"Do you still not know what you did wrong?"
An Zizai glared furiously at the disciple kneeling on the ground before him and shouted in a deep voice.
The disciple raised his head and gritted out, "What did I do wrong? That man bullied others by relying on his family's prestige. As a Wushi Disciple, since I saw it, I should have acted!"
"Do you not know the rules of Wushi? Wushi Disciples are not to interfere in grudges on the continent. If you encounter injustice, you may pass the matter to the authorities. With your status as a Wushi Disciple, no one would dare slight you."
"Go to the authorities, then have the authorities shirk responsibility—what meaning is there in that? Isn't this cultivation of mine meant to punish the wicked and root out evil?"
"You are questioning Wushi, questioning the Nine Spirits Dynasty?"
"I am not questioning them. It is only that since I encountered it, I could not let it pass!"
Watching the two of them oppose each other with needlepoints set against wheat awns, Gu An also saw the whole story, and at the same time gained a clear understanding of this disciple.
This disciple was named Zhuang Xian, an eighth-generation disciple of Wushi. He had been born on the Nine Spirits Continent, and his family could be considered happy. His natural talent was not the strongest, but he had been born bursting with a sense of justice. Whenever he saw injustice on the road, he would always draw his blade to help. This had caught Duan Li's attention.
Duan Li had inherited the Life-Reversing Divine Technique modified by Gu An. By continuously passing on his cultivation, his own cultivation ranked among the foremost in Wushi.
Zhuang Xian was his direct disciple, but Zhuang Xian had