Section 22: Atonement

The Hu Clan chief personally recruiting an unknown youth soon caused a sensation throughout the Hundred Clans Pill Conference.

Naturally, people were both shocked and suspicious, and they began asking around.

Before long, the conflict between Chu Yun and the Chen Clan, Gongsun Clan, and Zhao Clan became common knowledge.

That very afternoon, the Chen Clan chief immediately led Chen Yuqing and the clan's senior members to the Hu Clan residence, carrying thorny branches on his back to beg forgiveness.

Close on his heels came the Gongsun Clan chief. He had tied up his own daughter, Gongsun Wan'er, hand and foot, and publicly declared that he would hand her over to Chu Yun's personal judgment. No matter how Chu Yun dealt with her, he would not so much as furrow his brow.

The Zhao Clan chief was the last to hear the news.

After learning the full story, he spat out a mouthful of old blood on the spot, wishing he could strangle Zhao Fei with his own hands.

What sort of excitement had this unfilial wretch gone looking for? The affairs of the Gongsun Clan and Chen Clan—what right did he have to meddle in them, dragging the entire Zhao Clan down with him?

He immediately ordered Zhao Fei's arms and legs broken. Then, carrying Zhao Fei along like a lump of mud, he hurried frantically to the Hu Clan residence.

The three clan chiefs wished to see Chu Yun, but the guards stopped them all.

"Young Master Wuming is cultivating and does not wish to be disturbed." The guard was expressionless. So what if they were the chiefs of three great clans? He had received the Hu Clan chief's personal orders.

Chu Yun truly was cultivating.

He sat cross-legged on the deck of the Blissful Joy Ship, with