Xuanwu War Sovereign

In a flash, two old men appeared before Qin Feng.

"Ah, it’s the Celestial Punishment Elder and Elder Tianfa!"

Qin Feng recognized the two smiling, silver-robed old men. They were the Hall Master and Vice Hall Master of the Celestial Punishment Hall.

The two elders wielded immense authority.

Qin Feng discreetly used a Secret Technique to inspect them and was immediately taken aback.

He couldn’t see through them.

These were two powerful figures in the Sea of Reincarnation Realm.

A thought sparked in his mind. Qin Feng stepped forward, pointed at Zhao Xuanmeng on the ground, and said, "Elders, your timing is perfect! Please, uphold justice for me. This man is utterly vicious, blackmailing and threatening a fellow student in broad daylight! He is lawless, scoffs at the academy’s regulations, and holds the All Stars Academy in complete contempt! His crimes are monstrous and unforgivable. I have already apprehended him. I ask you, Elders, to deliver your verdict!"

Qin Feng launched into a verbal assault, immediately seizing the moral high ground and pinning a label on Zhao Xuanmeng.

It was a tactic Zhao Xuanmeng himself often employed. Today, he was getting a taste of his own medicine.

Nearby, Ghost King Wu Ying trembled with rage but dared not move. He could feel Qin Feng’s gaze on him from the corner of his eye, a murderous glint within it.

A chill ran down Wu Ying’s spine, and his eyes flickered with terror. ’He’s actually that strong? He defeated Zhao Xuanmeng in just two moves!’

A bitter taste filled Wu Ying’s mouth. They had thought they were overestimating Qin Feng’s strength, assuming he was at best on par with one of them.

With so many members in the Five Elements Team, they were certain Qin Feng couldn’t escape their grasp.

They had never expected Qin Feng’s true strength to be so far beyond their imagination.

"Is that so?" Elder Tianfa asked, looking at Qin Feng with a smile. Qin Feng, radiating righteousness, replied, "It is absolutely true! Many of our fellow students can attest to it!"

A young man from the crowd jumped out and shouted, "Elders, Qin Feng is just a silver-tongued liar! He’s the one who was cruel and domineering, brazenly injuring a fellow student! The man is vicious and ruthless. Please, Elders, uphold justice!"

"That’s right! We all saw it with our own eyes! Many of us can testify!"

"Elders, our Senior Brother Zhao is gravely injured! That’s ironclad proof! You can’t just let this assailant go!"

...

Within the Five Elements Team, a dozen or so experts began to clamor, each of them glaring viciously at Qin Feng.

In the distance, Luo Lie raised a red eyebrow and grinned at his friend, War King Ouyang Yu. "Looks like Qin Feng’s luck has run out. The Celestial Punishment Elder and Elder Tianfa are the powerful figures in charge of the Celestial Punishment Hall, and they’re famous for being impartial and merciless!"

"I also heard that Qin Feng injured Young Emperor Jin, one of the six Punishment Masters of the Celestial Punishment Hall. Young Emperor Jin happens to be a Registered Disciple of the Celestial Punishment Elder. Talk about running into the wrong people!"

Another expert nearby chuckled. "Qin Feng is in for a world of hurt now!"

"If the Celestial Punishment Hall gets ahold of you, you’ll be skinned alive, even if they don’t kill you!"

Over in the Taichu Team, Li Qiubai and Liu Canyang were also discussing the matter, their eyes fixed on Qin Feng with the look of people enjoying a good show.

...

As the crowd murmured, the Celestial Punishment Elder and Elder Tianfa were also communicating discreetly.

’According to Senior Uncle Ouyang, this is the brat. He used a Treasure of Heaven and Earth to blast thousands of prodigies from the Demon God Temple to smithereens. This kid is ruthless!’

’Indeed. If several of our senior uncles hadn’t intervened, it wouldn’t have just been the Demon God Temple’s experts getting killed—our All Stars Academy would have suffered disastrous losses as well. Still, we have him to thank for forcing the Demon God Temple to concede and retreat!’

