Chapter Thirty-Six: Framed

  "What's wrong?" Ye Chen looked at Shen Qian's urgent appearance and asked in confusion: "What happened?"

  "Now the entire sect is in an uproar, everyone who went to the dense forest that day has to undergo scrutiny. The higher-ups of the sect suspect that there's something in the giant pit, but it was stolen by a disciple of the sect!"

  Shen Xiang looked at Ye Chen and said anxiously.

  Ye Chen's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then he thought: Anyway, the thing has already merged with me, even if you turn over the entire Lianyun Sect, you probably won't find any traces!

  Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Xiner, as long as I don't take it, what can they do to me?"

  Shen Xiang heard Ye Chen's answer, but didn't show a relieved expression, and continued to say: "Chen Ge, this isn't the key point. The key is that now even the outer sect's examination of Yun Zong is managed by Xu Fei, and the sect has also assigned three inner sect disciples to assist him. Even those ten great experts are no longer in charge!"

  "Xu Fei?" Ye Chen's eyebrows revealed a hint of murderous intent, and then he looked at Shen Xiang and said: "Xiang'er, you're afraid that he will take revenge on us?"

  "Right, Brother Chen! I'm just afraid he'll pin a big hat on you!"

  Ye Chen smiled reassuringly at Shen Xian and said softly, "Don't worry!" Then, Ye Chen suddenly let out a cold laugh: "It's really like they say, whoever you mention shows up!"

  "Ye Chen! I've been searching for you everywhere!"

  Shen Xiang heard the sound and turned her head around, standing right behind her was actually Xu Fei!

  Ye Chen sneered and walked forward, meeting Xu Fei's gaze with a cold tone: "What do you want from me?"

  Xu Fei sneered: "Aren't you just pretending to ask? Alright, hurry up and hand over the stuff. I can help plead for leniency, otherwise you're dead for sure!"

  "What thing? What thing?" Ye Chen pretended to furrow his brow and said in a puzzled tone.

  Xu Fei let out a cold snort: "No coffin, no tears!" He then waved his hand at the crowd behind him and said: "Search for me!"

  As Xu Fei gave the order, the crowd behind him walked towards Ye Chen's room, leaving only three people, who looked at Ye Chen with curiosity, wondering what he was thinking.

  These three people were the three inner disciples sent by the upper echelons of the sect, all of whom were masters of the Gathering Qi realm and did not listen to Xu Fei's orders, but came to assist Xu Fei.

  Ye Chen sneered and didn't stop Xu Fei's search, after all, Ye Chen wasn't afraid of them finding anything. His things were hidden extremely secretly, as long as they didn't tear down the house, Ye Chen dared to guarantee that no one would find his hiding place. Then Ye Chen just pulled Shen Xin aside and chatted intimately about some unimportant topics, provoking Xu Fei's anger to soar.

  After a while, several people who were searching came out of the house, all frowning and said to Xu Fei: "Nothing!"

  "Nothing?"

  Xu Fei furrowed his brow, but in fact he knew the possibility of finding anything at Ye Chen's place was not great. He was just following orders to search, and even he himself didn't know what they were looking for. However, this time he came here to make trouble, as long as he found anything suspicious, he would take Ye Chen away directly.

  Ye Chen sneered: "How's that? Not good enough?"

  Xu Fei looked at Ye Chen's arrogant appearance and felt annoyed, glancing at Shen Xin who was standing aside with a smile on her face, making him feel even more embarrassed. He then waved his hand at the crowd: "Search him!"

  As soon as this was said, Shen Xiang furrowed her brow and stepped forward: "Xu Fei, you're going too far!"

  "Excessive?" Xu Fei sneered: "I am acting on the orders of the Fengzong Sect, and anyone who has been to the dense forest that day must be investigated thoroughly!" He then glared at the crowd and shouted angrily: "What are you still standing there for? Don't you dare search for me?"

  Ye Chen's eyes were cold as he stared at Xu Fei, but he didn't say a word. He stood still on the spot without resisting, allowing several young men to search his body.

  Ye Chen knew that Xu Fei was intentionally trying to provoke him, and once he resisted, Xu Fei would have a reason to take him down.

  "What is this?"

  A young man took out a map from Ye Chen's arms, looked at it in confusion for a moment, and then asked Ye Chen.

  This is the incomplete map that Ye Chen found in the tomb, which he only remembered when he changed his clothes and put it in his pocket without collecting it because Ye Chen didn't pay attention to this map at all.

  Ye Chen looked at the map in the young man's hand, furrowed his brow and sneered: "Can't you tell it's a map?"

  Xu Fei sneered and hastily walked forward, taking the map from the young man's hand that had been searched from Ye Chen's body. His face was cold with a smile: "Isn't this it? What else can you deny?"

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow, thinking to himself: "This is not good, how could I have forgotten this!" He then hastily turned to Xu Fei and indignantly said: "What's the meaning of this? This is mine!"

  Shen Xiang's face also changed color in an instant, and he hastily said: "Xu Fei, you're not telling me that the thing in the giant pit is this map, are you?!"

  Xu Fei sneered: "I really can't guarantee that, who knows what's in the giant pit?" Suddenly, his face changed, and he gave a fierce smile: "Take him away!"

  Xu Fei's words came out, and Ye Chen's face slightly chilled, already making preparations for battle.

  Shen Xiang also leaned on Ye Chen's side, making preparations. Shen Xiang knew that as long as Ye Chen followed Xu Fei, he would probably be killed by Xu Fei before even seeing the upper echelons of Lian Yun Sect! She absolutely wouldn't allow such a thing to happen, no matter what price she had to pay, even if it meant disregarding the task entrusted to her by her family.

  Xu Fei's face twisted into a cruel smile as he waved his hand at his subordinates: "Rebels, abolish their cultivation!"

