Helped up by the surrounding gang members, Li Xi leaned against the corner of the wall as resentment continuously rose in his heart.
This old dog Feng Yue saw that Ye Li has good talent and openly plays favorites. Now I can only pin my hopes on the Law Enforcement Hall.
The Law Enforcement Hall student who had originally heard Feng Yue's verdict and prepared to let the matter slide could not help but furrow his brow at Li Xi's grievance.
"Not only did he injure someone, but he also forcibly robbed a Body Tempering Pill?"
Seeing the Law Enforcement Hall member knit his brows, Li Xi said with great joy:
"Reporting to the adult, Ye Li forcibly robbed the Body Tempering Pill right in front of me. At this moment, there must still be my Li Family's porcelain bottle and four Body Tempering Pills on his person!"
As he spoke, Li Xi stared fixedly at Ye Li. From start to finish, Ye Li remained within his line of sight and simply had no way to dispose of the stolen goods!
To tell the truth, upon seeing Ye Li snatch away his Body Tempering Pills, Li Xi instead felt a surge of pleasant surprise!
A mud-legged peasant truly was a mud-legged peasant; upon seeing profit, he forgot all about risks, and his very bones were soaked with an unwashable, poor stench!
Meanwhile, the onlookers among the gang members heard that Ye Li had forcibly robbed Li Xi of his Body Tempering Pills, and a feeling of schadenfreude rose from the bottoms of their hearts.
Seeing these geniuses meet with misfortune, a heartfelt sense of delight welled up inside them.
Stared at fixedly by Li Xi, Ye Li stood obediently to the side, looking completely unruffled.
Where would I still have any extra Body Tempering Pills left, he thought to himself.
Two were given to Feng Yue together with the porcelain bottle, and one was eaten by himself.
The remaining pill was put back into the original porcelain bottle; he could completely shift the blame by claiming it was the one rewarded by the gang for coming first in the monthly assessment.
All four Body Tempering Pills were utilized to the fullest, and the accounts were all balanced.
At that time, being in a blind spot of vision, Li Xi simply could not see a thing. Even if the Law Enforcement Hall conducted a body search, he would be completely unfearing.
This was yet another intellectual ceiling following "Ye Li's fake death" and transmigration to a different world—Ye Li really took them!!!
At this moment, Ye Li was completely bold and assured, anyway, whatever he picked up became his own!
Yet next, the development of the situation exceeded Ye Li's expectations.
On the scene, Li Xi jumped in to speak first, causing the Law Enforcement Hall captain to knit his brows:
"He robbed your family's Body Tempering Pills, so what? Just take it!"
"Do you think the Azure Dragon Gang is your home, and that you have your daddy to back you up?"
Ye Li: Ah???
Li Xi: Ah???
The surrounding crowd: Ah???
At this moment, the words of the Law Enforcement Hall left everyone dumbfounded, all of them staring at the Law Enforcement Hall with incomprehensible gazes!
This was the Law Enforcement Hall, for crying out loud!
Ye Li: Could it be that I've encountered a law-abiding, kind-hearted big brother?
Seeing that everyone was confused, the law enforcement captain sneered and said: "Feng Yue already said it, the two of you joined the gang at the same time. You provoked him first, your martial arts weren't as good, so isn't it only right and proper that you lost and got robbed?"
Li Xi opened his mouth blankly, looking at the law enforcement captain, words trembling on his lips as he stopped and started, until he finally said:
"Then your Law Enforcement Hall is just going to watch him commit armed robbery and do nothing? What... what kind of law are you enforcing!"
The law enforcement captain sneered: "You're talking about the law with us people mixing in the gangs? I find it hilarious!"
"Since you've entered the gang, don't bring the crooked, corrupt habits of civility and politeness from the outside great clans in here!"
"If you're mixing in the gangs and encounter a problem by seeking help from the Law Enforcement Hall, then what are you even practicing martial arts for?"
"What our Law Enforcement Hall enforces is the law within the gang. Since your Body Tempering Pill was brought in from outside the gang and isn't a salary rewarded from within, what obligation do we have to help you recover it?"
"As the direct scion of a great clan, you couldn't even beat a commoner who joined the gang at the same time. You must definitely be lazy and trashy!"
"Now that a commoner has defeated you through hard work, you ought to be deeply grateful that he didn't kill you. Don't tell me you still expect us in the Law Enforcement Hall to bully people by abusing our power?"
