Chapter 498 (1/2)

Chapter 498

Shui Wuhen’s shout caused Long Chen to jump . He hadn’t expected the amiable Shui Wuhen to suddenly turn hostile . That made Long Chen a bit puzzled . Was she planning on punis.h.i.+ng him?

“Long Chen, I’m asking you a question . Why are you just looking at me?” asked Shui Wuhen icily .

“Uh… just now I was a bit too startled and forgot what you asked . Can monastery head please repeat it?” said Long Chen apologetically . He was unable to guess her intentions .

Seeing Long Chen’s sluggish expression, Shui Wuhen almost laughed . But on the outside, she still acted icily, saying, “I asked, why would you maliciously injure someone in the Xuantian Pavilion? Who gave you such nerve?”

Now Long Chen couldn’t help smirking inside . He finally understood that Shui Wuhen was saying this to help exonerate himself .

For him to have hit someone here had encroached upon her prestige as monastery head . It was no wonder she had to act angry . But unless Long Chen had razed down the entire Xuantian Pavilion, that kind of offense was not worth the death penalty . At worst, she would just have to ‘severely punish’ Long Chen . That was what all these sect leaders wanted to see, as Long Chen was just too fierce, and they needed to suppress him .

The ‘maliciously injure someone’ she said was extremely brilliant . All Long Chen had to say was that it was Sha Tonghai who had provoked him first, and he had only attacked because of his anger .

Like that, the responsibility would be split between the two, and no matter what Sha Tonghai said, it was impossible to dispute that . After all, why would Long Chen only strike him but no one else?

Once that was settled, Long Chen’s punishment would become extremely trivial, and this matter would be over . However, this light punishment would probably require him to be imprisoned for a few days, and Long Chen didn’t want to waste that time .

He shook his head, saying, “Monastery head is wrong . I didn’t maliciously injure anyone . This is all just a misunderstanding . ”

Seeing Long Chen had instantly understood her intentions, Shui Wuhen relaxed slightly . However, she still acted icy . “Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding could allow you to slap someone in the face twice? Do you think I’m so easy to fool?”

Although Shui Wuhen’s expression was icy, Long Chen knew that was just for everyone to see . After all, she was the monastery head, and she couldn’t obviously act biased towards Long Chen . She needed justification to help him .

“Monastery head, this is really just a misunderstanding . Let me explain,” said Long Chen .

“Alright, I really want to hear what kind of misunderstanding would be this fierce . ”

In truth, Shui Wuhen was also a bit bewildered . She had clearly already given Long Chen an escape route . After slapping a sect leader in the face twice, just being imprisoned for a few days couldn’t even count as imprisonment . She wouldn’t actually make it hard on him . At most, he would have to cultivate here for a few days .

But it seemed Long Chen had his own plans . She was truly curious just what method Long Chen had to exonerate himself .

“In truth, it was like this: sect leader Sha Tonghai and myself were having a scientific discussion of whether a human could be crushed to death like an ant .

“Sect leader Sha Tonghai first came up with the grand concept, thinking that humans could be crushed like ants, but I felt great doubt for his theory .

“To sacrifice myself for a grand cultivation discovery is something I would be proud to do, and so I decided to take the risk to test sect leader Sha Tonghai’s theory .

“But although I was brave enough to test it, it seemed sect leader Sha Tonghai began to feel his theory was flawed, and so he didn’t dare try it .

“However, I felt that theories have to be tested, that putting theories into practice is the only way to verify them .

“I didn’t want such an amazing topic of discussion to end just like that . I’d rather see it to the end, and so I proceeded with the discussion with sect leader Sha Tonghai . ” Up to now, everyone was still completely lost as to what Long Chen was saying .

“What absolute nonsense! You’re just quibbling! It was clearly you who hit me!” raged Sha Tonghai .

“Don’t be so impatient . I’m not finished talking . Since it seems monastery head also doesn’t fully understand, then let me give monastery head a demonstration . Then the misunderstanding will be resolved .

“The first theory was something sect leader Sha Tonghai came up with: a person can be crushed to death like an ant . At that time, I raised my doubts, and even risked my own body as evidence for sect leader Sha Tonghai .

“But when I wanted to prove it, sect leader Sha Tonghai retreated . In my opinion, it seems his theory was flawed, but he didn’t want to admit it .

“And so, I brought up another topic . I asked sect leader Sha Tonghai: what is this?”

After saying that, Long Chen turned to Sha Tonghai, extended a hand with his fingers open . He asked him, “Sect leader Sha Tonghai, what is this?”

Without hesitation, Sha Tonghai snorted, “A cat claw . ”

Pow .

A large hand ruthlessly slapped across Sha Tonghai’s face with a crisp sound . Sha Tonghai was knocked onto the ground .

“Wrong . This is a slap in the face,” said Long Chen .

“Long Chen, you are courting death!” Being slapped again, Sha Tonghai’s hair stood on end . He had already forgotten the monastery head was present, and he charged at Long Chen furiously .