  With Xu Fei's order, several young men who were originally searching for Ye Chen immediately surrounded him.

  Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and easily determined the strength of several people through the power released by them.

  Five fragments of the fourth rank, three fragments of the third rank, and behind Xufei, there were three young men who were all inner door disciples. Their realm was probably at the Gathering Qi stage. Resisting would be a dead end! Unless they used the Dragon Claw, there was still a thread of hope. However, unless absolutely necessary, they could not use the Dragon Claw, or else it would become even more troublesome later on.

  However, even so, Ye Chen still had no intention of giving up on the idea of resisting. In the past, when facing Yuan Dan's eightfold Xu Feng, Ye Chen dared to take direct action, let alone these people.

  "Get moving!"

  With Xu Fei's order, several young men with broken body boundaries surrounding Ye Chen directly took action and attacked Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen's expression turned cold, and he made a swift and decisive move, using his martial skills as soon as he acted.

  Ye Chen let out a low growl in his heart: Capture Dragon, Gaze at the Moon! Immediately afterwards, he charged towards the young man closest to him.

  Generally, a cultivator of the fourth stage of the Shattered Body and Ye Chen's direct confrontation would not bring any benefits. What's more, this young man is only at the third stage of the Shattered Body, how could he be Ye Chen's opponent? With just a simple collision, the young man was directly knocked flying by Ye Chen, falling to the ground and losing all strength to fight back.

  The young man standing behind Xufei looked at Ye Chen's martial skills, and they all paused for a moment, then revealed a hint of playful smile, whispering to each other.

  "This is interesting, this martial skill is probably not from our Lianyun Sect!"

  "Hmm, it shouldn't be, I've never heard of it before. Our Yunzong doesn't have any martial skills that use claws to attack!"

  "This young man has some potential!"

  Just as three young men were talking in a low voice, Ye Chen and Shen Xian had already fought with several others.

  Xu Fei stood there, getting more and more shocked. He suddenly discovered that Ye Chen's current strength was actually comparable to three Shattered Realm Fourth Stage cultivators at the same time. To think that he himself had to be in the Shattered Realm Fifth Stage just to fight evenly with three Shattered Realm Fourth Stage cultivators... If things continued like this, Xu Fei really started to worry. In over ten days, when he dueled Ye Chen, would he still be able to win?

  Shen Xiang was just assisting Ye Chen and didn't use his full strength. After all, his identity hadn't been exposed yet, and unless absolutely necessary, he still wanted to complete the task given by his family.

  Just as everyone was fighting hard and it was difficult to distinguish between them, a loud roar came from afar: "Stop! What are you doing!"

  Yuan Feng, the law enforcement elder of Lian Yun Sect, directly stepped into the air and landed right in front of everyone.

  Yuan Feng's eyes first fell to the ground, then he glanced at Shen Xiang, who was unknown to others. Afterwards, looking at Xu Fei and the others, he scolded: "Xu Fei! What are you doing?!"

  The people who were still fighting stopped hastily, bowed their faces in fear towards Yuanfeng and respectfully shouted: "Elder!"

  The three inner door youths standing behind Xufei hurriedly bowed to Yuanfeng with a 180-degree bow, these inner door disciples understood the law enforcement elder in front of them even more than the outer door disciples.

  Xu Fei looked at Yuan Feng with some trepidation, took a deep breath, and relying on Xu Feng being behind him, plucked up the courage to say: "Elder, I have been ordered by those above to come and investigate the matter in the dense forest!"

  Yuan Feng's eyes widened as he glared at Xu Fei: "Investigation? You want to investigate, then do it! Don't lay a hand on my people! Don't you know that sect disciples are forbidden from private fights, let alone ganging up on someone?"

  Xu Fei, with a fearful expression, shrunk his neck and continued to say: "The thing has been found, I suspect it's this one!" Immediately afterwards, Xu Fei handed the map in his hand to Yuan Feng and continued to say: "I'm going to take him for questioning now, if he doesn't go, I can only use force!"

  Yu Feng looked at the map in his hand, his eyebrows furrowed tightly. At a glance, he saw that this map was incomplete and some of the places drawn on it seemed familiar, but he couldn't quite recall where they were for the moment. He turned around to look at Ye Chen, asking puzzled: "Ye Chen, what is this?"

  Ye Chen's mind quickly turned around and he hastily explained: "Reporting to the elder, this is a treasured family heirloom. I only know it's a map, I don't know anything else!"

  Yu Feng looked at the map carefully again and continued: "This really isn't something you got from the dense forest?"

  Ye Chen looked at Yuan Feng with both eyes and firmly nodded his head, answering: "No!"

  Then, Yuanfeng glanced at Shen Xiang and said to Ye Chen again: "Ye Chen, you go with them first!" After that, he turned around and narrowed his eyes at Xu Feng, continuing to say: "I'll go with you, don't worry, as long as it's not something from the dense forest, I guarantee you won't have any problems!"

  Xu Fei knew that Yuan Feng was intimidating him, and had made up his mind to protect Ye Chen. Immediately, Xu Fei's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he realized it was no longer possible to secretly kill Ye Chen. He could only hope that what Ye Chen said was false, and that the map really did come from the dense forest, so that later on, the sect would be the one to kill him!

  Ye Chen took a deep breath, glanced at Xu Fei, and then bowed respectfully to Yuan Feng: "I will follow the elder's arrangement!"

  Yu Feng turned his head and looked at Ye Chen, nodded, and continued: "Alright, you go with them first, I'll have a word with Shen Xin, and I'll be right there!"

  "Yes!"

  Ye Chen nodded at Yuan Feng and then walked in front of Xu Fei, sneering: "Let's go!"

  ——————

  Happy Labour Day! Continue to collect and recommend!

  ;