PS: I'm not very energetic during the day, so updates usually come at night. I can't seem to change that, but I'll try to get back to a normal schedule. And now, I'm asking for recommendations—there have been a lot fewer these past few days.
Ye Chen said blandly, "On the True Spirit Continent, strength reigns supreme. He was inferior in skill—what does that have to do with me?"
"What a fine 'strength reigns supreme.' So does that mean there'd be no problem if I beat you to death?" Cui Shiming narrowed his eyes and said coldly.
"As long as you have the ability, come at me. But let me make this clear first: if I injure you, another one of Jade Valley's Inner Sect Top Ten won't suddenly pop out, will they?"
Anger darkened Cui Shiming's face. Even an idiot could hear the mockery in Ye Chen's tone. He immediately said disdainfully, "You alone dare spout such wild words? Today, before everyone's eyes, I'll cripple your cultivation and let everyone else know the consequences of humiliating a Jade Valley disciple."
Seeing that a battle could erupt at any moment, Ye Xuan tried to dissuade him. "Senior Brother Cui, this was all a misunderstanding. Please don't make such a big issue of it!"
"Junior Sister Ye, stay out of this. It isn't that I refuse to give you face—it's that this Ye Chen is simply too arrogant. He knows neither the height of the heavens nor the depth of the earth. He thinks that having a bit of ability lets him do whatever he pleases. If everyone followed his example in the future, what prestige would Jade Valley have left to speak of?" Cui Shiming liked to seize the moral high ground in everything he did, then crush his opponent