had become a severe one.

He knew he was in trouble. If he was escorted back to the torture chamber yesterday, he would still remain in Great Light Peak with someone pleading on his behalf and his parents offering compensation for Spirit Medicine Nursery’s loss. He would have been spared of any severe consequences.

However, the circumstances changed since the entire garden of Golden Glow Grass withered, it was as though he dug the roots off all of them. Losing over five hundred Golden Glow Grass was not something money could offset, it was a catastrophe.

How did this happen? Why did all of them die?

Even though he sat outside the house all night, he did not see Zhao Dahe leave, so it could not have been his doing. What was going on?

He could not wrap his mind around it. How did hoeing a section end up killing all?

Zhou Huang turned to glare at Cui Da and uttered words through his clenched teeth, “Cui Da, you scum, even your parents can’t save you now!”

Cui Da spoke haltingly, “Elder Zhou, I didn’t dig that many Golden Glow Grass.”

“So you’re saying it’s me if you didn’t do it?” Zhou Huang shouted.

Cui Da cried, “Someone must be framing me.”

“Great, great, so I’m framing you, huh?” Zhou Huang barked, “So you’re saying I killed the Golden Grass, huh?”

He stuck his face close to Cui Da’s before he chided in anger. “Who else if not you!”

Chu Li replied, “I did not leave the house the whole night yesterday, Cui Da should know this.”

Cui Da snorted. “It must be you! It must be you!”

Chu Li frowned.

Cui Da pointed at him. “You’re resentful for the light punishment I received so you secretly extinguished these Golden Glow Grass. It must be you!”

“Did I leave the house?” Chu Li answered peevishly.

“Yes, you did!” Cui Da forcefully nodded. “Not just once, you left for a very long time too! I saw it with my own eyes!”

Chu Li helplessly shook his head.

Zhou Huang turned to stare Chu Li in the face. “Zhao Dahe, what do you have to say for yourself?”

“Elder Zhou, I had been chanting the whole night.” Chu Li smiled bitterly. “Cui Da’s the only witness so no one will believe me even if I told the truth. There’s nothing I can do if he wants to frame me.”

“There’s a way to prove!” Zhou Huang coldly stared Cui Da down. “I’m going to ask you one more time, Cui Da, did he leave the house last night?”

“Of course he did,” Cui Da immediately responded.

“You really…” Zhou Huang shook his head. “I really don’t know how your parents educated you!”

He clapped his hands. “Come out.”

Two young girls in green glided and motioned a fist salute. “Elder Zhou.”

“Take him away, I don’t ever want to see him again!” Zhou Huang waved his arm and refused to look at Cui Da.

Cui Da cried out. “Elder Zhou, I’ve been wronged!”

“Both of them have been watching you in the dark last night.” Zhou Huang scowled at Cui Da with disdain. “They saw what was going on in the house. Zhao Dahe, that b*stard never came out to watch the Golden Glow Grass. He was in the house, chanting scriptures! Chanting scriptures!”

Zhou Huang spoke the last few words through clenched teeth. He had high hopes for Chu Li to save these Golden Glow Grass, so he secretly stayed aside to see what miracle Chu Li was adopting to learn from him. He personally watched over him the whole night and noticed Chu Li sitting and chanting in bed, without doing a thing.

With anger bottled up inside him at the sight of the withered garden, he just wished he could give Chu Li a few tight slaps.

However, Zhao Dahe may be an *sshole, but he was not the killer. The killer was Cui Da!

Cui Da lied through his teeth and tried to frame Chu Li. He had no words for this young man who had not learned his lesson. All he could say was that Elder Cui did a terrible job nurturing this child, which in turn, turned him into a bad apple.

Cui Da was devastated.

The two young ladies in green dully instructed, “Cui Da, you not only destroyed the Golden Glow Grass, but you also tried to frame your fellow disciple. We’ll be reflecting according to facts. If you could follow us!”

Cui Da said, “I want to speak to my parents.”

“The two seniors are waiting in the torture chamber,” the two girls in green answered. “You’ll be able to see them when you’re there. Please follow us.”

Regaining his spirit, Cui Da viciously glared at Chu Li.

Chu Li was critical with his reply, “You still think you’re right!”

“Just you wait, I will not let you off the hook!” Cui Da declared.

Chu Li smiled. “You’re not letting me off the hook yet you’ll soon be cast away from Great Light Peak. What a joke!”

Cui Da coldly smirked. “You think you can drive me out of Great Light Peak? How naive! How foolish!”

He walked away on a high horse, following behind the two young ladies in green.

Chu Li turned. “Elder Zhou, can he escape the punishment?”

“No!” Zhou Huang coldly blurted.

This time, even if it meant falling out with Elder Cui, he was going to punish that Cui Da heavily to set an example or else people would think they could just take advantage of Spirit Medicine Nursery and destroy spirit herbs.

Chu Li let out a sigh of relief. “That’s good. I’ll be disappointed with the torture chamber if he could escape punishment from destroying so many spirit herbs.

Zhou Huang looked him in the eye. “B*stard, you better plow the land today and start planting Golden Glow Grass tomorrow. You’ll never hear the end of it if you can’t harvest five hundred!”

Chu Li responded, “Don’t worry, Elder Zhou. I will nurture these Golden Glow Grass and ensure their swift and luxuriant growth!”

“Don’t ever bring up chanting scriptures to me!” Zhou Huang yelled.

Chu Li peevishly answered, “Chanting scriptures really work!”

“Scram!” Zhou Huang bellowed.

Chu Li shook his head, unmoved as he motioned a fist salute. He went inside to pick up the tool to begin plowing the Spirit Land.

Zhou Huang left boiling in anger. He was itching to smack Chu Li to death.

Chu Li sighed within, looking at the land of withered Golden Glow Grass. Applying Light and Death Scripture, even the liveliest spirit herb could not survive the kiss of death, what more the delicate Golden Glow Grass?

He was going to save these Golden Glow Grass but Cui Da was beyond redemption. He was not worth his effort.

His plan was to bring Cui Da under control, nipping Qin Huaichuan’s wings. He did not think Cui Da would be so pig-headed, pledging total loyalty to Qin Huaichuan. What was more shocking was his view that ugly people were not allowed on Great Light Peak and become inner mountain disciples.

Cui Da was firm on his rather strange stand. No matter how good he was, it was impossible to change Cui Da’s way of thinking.

Earth Matrix and Reincarnation Scripture…

Chu Li fell deep into thought. It was a shame he did not remain in Sutra Library so he could not investigate these martial arts. This Qin Huaichuan was a formidable energy. He had to think of a way to get rid of him.

He got the short end of the stick but he could gather Holy Church of Light’s inside information with his presence in Spirit Medicine Nursery.

His Light and Death Scripture took here like a duck to water after all.