Chapter 37

Facing Zhao Zhengping's aggrieved inquiry, Hong Zun said with a righteous face.

"My Divine Sword Peak disciple was in danger, so naturally, as your master, I had to step in to rescue them."

"But Master, even so, there was no need for such a big commotion, right?"

"Nonsense, Zhengping, do you remember how I taught you? As long as a disciple has joined my Divine Sword Peak, they are family. When family is in danger, how can there be any reason not to save them?"

"Throughout my Divine Sword Peak, no matter who it is, as long as they are in danger, I am duty-bound. As the Eldest Senior Brother, you should be the same, Zhengping."

Facing Hong Zun's reprimand, Zhao Zhengping always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it, and what Master said also made a lot of sense.

Shouldn't fellow sect brothers and sisters support each other?

Looking at the righteous Hong Zun, Zhao Zhengping also said solemnly.

"Master is right, this disciple has been taught."

"Hmm, if there is nothing else, you may leave. Cultivate well and do not let down my expectations."

"Yes."

After tricking Zhao Zhengping away, Hong Zun smiled slightly and walked toward his cave dwelling with satisfaction. But before he had taken a few steps, he received a voice transmission from Sect Master Qi Xiong, asking him to go to the main peak hall to discuss matters.

It went without saying that it was definitely because of what happened during the day.

Helplessly arriving at the main peak, when Hong Zun walked into the hall, the main seat Elders of the main peak, as well as more than half of the Peak Masters, had already arrived.

On the main seat, Qi Xiong's face was somewhat ugly as he said.

"Junior Brother is here. Do you have nothing you want to say to your senior brother about today's events?"

His words were full of blame, but Hong Zun didn't care at all. He walked to his seat, sat down, took a sip of wine, and said vaguely.

"Explain what? Did anything happen today?"

"You... today so many of your Divine Sword Peak disciples swarmed out, do you really not need to give me an explanation?"

Hearing Hong Zun's words, Qi Xiong was about to grind his teeth to pieces, while Hong Zun remained in a drunken state.

"Senior Brother is talking about that? I actually don't think there's anything to praise. My Divine Sword Peak disciples learned that there were demonic beasts appearing in Leshan Town. As Dao One Sect disciples, they naturally had to slay demons and eliminate evil. It's a small matter, Senior Brother, no need to take it to heart."

"Take it to heart my ass! Your Divine Sword Peak disciples poured out in full force today without a single word of greeting..."

"Alright, alright, wasn't it an emergency? There was no time to notify you, Senior Brother. At that time, my peak's disciple was in danger; it would have been troublesome if we were late."

Hearing this, Qi Xiong snorted coldly.

"Even if it was to rescue a disciple, there was no need for such a big fuss. Which disciple was in danger?"

"Oh, it was my peak's handyman disciple, Ye Changqing."

A handyman disciple? Once these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone in the hall became extremely strange.

Just a moment ago, they were still guessing who was in danger that made Hong Zun so nervous, but now, he actually said it was just a handyman disciple.

Qi Xiong, who had been suppressing his anger, could no longer hold it in and shouted angrily at Hong Zun.

"You actually made such a big scene for a handyman disciple? You..."

"Senior Brother, that's not right. What's wrong with a handyman disciple? Is a handyman disciple not a disciple of my Dao One Sect? Since they are a Dao One Sect disciple, how can the sect not protect them?"

"I did this also for..."

"Get out, get out of here..."

Hong Zun drank wine while talking eloquently, making perfect sense, while Qi Xiong's forehead veins were bulging. Finally, he couldn't help but roar angrily.

To this, Hong Zun did not hesitate at all and immediately stood up, smiling.

"Alright, Senior Brother, you should rest early too."

After speaking, without waiting for Qi Xiong to reply, he disappeared directly from the hall, followed by Qi Xiong's angry roar and the sound of tables and chairs being smashed.

Regarding Hong Zun, Qi Xiong truly had no way to deal with him. It was like this when they were young, and it was the same now.

As the Sect Master, Qi Xiong sometimes felt very stifled, but what could he do? That was his own junior brother.

And the others present were already used to this.

It was another case of leaving things unsettled, which was normal, after all, the Peak Masters of the various peaks of the Dao One Sect, the main seat Elders, and Qi Xiong were all fellow disciples.

Many things could basically be let go, only Hong Zun, this incorrigible fellow, made Qi Xiong smoke with anger every time, yet he had no way to deal with him.

"It infuriates me, it infuriates me! Master, why did you accept such a rebellious disciple?"

Grumbling, Qi Xiong left the hall directly.

The night passed in silence. The next morning, when the sky was just barely brightening, many Divine Sword Peak disciples began to rush toward the foot of the mountain.

And this time, the number of disciples was even greater.

Each one of them pushed their movement techniques to the limit, occasionally using some small tricks, all to eat this breakfast.

By the time Ye Changqing opened the courtyard gate, thousands of disciples were already lining up, but there were only one thousand portions of breakfast, so the competition could be described as extremely fierce.

It was still first-come, first-served.

The disciples who grabbed breakfast were extremely excited, while those who didn't were all beating their chests and stamping their feet.

After breakfast, when the disciples left, Ye Changqing took the initiative to find Hong Zun, expressing that he wanted to learn a few techniques.

Hearing this, Hong Zun looked closely and noticed that Ye Changqing had actually broken through to the Qi Sensing Realm.

"You brat, you broke through?"

If he remembered correctly, this kid had only broken through to the peak of the Body Refining Realm a few days ago, right? And he broke through again? And it was a major realm breakthrough. This cultivation speed was a bit outrageous.

Grabbing Ye Changqing's arm and checking it personally, he found that even his talent and bone structure had improved. Hong Zun exclaimed in wonder.

"Could it be that you have a special constitution?"

Some people with special constitutions have trash-tier talent and bone structure before their constitution awakens, but as the constitution awakens, the whole person is like being reborn.

Regarding Ye Changqing's situation, Hong Zun naturally thought of this, and Ye Changqing also explained accordingly.

"This disciple doesn't know either, it's just that cultivation has indeed been much faster recently."

"It's a waste of talent for you to be a handyman disciple."

He had already determined in his heart that Ye Changqing possessed a special constitution and sighed, then stated that as long as Ye Changqing was willing, he could become a personal disciple, but he was still refused by Ye Changqing.

After all, he didn't have any special constitution at all; he was a cheater. If he left the kitchen, how could he continue to cheat?