After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 60 Sect Public Opinion

"Have you heard? A newly promoted inner disciple is actually going to challenge the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm!" an inner disciple wearing the standard inner disciple robe whispered in the crowd.

"Huh? Who is it? What serious crime have they committed?"

"I don't know who it is, but this person is certainly incredibly audacious!"

"Stop keeping me in suspense, just tell me what happened!"

"I heard that as soon as he arrived, he beat Jiang Mingcheng so badly that he was unconscious and was taken away by the Enforcement Hall."

"No way! A newly recruited inner disciple can only be at the eighth level of Qi Cultivation at most, while Jiang Mingcheng must be at the ninth level of Qi Cultivation. How could he be seriously injured by a new disciple?"

"I don't know the details of this, but the focus of this matter is not on the two people's cultivation levels, but on what that newly recruited disciple did in the Enforcement Hall. That can truly be described as outrageous and lawless!"

"What could he possibly dare to do in a place like the Enforcement Hall, where even dogs wouldn't dare bark?"

"You're really out of the loop! Can you guess why he was forced to enter the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm?"

"Wasn't it because you injured Jiang Mingcheng?"

"No, no! Because the person who was injured was Jiang Mingcheng, Elder Jiang, in extreme anger, took the lead in gathering almost all the elders of the Enforcement Hall, and even called on Hall Master Chen to participate in the trial of that disciple."

Just imagine the gloomy environment inside the Hall of Law Enforcement, with so many black-robed elders interrogating you alone, and even the invisible pressure from Hall Master Chen sitting high above you. Wouldn't you be scared?

In that very situation, the newly promoted inner disciple dared to berate all the law enforcement elders present, and even mocked them in front of Hall Master Chen. As a result, Hall Master Chen struck him down and left him severely injured.

But the matter was far from over. The disciple refused to accept the elders' unanimous verdict, and even after all the elders used their power to forcefully pin him to the ground, he remained unconvinced.

Finally, defying the oppressive aura emanating from all the elders, he forcefully shattered the floor of the Enforcement Hall and stood up. He roared at the elders that he was going to challenge the Bamboo Realm!

The disciple's voice grew louder and louder as he spoke, gesturing wildly until his face turned red with excitement.

"That's fake! All that pressure from the elders? Even one elder couldn't make you stand up." The crowd clearly didn't believe the disciple's explanation.

“It’s absolutely true. My friend was on duty at the Enforcement Hall at the time. He saw it with his own eyes and told me about it himself.”

"You believe your friend's lies? If you keep spreading rumors about the elders of law enforcement and even Hall Master Chen behind their backs, you should be careful of being taken away by the Law Enforcement Hall, hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.

"You..." The green-robed disciple's face instantly turned red.

"I didn't want to tell you who that person is, but since you've forced me, I won't hide it anymore. That person is Shen Xu, the top outer disciple this year! If you don't believe me, you can ask your friends in the Enforcement Hall, or go to the Enforcement Hall and see for yourself. The floorboard that Shen Xu broke is still there." The disciple in the green robe said smugly.

"Who did you say?" Wang Bu, who was taking the words of the green-robed disciple as a joke, looked incredulous.

"This year's top outer disciple is Shen Xu!" the green-robed disciple emphasized again.

"How is this possible?!" Wang Bu was immediately thrown into a state of utter confusion.

"Junior brother, what's wrong?" a young man in black robes standing next to Wang Bu asked.

"Senior Brother Chen, I have some urgent business to attend to, so I'll take my leave now!" Wang Bu said before hurriedly leaving the place.

"Tell me about Shen Xu again in detail!" After Wang Bu left the crowd's sight, Chen Weinan said to the disciple in the green robe.

Wang Bu sped towards Shen Xu's residence. He had already found out the location of the courtyard Shen Xu had chosen, but he had been too busy with other matters in the past two days since arriving at the inner sect to visit Shen Xu.

But he really didn't expect that Shen Xu, who had only been in the inner sect for two days, would cause such a mess.

Because Shen Xu lived in a very remote place, Wang Bu had to take a long detour through Qingzhu Residence and ask around before he finally found Shen Xu's courtyard.

When he saw the chaotic scene outside the courtyard, his heart sank. It seemed that most of what the disciple in the green robe had said was probably true.

Upon entering Shen Xu's courtyard, he realized that he wasn't the first person to arrive; Lu Qingqing and Yan Qingxue were both there.

"Alas! It seems you, Brother Wang, have also heard about Junior Brother Shen's matter. The whole inner sect is buzzing with rumors now. Junior Brother Shen has really gotten himself into a huge mess this time, and basically no one can save him!" Yan Qingxue sighed.

"Qingqing, your master is Hall Master Chen. Tell me what exactly happened? How did things suddenly turn out like this?" Wang Bu asked Lu Qingqing anxiously.

"It is said that Jiang Mingcheng wanted to forcibly occupy Junior Brother Shen's courtyard. Junior Brother Shen refused, so the two had a conflict. However, an accident occurred during the conflict, which left Jiang Mingcheng in critical condition."

So, under the leadership of Elder Jiang, Jiang Mingcheng's father, the Enforcement Hall conducted an interrogation of Junior Brother Shen, which resulted in the events you've heard about.

"After this incident, I inquired with several senior brothers and sisters who were present at the time. The rumors outside were basically true. Moreover, Junior Brother Shen's insults to the elders were probably even more extreme than the rumors suggested. He basically offended all the elders present, and he didn't even spare my master." Lu Qingqing fell silent as she said this.

Wang Bu and Yan Qingxue fell silent upon hearing Lu Qingqing's words.

"Is there any conclusion about who is right and who is wrong?" Yan Qingxue asked.

"The elders accused Junior Brother Shen of wantonly killing his fellow disciples and extorting Qi-Nourishing Pills from them, sentencing him to three years in the Dark Prison. It is said that none of the elders sided with Junior Brother Shen at the time, and even my master was the first to severely injure him," Lu Qingqing replied with her head down.

"Now I understand why Junior Brother Shen rebelled. Snakes and rats are in cahoots, they're all in cahoots." Yan Qingxue plopped down on the ground, looking somewhat dejected.

"I was thinking about how desperate Junior Brother Shen must have been back then. The Enforcement Hall was full of people, but he was all alone." Wang Bu couldn't help but sit down on the ground as well.

"Where did Junior Brother Shen go in the end?" Wang Bu asked, looking up.

"Under the pressure of the elders, Junior Brother Shen managed to say that he was going to challenge the Cloud Mist Bamboo Realm before fainting. In the end, my master took him away and we don't know where he went."

"Is it true that Junior Brother Shen shattered the floor?" Yan Qingxue asked with anticipation in her eyes.

Lu Qingqing shook her head and said with tears in her eyes, "Because Junior Brother Shen refused to fall, the elders kept increasing the pressure on him. He shattered the floor with his knees and shouted those words with blood flowing from his seven orifices."

The light in Yan Qingxue's eyes dimmed instantly.