A Martial Saint Among Men: From Joining a Martial Arts School

Chapter 182 Framed

Tong Hao's expression was very unpleasant, and he didn't say much.

Actually, even without Tong Hao saying much, Chu Xuan could guess the gist of it.

This time, Tong Hao and his group were incredibly overconfident and almost suffered a major setback. They underestimated the strength of Sun Family Fortress while overestimating their own abilities!

As the overlord of Lingxiao Prefecture, Xuanyang Sect not only possesses formidable strength but also boasts a legacy far surpassing that of other sects. Whether in terms of resources or cultivation techniques, it completely overwhelms other forces!

Especially in terms of techniques.

This difference wasn't apparent at the Gang Jin level or earlier, but it became completely clear at the Zhen Yuan level. Even among Zhen Yuan experts, those from the Xuan Yang Sect were far stronger than those from other forces!

They were already used to this.

When they came to wipe out Sunjiabao, they subconsciously held this view and didn't even realize the problem.

Unfortunately, they overlooked the fact that the Blood God Sect was not a force within the Lingxiao Palace, but a force even more ancient than the Xuan Yang Sect and the Dayong Dynasty!

In terms of lineage, it is in no way inferior to the Xuan Yang Sect, and may even be more powerful!

Although the Sun Family Fortress faction wasn't considered a core force within the Blood God Sect, or even a branch, their True Essence experts were not much inferior to those of the Xuan Yang Sect.

This resulted in the Xuan Yang Sect losing its overwhelming advantage from the past!

On the Sun family's side, not only were their top combatants no less formidable, but they even had one more True Essence expert than the others.

That means that True Essence expert went to hunt down Chu Xuan. If the other party targets Zheng Zi'ang and the others, I'm afraid all the True Essence experts in the Xuan Yang Sect will be wiped out!

Even Tong Hao and his group might lose one or two of their members.

Those who remained could only flee in disarray.

The final result was that they were not wiped out by Sunjiabao, but were wiped out by Sunjiabao.

It was so close that the opponent turned the tide.

Neither of them said much, and they quickly returned to Sunjiabao.

At this moment, the battle had ceased, and many Xuan Yang Sect disciples were cleaning up the battlefield, while others were sitting on the ground healing their wounds. When they saw Chu Xuan and Tong Hao return together, their faces were filled with shock.

"He's still alive—"

Zheng Zi'ang stared wide-eyed at Chu Xuan, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

A martial artist with the Gang Jin skill was being chased by a True Yuan expert, yet he managed to return alive.

This is simply a miracle!

The others were in a similar state of shock, staring at Chu Xuan before erupting in cheers.

"Chu Xuan is back! Senior Brother Tong brought him back!"

"What?! Chu Xuan actually came back alive!"

"Senior Brother Chu is not dead, that's wonderful!"

Many disciples present showed joy.

It wasn't that they had a particularly good relationship with Chu Xuan, but rather that they all knew in their hearts that if Chu Xuan hadn't lured away that True Essence expert, they would all probably be dead.

In a way, Chu Xuan saved their lives.

Seeing Chu Xuan return, regardless of their true feelings, they had to at least show their gratitude!

Chu Xuan gave a slight nod to the crowd, and when his gaze swept over the disciples who were healing, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Lu Changge!

He didn't die.

Chu Xuan was quite surprised. Such a terrifying explosion would have killed even a True Essence expert at the epicenter, yet Lu Changge was still alive.

At this moment, Lu Changge looked extremely miserable. His whole body was charred black, large areas of his skin had been burned and melted, and all his hair and eyebrows were gone.

The person looked like they had been skinned alive, except for their face, which was still somewhat recognizable.

But without a doubt, he is still alive!

Although these injuries look serious, martial artists with the strength of the Gang Jin (罡劲) have strong vitality and can recover in a few months at most.

Chu Xuan looked to the side again and found that, apart from Lu Changge, none of the other disciples from Li Huo Peak who had entered the cellar were here.

Obviously, they're all dead!

"Chu Xuan!"

Lu Changge, who had been meditating, saw Chu Xuan and immediately stood up angrily, pointing at him and shouting, "How dare you come back? You killed Senior Brother Sun and the others! Today you must give Li Huo Peak an explanation!"

Wow!

The scene immediately erupted in uproar.

