"Damn!"
Above the clouds, True Lord Chu, head of the Chuzao Clan, had been watching merrily just moments ago. But upon hearing Jiang Jinyue mention "sect rules," his expression immediately darkened.
Jiang Jinyue had made a completely different choice from his prized son.
Chu Yungui had chosen to turn against the sect for the villagers. Not only had he taken none of their possessions, he had even betrayed the sect; Jiang Jinyue, on the other hand, had strictly followed sect rules and collected thirty percent of the villagers' goods.
One could certainly say that Chu Yungui possessed the air of a wandering hero, a kind and benevolent heart, and the righteousness to hate evil as bitterly as an enemy. But this was Penglai's sect trial!
In an instant, True Lord Chu thought of many things: What if all of this had been deliberately arranged by True Lord Lingyuan?
What if True Lord Lingyuan, who had just ascended to become the foremost figure beneath Penglai's Pure Yang, practically the future helmsman of Penglai, merely wanted to see whether these newly recruited disciples would act according to sect rules or according to their tempers?
True Lord Chu even considered this: even if his precious son became a candidate for Penglai's direct lineage, what would the Penglai True Lords think if a rival later said, "Chu Yungui disregarded sect rules during the sect competition"?
It was not as though such a thing could not happen!
"Hiss... that was rash indeed."
A soft sigh sounded beside him. True Lord Chu turned to see True Lord Qian, head of the Qian Family of Eastern Victory Divine Continent's Tongbao Trading House. This Integration True Lord, always smiling and known for being plump and amiable, now had a face full of worry.
True Lord Chu remembered clearly