Reclaiming Memories (4)

After entering the inner sect, the feud between Shen Liangxian and Lin Huaixu not only failed to die down—it only intensified.

Shen Liangxian relied on his aristocratic background and Foundation Establishment cultivation. He held considerable prestige among the newly admitted disciples, so naturally, he wanted to keep Lin Huaixu beneath him.

But Lin Huaixu was no easy mark either. Though he had no backing, his mind was quick, and his mouth could talk the dead back to life. With just a few words, he could stir up the other disciples' resentment toward Shen Liangxian.

The inner sect was, in the end, a place where strength reigned supreme. Those willing to bow their heads and curry favor with the Shen Family's second young master were only a minority.

At first, Shen Liangxian maintained the airs of a young nobleman and disdained to enter the fray himself, merely sending a few lackeys to make trouble for Lin Huaixu. But Lin Huaixu was slick as an eel. Every time, he could borrow force to strike back—either luring senior brothers from the Law Enforcement Hall into witnessing it, or deliberately provoking the other side into striking first before turning around to lodge a complaint.

After several rounds, Shen Liangxian not only failed to gain any advantage, but instead allowed Lin Huaixu to build up some goodwill among the inner sect disciples.

At last, Shen Liangxian could endure no longer and decided to pay a steep price—he secretly contacted several fellow disciples from influential families, promising pills, spirit stones, and even favors from the Shen Family in exchange for joining him in pressuring Lin Huaixu into lowering his head.

But at this critical juncture, the Eighth Elder, who had been traveling abroad, returned to the sect.

—and upon returning, he announced that he was taking