Lu Lin planted her foot firmly on Jin Tianyu's face, sneering down at him. She enjoyed making him look like a useless, insignificant creature. "This is exactly why we can't stand men, always thinking with the wrong head. You really thought you could sneak in here and snatch our undergarments? How stupid can you be?"
"Typical of men, always overestimating their abilities!"
"Look at him, a thin, bald fool!"
"I want to strangle him myself!"
Every female disciple had one or two things to say about Jin Tianyu. It got so bad that one even tried to jump out of the crowd and beat him herself—had she not been stopped by the gorilla-giving presence of Cupcakes, that might just have been the case.
Lu Lin got enraged simply by looking at Jin Tianyu who chose to act like a pacifist. "Grr!" she immediately kicked him in the face with enough force to shift his bloodied face to the other side. The young man coughed heavy amounts of blood as he wheezed in pain. "M-my *cough cough* head...!"
One would think that was the end, but then Lu Lin looked at her boots and realized it was stained, "Look what you've done, you filthy pervert!" she exclaimed. Without hesitation, she raised her foot, ready to deliver another punishing blow.
But before she could, Yang Wei gracefully intervened like he was a passing wind and held Lu Lin by the shoulder, "Alright, that's enough." It didn't sound as menacing as he wanted it to due to his strong feminine tone.
"Wow, is Mingyu really that fast?!"
"I could barely see her, and we're both on the same cultivation level."
"She must be cultivating some secret technique..."
Infuriated, Lu Lin whipped around to face him. "Mingyu, how dare you?" she clenched her teeth with the force of a snapping turtle. "You haven't shown your face here in weeks, and now you dare interrupt me?!"
Calmly fanning himself, Yang Wei was unfortunate to have to listen to Lu Lin bark for a little over three seconds—just that was enough to give him an aneurysm. "Taking matters into your own hands, without consulting a chief elder? How foolish can you be?"
The crowd gasped collectively.
"Did she really just call Sister Lu a fool?"
"Well, it's to be expected. Sister Lu may have seniority, but Mingyu has what the chief elders are looking for—a disciple with Heaven-shaking talent."
"Hmm, quite true."
Lu Lin's usually calm, semi-beautiful face, twisted to become one that blazed with anger. She didn't like the idea of getting disrespected by "Wu Mingyu" in front of almost everyone they knew in their sect. "Do you seek death?!"
"Hmpfft!" Yang Wei held back his laughter. Removing his grip on Lu Lin's shoulder, he shook his head in disappointment, yet still smiled mockingly as he kept fanning himself. "As someone who took third in the Red Snake Mountains Trial, I'm surprised you still have the nerve to show your temper and act so aggressively. Tsk, tsk, petulant child."
A surge of powerful spiritual Qi rapidly gathered around Lu Lin.
"I, Lu Lin, a child? You must be tired of living!"
Her eyes briefly took on a slit-like appearance, resembling a serpent's, and she let out a piercing hiss that rattled the nearby female disciples.
A furious Chen Yuxi dispelled her protective barrier and glared at the crowd.
"Have you all lost your minds?!"
Not a soul dared to utter a word in response.
It was one of the few times she'd raised her voice at them.
On other days, the Chief of Scale Peak was well-reserved, but feared all the same.
Chen Yuxi looked at the beaten-to-a-pulp Jin Tianyu before turning back to the guilty crowd of female disciples.
"Are you all so eager to die that you would dare attack a disciple of the Dragon Blossom Sect? Do you wish to provoke enmity with them?!"
These foolish disciples had no idea they were on bad terms with the Dragon Blossom Sect. If the Dragon Blossom Sect caught wind of this, their sect would suffer an existence-erasing defeat. Even if all their sect members banded together, they wouldn't stand a chance.
Just one 2nd-Path cultivator could wipe them out, not to mention the matriarchs who were 3rd-Path cultivators.
"Can any of you justify what you did to this man?!" Chen Yuxi asked them.
None of them knew what to say. They didn't even mention the possibility of Jin Tianyu being the Panty Thief. Truth be told, they weren't even sure it was him. They just wanted someone to vent their anger towards men on, and he happened to be the only one present.
"You..." Chen Yuxi shot Cupcakes a glare, causing the usually tough, burly-as-a-caveman lady to squeak. "Take him to a room and tend to his wounds. And, he better accept your apologies once he's recovered... or you're all dead."
She wasn't going too far. From her point of view, any danger to their sect had to be cut off regardless of who they were.
Like a scared little cat, Cupcakes nodded before gingerly scooping up Jin Tianyu and making a run for it. Every step she took seemed like an earthquake.
"This should not repeat itself again..."
With those words spoke, Chen Yuxi departed.
Everyone stared at her with hateful eyes, even the ungrateful, spoiled brat, Lu Lin, who she'd saved spat as she watched her leave.
It seems they really don't like her... Yang Wei thought.
He was confused on why anyone would hate a strong, brown-haired beauty like Chen Yuxi.
It's definitely strange, she's just as beautiful as Yurong, and she has an attractive personality that suits her own manner of behavior...
She was a cold beauty without a doubt.
It wasn't Yang Wei's first time meeting one, nor would it be his last, however, his interest to know more about her immediately skyrocketed.
I suppose it wouldn't be bad to know more about her...