Chapter 146 - The Scum Is Unfathomable

"Sect leader Fei's disciples sure are upright." One of the sect leaders said as he smiled at Fei Huang.

"Sect leader Jing's disciples are outspoken. I like it!" another sect leader said and looked at Jing Rui.

The other sect leader sweated secretly when they felt the tension in the air. Fei Huang and Jing Rui wouldn't fight just because their disciples had a disagreement, right? They thought.

"Upholding justice is right since that's what a righteous cultivator does." Qian Shan said. "But, considering others' opinions is also right." He said. "There isn't only one truth!" he added.

"Yes, yes… sect leader Qian is right…" the sect leaders said and nodded in agreement. Their head moving like they're pounding garlic.

Xie Lan ignored the sect leaders acting. His face is serious as he watched his disciples split up. "What are they doing…?" he muttered. What are you planning, Xiao Sheng? He thought before he glanced at Wu Yuan. Wu Yuan wore the same expression as him.

They knew that Cheng Sheng has always many tricks. Sun Yi, who is playful but really smart, joining Cheng Sheng's side… not to mention Fei Yin who is inseparable from Cheng Sheng. And there's Wu Xi…

Xie Lan and Wu Yuan's gaze met and their eyes talked. What are they doing now? They both thought, referring to Cheng Sheng, Sun Yi and the others. They don't understand them at all. They didn't have time to speak with them last night and ask for their plans because they had to clean up the aftermath of their battle with the demonic cultivators. Nor did they have the chance to speak with them this morning, since they were summoned by the Righteous Alliance for the event today.

Inside the secret realm, Zheng Yi stopped in his steps. He looked at the small piece of Cleansing Stone in his hand that glows brightly.

"What's wrong, Yiyi?" Jing Bai asked when he saw Zheng Yi was just standing and looked frozen. Jing Cheng and the others also stopped.

Zheng Yi blinked and then glared at Jing Bai. "Stop calling me with that nickname!" he told him and frowned under his mask. "It seems that… Cheng Sheng and his teammates split up." He answered, nonetheless.

"WHAT?!" Jing Hei was shocked. After all, the Youxiwang Sect and the Xinfaxian Sect are a family and always sticks together.

"Is it because of Jie Mei?" Qian Lin, who is sharp, asked.

Jing Cheng nodded. "It could be. No matter how close they are to each other, but disagreements are inevitable." He said. "The Youxiwang Sect are inherently kind. On the other hand, we have yet to see what the Xinfaxian Sect is capable." He explained.

Sun Yi didn't have the inherit trait of the Youxiwang Sect which they teach to the next generation, since Sun Yi just married to the sect – particularly, to Wu Yuan. Thus, he can easily side with Cheng Sheng who, although was born in the Xiwang and grew up in the Youxiwang Sect, but left his home and forgotten the sect's inherit trait.

Jing Kang silently nodded. As a confirmation of what Zheng Yi said, they met Chen Han's group. They were walking slowly and the expression on their face is heavy.

"Young master Chen." Jing Cheng called as he stepped forward. He looked at their group and saw there are five of them: Chen Han, Li Tian, Feng Mo, Yu Sheng and Xiao Le. The Alliance's disciple is also with them.

Jie Mie died, thus there are nine people left in Cheng Sheng's group. Cheng Sheng's group must be four people consisting of him, Fei Yin, Sun Yi and Wu Xi.

"Woah… they really split up!" Jing Hei whispered to Qian Lin. His eyes are wide in shock as they looked at the downcast group of five.

"Yeah. The Xinfaxian Sect and Youxiwang Sect also split up between themselves." Qian Lin said. The Xinfaxian Sect has four people, yet they split up into groups of two. Chen Han and Sun Yi consists the Youxiwang Sect, but they themselves also split up.

Chen Han raised his head and saw the Zunjingde Sect's group. "Oh. It's you." He said, his voice sounds dejected. He saw Jing Cheng, Jing Bai, Jing Hei, Jing Kang, Qian Lin and Zheng Yi. "Where's the Shanliangde Sect?" he asked them when he didn't see Xi Ming, Xi Xing and Gong Xian.

"We split up." Jing Bai answered. The remaining two members of their team went with Xi Ming's group.

