Blazing torches spread all around the Wanqing Sect's grounds, enclosing the entire compound in a massive ring.
The sky gradually darkened.
Zhu Chen stood at the entrance to the Wanqing Sect's mountain gate, gazing evenly across the entire grounds.
His expression was calm, his gaze sweeping over the most elite handful of people in the Wanqing Sect.
At his sides stood the four great experts of Xunri Liuye, along with six other Bone Forging experts.
Figures surrounded the area, their inner strength stirring as they radiated an oppressive presence.
"Myriad Poison Sect, what audacity!" Zhu Chen's piercing voice echoed over the entire compound.
"Concealing military intelligence, privately arresting martial masters, cultivating poisonous techniques, treating human lives like grass! In half a year, you slaughtered over four hundred people from twelve families!"
"Such savagery, such cruel bloodshed, has made you despised by all the people of Xuanchang!"
"Today, I shall—"
"Lord Zhu!!"
Within the compound, Xie Yan, Xiao Qingyu, Wan Ling, and the others had already gathered together.
Wan Ling spoke first, unable to keep herself from interrupting Zhu Chen.
"Lord Zhu, when you say such things, have you considered that one day, someone else may say the very same words to your face!?" Wan Ling demanded sternly.
"I have served as an official my whole life with honor and integrity. If one day someone says such words to my face, then he is the one in the wrong, not I!" Zhu Chen declared without hesitation.
"What a fine 'he is wrong, not I'!" Xiao Qingyu, as Deputy Sect Master, stepped forth and spoke loudly.
"Lord Zhu's martial arts cultivation is formidable. I never expected that his tongue would be like his martial path as well, far beyond anything we could imagine. Then what are you waiting for? Since you have