Chu Luo froze, gazing at his master's imposing back as though he had discovered a whole new continent.
A smile curled his lips.
After transmigrating into this world, he had awakened the Apprentice-Protecting System.
Upon awakening it, Chu Luo had received the system's beginner gift pack.
The beginner gift pack had raised Chu Luo's comprehension to an unlimited maximum.
From then on, his comprehension had been terrifyingly powerful.
He could easily master any cultivation method or martial technique with a single glance.
But after his comprehension was maxed out...
Through his research...
Chu Luo discovered that this little system required someone to stand up for him before he could earn apprentice-protection points.
The system also had a shop containing all sorts of heaven-defying pills, cultivation methods, martial techniques, imperial weapons, divine artifacts, and divine physiques that would drive countless people mad with desire.
But all of them required apprentice-protection points to purchase.
Moreover, apprentice-protection points could directly raise his cultivation realm!
So, after his master brought Chu Luo to the Forbidden Sect...
He had courted disaster in every way imaginable, hoping to make his rather unreliable master leave seclusion and stand up for him.
That way, he could earn apprentice-protection points.
Unfortunately, the moment his master returned, he had shut himself away in seclusion with no intention of coming out...
Thanks to Chu Luo's outrageous antics within the sect...
He had become a menace everyone wanted to beat up...
Realizing that nobody would stand up for him no matter how much trouble he stirred...
Chu Luo, unable to earn apprentice-protection points, had no choice.
He could only focus on cultivating the thousand Forbidden Secret Arts of the Forbidden Sect that Yin Ya had secretly left him before entering seclusion!
With his comprehension maxed out, Chu Luo had mastered all one thousand of the Forbidden Sect's Forbidden Secret Arts in just two and a half years!
He was now terrifyingly powerful!
It was just that all these Forbidden Secret Arts were rather costly in terms of life...
Every use came at the price of consuming his lifespan...
To this day, nobody in the Forbidden Sect besides Chu Luo had mastered all the Forbidden Secret Arts...
He, Chu Luo, now had an entire arsenal of forbidden ultimate moves!
Boom...
Vast, surging imperial pressure spread from Yin Ya, filling the entire hall.
The core disciples present dropped to their knees, unable to rise.
Under that imperial pressure, apart from Sect Master Lin Feng...
All the other elders bent at the waist, desperately mobilizing the power within their bodies to resist.
Zhao Sheng, in particular, was forcibly driven to his knees by that rolling imperial pressure before so many disciples.
Yin Ya spared him no dignity whatsoever.
"A Great Emperor!"
"So he really did..."
Lin Feng and the other elders looked aghast.
Elder Yin Ya had truly broken through to become a Great Emperor!
Their Forbidden Sect had gained another supreme Great Emperor!
The countless core disciples kneeling on the ground looked at Chu Luo with envy written all over their faces.
A Great Emperor's personal disciple!
Just thinking about it made them green with envy...
It seemed they could no longer afford to provoke this menace...
His master's imperial pressure also pulled Chu Luo out of his daze.
Chu Luo's eyes sparkled.
He had never expected his rather unreliable master to actually become a Great Emperor!
No wonder he had just received ten thousand apprentice-protection points!
Hehehe...
From now on, I'd better milk my master for every apprentice-protection point I can get...
"Hehehe..."
"Old Ghost Zhao, you were the old bastard who just said he wanted to drive my dear disciple out, weren't you?"
Yin Ya climbed the steps and came before Zhao Sheng, his face full of mockery.
Everyone knew that the second elder and third elder had never gotten along.
They regularly traded barbs...
But never in his wildest dreams had Zhao Sheng imagined...
That old bastard Yin Ya would break through to Great Emperor before him...
Zhao Sheng felt worse than if he had lost a fortune...
Sect Master Lin Feng gave a bitter smile and helplessly advised:
"Third Elder, please withdraw your pressure first!"
"Otherwise, these disciples won't be able to withstand it..."
Lin Feng knew that Elder Yin Ya had restrained his imperial pressure out of consideration for his dignity as sect master.
Otherwise, everyone present would have been forced to their knees.
Including him, a peak Ancient Sage!
"Hehehe..."
"Of course, of course. Sorry about that, Sect Master!"
"This emperor got a little too excited just now..."
Elder Yin Ya gave a strange chuckle and slowly withdrew his pressure.
Everyone immediately felt the strain lift.
Elder Yin Ya's expression changed. Pointing at Zhao Sheng, who had just gotten up, he unleashed a torrent of abuse:
"Old bastard, I'm asking you a question!"
"My dear disciple merely wandered into the sect's Forbidden Ground by mistake! He didn't deliberately trespass!"
"You old bastard, are you deliberately making things difficult because you're jealous of my dear disciple's exceptional talent?"
"You old fossil, you'd better watch yourself when you're walking at night!"
"And you'd better sleep with one eye standing guard, too. Otherwise... hehehe..."
The disciples below, Chu Luo included, watched dumbfounded.