There's only Xi Ming, Xi Xing and Gong Xian in the Shanliangde Sect. The two other members of their combined group agreed with what Xi Ming was thinking earlier thus they left with the Shanliangde Sect. In other words, their initial group split up with even members.

"Where're Cheng Sheng and the others?" Jing Hei asked, as if to confirm what Zheng Yi said.

Chen Han heard him ask and he smiled bitterly. The others also looked away and lowered their head dejectedly. "We also split up." He answered, though he looked like he didn't want to.

Jing Hei was about to ask why when Jing Kang stopped him. Jing Hei is sometimes insensitive.

Jing Cheng looked at Chen Han's group and saw the strong ones are only him, Yu Sheng and Feng Mo. The three should have to take care of Li Tian, who's a junior apprentice spell caster, and Xiao Le, who's also a mage talisman maker. Though the two mages can also fight with their sword. "Do you want to team up?" he asked. Not that he has qualms about having another team with them. He believes in his own team's strength to score more points.

Chen Han looked at Jing Cheng appreciatively. "Thank you for the offer, but we don't want to." He answered. "We have our own points to collect." He explained.

Jing Cheng nodded. He wasn't offended his offer was rejected. "Then, we'll be taking our leave." He said. "Good luck to young master Chen and his group." He told him.

Chen Han smiled. "Same to you." He answered.

Jing Cheng, Jing Bai, Jing Hei, Jing Kang and Qian Lin left. Zheng Yi was silently following behind them.

"Chen-shixiong…" Xiao Le called as he sniffed. He's crying since they split up with Cheng Sheng. "Will – will Cheng-shixiong be alright?" he asked.

"Xiao Le…" they looked at the youth and sighed. They had been insensitive to his feelings. The youth admired Cheng Sheng, yet his image of Cheng Sheng was broken after Cheng Sheng told them to ditch Jie Mei. Then, they split up with Cheng Sheng after their disagreement.

Chen Han took a deep breath when he felt his chest became heavy. "Let's go." he told them. "The scores can be done later. We have to secure a place first." He said.

Li Tian nodded. "Yes." he said. "Since Xiao Le and I are a mage, we can make a formation of talismans and spells around the place we'll be staying during we sleep at night." He proposed. They will be staying for seven days. Even if their scores are low, but what's more important is their life first.

"Let's do that." Chen Han said. "We'll rotate who will keep up the talismans and spells by feeding it qi." He said and looked at Feng Mo and Yu Sheng.

"I'll do it tonight." Yu Sheng said, which surprised them. "I don't aim to win this competition. As I've said, I only participated to entertain Zhe." He grinned.

They looked at him in disbelief. This is the power of love! They thought.

Outside the secret realm, the audience were also gobsmacked. "WOW! That Yu Sheng is such a man! Risking his life just to amuse his lover…" they said and looked at Zuo Zhe who was blushing furiously.

"Yu-ge just wants to show off to young master Zuo!" Lei Ling said and smiled teasingly at Zuo Zhe who covered his face with his hands to hide his embarrassment.

"That's right! Yu-ge is so dedicated!" You Rou piped in.

Lei Qing smiled. "Ah. I hope I can find someone who loves me to that extent." She said and glanced at Zuo Zhe who's about to explode in shame.

On the sect leaders' side, they're surprised as well.

"Well, there's this type of people who are confident enough to not take the competition seriously…" Li Nanzi, the sect leader of the Huli Sect, said.

"Sect leader Li is right." A sect leader nodded in agreement. "This Yu Sheng is really strong…" he said as they looked at Yu Sheng whose image was projected by the Cleansing Stone.

Li Nanzi secretly frowned. That's not what I meant! He thought as his eyes narrowed. He wanted to stain the image of Cheng Sheng's team by implying that Cheng Sheng's teammates are fooling around. However, he didn't expect for them to take it in another way.

"The audience is right. This is the power of love!" a sect leader exclaimed.

"Yes, yes. With Yu Sheng's strength, he's not behind Jing Cheng and Xi Ming's strength!" another sect leader said.

"Meanwhile, Chen Han's decision is right. They have to secure their weaker teammates first than their score. They can't lose another teammate." Someone said.

"That's right." They all said and nodded in agreement.

Li Nanzi gnashed his teeth in frustration. As I've said, that's not what I meant! He thought and looked at the crying Xiao Le who was projected by the Cleansing Stone, too. He suddenly have a bad feeling.