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Long Chen's expression changed. Just as he was about to speak, Elder Sun waved his hand and said, "Take him away."

Senior Brother Wu let out a cold laugh and prepared to come over to seize him.

Long Chen was furious. He pointed at Elder Sun and cursed, "You old fogey, are your eyes blind, or are you just senile?"

"With your powerful Soul Power, how could you fail to notice that the spot where I was standing was clearly one hundred zhang and three feet away from the entrance?"

"You are clearly handling this unfairly. With your character, how are you fit to be an Elder? The Xuantian Branch truly has no eyes."

Long Chen's Soul Power was exceptionally strong, and he had long since sensed that someone was watching from the shadows. He knew that an expert at the Elder level was keeping an eye on everything happening here.

That was why Long Chen dared to fight without holding back. However, he hadn't expected this Elder to suppress him without asking for the facts, which made him furious.

Everyone was stunned by Long Chen's cursing. Was this guy crazy? He beat his peers, slapped a Senior Brother, and now he was pointing at an Elder's nose and cursing. This world was truly insane.

"Audacious!"

Elder Sun was enraged. With a cold shout, a powerful Aura instantly locked onto Long Chen, pressing down on him as heavily as a mountain.

Even Tang Waner, who was beside him, was caught in the aftermath. She was pressed so hard by the Aura that she couldn't move, feeling as if her breath were being cut off, and she was terrified.

She had only been affected by the ripples, so one could only imagine how terrifying the pressure was for Long Chen, who was at the center of the Aura.

"Pfft!"

Long Chen spat out a mouthful of blood. His bones creaked loudly under the pressure, as if they were about to snap at any moment.

This bastard actually wanted to use his Aura to force him to kneel. A thick killing intent surfaced in Long Chen's eyes.

He struggled to hold on. Even if he were crushed to death, he would absolutely not let his knees bend.

At the same time, he secretly swore in his heart, "Don't let me catch a chance, or I will return this humiliation a hundredfold in the future."

Just as Long Chen was struggling to hold on and felt as if his bones were about to shatter, a cold voice came from afar:

"Elder Sun, what are you doing?"

As soon as that voice appeared, Elder Sun was startled and hurriedly retracted his Aura. Without anyone noticing, Elder Tu Fang had appeared in front of them.

At that moment, the pressure dissipated abruptly. Long Chen felt a sense of relief and was about to collapse, but Tang Waner caught him, and he leaned against her.

It wasn't that he was intentionally taking advantage of her; he truly had no strength left. The Aura of an Elder-level expert was too terrifying.

Although Tang Waner's pretty face was flushed red, she held Long Chen tightly without any hesitation, while simultaneously hating Elder Sun to death in her heart.

"Reporting to Elder Tu Fang, Long Chen is causing trouble at my door, refusing to obey the law enforcers' instructions, and even violently resisting the law, destroying the surrounding buildings."

"Out of desperation, I only wanted to capture him to prevent him from causing further destruction. I ask Elder Tu Fang to judge the situation clearly," Elder Sun said respectfully.

Although they were both Elders, Tu Fang was the most powerful person in the entire Branch—the Law Enforcement Elder—so he didn't dare to act presumptuously.

"Oh? Is that so? Long Chen, what do you have to say?" Tu Fang turned his head to look at Long Chen.

"Elder Tu Fang, your Dharma Eye is like a torch. For such an obvious matter, I don't think I need to explain much, right?" Long Chen pointed to the footprints on the ground.

That was the place where he had slapped the provocateur away. He had long since secretly left evidence, intentionally leaving two footprints on the stone slab.

Seeing those footprints, Senior Brother Wu and the law enforcer who had also been slapped by Long Chen changed expressions drastically.

They had never expected that Long Chen would secretly leave evidence, and their faces couldn't help but turn pale.

"Elder Tu Fang, do not believe this brat's one-sided story. He did this on purpose afterward; this is fabricated evidence!" Senior Brother Wu said hurriedly.

"Whether it's fabricated or not, just ask the people present. Other than when I fought with you later, I shouldn't have moved from that spot, right?"

After saying this, Long Chen cupped his fists at the surrounding people: "Brothers and sisters, we are all newcomers. You have all seen the ugly faces of those who rely on being law enforcers to suppress newcomers without asking for the facts."

"I don't need you to give false testimony. Just tell the truth about what you saw. We are going to report these scumbags who rely on their cultivation to bully their juniors in front of the Law Enforcement Elder."

"The guys who were at the bottom of the previous batch now want to act high and mighty in front of us. Can you endure this?"

After Long Chen finished speaking, someone immediately stood up and said, "I can testify that those footprints are exactly where Long Chen had been standing the whole time."

"That's right, this powerful Senior Brother law enforcer was swinging his iron chains majestically, using his powerful Middle Stage of the Tendon Transformation Realm strength to force him back."

"It's truly laughable. I really doubt this Senior Brother's intelligence. When Long Chen was fighting earlier, he deliberately stood there without moving. Can't you even see why he did that?"

It had to be said that these newcomers still had a certain level of pride. Over the past few days, many people had become quite displeased with these arrogant law enforcers.

It wasn't that Long Chen was particularly persuasive; it was mainly because they already found these law enforcers unpleasant, and they wouldn't pass up an opportunity to vent their anger.

Hearing the crowd's mockery, Senior Brother Wu's face became extremely ugly, and his eyes stared fixedly at those who were testifying.