’He’s a vicious one, but at least he isn’t some heartless, amoral monster who can’t tell right from wrong. Otherwise, no matter how talented he was, our All Stars Academy would have no place for him!’

’Our senior uncles seem to think rather highly of him. If not for him, the All Stars Academy would have been utterly disgraced this time.’

The two powerful figures communicated telepathically.

The Celestial Punishment Elder’s gaze fell upon the black-robed young man as he sneered. "Alright, kid, you can drop the act. We saw everything. You’re clearly the one who attacked a fellow student over a simple disagreement!"

At his words, some of the experts from the Five Elements Team were visibly elated. Their gazes locked onto Qin Feng, their eyes filled with cold, sharp sneers.

Baiyun, Yun Mo, Zhao Zhijing, and the others clenched their fists, their expressions tinged with worry.

Qin Feng’s expression shifted slightly. Just then, the Celestial Punishment Elder’s tone changed as he said with a broad smile, "Kid Qin Feng, I hear you snuck into the Ape Clan Holy Mountain and stole a large quantity of Spirit Wine!"

"Spirit Wine?"

Qin Feng was sharp; how could he not understand what these two old men were after? With a flick of his wrist, two jars of Thousand-Year Jade Spirit Brew appeared in his palm.

"A Spatial Treasure?"

Seeing the Spirit Wine materialize in Qin Feng’s palm, a peculiar glint flashed in the eyes of some of the surrounding experts.

Spatial Treasures were exceedingly rare. Only powerful figures in the Sea of Reincarnation Realm could manipulate space to store items; otherwise, one had to rely on one of these artifacts.

Most Spatial Treasures were the work of master Artifact Refiners. Among all the geniuses and prodigies in the All Stars Academy, very few possessed one.

"Elders, I’ve had some fortunate encounters recently and came upon a few jars of Spirit Wine. I was looking for a chance to deliver them to you both. Since we’ve met today, allow me to present them to you now!"

Qin Feng chuckled as the two jars of Thousand-Year-Old Spirit Wine floated gently toward the elders.

’This kid, still pleading poverty... "A few jars," he says. It’s more like a few thousand! He plundered the Ape Race’s entire heritage, thousands of years in the making!’

Cursing him inwardly, the Celestial Punishment Elder and Elder Tianfa waved their large sleeves, accepted the two jars of Spirit Wine, and exchanged a knowing smile.

Around the vast plaza, a circle of experts stared, utterly dumbfounded by the scene.

Were these the same impartial elders? They were openly soliciting a bribe.

Blatant favoritism!

The prodigies from the Five Elements Team looked at each other, cursing inwardly, but none dared to voice their objections.

Those two old men held too much power. It was said they were the frontrunners to become the next Hall Master of the Three Circles.

The Celestial Punishment Elder and Elder Tianfa swept their gazes across the plaza, taking in the expressions of the young students and sneering inwardly.

’You lot don’t know shit! This Thousand-Year Jade Spirit Brew is a Top-Grade Spirit Wine. Not only is it an incredible aid for cultivation, but its flavor is the best of the best—something you might not see once in a thousand years! If we don’t grab it now, by the time the elders from the other peaks catch wind of this and rush over, there won’t be a single drop left!’

The two elders glanced at each other, both seeing the undisguised mirth in the other’s eyes.

Elder Tianfa waved his large sleeve.

"Zhao Xuanmeng provoked Qin Feng and was injured as a result. He brought it on himself. Both parties are at fault, so we’ll consider this matter closed!"

The two elders turned to leave. Just before they did, however, the corner of Elder Tianfa’s mouth twitched.

Elder Tianfa’s aged voice sounded in Qin Feng’s ear. "Kid, the two of us have accepted your gift, but we won’t take it for nothing. A bit of news for you: you wiped out the Demon God Temple’s elites in one fell swoop, and now you’re on the kill-on-sight lists for their various races. You’ll need to be careful from now on. Not even the All Stars Academy is completely safe..."