Chapter 4: The Jade Bracelet

The attic of the Mystic Water Pavilion.

The clamorous shouting gradually subsided.

Countless eyes fixed upon that slender figure.

The sky was veiled in dark clouds, the strange, swirling mists above filled with eerie, shifting patterns.

Within this quiet yet oppressive atmosphere, Wang Lin silently took a few steps and spoke:

“Junior Brother Ye, it was wrong of me to break into the Ye family and injure you that day. My cultivation went awry by chance, causing my inner demons to take control and lose my sanity. I was also drawn by the surge of rare spiritual energy in your mansion, which stirred greed in my heart.”

“During these past days in the fiery prison, every time I recall my actions that day, I am filled with shame and anger. What is worse, I inflicted severe harm on your leg. I deserve to die for this.”

Wang Lin deliberately exaggerated the word “injured” with a drawn-out tone, all the while feigning deep remorse and regret, beating his chest and lamenting his shame.

His words seemed to awaken the others.

Wang Lin was merely at the early Foundation Establishment stage, and his cultivation method was only decent at best.

How could he bully Ye Chen, who was in the late Foundation Establishment stage and mastered the supreme and unparalleled Overlord Technique?

Moreover, since that incident, Ye Chen had been showing his lame leg to the world every day. How did it become a burn injury in Wang Lin’s mouth?

Several disciples exchanged strange looks and began scrutinizing him closely.

They had personally witnessed Wang Lin storming into the Ye residence and had followed in with a curiosity fueled by spectacle.

They saw Wang Lin rush straight into the estate, then weave through several buildings to precisely find Ye Chen’s mansion. They dared not follow further.

After a while, they saw Wang Lin, eyes bloodshot, chasing and beating Ye Chen mercilessly.

Then, an elder of the Ye family stepped in and flung him away.

Now, after Wang Lin’s explanation, they felt something was amiss.

Not to mention Wang Lin’s reckless audacity to seek revenge alone within the Ye family, it was puzzling how he could, in a state of lost sanity, locate Ye Chen’s residence with such precision.

As the crowd buzzed with speculation and the atmosphere grew chaotic, Ye Chen’s face darkened.

His gaze toward Wang Lin became more scrutinizing and his brow furrowed.

To conceal the truth, Ye Chen had been secretly manipulating Master Mystic Water himself.

He had spared no effort to polish his own image, even sacrificing many of the Ye family’s rare treasures to curry favor with his senior sister.

Yet, the most troublesome was still Wang Lin before him.

A man who had risen from a menial servant to become the only male disciple of Master Mystic Water must possess some merit.

Though Wang Lin appeared servile and meek, always the type to be bullied, once he bore a grudge, trouble sprung up like bamboo shoots after the rain.

Ye Chen’s frown deepened. Wang Lin’s surface apology only conveyed a sense of grievance.

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