Pei Zhen was puzzled. Just as he was about to ask why, an image appeared in midair.
Xia Jue was holding a Recording Stone. The image showed Su Jiu and Su Mianmian discussing how to save Gao Yang. There were not even any signs of a fight in their surroundings.
As the recording ended, silence settled over the Enforcement Hall.
After an unknown length of time, everyone heard Xia Jue speak coolly. "Article two hundred and thirty-one of the Enforcement Hall rules: anyone who is not a member of the Enforcement Hall and enters without permission, disrupting its order, shall be imprisoned on Purgatory Peak for one month. Article three hundred and forty-seven of the Enforcement Hall rules: anyone who attempts to frame a fellow disciple shall be imprisoned for one month.
"Do you have any further questions?" Xia Jue's piercing gaze made Pei Zhen's scalp prickle.
Pei Zhen was still unconvinced and wanted to argue, but Shen Qingyue glanced at him with an almost pleading look. Though he had a thousand words to say, he swallowed them all.
His face, however, remained somewhat ashen.
Two months. He would have to accept his defeat. He had originally wanted to teach that brat Su Jiu a lesson, to let her know there was a price to pay for taking someone else's spot. He had also wanted to cause her a little trouble in retaliation for his humiliation at the Heavenly Origin Hall that day. Who could have known she would prove such a tough bone to crack, with Xia Jue protecting her?
Su Jiu had never paid much attention to people incapable of stirring up any real waves. Before long, she left with Su Mianmian.
Inwardly, however, she pondered what Xia Jue had said.
*That man had clearly still been a