Whether they were counting their gains or recuperating from their injuries, all the disciples stared at Lu Changge and Chu Xuan in shock.

What's going on?

Did Chu Xuan kill Senior Brother Sun and the others?

"What happened?"

At this moment, Su Jingyang, the leading disciple of Li Huo Peak, walked over with a gloomy face and said, "Lu Changge, you just said—that Chu Xuan killed Sun Yuchen and the others?"

"That's him!"

Lu Changge pointed at Chu Xuan and loudly accused him, "Senior Brother Sun and the others were all killed because of Chu Xuan!"

Chu Xuan's face immediately darkened.

This bastard dares to accuse the innocent first?

That punch should have killed him outright!

Before he could even speak, Tong Hao coldly snorted, "You bastard, you dare to frame me like this? Believe me, I'll kill you right now!"

Lu Changge's expression immediately changed.

Tong Hao is no ordinary inner disciple; he is the leading figure of the Beast Taming Peak and may even become a true disciple!

Such a person is far beyond the reach of someone like him, a prospective inner disciple.

Even if he became Elder Chunyang's personal disciple, he would still be far inferior to him.

"Tong Hao, what's your rush?!"

Su Jingyang suddenly shielded Lu Changge behind him and said calmly, "Lu Changge hasn't explained the specifics yet, how do you know he's framing someone? Perhaps there's some hidden story we don't know about!"

He stood up for Lu Changge, not because he had a particularly good relationship with Lu Changge.

However, in this joint operation of the four peaks, they suffered the most casualties near Huofeng.

Sun Yuchen and others were burned alive!

As the "big brother" of the group, Su Jingyang may have killed a True Yuan expert, but if he does not give a reasonable explanation, he will probably be held accountable!

However, if there are other hidden reasons behind this, then that's a different story!

Tong Hao snorted coldly, clearly having guessed Su Jingyang's thoughts, and ignored him, turning to Chu Xuan and saying, "Go heal your injuries first, then come back with me later!"

"Senior Brother Tong, it's alright!"

Chu Xuan shook his head and said, "My injuries aren't serious. Besides, I'm also very curious about how I killed Senior Brother Sun and the others."

Seeing Chu Xuan's words, Tong Hao felt relieved and warned Lu Changge, "You'd better think carefully before you speak! If I find out you dare to make false accusations, Su Jingyang won't be able to protect you!"

Lu Changge subconsciously looked at Su Jingyang.

Su Jingyang said with a gloomy face, "Speak!"

Lu Changge immediately recounted what had happened in the cellar. Of course, he embellished his attack on Chu Xuan by portraying it as an act of obstruction, which resulted in Chu Xuan becoming enraged and injuring him.

He pointed at Chu Xuan and loudly accused him, "He clearly knew there was something wrong with that cellar all along, but he deliberately kept quiet. What else could it be but deliberately setting us up?"

Su Jingyang immediately sneered: "Fine! It's one thing to injure fellow disciples, but to deliberately kill so many of them! Your heart is truly exceptionally vicious!"

Tong Hao looked at Chu Xuan and frowned, asking, "What's going on?"

Chu Xuan nodded and said, "That's true! However, he altered the key part! First, it wasn't that I injured Lu Changge in a fit of anger, but rather that Lu Changge ambushed me, and I hastily retaliated, which is why I injured him;

Secondly, I didn't know there was anything wrong with the cellar. It was only after Senior Brother Sun and the others arrived that they said the resources had to be distributed uniformly and couldn't be hoarded, so I apologized and left! I never expected that after I left, Senior Brother Sun and the others would open those boxes!

Su Jingyang sneered, "Ha, you have a mouth, of course you can make excuses!"

His intentions were clear: regardless of whether Chu Xuanqian was behind it or not, he wanted to muddy the waters first.

In any case, the only survivors are Chu Xuan and Lu Changge.

"Are you out of your mind?"

Unable to contain his anger any longer, Tong Hao launched into a tirade against Su Jingyang, saying, "Chu Xuan was the first to discover that cellar, and he was also the first to rush in. If he wanted to kill Sun Yuchen and the others, why would he have just rushed in and waited for them to find out?"

If Chu Xuan discovered the problem after entering, how did he discover it when Lu Changge entered before he even opened the box?