The law enforcement captain looked at Li Xi with disdain: "Trash simply doesn't have the qualifications to consume Body Tempering Pills. In my view, you deserved to be robbed; if he robs you, he should rob you hard—eating them yourself is purely a waste!"
"If you have any spine, work hard at martial arts and rob them back yourself. Next time you rob four Body Tempering Pills from him, I'll pretend I didn't see it either!!!"
Silence... Deadly stillness...
Following the law enforcement captain's lengthy speech, the many newcomers on the scene finally realized that what they had joined was a gang that operated outside the law!
"Well said!" Ye Li was so happy he was about to slap his thigh in approval.
He never imagined that this law enforcement captain would enforce the law so impartially.
He truly was the kind-hearted, law-abiding big brother he had always yearned for!
Li Xi at the side was fuming with rage, yet he didn't dare to resist the Law Enforcement Hall.
He could only suppress his resentment as the veins on his forehead throbbed wildly, pushing him to the verge of coughing up blood!
"Alright, if you're trash, you just have to accept it!" The law enforcement captain waved a hand and said: "Go lie down in the gang's Medicine Hall yourself, don't waste my time!"
With that, the law enforcement captain looked at Ye Li, his tone growing gentle:
"Work hard. Instructor Feng just told me that you're a genius, so don't let these great families look down on you!"
Having spoken, the group ignored everyone present and left with their subordinates.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Feng Yue said in a loud voice: "Alright, since everything is fine now, disperse."
"And Ye Li, although Li Xi provoked you first, your strike was too heavy. You are sentenced to face the wall for three days as a minor punishment to warn you against future misbehavior!"
Facing this obvious letting-off-lightly, Ye Li naturally had no objections to the arrangement.
Anyway, face-wall confinement didn't specify which wall to face; finding a quiet, deserted corner wouldn't delay his martial arts practice either.
Once the disciples watching the commotion had scattered, the two of them ignored Li Xi inside the room and walked out of the bunkhouse.
Ye Li still hadn't quite recovered his senses:
"Is it over just like that? I thought we'd have to search and make a show of it."
"What else did you want?" Feng Yue found Ye Li's exclamation somewhat inexplicable:
"Trash doesn't get treated with favor in the gang. The gaps in status between handyman disciples, ordinary gang members, and core disciples are as vast as heaven and earth."
"Your talent is greater, so your future will definitely be as a core disciple. It would be a dark-room conspiracy if we didn't favor you; aren't geniuses supposed to receive preferential treatment?"
"Geniuses... can just receive preferential treatment?" Ye Li muttered to himself.
Listening to Feng Yue's explanation, it was only at this moment that Ye Li realized he had overcomplicated things, actually bringing female-oriented webnovel mindsets into a high-wu novel.
He had been entirely misled by the civilized rule of law in modern society!
This was a male-oriented fantasy high-wu world where fists were reason!
He had actually thought of framing someone while doing bad things; his purity was simply too low!
In the male-oriented fantasy genre, being weak was the original sin!
Ten thousand ordinary lives weren't even worth as much as a single high-realm martial artist.
This matter was also recorded in Perfect World.
Shi Yi snatched the Supreme Bone, but a fait accompli was established, and because his talent was too high he was protected as well.
Even a clan was like that, let alone the Azure Dragon Gang—a faction without blood ties, which naturally placed strength above all else.
It could be said that right until this moment, passing through this series of events, Ye Li truly saw through the essence at the bottom of this world, and deeply felt that he made the right decision in not pretending to be trash.
If he usually behaved with mediocre aptitude, right now he might have been in a completely different situation!
After a chuckle, Feng Yue waved his hand and said: "Alright, you've offended Li Xi, so you'd better be careful from now on."
"You won't be able to get out of bed for the next month, but after a month when he goes home, you might face retaliation from the Li Family."
"Thank you for the reminder, Instructor."
Ye Li said with a solemn expression: "This student will definitely redouble his efforts hereafter, becoming a core disciple before Li Xi returns home."
"Oh..." Feng Yue raised an eyebrow.
Entering the gang for two months and entering the realm—he hadn't seen a few such geniuses in the past ten years.
"Alright! If you can really break through within a month, with such aptitude, the gang will ensure you are worry-free!"