In the next moment, Chen Xuan appeared before Purple Cloud Palace and called into its halls.
"Hongjun, your disciple was the one who acted rudely first. Not only did you fail to discipline your own follower, you even stepped in against my disciple."
"For such an act of bullying the young with your seniority, without the dignity befitting an elder, shouldn't you give me an explanation? Otherwise, don't blame me for following your example."
As he spoke, the Grand Primordial Measuring Ruler appeared in Chen Xuan's hand. His gaze fell directly upon Dijun and Taiyi.
But when Chen Xuan saw Dijun and Taiyi's current state, he nearly burst out laughing. Were these still the three-legged golden crows, the sun birds? They looked more like plucked chickens.
Worst of all, Chen Xuan discovered that Houtu had not been idle either. She was slowly gathering up the three-legged golden crows' spirit feathers.
Although Chen Xuan did not know what Houtu intended to do with them, one thing was certain: the girl was definitely up to no good.
At the same time, Hongjun emerged from Purple Cloud Palace and gave Chen Xuan a Daoist salute.
"Fellow Daoist Azure Lotus, this poor Daoist only objected to them fighting outside Purple Cloud Palace. Otherwise, why would I have waited until now to intervene and save Dijun and Taiyi?"
Hongjun's words did make sense. After all, Chen Xuan could clearly see how miserable his two disciples were without Hongjun needing to say it.
But if Hongjun thought he could muddle through before Chen Xuan with just a few words, then he had truly underestimated him.
The next moment, Chen Xuan sneered. "Hongjun, did you really only intervene just now? If you had, Dijun would have died several times over by now."
The instant Chen Xuan said