Furthermore, Lu Changge says that Chu Xuan injured him for the box, but then says that Chu Xuan knew the box was defective and deliberately gave it to them? Why didn't Chu Xuan just give it to Lu Changge in the first place?

Such obvious contradictions, so many loopholes, and you can't even hear them? Are you a pig?!

Su Jingyang's face immediately turned ashen: "Tong Hao, don't go too far! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

"Not afraid? Then let's have a go!"

Tong Hao roared and threw a punch directly at the target.

A giant cyan fist composed of true essence exploded in front of Su Jingyang, forcing him to take several steps back.

"Tong Hao!"

Su Jingyang let out an angry roar.

"Call me 'Dad'?! I've disliked you for ages! And you think you can call Tong Hao that? You think you're Zhao Jinyang?"

As he spoke, Tong Hao's true essence surged instantly, and a terrifying giant ape phantom appeared behind him. A terrifying pressure, like a mountain, crushed towards Su Jingyang.

It's clear they're serious about this.

"Please calm down, both of you."

At this moment, Lu Zheng and Chen Xuanbei also rushed over and quickly stopped the two who were about to fight.

"Gentlemen, we are all from the same sect. There's no need to ruin our harmony over a small misunderstanding," Lu Zheng advised.

Chen Xuanbei looked at Lu Changge and said in a deep voice, "We heard what you just said! Lu Changge, you've said so much, but you haven't produced a single piece of evidence. Does that mean all of this is just your guess?"

This is no small matter; you'd better think it through before you speak.

We may not be able to determine who is lying right now, but once we return to the sect, we'll have plenty of ways to handle it!

Lu Changge's expression immediately changed. He gritted his teeth and said, "These are just my guesses, but they're probably true! In my opinion, Chu Xuan is an accomplice of the Blood God Sect! Otherwise, how could a mere Qi Refining cultivator escape from the pursuit of a True Essence expert?"

Chu Xuan sneered, "I am an accomplice of the Blood God Sect? Have you lost your mind? Tonight, I killed three Blood God Sect members who had reached the Great Perfection of Gang Jin, one who had just entered Gang Jin, and as for those who had reached the Transformation Jin, I can't even count them on two hands. How many did you, Lu Changge, kill?"

If I'm an accomplice of the Blood God Cult, then what are you?

Everyone present stared at Chu Xuan in shock upon hearing this.

They were all amazed by Chu Xuan's achievements!

They had only seen Chu Xuan wreaking havoc before; apart from Chu Xuan and Zheng Ziang who was standing next to him, probably no one present knew his true achievements.

When they heard Chu Xuan say it, they were all dumbfounded.

Chu Xuan alone actually killed three Great Masters of the Gang Jin realm?

That's absolutely terrifying!

"I can testify that Junior Brother Chu did indeed kill three martial artists who had reached the Great Perfection of the Gang Jin realm! One who had just entered the Gang Jin realm, and eighteen who had reached the Transformation Realm!"

At this moment, Zheng Zi'ang stepped forward and spoke.

A collective gasp filled the air.

Chu Xuan wasn't bragging after all!

Such a record is probably only slightly lower than that of Tong Hao and his group of four!

Others are simply far inferior.

With this achievement, it would be an insult to everyone's intelligence to still say that Chu Xuan is an accomplice of the Blood God Cult!

Lu Changge hadn't expected Chu Xuan to have such a terrifying record, but he was now in a bind. He gritted his teeth and said, "Then explain yourself! How were you able to escape from that True Essence expert? To me, you were clearly covering his escape!"

Chu Xuan sneered, "I was able to escape from that True Essence expert, that's my skill! Who would expose their most secret life-saving ability? As for me covering his escape? Please use your pig brain and think about it carefully!"

"Does that True Essence expert need my cover? If he doesn't expose himself to hunt me down, who can find him, who can stop him from escaping? On the contrary, you would probably have been wiped out by him long ago!"

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded subconsciously.

At this point, they were basically certain that Lu Changge was making baseless accusations against Chu Xuan.

Lu Zheng turned and glared at Lu Changge, saying, "So, you have absolutely no evidence, right?"

"I----"

Lu Changge opened his mouth.

Su Jingyang sneered, "But the fact is, of those who entered the cellar, only Chu Xuan was unharmed! If this is luck, then his luck is far too good, isn't it?"

