The attitudes of all sides had already been made clear. If Great Emperor Hua Wu and the others continued protecting him, there would be nothing but bitterness and no sweetness in it for them.
Yang Chen stepped forward at the right moment. "Sect Master, Great Emperor Jinshi, Great Emperor Hua Wu, this junior is willing to undergo an inspection."
He Du and Kun Ya had originally been troubled over how to deal with the stubborn, fiercely protective tempers of He Tan, Hua Wu, and the others. Now that Yang Chen had voluntarily stepped forward and agreed to an inspection, how could they not be pleased?
Great Emperor Hua Wu, Great Emperor He Tan, and the others also changed expression slightly before revealing looks of self-reproach. They were Yang Chen's elders, yet they had fallen to the point where they could not protect him and had to let Yang Chen step forward to be inspected himself.
This... regardless of whether Yang Chen's inspection produced any result, it proved that they had failed to fulfill their original promise.
When Yang Chen had joined the Northern Territory Sect, he had said that he had made quite a few enemies. Back then, the three of them had promised to protect Yang Chen to the very end, yet they had been the first to break their word.
Yang Chen, however, had no intention of blaming the three of them. He knew the three Great Emperors had already done their best. His tone shifted as he said, "However, Ancestor He Du, Ancestor Kun Ya, I can accept an inspection. But just as Elder Xieyun said, you cannot inspect my entire body for no reason at all. First, I did indeed kill Feng Duo and Tu Lang, but no matter how you slice it, they struck first.