Well, well, Old Li!

His words struck the ground with force.

A brief silence fell before Heaven One Hall.

The disciples watching the spectacle grew even more excited. None of them had expected the Heaven One Hall Master, who had always been obscure, to be so unyielding.

Eagle Six's eyelids twitched.

He had not expected Li Rui to use the Heaven and Earth Alliance's rules against him.

He was so angry he laughed.

Back when he ran the scene, he had always been the one using rules to scheme against others. Yet here at the branch helm, Li Rui had turned the tables on him.

Li Rui smiled faintly. "True enough. Deputy Hall Master Eagle has spent all year outside running scenes, so it's only natural that he doesn't understand certain rules. His men are no better either. Today, this old man will teach you all some rules."

The words "running scenes" grated harshly on Eagle Six's ears.

How could he not hear that Li Rui was mocking him for being uncouth?

But Li Rui had handled today's affair too flawlessly. Rules were usually nothing more than scraps of waste paper, and nobody bothered with them. Yet if they truly made a fuss and brought it before the Branch Master, he would certainly be the one at a disadvantage.

It would also leave Deputy Master Zhao with the impression that he was incapable of handling matters.

Eagle Six drew a deep breath and suppressed the fury in his heart. "Hall Master Li, this is a Nurture Bone Pill. Consider it Liang He's medical compensation. Let this matter end here, shall we?"

When the onlookers saw that Eagle Six was actually willing to take out a Nurture Bone Pill worth one hundred and fifty taels to settle the matter, they all revealed envious looks.

Though the Nurture Bone Pill was not a spirit pill, it did contain a small amount of Spirit Grass. Its medicinal effect far surpassed that of ordinary Ninth Rank pills.

His sincerity could not be questioned.

Li Rui still shook his head. "Young people from outside truly have no rules or manners. The world's morals are declining by the day."

He decisively activated the skill—Relying on age and seniority.

He had never intended to let this matter end peacefully. Some things, if one chose to do them, had to be carried through to the bitter end.

"Take him away. Send him to the Discipline Hall."

He waved to Liang He and Zhou Shulin, ordering them to drag Yang San to the Discipline Hall.

The veins on Eagle Six's forehead bulged.

It was clear he had endured Li Rui for a long time. His gaze turned vicious. In all these years, no one had ever dared to use seniority and rules to pressure him.

"Old Li, are you really going to kill them all?"

Li Rui looked surprised. "What do you mean by that, Deputy Hall Master Eagle? Could it be that Yang San acted under your orders?"

"You—"

Eagle Six choked on his anger, but quickly calmed down.

If Li Rui truly used Yang San to launch an attack on him, he would suffer greatly as well. Even if Deputy Hall Master Zhao was willing to protect him, his standing in Deputy Hall Master Zhao's eyes would surely plummet to rock bottom.

"Hall Master Eagle, Hall Master Eagle!"

Seeing that Eagle Six intended to abandon him, Yang San could no longer sit still.

He had ended up like this only because he had been carrying out Eagle Six's orders. If even Eagle Six refused to help him, then he truly had only two choices left: either break one hand and one foot before leaving the Heaven and Earth Alliance, or endure Three Cuts and Six Holes.

"Hall Master Eagle, I—"

Before he could finish, Eagle Six viciously cut him off. "I will look after your old mother at home. Go in peace."

Yang San's face instantly turned ashen.

Eagle Six's words sounded comforting, but they were actually a threat.

He had done this sort of thing far too often.

If Yang San refused to accept the charges or exposed Eagle Six, then his old mother would certainly meet with misfortune.

Yang San gave a miserable smile.

Retribution truly never failed.

Back when he ran scenes at brothels, he had used this very method to deal with others. Now it had fallen upon his own head.

Yang San went limp, and Liang He and Zhou Shulin carried him away like a heap of rotten mud.

Zhao Wei did not step in to save Yang San.

An ordinary disciple was not worth currying favor for.

He might be the Deputy Master overseeing the Discipline Hall, but the Discipline Hall was not his personal property. In the end, all seven halls belonged to the Branch Master. He was merely someone who did the work, so naturally he could not go too far.

Otherwise, he would not be able to keep his position as Deputy Master for long.

Yang San was taken to the Discipline Hall.

Besides the charge of attacking a fellow disciple, he had also committed offenses such as disrespecting his watch duty and repeatedly failing to report for roll call. In the end, his crimes were punished together. To everyone's surprise, Yang San stubbornly chose Three Cuts and Six Holes.

In the end, of course, he died from an infected wound.

There was no miracle.

Not everyone was Li Rui. Did he really think he was some Son of the Plane?

Three Cuts and Six Holes required one stab each through the thigh, waist, and chest—and each wound had to pierce straight through. The sort of plot where someone suffered grievous wounds, stumbled into a fortuitous encounter, and returned for revenge was almost impossible in reality. Even a Son of the Plane would die after being stabbed three times.

The disturbance settled.

Inside Heaven One Hall,

Zhou Shulin and Liang He chatted idly. Ever since they had shared hardship last time, the two had grown closer.

"A-He, Hall Master Li is really impressive. Without lifting a hand or a foot, he dealt with Yang San."

"Let's see how Eagle Six can keep acting so arrogantly now."

Liang He looked at the carefree Zhou Shulin and felt utterly speechless.

Hall Master Li had not expended much effort, but the ones who had paid with their lives had been the two of them.

After going back over everything,

he was almost certain that Li Rui had been secretly fanning the flames behind it all, though he could find no evidence.

Of course, he did not actually resent it.

On the contrary, it was as if a brand-new door had opened before him.

Am I becoming a little too scheming?

Forget it. Everyone will eventually become the sort of person they hate.

No, it seemed Hall Master Li said that too. Forget it...

Liang He shook his head.

Something was wrong!

He had completely taken on Hall Master Li's shape.

After the previous incident, Eagle Six became much more restrained.

Han Peng in particular, for the first time ever, began taking part in Heaven One Hall's duty rotations.

After all, one of Yang San's ten major charges had been abandoning his post without permission.

When nobody took such matters seriously, it naturally did not matter.

After all, he worked for Deputy Hall Master Eagle.

But if they truly charged him over it and took the matter to the Branch Master, he would have no grounds to defend himself. Han Peng did not want to end up in the miserable state of being expelled from the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

Li Rui continued flipping through Daoist scriptures in his room as though nothing had happened.

He was truly busy.

Although he possessed Martial Bones, he still had to practice. If he did not, it would all be wasted. Thus, he spent nearly all his time cultivating.

He worked even harder than those students preparing for the college entrance examinations in his previous life.

Naturally, Eagle Six would not simply let the matter go. He had only discovered that his old disgusting tricks did not work on Li Rui, and was currently holding in his frustration.

Li Rui had long since become thoroughly adept at handling such things.

Who had not clawed their way up from the bottom?

The experience he had gained in the Zhu Family worked just as well in the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

Just as he turned a page of the Daoist scripture, lines of small words appeared.

Congratulations, Host, on completing the introductory storyline of the achievement Make a Name for Oneself—Unite Fellow Disciples.

To obtain the perfect martial world experience, harmonious relations with one's senior and junior brothers are essential. But sometimes those brothers are disobedient, and action must be taken. Within the rules, you have bound your fellow disciples' hearts together.

Mission Unite Fellow Disciples completed. Calculating rewards.

Mission rating: S. Rewards doubled.

Received 50 Achievement Points!

Name: Li Rui
Age: 5
Talent: Martial Bones
Cultivation Method: White Ape Mantle Blade
Achievement: 90/100