Chu Xuan said calmly, "Senior Brother Su seems to have overlooked Lu Changge. Didn't he also come out alive? I'm fine because I was already out before the explosion. On the contrary, Lu Changge is only at the Lesser Completion of Qi Refining. Even Senior Brother Sun, a Great Completion of Qi Refining, died inside. How did he manage to come out alive?"

These words struck a nerve with Lu Changge!

The reason he survived was thanks to the punch Chu Xuan gave him, which sent him to the edge of the cellar.

Of course, most importantly, at the crucial moment, he pulled a senior student in front of him to shield him.

This saved him from most of the damage, as he was thrown out by the shockwave of the explosion.

If the sect finds out that he used his senior brother to shield himself from disaster, even if he survives, he will definitely not have a good outcome.

"Hmph, you have ways to save your life, and so do I!" Lu Changge retorted defiantly.

Seeing Lu Changge's guilty look, Su Jingyang could easily guess what Lu Changge had done.

"waste!"

He cursed inwardly, knowing it was no longer possible to shift the blame to Chu Xuan.

"Since it's a misunderstanding, then let it go! However, if I find out that you are colluding with the Blood God Cult, I will not let you off easily!" Su Jingyang warned Chu Xuan.

"Forget it? Who told you to forget it?!"

Tong Hao sneered, "Since Chu Xuan is innocent, then Lu Changge is framing him! Besides, how should we settle the score for Lu Changge's ambush of Chu Xuan?"

Su Jingyang said coldly, "Lu Changge is already injured, what more do you want?"

"That's because he's not as skilled as others, he deserves it!" Tong Hao sneered, looking at everyone and saying, "Everyone, how should we punish someone who attacks a fellow disciple? Can someone tell me the sect rules?"

Chen Xuanbei said calmly, "The lightest punishment is forty lashes; the heaviest is crippling their cultivation and expelling them from the sect!"

Lu Changge was immediately filled with fear.

Let alone crippling his cultivation and expelling him from the sect, in his current state, forty lashes would be enough to kill him!

The whips of the Xuan Yang Sect's Enforcement Hall are no ordinary whips. Even if he were not injured, being whipped forty times would be enough to break his bones!

"Forty lashes?"

Tong Hao looked at Lu Changge and chuckled, "I'm giving you two choices now. First, we'll handle this officially; second, considering your serious injuries, I'll give you another option: compensate Chu Xuan with 100,000 contribution points as compensation for emotional distress! The choice is yours!"

"One hundred thousand?"

Lu Changge gasped.

Where did he get so many contribution points?

"I—I don't have that many contribution points," Lu Changge said, his face grim.

Tong Hao glanced at Su Jingyang and said indifferently, "If you can't produce it, someone else can! You can borrow, steal, rob, or sell—it's up to you!"

"Hurry up, don't waste everyone's time!" Lu Zheng snorted and frowned as he urged, wishing he could kick this troublemaker a few times.

"I choose the latter!" Lu Changge said quickly.

Tong Hao sneered, "Fine! You chose this yourself. You have three days to come up with 100,000 points to compensate Chu Xuan. If you can't, go to the Enforcement Hall and get your whipping!"

Lu Changge was immediately devastated.

"Thank you all for upholding justice!"

Chu Xuan cupped his hands in greeting to the group.

"Alright, everyone disperse! Hurry up and pack your things, and take stock of the spoils!" Lu Zheng shouted.

The crowd immediately dispersed.

Chu Xuan followed Tong Hao away.

Lu Changge looked at Su Jingyang and said, "Su—"

Su Jingyang didn't even glance at him before turning and leaving.

Why should I spend these 100,000 contribution points myself?

You wish!

the other side.

Chu Xuan found a corner and pretended to meditate and recuperate, but actually opened the control panel.

[Slaying a martial artist at the peak of the Transformation Realm grants +0.3 True Essence]

[Slayed a martial artist at the peak of the罡劲 (Gang Jin) realm, True Essence Value +31]

[Slaying a martial artist at the minor stage of the罡劲 (Gang Jin) realm] —

[Slaying a True Essence Warrior, True Essence Value +361]

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Good news!

Even if the Essence value on the panel is converted into True Essence value, it can still be absorbed after killing martial artists of Transformation Force and罡Force.

bad news!

