"Junior Brother, something terrible happened!"
When Senior Sister Lü gasped those words out, Chen Yu froze.
Something terrible happened?
What was it?
Senior Sister Ding had just warned him to become an Inner Sect Disciple as soon as possible. He had suspected that the Dao Sect might introduce more rules to drive Outer Sect disciples into a dead end. Had it happened already?
Chen Yu's expression turned grave. "What happened?"
"I heard the disciples at the next table talking about it when I went to the Dining Hall for dinner." Remembering what she had heard today, Lü Yanyan still found it absurd and hard to believe. "An Inner Sect Disciple challenged Elder Sun today!"
?
The words were perfectly simple, yet put together, they were somehow incomprehensible.
Chen Yu knitted his brows and repeated, "Wait, you're saying an Inner Sect Disciple challenged Elder Sun of our Emerald Cloud Peak?"
"Yes!"
Senior Sister Lü nodded earnestly.
Chen Yu was a little bewildered.
An Inner Sect Disciple challenging an Outer Sect elder?
How could something like that happen in the Dao Sect?
No, wait.
Chen Yu suddenly recalled some things Senior Sister Ding had said.
"Did you know that Inner Sect Disciples are allowed to kill people?"
"Once you become an Inner Sect Disciple... at least you're no longer livestock. You're a person..."
Could becoming an Inner Sect Disciple grant someone the right to challenge even an Outer Sect elder?
While Chen Yu pondered this, Lü Yanyan, standing opposite him, shared more of what she had learned.
"I heard the Inner Sect Disciple who challenged Elder Sun was a woman. I don't remember her full name, but I think they said her surname was Ding." At this point, Lü Yanyan sighed. "Unfortunately, she failed..."
"What did you say?!"
Chen Yu's eyes widened