A streak of green light shot out and landed on him.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Changming had fully recovered. He opened the formation and stepped out of the cave dwelling.
"Come with me."
The moment the elder saw Chen Changming, he turned and left.
Chen Changming followed him all the way to the Sect Master Hall.
Just as I thought...
Seeing so many important figures gathered in the hall, yet Li Zizai alone was absent, Chen Changming knew that He Changkong was preparing to use another method against him.
"Chen Shan pays respects to the Sect Master. May I ask why the Sect Master has summoned this disciple?"
Chen Changming bowed and asked calmly.
Seeing his composed expression, He Changkong sneered inwardly. Yet his face instantly darkened, and he barked in a stern voice, "Chen Shan! Do you know your crime?"
Chen Changming raised his head, his eyes as still as an ancient well. "This disciple does not know. I ask the Sect Master to clarify—what crime has this disciple committed?"
"You don't know?"
He Changkong slammed his palm against the desk, making the air in the hall tremble.
He said coldly, "After contracting the Calamity Beast hidden in the sect's secret treasury, you rode it ostentatiously through the streets. On your way to Flame Mountain, you drew the prying eyes of countless outsiders and leaked the sect's highest secret. Is that not a crime?!"
"Sect Master, it is a Beast I contracted myself. Do I not have the right to use it?"
Chen Changming asked indifferently.
He Changkong snapped, "Though you contracted it, it is in truth a core secret of the Beast Taming Immortal Sect. You must never reveal it to outsiders!"
Chen Changming smiled. "Sect Master, you never said that when the contract was