"This is the truth, not some baseless claim. We can all testify to it."
At that moment, several disciples from Immortal Armament Villa stepped forward.
"Yucheng City, what else do you have to say for yourselves?" Elder Ma Changchun of Holy Medicine Villa was seething with anger, so he pointed his accusations directly at the elders of Yucheng City.
"Uh… this is a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding!" The elders of Yucheng City were growing flustered.
After all, although Yucheng City did have some standing, they were still weaker compared to Holy Medicine Villa. If their young city lord had truly done such a thing, Yucheng City would have a very hard time explaining themselves to Holy Medicine Villa.
"So what if his cultivation was crippled? That Li Xiang brought it on himself." At that moment, Han Yu spoke up.
Even though this matter was clearly a case where Yuwen Tingyi was in the wrong, Han Yu made no attempt to hide the fact that he was standing on Yuwen Tingyi's side.
"Han Yu, what exactly do you mean by that?" Elder Ma Changchun demanded angrily.
"He shouldn't have slapped Yuwen Hualong ten thousand times inside the grand hall. And since he did it, he should have been prepared to face the consequences." Han Yu said.
"Ten thousand slaps?" Upon hearing this, many people present were confused, since they had no idea what had happened inside the grand hall.
"Elder, allow me to explain." Seeing the confusion, a disciple of Holy Medicine Villa hurriedly explained.
"Yuwen Hualong lost a bet and willingly accepted the slaps — that was his own doing. But Yuwen Tingyi crippling the cultivation of a disciple from our sect over this — that is an act of great malice."
"Yucheng City, you must give us an explanation for this!" After learning what had transpired, Ma Changchun still felt that Li Xiang was not at fault and continued to demand an answer from Yucheng City.
"Elder Ma, please calm yourself. If these allegations are true, we will certainly report everything to the City Lord and give Holy Medicine Villa a satisfactory explanation."
At this point, the elders of Yucheng City were bowing and apologizing profusely. Even though Li Xiang had indeed slapped Yuwen Hualong ten thousand times, that had been the result of a lost bet, so it couldn't really be blamed on Li Xiang.
However, Yuwen Tingyi retaliating against Li Xiang over this and crippling his cultivation was truly going too far.
Everyone present could clearly distinguish right from wrong, and there was no way to deny it. They had no choice but to accept the blame.
"Holy Medicine Villa's young friends, you mentioned earlier that Chu Feng was also present?" But suddenly, an elder of Yucheng City addressed the disciples of Holy Medicine Villa.
"Yes, what about it?" the Holy Medicine Villa disciple replied curtly.
"It's nothing, it's just that this Chu Feng is truly too much. If not for his interference, our young city lord would never have done such a thing to your young friend."
"So we truly hope the young city lord teaches that Chu Feng a good lesson." The elder of Yucheng City said.
"You people!" Upon hearing this, the Holy Medicine Villa crowd grew even more displeased.
The people of Yucheng City were being far too outrageous. From the very beginning, it had been Yuwen Tingyi who started trouble, and now they were shifting the blame onto Chu Feng.
Moreover, judging by their demeanor, they were clearly hoping very much that Yuwen Tingyi would give Chu Feng a harsh beating.
In truth, the elders of Yucheng City were indeed thinking exactly that.
They believed that since Chu Feng had encountered Yuwen Tingyi, and neither Chu Feng nor Yuwen Tingyi had shown up yet, Yuwen Tingyi must have already made his move against Chu Feng.
Although the fact that Yuwen Tingyi had crippled Li Xiang's cultivation was causing them some headaches, if Yuwen Tingyi could also cripple Chu Feng's cultivation, they would feel immensely satisfied.
After all, the humiliation that Yuwen Tingyi and Yuwen Hualong had suffered was all thanks to Chu Feng.