When they saw Yang Chen place his core disciple token before them, solid and genuine, all of them were startled.
A core disciple token could not be forged, so they could neither question nor deny it.
Yet precisely because of that, they found it impossible to accept. The words "core disciple" were the capital that usually placed them above others. Outside the sect, they acted arrogant and overbearing because of those four words.
The moment a core disciple revealed their identity, ordinary disciples had to immediately step aside and obediently bow their heads in submission.
They had just intended to use their status as core disciples to suppress Yang Chen. Who could have imagined that Yang Chen would suddenly produce the identity of a core disciple on the spot?
Were core disciple identities so common they littered the streets? They did not even know who he was.
"Where did you crawl out from with that core disciple identity?" The eyes of several people blazed with fury.
Liu Feiying in particular had already been considering how to punish Yang Chen, but her anger was instantly cut in half.
As fellow core disciples, she had no authority to do anything to him within the sect.
Wan Yue Qin, meanwhile, parted her little lips slightly, hardly daring to believe that the person who had spoken with her just now was a core disciple who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Yang Chen, not inferior to him in the slightest.
Yang Chen stood with his hands behind his back. "What? Do I need to discuss with you how I obtained my core disciple identity? It seems you all only became core disciples recently. Before learning clearly about the previous core disciple seniors, you already think you know everything?"
They all froze. Indeed, they had