The elder's expression stiffened slightly. "I was only-"
"I asked for your name."
"...Lin Heng."
"Good."
Ye Shenfeng nodded earnestly.
"I'll start with you when it's time to hand out punishment."
This was a way of handling things she had learned from Ye Li.
"You!"
Lin Heng's expression changed sharply. He was about to rise when his own sect leader slapped him straight to the floor!
"Please calm your anger, Dao Master Ye."
The Endless Wall Sect Master withdrew his hand and immediately apologized.
"Elder Lin meant no offense. I'll personally bring him here to receive his punishment afterward."
Ye Shenfeng looked away.
"Then make him shut up now."
"Of course."
The Endless Wall Sect Master did not hesitate. He barked sternly:
"From this moment on, no one speaks without my permission!"
Lin Heng looked bitter, but he lowered his head and returned to his kneeling position.
The Endless Wall Sect Master turned back to Ye Shenfeng and sighed.
"Dao Master Ye."
"I'm not trying to use our Old Ancestor's achievements to cancel out this matter."
"I only hope Xuanjian Mansion understands that many problems in the universe cannot be solved with a handful of decrees."
"Xuanjian Mansion does indeed have the right to speak for all the major powers now."
"But the rules the Residence has laid down are far too harsh."
"Cultivators are forbidden from refining and consuming their own kind."
"They are forbidden from using mortals' blood and vitality to sustain the lives of high-level cultivators."
"And the forbidden grounds are forbidden from sacrificing a few star domains to preserve truly important legacies."
"Ever since these rules were implemented, the forbidden grounds have harbored considerable resentment."
Ye Shenfeng sneered.
"You call it harsh because we won't let you eat people?"
"To the mortals being eaten, that rule