Another day began. Chu Yuan stood silently outside Class 1, waiting;
Before long, Li Chen came down the hall, surrounded by several lackeys.
He looked calm and aloof, with an air of superiority;
Chu Yuan turned to look at him. Li Chen met his gaze and curled his lips into a sneer.
Then he walked up beside him and deliberately rammed his shoulder into Chu Yuan;
"Get lost!"
Chu Yuan sighed inwardly. He really was childish...
People like him were far easier to deal with than those who seemed mild and friendly but struck without mercy at the crucial moment;
Still, he was truly annoying!
Chu Yuan reached out and pressed a large hand against Li Chen's shoulder, slowly tightening his grip;
A bone-cracking sound that set one's teeth on edge rang out. Li Chen's face turned deathly pale, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Did you do something to my family?"
"Beast... You dare lay a hand on me!?" Li Chen didn't answer Chu Yuan's question at all. His eyes were bloodshot as he raised his knee and drove it toward Chu Yuan's stomach!
Chu Yuan was surprised by the strength of his body;
Whether the guy had abundant resources or genuine talent in martial arts, he had somehow become a Blood-Qi Realm Warrior, just like Yang Yi!
But it made no difference to him.
Chu Yuan clenched his other hand into a fist and slammed it down;
After a crisp snap, Li Chen's right leg bent at a grotesque angle!
Just like Zhou Zhe a few days ago;
But unlike Zhou Zhe, he didn't let out a pained howl. His pride wouldn't allow him to do that in front of these commoners, who were no better than ants.
So he merely stared fixedly at Chu Yuan, his gaze filled with hatred, as if he wanted to carve Chu Yuan's face into the depths of his soul.
He didn't even say anything or threaten him...
"Actually, I don't understand." Chu Yuan looked puzzled. "I never offended you, did I?"
"Heh... trash!"
Crack!
Chu Yuan crushed his shoulder blade completely and threw him down the stairs;
The fall wasn't high enough to kill a Blood-Qi Realm Warrior, but... it would leave him in a sorry state.
After that, Chu Yuan walked back to his classroom as if nothing had happened;
The students around him fell silent and wordlessly made way. They looked at him with a mixture of fear, confusion, and unfamiliarity...
Before the Energy Gathering Array was activated, Huang Bo came into the classroom and gave Chu Yuan a long look;
But he only sighed and ultimately said nothing.
Chu Yuan had asked the principal what to do if Li Chen caused trouble again;
The principal's answer at the time had been, "Beat him to death!"
So that was exactly what Chu Yuan was doing now...
Downstairs, Li Chen lay where he had fallen, staring fixedly at the school building;
The swish of a broom sounded nearby. A cleaner walked past him without even glancing his way.
The cleaner didn't help him up or ask what had happened, either;
It was as if he were no different from the other trash on the ground...
An unbearable sense of humiliation welled up inside Li Chen;
Why!?
A mere commoner!!
Marrow Cleansing? Only people with impurities accumulated in their bodies needed Marrow Cleansing!
As for Li Chen, everything he had eaten and used since birth had been top-tier martial arts resources!
Impurities had never accumulated in his body!
He had only just begun practicing a cultivation technique for the sake of "screening"!
Why would a lousy school in a small city dare deny him a Super-Tier Support Quota!?
Why, after this commoner insulted him, had his family called to tell him to "remember why he came here"!?
"Young Master."
A shadow fell across Li Chen's view;
"Uncle Zhou... kill him! Kill Chu Yuan!"
"Young Master, let's go back and treat your injuries."
Li Chen roared furiously, "I said! I want you to kill him!"
Uncle Zhou silently helped Li Chen to his feet and led him out of the school.
At the window of his office, Qi Da watched the two figures walk away and rubbed his brow in frustration;
But then, as if something had occurred to him, he suddenly smiled.
Chu Yuan wasn't affected much. He practiced, helped Yang Yi refine pills, took advantage of the Energy Gathering Array, went home for dinner, and practiced swordsmanship in the park that evening;
But the next morning, as soon as he arrived at school, Qi Da summoned him to the office.
"Principal, did you need something?"
Qi Da nodded, looking terribly troubled;
After a moment of silence, he finally said, "Li Chen is dead."
"..." Chu Yuan's expression tightened, and he sat up straighter;
"When did it happen?"
"Late last night... What were you doing last night?"
"I was..." Chu Yuan suddenly furrowed his brow. "Principal, you don't think I did it, do you?"
Qi Da replied, "If I thought you did it, you'd be at the Public Security Bureau right now."
"..."
Two video clips were sent to his terminal;
Chu Yuan opened them. They were both surveillance footage;
The first appeared to be from the gate of a villa. Someone wearing a First High School uniform came walking from a distance and even sneered at the surveillance camera;
Chu Yuan knew that face all too well. It was his own!
But he was one hundred percent certain he had never been anywhere like the place shown in the video!
Chu Yuan recognized the location in the second clip. It was the surveillance camera at the entrance to his residential complex;
It showed him leaving, then returning several hours later...
Even more coincidentally, the time Chu Yuan left the complex matched the time he appeared in the first video...
"The first clip is from Li Chen's residence." Qi Da lit a cigarette and took a deep drag before saying gravely, "The Public Security Bureau has already gotten involved, but I've managed to hold them off for now;
I want to hear what you have to say."
"Obviously, this is a frame-up."
"I think so too, but some people don't."
"Who?"
"The Public Security Bureau, and... the Li Family!" Qi Da gave a bitter smile. "These two surveillance clips are their evidence!
"No one is stupid enough to deliberately show their face on camera before committing murder, but what if you were deliberately doing the opposite?
"Besides, Li Chen only had a grudge against you during his few days in Chenyang City. You're the only one with a strong enough motive."
Chu Yuan remained calm. "So, what should I do now?"
He was a cultivator, but he still had a long way to go before becoming invincible;
Trying to stand against the authorities with his current strength would be like throwing an egg at a rock!
Besides, no intelligent person would put himself in a position where the whole world was against him...
"Where were you last night?"
"I was practicing swordsmanship in the park. There are surveillance cameras along the way that can prove where I was."
"People can use their movement techniques to avoid surveillance cameras, and those in the Internal Breath Realm can even block them..." Qi Da shook his head. "There's something else. Li Chen didn't come to Chenyang City alone. He had an Internal Breath Realm protector with him;
"But that man has gone missing too."
Chu Yuan raised an eyebrow. "So now they not only suspect me of being the murderer, but also think I have an accomplice stronger than someone in the Internal Breath Realm?"
"That's right."
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