As if they had planned it, as if their hearts were connected, Yang Kai and Su Yan actually shouted out the same words at the same time, their tone and expressions perfectly in sync.
Xie Hongchen was stunned by the shout! He looked at Su Yan with immense pain and said bitterly, "How is he not a waste? In terms of status and standing, he's merely a Trial Disciple. In terms of cultivation and strength, he's only at the third level of the Kaiyuan Realm. That kind of person is a waste. How could you, Junior Sister, possibly have eyes for him?"
"Our affair is none of your concern!" Su Yan was clearly playing the part, and she intended to use this excellent opportunity to finally shake off Xie Hongchen's years of pestering. She even used the intimate word "our."
"Senior Brother, have you heard the phrase 'love at first sight'?" Yang Kai taunted, looking at Xie Hongchen.
"Shut your mouth!" Xie Hongchen roared with a twisted expression. "I am speaking with Junior Sister. What right does a waste like you have to interrupt?"
Yang Kai narrowed his eyes and let out a cold, continuous laugh.
"Waste is waste!" The calm composure Xie Hongchen usually projected had long since vanished somewhere. Consumed by jealousy and hatred, his handsome face was twisted into a thoroughly ugly mask. "When I was your age, I had already reached the Qi Movement Realm. You are only at the third level of the Kaiyuan Realm, while I am now at the peak of the Separation-Union Realm. The gap between us is two major realms and six minor levels. Can you even compare yourself to me?"
"Senior Brother, just wait and see!" Yang Kai didn't say more. Some things were useless to talk about; they only became effective when accomplished.
"Xie Hongchen, I don't want to waste time here with you. Get out of the way! Thanks to your Law Enforcement Hall, he is seriously injured, and I need to treat him!" Su Yan scolded in a cold voice.
"Today, no one is leaving here!" Xie Hongchen bellowed in fury. He looked at Su Yan with a pained expression, his body trembling slightly, and gave the order: "Law Enforcement Hall disciples, heed my command! If anyone tries to rush out, kill them without mercy! Even if it is your Senior Sister Su, you absolutely must not hold back."
Deep love leads to deep hate. In this moment, Xie Hongchen perfectly embodied the meaning of that phrase.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... After a moment of hesitation, over a hundred Law Enforcement Hall disciples immediately sprang into action, once again surrounding Su Yan and her group.
"You insist on this?" A dangerous light flickered in Su Yan's clear, watery eyes.
Xie Hongchen smiled bitterly. "Junior Sister, I know I am no match for you. But if you want to pass through here today, you will have to do so over Senior Brother's corpse!"
He was offering to sacrifice himself, hoping his courage and fearlessness might move Su Yan.
Su Yan's heaving chest rose and fell with fury!
She wasn't afraid of the Law Enforcement Hall. Her own strength was at the third level of the Zhenyuan Realm, three small levels higher than Xie Hongchen. Once she unleashed the Ice Heart Art, no one here could stop her.
However... Yang Kai, Li Yuntian, and the others would definitely not fare well.
She was only one person, after all. She couldn't possibly protect everyone under her wing.
The scene immediately reached a standoff. Su Yan didn't dare lead the charge out, and the Law Enforcement Hall disciples didn't attack either, merely blocking them there.
While a group of junior disciples were making a tremendous commotion here, the elders of Lingxiao Pavilion were having an earth-shaking argument somewhere else.
In the Elder Hall, all five Grand Elders of Lingxiao Pavilion were present: Grand Elder Wei Xitong, Second Elder Su Xuanwu, Third Elder He Beishui, Fourth Elder Zhou Fei, and Fifth Elder You Zizai.
The five elders sat in two rows. On one side were Grand Elder Wei Xitong, with Fourth Elder Zhou Fei and Fifth Elder You Zizai seated below him.