Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 476 Questioning

Before the main gates of Shangxun Heavenly Master Pavilion, bodies lay strewn beneath the stairs!

On the smooth, solid bluestone slabs lay seventeen bodies in total, all headless.

Some heads had rolled dozens of steps away, eyes wide open gazing at the sky, still filled with disbelief.

Blood had pooled, forming winding streams that seeped into the cracks between the stones, the air tinged with a stench that made many onlookers feel like vomiting.

No one had anticipated that the Guarding Heavenly Master Wang Chen's reaction would be so fierce and merciless!

It wasn't until this moment that many truly understood the nature of this new Heavenly Master; they were both shocked and frightened, some quietly slipped away, while others secretly sent out Messenger Cranes.

The long street outside the Heavenly Master Pavilion fell deathly quiet.

Clang!

The Flying Sword was sheathed, and Wang Chen reached out with a grasping motion.

The seventeen severed heads that had fallen to the ground were drawn to him, one by one, all stored within a Storage Talisman.

These vile creatures weren't even worth storing in a Storage Bag!

"Issue my decree,"

Wang Chen, with an expressionless face, scanned his surroundings and said in a deep voice, "Expose these troublemakers' bodies for three days as a warning to others!"

Xi Chenlong, standing nearby, immediately bowed and said, "At your command!"

Their voices rang clearly into the ears of the onlookers, causing all to fall silent as if struck by a chill.

"Hmph!"

Wang Chen scoffed coldly and turned to return to his residence.

Xi Manyun followed closely behind, hesitating to speak.

Wang Chen said, "If you have something to say, say it."

Xi Manyun replied with a wry smile, "Master Heavenly Master, I'm worried that the Chief Town Heavenly Master will hold us accountable."

The Patrol Guards who had been cleared out and came to cause trouble at the Shangxun Heavenly Master Pavilion surely had someone organizing and directing them from behind.

There were many ways to deal with such a situation.

But Wang Chen had chosen the most resolute, the most irreversible method.

Killing people may be satisfying, but with this, the local powers in Dayi City such as the Wu Family now had an excuse to lodge a complaint with the Chief Town Heavenly Master Pavilion, and a charge of killing innocents could land Wang Chen in big trouble.

Wang Chen had killed seventeen people in broad daylight!

Among those, Xi Manyun recognized several; they were all people of the Wu Family.

How could the Wu Family simply let the matter rest!

Most importantly, the relationship between Chief Town Luo and Wang Chen was very cold; Luo Han would not speak up for Wang Chen.

Xi Manyun feared that Wang Chen would thus face punishment from the sect and lose his position as the Guarding Heavenly Master.

In that case, her family, the Xi Family, would undoubtedly suffer alongside him!

"It's of no concern,"

Wang Chen showed no concern whatsoever and waved his hand, saying, "I'll wait for Chief Town Luo."

Seeing Wang Chen's indifferent attitude, Xi Manyun was left speechless.

She seriously doubted whether she had boarded the wrong ship.

However, the situation being what it was, jumping ship was no longer an option; she could only follow Wang Chen's path to the end.

Xi Manyun could only hope that Wang Chen truly had the confidence to face Luo Han.

And the accountability from the Chief Town Heavenly Master's office came quickly; merely two hours after the incident, Luo Han had sent someone to deliver a Chief Town decree to Wang Chen, demanding that he appear at the main office immediately for questioning.

While it's true that a Division Heavenly Master holds considerable autonomy and is not exactly subordinate to the Chief Town Heavenly Master,

Wang Chen could have rejected Luo Han's decree if he had sufficient reason to do so.

But he didn't evade; he gladly set out for the Chief Town Heavenly Master's office.

Not only that, but Wang Chen also ordered the heralds to bring out the Heavenly Master's regalia, and he rode ostentatiously in the dragon-driven Yunluan carriage.

His actions naturally caught the eyes of interested parties, and various messages about it spread rapidly through Dayi City, causing no small amount of unrest.

