The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 284: Chapter 284 Questioning Chapter 284: Chapter 284 Questioning Jing Yan’s words made many people around nod in agreement.

It was clear to everyone that there was a conflict and friction between Cang Long and Jing Yan.

However, prior to this, they did not know exactly what the conflict between Cang Long and Jing Yan was.

Now that Jing Yan had explained, everyone understood.

Cang Long had a disciple named Suo Wen, who followed him to Donglin City and then set up a challenge stage in front of Jing Family Mansion.

This was clearly a provocation towards the entire Jing Family.

Regardless of the size of the Jing Family, Suo Wen’s behavior was a provocation, and he was justifiably killed by the Jing Family after challenging them on the stage.

He should have been prepared for death when he set up the stage in front of their mansion!

Rather than reconciling, Cang Long harbored a grudge against Jing Yan for killing his disciple Suo Wen and continuously sought revenge.

That was the behavior of a petty person.

Many people around frowned at Cang Long.

Cang Long, an Outer Court Deacon of Divine Wind Academy and a martial artist at the Peak of Innate Realm, had a small reputation in Lanqu County City.

While the big families in Lanqu County City might not focus on someone like Cang Long, the management layer of those big families had heard about him.

Learning that Cang Long was such a vindictive person, many shook their heads unconsciously.

It was one thing to seek revenge if you were justified, but now Cang Long had no reason.

Acting covertly in revenge was one thing, but to parade it in front of everyone, did he think others were idiots?

Cang Long’s face had turned somewhat pale by now.

He found himself unable to refute Jing Yan, as while most of the people here were unaware of what happened in Donglin City, there were those who knew, such as Qing Mo, the Outer Court Deacon of Dao Yi Academy.

If he were to be unreasonable and deny everything, it would only make him look worse.

“Haha…”

As Cang Long was at a loss for words, Shang Qu burst into laughter, drawing everyone’s attention to himself.

“Jing Yan, you truly are cunning.

I underestimated you.

You might be young, but you’re deep, having even caught Cang Long in your schemes.

Tsk, tsk, truly commendable,” Shang Qu said, shaking his head and appearing quite emotional.

“I don’t care about whatever grievances there are between you and Deacon Cang Long.

We are not discussing your personal vendetta here.” Shang Qu narrowed his eyes, “Deacon Cang Long claims you cheated in the Heaven Array.

You say it’s impossible for you to cheat in there.

Perhaps, to most, it indeed seems impossible for you!”

“I can’t assert that you definitely cheated, but one thing we all witnessed is that you, Jing Yan, spent a slightly longer time in the Heaven Array compared to Wu Shen, who entered with you.

Jing Yan, you acknowledge this, right?” Shang Qu stared intently at Jing Yan.

Jing Yan looked back at Shang Qu.

This old fellow really doesn’t want me to obtain the Golden Order!

“Dean Shang Qu, I have already said that Jing Yan could stay a few breaths longer in the Heaven Array because he might have his own methods,” Mu Liantian said, his tone already somewhat stern.

It was clear that Mu Liantian was getting displeased with Shang Qu.

“Chief Mu, I’m just raising a reasonable suspicion!

Whether it’s the Human, Earth, or Heaven Array, they are ultimately just formations.

Since they are formations, there must be a way to break them.

I believe that Jing Yan might have found such a way, using it to easily break the Heaven Array and thus obtain the Golden Order!” Shang Qu bowed slightly to Mu Liantian as he spoke.

Shang Qu saw Mu Liantian’s displeasure, but at this point, he had no way back.

If Jing Yan were to obtain the Golden Order, it would be a great blow to him; he would become the joke of Lanqu County City, and even his current position might be affected.

Why?

Because it was he who proposed the Sealing Order against Jing Yan at the Three Major Academies.

If Jing Yan obtained the Golden Order, that Sealing Order would become invalid.

And Jing Yan was clearly not going to join Divine Wind Academy again.

Many would think that it was because he proposed the Sealing Order that Jing Yan didn’t join Divine Wind Academy.

It didn’t matter so much what outsiders thought, but if the high echelons of Divine Wind Academy thought the same, then Shang Qu would bear a great responsibility and might even be dismissed from his position.

Thus, he had no way back, even at the cost of offending the Chief Manager of the Prince Manor, Mu Liantian.

If possible, he wouldn’t want to offend Mu Liantian, whose status as the Chief Manager of Prince Manor, was on par with his own as the Chief Dean of Divine Wind Academy.

He was several ranks below Mu Liantian!

He didn’t want to offend Mu Liantian, but he had no choice.

If he didn’t offend Mu Liantian, he might even lose his position as the Director of the Outer Court of Divine Wind Academy.

“Let me add something as well!” Huang Luo, Director of the Outer Court of Red Lotus Academy, also spoke up.

He glanced at Mu Liantian, then at Jing Yan, his expression growing serious.

“I am personally delighted that Jing Yan passed through the Heaven Array.”

“As the Director of the Outer Court of Red Lotus Academy, I am thrilled that such a brilliant martial artist under the age of thirty, who could pass through the Heaven Array, has emerged in our Lanqu County City region.

This signifies the emergence of a rare genius, an extraordinarily talented individual, the likes of which appears once in decades.”

“However, I also think that what Dean Shang Qu said makes sense.

We cannot confirm that Jing Yan used any underhanded methods within the Heaven Array.

But one thing we cannot deny is that Jing Yan did indeed spend more than three hours in the Heaven Array.

This clearly isn’t normal!

We have witnessed the assessments of the Three Major Academies more than just a couple of times, and such an event has never happened before!” Huang Luo spoke eloquently.

Listening to Huang Luo’s words, Jing Yan let out a cold laugh from the corner of his mouth.

“Jing Yan!” Huang Luo fixed his gaze on Jing Yan, “If you really used some special method or exploited some loophole in the Heaven Array, I think you should come clean now.

If you admit it now, we will surely forgive you, but if you don’t and it’s later discovered by Chief Mu, then the consequences will be severe!”

Huang Luo’s words, although calm, contained a clear threat.

In simple terms, he didn’t believe that Jing Yan could obtain the Golden Order by legitimately passing through the Heaven Array.

“Jing Yan, you are still young; don’t make a mistake!

If you cheated to pass through the Heaven Array, it would be best if you confess now.

Otherwise…” Wen Family Elder, his eyes shimmering and his gaze darkened toward Jing Yan.

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(Thanks to the book fan ‘Zongheng Sihai’ for becoming the first Deacon Level fan of this book.

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