Seeing Zheng Xiaofeng whose imposing presence did not pale before the sect leader's at all, Yaoqin turned a speechless gaze toward Chu Xingchen.
What had he said to him? Why did this man suddenly seem as though he had popped a pill?
But Yaoqin saw Chu Xingchen shake his head gently at her.
Yaoqin could hardly believe it. He had said all that on his own?!
Zheng Xiaofeng strode forward, confronting the sect leader.
"What are you looking at?! Even if I sweep floors, I still belong to the Heavenly Derivation Sect. Do you dare touch me?"
The Clearwind Sect's leader suppressed his anger and looked at Chu Xingchen. "May I ask whether this is true?"
"Of course it is," Chu Xingchen said leisurely.
"Even for the Heavenly Derivation Sect, isn't this an underhanded way to do things?!" the Clearwind Sect's leader demanded. "Our Clearwind Sect showed your sect due respect. Is this really an appropriate way for your sect to behave?!"
Chu Xingchen casually distanced himself from the matter. "Elder Zheng Xiaofeng wanted to come. I didn't invite him."
The sect leader finally lost his patience and snapped, "This is against the rules! I demand to speak to your Heavenly Derivation Sect's elders!"
Poaching an elder right inside his own sect to sweep floors?
Did my Clearwind Sect not deserve any face at all?!
What's more, a mere junior elder who had only just reached Golden Core actually dared to berate me like this!
Before, whenever he saw me, he only dared speak to me in a meek little voice!
Chu Xingchen sneered. "And your people colluding with evil cultivators is within the rules?!"
"Where's your evidence?!" the sect leader shot back. "You think you can smear my Clearwind Sect with baseless accusations?!"
Without hesitation, Chu Xingchen tossed over