"On the Hundred Mile Battlefield, he killed a hidden Nirvana Stage expert and led the battlefield to a sweeping victory... Awarded military merit: one million!"
Seeing this, even Immortal Heavenly Venerate was too embarrassed to keep reading.
He knew Elder Yi must have meddled in it. There was no need to look at Elder Yi's panicked face now to confirm it.
This was something that required no thought at all. But what could he say?
Even now, he still wanted to shield Elder Yi once more. He coughed twice. "Brother Sun, aren't you exaggerating a little? Let's not mention the military merits for now. You say your disciple can defeat a Dao Venerate—I believe that. But defeat a Nirvana Stage expert? Isn't that utter nonsense? And even kill one? I don't believe it. Something must have gone wrong somewhere."
When Yuan Changsheng heard that Yang Chen could actually defeat a Dao Venerate and even kill a Nirvana Stage expert, his expression changed. Then he sneered. "How is that possible, Father? I don't think Elder Yi made any mistake with those military merits. This is absolutely falsifying battle reports. It would already be merciful if Elder Yi didn't directly blacklist him."
Having found himself a way out, Elder Yi swiftly said, "At the time, I felt that all these military merits were far too exaggerated, so I deliberately lowered them. My original intention was merely to stop this Yang Chen from aiming too high. Yet I never expected the battle records he submitted one after another to grow more and more outrageous."
That explanation simply did not work.
Everyone knew it.
Situ Zhennan knew it, Immortal Heavenly Venerate knew it, and Yang Chen and Grand Ancestor Sun knew it as well.
Yet once those words were spoken, Yang Chen was forced