"He Hong Elder, these four people deserved to die. They dared to speak disrespectfully of my master, claiming that the two of us, a lone man and woman, were sharing a peak without any reverence for her!"

Lin Xiao glanced at He Hong and continued, "Disrespecting my master is disrespecting the sect. I couldn't stand it, so I killed them on her behalf."

Lin Xiao's words were cleverly crafted, indicating that he acted on behalf of Luo Yusu.

In just a few words, he escalated the matter of disciple infighting to a Supreme Elder-level incident.

The Enforcement Hall Elder, Gu Yun, was in a dilemma. These two true disciples each had their own version of the story, and he couldn't afford to offend either of the Supreme Elders behind them.

"Nonsense! How could my four junior brothers be disrespectful to Peak Master Luo? Who in the sect doesn't know my master's feelings for Peak Master Luo?" He Hong sneered.

"Oh? And who in the sect doesn't know that my master has no interest in Xiao Qiubai? Perhaps Xiao Qiubai harbors resentment and incites his disciples to slander my master!" Lin Xiao also sneered coldly, though his smile seemed more like a mockery.

Xiao Qiubai had pursued Luo Yusu for hundreds of years, only to be met with her cold rejection, while he...

"How dare you, Lin Xiao, to directly call my master by name! This is disrespectful to the sect's Supreme Elder!" He Hong accused Lin Xiao of disrespect.

Gu Yun watched the two argue, unable to find an opportunity to interject.

After a while, He Hong grew impatient. If they continued arguing like this, they wouldn't be able to convict Lin Xiao even by nightfall.

He turned to Gu Yun and said, "Elder Gu Yun, first take Lin Xiao back to the Enforcement Hall's dungeon. The deaths of my four junior brothers from Ling Shou Peak cannot go unpunished, or how will Ling Shou Peak maintain its dignity?"

Gu Yun remained silent, but Lin Xiao snorted coldly, "Does Ling Shou Peak need dignity while Zixiao Peak does not? You want the Enforcement Hall to imprison me in the dungeon, but have you asked my master?"

Gu Yun glanced at the Purple Extreme Hall atop Zixiao Peak and made his judgment.

"Both of you, how about this: we investigate later whether the four disciples from Ling Shou Peak were disrespectful to Peak Master Luo. However, Lin Xiao's crime of killing fellow disciples is confirmed. I'll first detain Lin Xiao and confine him to Reflection Cliff."

After Gu Yun spoke, he observed their expressions.

Lin Xiao was willing to accept this punishment; confinement at Reflection Cliff was the lightest penalty.

"How long will the confinement be? At least forty years, right? One life for ten years for each of my four junior brothers!"

He Hong didn't expect to have Lin Xiao imprisoned in the dungeon, and the Enforcement Hall's neutral stance was anticipated. What he wanted now was to extend Lin Xiao's confinement as long as possible.

If it lasted forty years, Lin Xiao would be practically ruined.

"Three days should be enough. Those worthless lives aren't worth forty years of my confinement."

Lin Xiao's words infuriated He Hong, who retorted, "Worthless? You weren't some unparalleled genius before, were you? Our Ling Shou Peak's Senior Brother could crush the old you with a single finger, let alone the current you!"

He Hong didn't know how Lin Xiao had repaired his meridians, but he didn't care. Even if Lin Xiao could train again, his past aptitude wasn't at a genius level.

In terms of young cultivation geniuses, there were only a few in the Great Luo Sacred Sect. Zixiao Peak and Ling Shou Peak each had one, but Zixiao Peak's wasn't Lin Xiao; it was his Senior Sister, Zhou Wenqing.

Ling Shou Peak's cultivation genius was He Hong's Senior Brother, Hua Tianyan!

"Stop arguing, both of you. Forty years is too long, and three days is too short. How about a month's confinement?" Seeing Lin Xiao and He Hong about to clash again, Gu Yun hurriedly mediated.

"No way, at least three months!" He Hong insisted.

"If you push me too far, what can you do if I return to Zixiao Peak?" Lin Xiao's bottom line was actually a month's confinement. Having been kicked out by Luo Yusu, he had nowhere to go, so staying at Reflection Cliff was fine.

He had another reason for wanting to go to Reflection Cliff: there were tens of thousands of Enlightenment Steles there. With his previous lack of aptitude, he couldn't comprehend much. But now, with his body transformed by dragon blood and possessing his master's Ice Phoenix Power, wielding both Dragon and Phoenix powers, it seemed his aptitude had changed.

Now, he hoped to gain some insights from those Enlightenment Steles.

"Let's compromise. I think a month is about right." Gu Yun made it clear that further argument would lead nowhere, and Supreme Elders wouldn't intervene in such trivial matters.

"Hmph, Ling Shou Peak will remember this grudge. I hope you dare to participate in the Asura Trial in a month. With Zhou Wenqing absent, Zixiao Peak only has you. If you back out, you'll be a laughingstock."

He Hong could see that Lin Xiao's current realm was in the mid Condensing Yuan Realm. Such cultivation made the Asura Trial dangerous for him. If he didn't participate, it would be even better, as He Hong could mock him.

If Lin Xiao didn't participate, Zixiao Peak would have no one in the Asura Trial, and according to the Great Luo Sacred Sect's rules, peaks not participating in the trial would have their cultivation resource quotas reduced.

"Don't worry, I'll be there. I hope you will be too, and won't be absent!" Hearing about the Asura Trial, Lin Xiao wasn't afraid; instead, he was eager and excited.

The Asura Trial was an event where the Great Luo Sacred Sect selected disciples to enter an ancient Asura Secret Realm for training. That secret realm was said to be formed from the corpse of an Asura Emperor. When the Asura Clan invaded the Star Profound Continent, the Human Cultivator Alliance fought back fiercely, and many Asura Clan powerhouses fell across the continent.

The corpse of that Asura Emperor transformed into an Asura Sea, with residual Asura laws forming a separate realm known as the Asura Secret Realm.

Every few years, the Asura Secret Realm would open, and various major forces would send disciples inside, both to train them and to seize treasures within.

"Those who don't go, may they die a miserable death!" He Hong left these words before flying away. In his eyes, Lin Xiao's life was only worth another month, and he didn't want to waste words on a dead man.

Gu Yun watched the two, thinking to himself, "If everyone settled their grudges outside, we wouldn't have so much work in the Enforcement Hall."

Lin Xiao looked up toward Zixiao Peak, seeing no movement from his master. He said to Gu Yun, "Elder Gu Yun, let's go to Reflection Cliff."

"Alright."

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Gu Yun was pleased with Lin Xiao's cooperation.

On Zixiao Peak, surrounded by celestial mist, stood an unparalleled woman, like a Nine Heavens Maiden descended to the mortal world.

She looked down, having witnessed everything below. Her originally cold eyes melted when Lin Xiao killed for her, and she listened intently to his words defending her.

"This rebellious disciple, causing trouble as soon as he steps out..."

Unconsciously, Luo Yusu had already started calling him a rebellious disciple.

She wasn't concerned about Lin Xiao killing four people from Ling Shou Peak. What caught her attention was Lin Xiao's ability to wield both the Flood Dragon Power and the Ice Phoenix Power simultaneously. The coexistence of these two powers was already astonishing, and Lin Xiao could even control them both.

"Could the Flood Dragon Power and Ice Phoenix Power transform this rebellious disciple into some kind of physique? If he truly transforms, what kind of physique would it be?"

Luo Yusu thought of a legendary physique—the Dragon Phoenix Physique!