"This is the truth, not some baseless claim. We can all testify to it."
At that moment, several disciples from the Immortal Armament Villa stepped forward.
"Yuwen City, do you have anything to say for yourselves?" Elder Ma Changchun of the Holy Dragon Villa was already seething, so he directed his accusation straight at the elders of Yuwen City.
"Uh… a misunderstanding. This must be a misunderstanding!" The Yuwen City elders were growing panicked.
After all, while Yuwen City did have some standing, they were still weaker compared to the Holy Dragon Villa.
If their Young City Master had truly done something like this, then Yuwen City would have a very hard time explaining themselves to the Holy Dragon Villa.
"So what if his cultivation was crippled? That Li Xiang brought it on himself," Han Yu spoke up at that moment.
Even in a situation where Yuwen Tingyi was clearly in the wrong, Han Yu made no attempt to hide where he stood — firmly on Yuwen Tingyi's side.
"Han Yu, what exactly do you mean by that?" Elder Ma Changchun asked furiously.
"He had no business slapping Yuwen Hualong ten thousand times inside the great hall. And since he did it, he should have been prepared for retaliation," Han Yu replied.
"Ten thousand slaps?" Hearing this, many of those present were confused, as they had no idea what had happened inside the great hall.
"Elder, allow me to explain," one of the Holy Dragon Villa disciples quickly said.
"Yuwen Hualong lost the bet fairly and accepted his punishment — the slaps were deserved. But for Yuwen Tingyi to cripple one of our sect's disciples' cultivation over it? That is an outrageous act."
"Yuwen City, you must give us an answer for this," Ma Changchun said. After learning what had transpired, he did not believe Li Xiang was at fault in the slightest and continued to demand an explanation from Yuwen City.
"Elder Ma, please calm yourselves. If this matter proves true, we will report it to the City Master without fail. We will certainly give the Holy Dragon Villa a satisfactory resolution."
At this point, the Yuwen City elders were apologizing profusely. After all, even though Li Xiang had slapped Yuwen Hualong ten thousand times, it had been a fair bet — Li Xiang was not to blame.
But for Yuwen Tingyi to retaliate against Li Xiang over it and cripple his cultivation? That was going too far.
Everyone present could tell who was right and who was wrong. The Yuwen City elders had no way to deny it, so they had no choice but to concede.
"Young friends of the Holy Dragon Villa — earlier you mentioned that Chu Feng was also present?" Suddenly, one of the Yuwen City elders turned to the Holy Dragon Villa disciples.
"Yes. What about it?" the Holy Dragon Villa disciple replied coolly.
"Nothing much. It's just that this Chu Feng has gone far too far. If not for him stirring up trouble, our Young City Master would never have done something like this to your junior brother."
"So we truly hope the Young City Master teaches this Chu Feng a thorough lesson," the Yuwen City elder said.
"You lot!" Hearing this, the Holy Dragon Villa people grew even more displeased.
These Yuwen City people were simply shameless. From the very beginning, it was Yuwen Tingyi who had started the trouble, and now they were shifting the blame onto Chu Feng.
And from the way they looked, they clearly hoped very much that Yuwen Tingyi would beat Chu Feng severely.
In fact, that was exactly what the Yuwen City elders were thinking.
And they figured that since Chu Feng had crossed paths with Yuwen Tingyi, and neither Chu Feng nor Yuwen Tingyi had shown up yet, Yuwen Tingyi had surely already made his move against Chu Feng.
Though Yuwen Tingyi's crippling of Li Xiang's cultivation was giving them a bit of a headache — if Yuwen Tingyi could also cripple Chu Feng's cultivation, they would find that immensely satisfying.