Particularly, both large and small families and factional powers in Xun City District paid it considerable attention.

In an atmosphere of strange and unpredictable waves, Wang Chen arrived at Chief Town Heavenly Master's Mansion.

This was Wang Chen's second time visiting the Mansion since his arrival in Dayi City.

In the main hall of the Mansion, he once again met Chief Town Luo Han.

Also present were five other Guarding Heavenly Masters with the same status as Wang Chen!

These Guarding Heavenly Masters were all significantly older than Wang Chen. They scrutinized the latter with peculiar looks; some were contemptuous and disdainful, some gloated in schadenfreude, and some looked at him as if he were already dead.

Wang Chen activated his full vision mode for a quick glance.

Good Lord, four yellow and two red!

"Greetings to Chief Master Luo."

Wang Chen greeted with neither arrogance nor servility and asked, "May I ask why the Chief Master has summoned me here?"

Such outrageous arrogance!

Chief Town Luo Han, sitting in the seat of honor, had a cold expression and a look of annoyance in his eyes, which greatly spoiled his impression of Wang Chen.

He said coldly, "Junior Brother Wang, you have been accused of murdering innocents near the Shangxun Heavenly Master Pavilion, violating the Sect rules of West Sea Sect, and tarnishing the Sect's reputation. Do you admit to your crimes?"

In the Sect rules of the West Sea Sect, murdering innocents is a serious offense; at the very least, it warrants the forfeiture of cultivation level and expulsion from the Sect.

"Admit to crimes?"

Wang Chen, as if he had heard something incredulous, chuckled and retorted, "I have never killed an innocent person. On what grounds should I be accused?"

"You still dare to argue!"

Before Luo Han could speak, a Guarding Heavenly Master beside him couldn't wait to jump out: "You used a Flying Sword to kill seventeen people. Hundreds who were present can be witnesses!"

"You're referring to those people?"

Wang Chen replied casually, "Not one of them was innocent."

"So, if you say they're not, they're not?"

The Guarding Heavenly Master raised his eyebrows and bellowed, "Wang Chen, it's not too late to turn back now. Otherwise, we will report this matter to the Sect, and expelling you from the Sect after stripping your cultivation level will be the least of your worries."

His presumption was not out of a rush to show off but to act as Luo Han's spokesman.

Luo Han's intention wasn't to cast Wang Chen into the dust.

The Chief Town Heavenly Master wanted to use this opportunity to take Wang Chen under his wing and command him like a dog!

But Luo Han, self-assured of his status, would not stoop to the fight.

"Heh."

Wang Chen casually tossed out a Storage Talisman, and more than a dozen heads instantly tumbled out.

One head rolled to a stop right by the feet of the clamoring Guarding Heavenly Master, causing him to take half a step back subconsciously.

The embarrassed Guarding Heavenly Master flew into a rage: "Wang Chen, what is the meaning of this!"

"Not one of these people was innocent."

Wang Chen said indifferently, "They were all deeply entangled in blood grievances and fully deserved to die. Now someone has manipulated them to besiege the Heavenly Master Pavilion. They should be executed for their crimes. If you don't believe me, you can ask the Sect to have the Department of Punishment send a Magical Treasure to verify it!"

He had not been slaughtering at random earlier; he selected only those marked with a red name that appeared in his field of vision!

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There were no innocents missed!

And the Department of Punishment of West Sea Sect possessed Magical Treasures capable of discerning good from evil, capable of verifying even the dead.

This was the reason why Wang Chen kept the heads.

He was not afraid of verification at all!

The Guarding Heavenly Master was rendered speechless.

With Wang Chen telling the Department of Punishment to investigate, what else could he say?

It must be noted that unless Wang Chen committed a high crime like treason, even Chief Town Luo Han had no authority to condemn and punish Wang Chen without instructions from the Sect.

And Wang Chen was so confident!

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