Martial Master

"This matter, this Emperor will decide." Situ Zhen coldly snorted.

"Lord Situ..." Ling Yuannan still wanted to say something, but was instantly interrupted by Situ Zhen: "Alright, enough. Since this Emperor has said he will make the decision, then he will make the decision. You need not speak further." He was inwardly furious; Ling Yuannan was becoming increasingly audacious.

Ling Yuannan glared coldly at Qin Chen, unwilling to speak further.

"Qin Chen, what are you doing here?" a group of people returned to the valley, and Situ Zhen began to inquire.

"Lord Situ, you must stand up for your subordinate!" Qin Chen immediately shouted. He wore an expression of indignation: "Lord Situ, you are unaware that after you left us in the canyon, Ling Yi took advantage of his status to trouble me. I am just a disciple from the lower four domains, and I know how deep his background is, so I didn't dare to confront him. But who would have thought he would truly attempt to kill me? I had no choice but to fight back. Fortunately, he was merely a name without substance, and I was not humiliated by him."

Pfft!

Ling Yi nearly spat out blood in anger. What does it mean to be a name without substance? Is that how you talk?

"I finally managed to break free from Ling Yi's humiliation, but who could have expected that among the Martial Emperor experts guarding the canyon, Lord Ling Jun from the Ling family indiscriminately wanted to kill me upon seeing Ling Yi being wronged."

"A dignified Martial Emperor sent by the Pill Pavilion to guard the canyon, yet treated the disciple in such a manner. I was extremely terrified, but had no choice but to risk entering the depths of the Ancient Yu Realm... And who would know that Ling Jun was relentless and even pursued me to kill? In desperation, I fled into the dangerous area filled with spatial rifts and barely escaped. I implore Lord Situ to stand up for me!"

Qin Chen's wailing was so tragic, it moved the heavens and made the ghosts weep, leaving everyone else stunned and feeling sympathy.

When they thought about it, it really was like this.

Who was Ling Yi? The heir of the Ling family, a top genius of the Pill Pavilion, highly favored.

And Ling Jun? The leading figure among the second generation of the Ling family, an Emperor-level genius.

And Qin Chen? Just a disciple from the lower four domains, yet he was bullied by the Ling family. It was easy to imagine the grievances and helplessness he felt. Moreover, Ling Jun's actions were particularly despicable; as a Martial Emperor assigned to protect the disciples of the Pill Pavilion, he instead sought to harm his own disciples, causing anger among the gods and men alike.

"You, nonsense..." Ling Yi shouted angrily, pointing in accusation.

"Lord Situ, this matter was witnessed by every genius present at the time, and every word is true. I ask you to stand up for me." Qin Chen rubbed his tears away. He had concealed an onion-and-ginger concoction in his fingers, and his tears just wouldn't stop. Cough, cough, it seemed like he had applied too much of the concoction!

"I have already understood these matters. What happened afterwards? Why did Ling Jun fall?" Situ Zhen asked in a deep voice.

"What? That old Ling Jun really died?" Qin Chen raised his head in surprise, looking completely innocent.

"Impudent."

Ling Yuannan was furious but was coldly glared at by Situ Zhen, who immediately fell silent, merely staring angrily at Qin Chen.

"Ling Jun has indeed fallen. You said he was tracking you; what happened afterwards?" Situ Zhen pressed on.

"This... I do not know!" Qin Chen answered blankly. "In order to escape Ling Jun's deadly hands, I risked my life and rushed into the area filled with spatial rifts. After shaking him off, I found a place to enter closed-door cultivation. I was lucky enough to break through to Martial Emperor and unexpectedly obtained several spatial crystals. I’ve been wandering and cultivating here ever since."

"Also, I encountered that blood-colored monster several times during this period. I don't know where those monsters came from; their defenses were terrifying, and I was no match for them. Fortunately, my status was decent, and I managed to escape several times without falling."