The martial artist who had reached the Transformation Realm was only a fraction of that, not even reaching a single True Essence Value!

That's somewhat insulting!

[True Essence Value: 471]

【Fierce Sun Fist (32/500)】

【Overlord Blade Technique - Mastery (379/1000)】

[Xuanyu Hand·Dacheng (569/1000)]

【Lapis Lazuli Vajra Body (263/1000)】

【Indestructible Vajra - Skin Refinement (344/1000)】

Chu Xuan carefully examined the panel and discovered that if he added the True Essence value to Xuan Yu's hand, he could directly max it out.

However, he was not in a hurry.

This is not the right occasion to make a breakthrough.

Moreover, he hasn't found a cultivation method for the True Essence Realm yet, so he can keep these True Essence Points for now and deal with them later when he finds the method.

After that, he stopped caring about these things and started cultivating seriously.

By the time dawn broke, everyone had finished taking inventory.

Cart after cart of valuables, gold, silver, and jewels were loaded onto the carts. These would be distributed once they arrived at the sect.

The contribution points earned by everyone were also tallied up.

This calculation truly astonished everyone!

Besides Tong Hao and his three companions killing True Yuan experts and each receiving 100,000 contribution points, Chu Xuan was in a commanding lead!

He alone earned a whopping 70,000 contribution points!

Second on the list is an inner disciple of Chiyang Peak who has reached the Great Perfection of Gang Jin, and he has only earned a little over 20,000 contribution points.

Most of the others are in the thousands, with only a few exceeding ten thousand.

"Holy crap—70,000!"

Many disciples were so jealous they were almost driven mad!

Let alone outer disciples, even ordinary inner disciples, working themselves to the bone, couldn't earn that much in a year.

Chu Xuan, on the other hand, made a profit in just one night.

"He's still at the peak of the Qi Refining stage, yet he killed three Qi Refining stage experts in a row, and he's still not even an inner disciple—"

An inner disciple revealed this painful truth.

Upon hearing this, the others were so shocked they almost burst into tears!

Several of his disciples, who were familiar with him, immediately surrounded him and gave him a brutal beating.

Serves you right for being so talkative!

Do I need you to remind me?

"Return to the clan!"

Lu Zheng waved his hand, and the group of people returned to the sect in a grand procession.

After returning to the Xuan Yang Sect, Tong Hao and the others went to the inner sect to report, while Chu Xuan went directly back to Beast Garden No. 9 to await news.

It will take at least two or three days for his contribution points to be distributed.

Chu Xuan wasn't in a hurry to choose a cultivation technique; he planned to wait until the contribution points were distributed and Lu Changge's compensation arrived before making a decision.

I'll take advantage of these two days to learn about the cultivation techniques for the True Essence Realm.

Actually, there wasn't much of a choice. When he was cultivating the Gang Jin stage, he practiced the Eight Desolate Suppressing Prison Jin. If possible, he would naturally continue to cultivate the Eight Desolate Suppressing Prison Gong.

But after making inquiries, Chu Xuan learned some bad news.

The Xuan Yang Sect does not possess the Eight Desolate Prison Suppression Technique at all!

Next, Chu Xuan could only wait for the contribution points to be collected before asking Wanbaolou to search for the Eight Desolate Prison Suppression Technique. If he really couldn't find it, he would have to switch to other cultivation techniques.

Of course, he was also keeping an eye on the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion's activities.

Over the next two days, Chu Xuan didn't receive the contribution points, but instead learned that the peak master of Qingmu Peak, who had led the team to besiege Yushu Sword Pavilion, had returned.

In fact, just as he had guessed, it was all bark and no bite.

The Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion has bowed its head!

Pavilion Master Xie Qianhuang personally escorted Xie Qingfeng out and handed him over to the Xuan Yang Sect.

The peak master of Aoki Peak personally examined it, and the result was quite unexpected.

Xie Qingfeng did not practice the Blood God Sect's techniques!

It was members of the Blood God Cult who impersonated Xie Qingfeng, using his name to swindle and deceive people. In fact, Xie Qingfeng had been in seclusion recently.

Ultimately, the Xuan Yang Sect returned empty-handed.

Upon hearing this news, Chu Xuan was stunned.

If Xie Qingfeng had been in the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion all along, then who was the person he killed?