"Elder Tu Fang, look, that guy's expression is clearly one of someone planning revenge afterward. Please, Elder Tu Fang, make the decision for us."

"For a narrow-minded person who looks at people with such hateful eyes to be a law enforcer, how could it possibly be fair? This is simply a nightmare for us newcomers," one person immediately reported.

Senior Brother Wu's face turned green with anger, and the veins on his forehead bulged, but he didn't dare to look up to memorize that person's face, only able to desperately memorize that person's voice.

At the same time, he cursed inwardly, "You new brats, just you wait. We'll settle this score slowly."

He had also been a newcomer once. When they first arrived at the Branch, they had been disciplined into total submission by the previous batch's Senior Brothers.

Now that it was finally their turn to hold their heads high, things had changed. This group of kids all had their tails up in the air, actually daring to resist them.

Tu Fang looked at the footprints on the ground and said coldly, "Who measured the distance?"

The law enforcer with a palm print on his face immediately turned ashen and stepped forward, saying, "It… it was me, Disciple."

"As a law enforcer, you actually cheated publicly and framed your fellow Disciples. Pack your things, collect your benefits for this month, and go home," Elder Tu Fang sighed and said.

Everyone was shocked to hear this. He was expelling a Senior Brother just like that? This was too severe.

"Elder, I…" The man was shocked.

"No need to say anything. As a member of the Righteous Path, one must have a pure heart and spirit, and everything one does should be open and aboveboard. What you did has violated a major taboo."

"This is different from ordinary violations of the academy rules. Your behavior has already fallen into the Evil Path, and the Branch cannot keep you."

"If you still have the Branch in your heart, you should go back and reflect, and become an upright cultivator," Tu Fang said.

The man sighed, wanting to say something, but after secretly glancing at Senior Brother Wu, he nodded and left.

"Wu Qi, I remember you just came out of the confinement hall less than a month ago. It seems you haven't reflected properly during this time," Tu Fang snorted coldly.

"Disciple knows he was wrong. It was because the Disciple was misled by others that this happened. Please punish me, Elder," Senior Brother Wu said hurriedly, his attitude of admitting his mistake being very good.

"Whether you were misled or not, you know, and I know. However, according to the Branch's rules, he didn't report you, so that is your luck."

"Of course, luck is also a kind of strength, so I will not expel you. Although you are suspected of settling a private grudge, I have no evidence, so you are very lucky."

"However, you acted rashly without checking the actual distance yourself, which is a suspicion of dereliction of duty. The fault lies on your side, so you will need to bear the losses caused today."

"Go to the Law Enforcement Hall yourself, receive five hundred strokes of the cane, and be confined for half a month," Tu Fang said.

Upon hearing five hundred strokes of the cane, Senior Brother Wu almost fainted. That caning was not just an ordinary cane; it was made of Seasoned Gold Wood, which had toxins on it. Even a light touch could make a person scream in pain.

Usually, the heaviest punishment was only two hundred. Now, with five hundred strokes, he would be lucky to survive without being skinned alive.

However, he knew that Elder Tu Fang enforced the law like a mountain. If he were to show dissatisfaction, the punishment would be increased, so he could only grit his teeth and lower his head as he went.

"Elder Sun," Tu Fang said, looking at Elder Sun with a somewhat complex gaze.

"Present," Elder Sun's heart trembled slightly, feeling that something was amiss.

"Go to the back mountain to face the wall for seven days. I will find someone to replace you here," Tu Fang said.

"Yes."

Elder Sun replied and left without saying another word.

Now, even Long Chen and Tang Waner were somewhat dumbfounded. Elder Tu Fang was truly impartial and selfless; he was worthy of being the Branch's number one Elder.

He ordered Elder Sun to face the wall, and Elder Sun didn't even dare to let out a fart, and Tu Fang didn't even state a reason.

However, it had to be said that Elder Tu Fang's integrity was indeed worthy of admiration, and even Long Chen had to respect it.

"Many thanks, Elder, for your clear judgment. I won't hold against you the matter of you setting me up before," Long Chen said, cupping his fists.

"Hehe, then thank you very much," Tu Fang naturally knew that Long Chen was referring to the matter of tricking Chu Yao into going to the Heavenly Wood Palace.

At the time, he had no choice. They had a deep friendship with the Heavenly Wood Palace, and if he didn't help Hua Yu, it wouldn't be justifiable.

Originally, for Tu Fang, this was a very guilty matter. He had intended to compensate Long Chen in his cultivation after he arrived at the Branch.

However, after learning that Long Chen was an anomaly in the world, that idea had to be canceled. Therefore, for him, who had always been upright, this matter was like a fish bone stuck in his throat, making him very uncomfortable.

He hadn't expected that Long Chen would directly let this matter pass now, which made him feel much more relaxed. At the same time, he sighed with emotion that Long Chen was a sensible youth.

After all, the matter had passed, and people had separated. Even if they argued and made a fuss, it wouldn't have any meaning.

Seeing that Long Chen actually dared to speak to Elder Tu Fang like that, and seeing that the usually serious and unsmiling Elder Tu Fang actually accepted his thanks, everyone was stunned for a moment. This world was truly insane.

"Alright, everyone, continue."

After Elder Tu Fang finished speaking, he waved his large sleeves, turned around, and left, leaving behind the crowd who were still in a daze, staring blankly at Long Chen.