But seeing his master unleash an ultimate attack right in Zhao Sheng's face made Chu Luo's heart bloom with joy.
He thought that his master, whom he hadn't seen in over a decade, had finally proved reliable for once.
"You... you... you're a boor!"
"Old Ghost Yin Ya, don't think I'm afraid of you just because you've become a Great Emperor!"
"The ancestors laid down the rules! Even if you're a Great Emperor now, you can't change them!"
Zhao Sheng was furious.
This old fellow had actually humiliated him before so many disciples.
Did he not deserve any dignity?!
If he backed down instead of showing some backbone, how could he ever hold his head up before these disciples again?
"Oh, my..."
"You old fossil who won't die after a thousand years or rot after ten thousand!"
"Looks like you're still not convinced, eh?"
"This emperor excels at winning people over with virtue. Shall we have another little spar?"
Elder Yin Ya rolled up his sleeves, looking ready for a fight.
"You..."
Zhao Sheng instantly choked on his words, his bluster plunging a thousand fathoms as his confidence vanished.
Even when he and Elder Yin Ya had been in the same realm, he had been no match for him.
Now the man was a genuine Great Emperor.
There was even less hope for him.
"Sect Master..."
"Look at him..."
Zhao Sheng seethed. He could neither outcurse nor outfight Yin Ya, leaving him utterly stifled.
The other senior elders standing nearby were even less willing to speak...
Yin Ya: "..."
Lin Feng: "..."
Chu Luo: "..."
The disciples: "..."
Lin Feng smacked his lips and considered the matter before saying:
"Ahem..."
"Well, Elder Zhao, Chu Luo just explained that he accidentally entered the Forbidden Ground while practicing an Escape Secret Technique."
"It wasn't intentional, so let's leave it at that!"
"What do the other elders think?"
Lin Feng looked at the other elders.
Noticing Elder Yin Ya's gaze, the other elders nodded repeatedly like chicks pecking at grain.
They agreed with Lin Feng's decision...
"Sect Master!"
"The ancestors once said that nobody may violate this rule, no matter who they are!"
"In that case, we should seek the ancestors' judgment!"
Zhao Sheng immediately objected, his heart set on driving Chu Luo out of the Forbidden Sect.
Today gave him the perfect leverage. He had to get rid of this little menace.
Otherwise, with that old bastard Yin Ya backing him, who knew what further havoc would be wreaked upon his Medicine Field...
"To hell with your granny!"
"Screw you, you old fossil!"
"This emperor will beat you to death today!"
Seeing Zhao Sheng still refusing to let his dear disciple go...
Yin Ya's anger erupted, and he stepped forward to punch Zhao Sheng.
Zhao Sheng was sent flying. When he clambered up, all the disciples saw that he had a black eye.
In truth, Yin Ya had held back out of consideration for their status as fellow elders.
Otherwise, that punch could have killed Zhao Sheng on the spot!
"Third Elder, please calm down..."
The other elders immediately stepped forward and restrained Yin Ya and Zhao Sheng.
"Ow! You... Yin Ya, you bastard..."
"You dare hit me? Even if I have to petition the ancestors today, that brat is getting kicked out of the sect..."
Held back by two elders, Zhao Sheng cursed relentlessly, no longer caring that Yin Ya was a Great Emperor or maintaining his own dignity.
The scene descended into chaos, with none of the bearing expected of a top sect's senior leadership.
To the disciples, it looked like a bunch of old men shrieking abuse in the street like shrews...
The disciples promptly became spectators enjoying the spectacle...
Had any outsiders been present, they would have laughed their teeth out.
Who could have imagined that the senior elders of the Forbidden Sect, one of the foremost powers, would behave like this among themselves...
Lin Feng was utterly speechless.
Being sect master truly wore him out.
He then swept his hand, and a wave of power enveloped the area, isolating the disciples.
"Enough!"
"I will seek the ancestors' judgment on Chu Luo's punishment right now!"
Lin Feng declared.
Hearing this, Zhao Sheng's face filled with smug satisfaction. As long as Chu Luo could be driven out...
Taking that punch would have been worth it.
Before Yin Ya could object, Lin Feng vanished!
"Hmph!"
"If those old fellows turn out to be stubborn fossils too, this emperor will personally enter the Forbidden Ground and have a good long chat with them..."
"You old bastard had better pray that my dear disciple is fine. Otherwise... hehehe..."
"This emperor will find a way to get your precious disciple kicked out of the sect, too!"
Yin Ya snorted, speaking without a care.
"You... hmph... my disciple is obedient and sensible, and a monstrous talent on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking! How could your unruly disciple possibly compare?"
"If you dare frame my disciple, even the patriarch won't let you off..."
Seeing Yin Ya use his own disciple to threaten him, Zhao Sheng was beside himself with rage.
The elders holding the two men back could only smile bitterly.
How had their sect's leadership ended up with two eccentric elders like Zhao Sheng and Yin Ya?!
Before long, Lin Feng, who had left earlier, appeared in the great hall...
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