Chapter 621 (1/2)

Chapter 621: 621

Long Chen was calmly sitting in Shui Wuhen’s room until Shui Wuhen broke the silence .

“Are you angry?

Long Chen shook his head .

“I sent you away to serve a penal sentence in front of that many people, but you're not the slightest bit angry?” asked Shui Wuhen curiously .

“You naturally must have your own reasons for doing this . I believe you won’t harm me . If I got angry, it would just make you feel unwell, so why bother?” Long Chen smiled .

Shui Wuhen’s heart warmed, but she became even more apologetic . When she had announced Long Chen’s sentence, she had thought Long Chen would fly into a rage . But he had merely nodded calmly without even asking the reason for this sentence .

“It should be the orders from higher-ups, correct? Announcing I’m being sent away for a penal sentence in front of everyone is, frankly, just convicting me of a crime .

“As for what crime, well, they can make up whatever they want . Perhaps I’m colluding with the Mo family, thus harboring criminals, or perhaps I’m not respectful enough to my elders and my arrogance needs to be curbed . They can make up whatever they want . In any case, their mouths are bigger .

“Since the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect’s Guan Mian has only just left, this matter can’t have anything to do with him . Furthermore, I can tell the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect’s style from our interaction .

“As for the Ancient Family Alliance, the matter with the Mo family is still in an extremely sensitive period . They wouldn’t want to blow that matter bigger, so it’s also unlikely to have been caused by them .

“If my guess is correct, the cause of this is those idiots from the Pill Tower’s Huo family . They’re the ones most likely to give the higher-ups pressure .

“As for the higher-ups, they care the most about profit . To them, this matter is nothing more than sending a disciple away for a few months . Giving a light punishment to a disciple in order to keep the peace with the Pill Tower is definitely worth it to them . Tell me sister, am I right?” smiled Long Chen .

Shui Wuhen was shocked . Originally, she had even been stressing over how she should explain this to Long Chen . But now, Long Chen had guessed most of it after just hearing the news .

“In truth, you don’t need to be so surprised . Up to now, there are only three powers capable of giving pressure to the Xuantian Dao Sect . Through process of elimination, it’s easy to guess who the guilty party is . You're not the one caught up in their schemes, so you don’t think like this,” explained Long Chen .

Now that Shui Wuhen thought about it, it really was as he said . To Long Chen, this matter could not be more obvious .

“This matter was mostly because of the Zhou family . They acted as a go-between, advocating for this decision with their full strength . After all, it’s as you said . They just want to have a disciple lower his head . They don’t want your life . So they decided to give face to the Pill Tower instead of offending them to give face to a disciple .

“My Shui family fought the decision, but unfortunately, the other three families cared more about the benefits, and they decided this matter was a must . In fact, I’m not afraid of being laughed at by you, so I’ll tell you that although you might be considered someone on the side of my Shui family, the rest of the Shui family also thought this was just a minor matter . There was no need for them to fight too fiercely against the others for this .

“Thus, they ordered me to sentence you . Furthermore, in order to make it so the Pill Tower could see it, they made me gather all the monastery sect leaders as well, having me sentence you in front of all of them . ” Shui Wuhen bitterly smiled . She felt extremely powerless . She had been unable to change the orders of the higher-ups .

On the other hand, Long Chen seemed extremely indifferent . As soon as he had first heard the news, he had seen through the goal of his opponents .

“Sister, I want to know what kind of structure the Xuantian Dao Sect has . Sometimes you say higher-ups, sometimes you say the Xuantian Dao Sect . What do you mean exactly?” asked Long Chen .

“Alright, then I’ll give you a general explanation of the continent’s current state . ”

Shui Wuhen told Long Chen that this world was called the Martial Heaven Continent . As for how large it was exactly, no one knew .

The continent was split into five regions: the Eastern Wasteland, the Western Desert, the Southern Sea, the Northern Source, and the Central Plains .

The Eastern Wasteland, which was where they were, was so named because in the golden era of the cultivation civilization, it had been barren land . It had been just a corner of the world .

The Western Desert had few people, but there was a mysterious region within the desert . As for what was so mysterious about it, Shui Wuhen hesitated and decided not to tell him .

The Northern Source was also called the Northern Ice Source . It was a bitter land full of ice and snow . It was said the people there cultivated ice techniques generation after generation, or there would be no way for them to survive there .

The Southern Sea referred to a huge sea area to the south of the continent . Islands were sprinkled in that sea like stars in the sky . There were countless cultivators there .

However, when all the territory of the Eastern Wasteland, Western Desert, Southern Sea, and Northern Source were added together, they only took up twenty percent of the continent . The remaining eighty percent of the land was called the Central Plains .