"Save you, my ass!"
With his face swollen like a pig's head, Lu Qingshan bristled and glared. "Don't think I don't know what you're up to!"
"You traitorous little bastard! You even want to beat up a fellow elder? Have you no respect for the rules?"
"Hiss... ow!"
Lu Qingshan cursed too vehemently and accidentally pulled at the wounds on his face. He sucked in a breath through his teeth and hurriedly covered his cheek.
He was positively choking on resentment. He had gone to great lengths to invite Zhang Xuanhe and the other four because he feared Bai Yutang's group would bully him with their superior numbers.
Yet before Bai Yutang and his companions even lifted a finger, the five helpers he had invited pinned him to the ground and gave him a thorough pounding.
And he had nowhere to vent all that fury.
He could not afford to offend a single one of those five.
The more Lu Qingshan thought about it, the angrier he became. He abruptly turned toward Bai Yutang.
"You've grown some nerve, brat! You actually dared to hit an elder?"
"Today, I'll purge the sect of you and teach you what it means to respect your teachers and honor their teachings!"
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to pounce.
He might not be able to beat Zhang Xuanhe and the other four, but surely he could handle Bai Yutang? He would reclaim his lost dignity from this brat today!
"Enough, enough." Chun Xiaobai hurried forward to stop them.
"We're all on the same side. Let it go."
"Easy for you to say!" Lu Qingshan pointed at his grotesquely swollen face, trembling with rage.
"Your back doesn't ache when you're standing around talking, does it? Look at what they've done to