[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 67

067 - Convince Me First

That voice, was familiar yet unfamiliar.

The elder that had been invited over to bear witness abruptly stood up in shock and looked towards the door.

Zhou Yinru also fell into a daze.

This is ... how is this possible? Why did he come?

Lu Mingshu who had been unexpectedly rescued from danger, opened her eyes in disbelief and looked towards the door.

She saw a tall figure in shabby clothes and with a slovenly outward appearance. Although his get-up was unusual, the face was undoubtedly extremely familiar to everyone.

"Se-senior Brother Liu!" A young elder pointed towards the door and let out a gasp of astonishment.

Liu Jizhen stepped over the threshold of the door and entered the hall, his gaze slowly sweeping over the people present.

His gaze went over the two elders, Courtyard Leader Wen, Fu Shangqing, Zhou Yinru, before finally landing on Lu Mingshu.

"Let go of her," he said.

The two Harmonization Realm disciple were startled and unconsciously loosened their grip.

This was a strange feeling; Liu Jizhen did not speak in a loud voice, nor pressurized them with his aura. However, before him, they could not help but involuntarily comply to his words.

Even Zhou Yinru's aura weakened.

But, she very quickly raised up her head and faced the man before her with an arrogant attitude. "Senior Brother Liu, what are you doing here instead of guarding Heavenly Ascension Pavilion in Green Jade Valley?"

Liu Jizhen stated, "You want to cripple my disciple, and even want to chase her out of her sect. Don't tell me I can't appear?"

Zhou Yinru harrumphed coldly, "We had already reached an agreement on this matter. Her crime of colluding with an outsider, and even causing the sect to lose a treasure such as the ley lines spiritual root is unforgivable. On behalf of how young she is, we were lenient in sentencing her, and let her off with merely chasing her out of the sect. Senior Brother Liu, don't tell me you have an objection?"

"I naturally do." Liu Jizhen took two steps forward and bowed once towards Fu Shangqing. "Courtyard Leader Liu Jizhen of Heavenly Ascension Pavilion greets Sect Leader."

Liu Jizhen was already crippled when Fu Shangqing entered the sect, thus the two had not had a formal meeting. However, although Fu Shangqing was now the sect leader, he got up to return a bow as he did not dare to be careless in the face of this used-to-be eldest senior brother of the fifteenth generation, who was known as a martial genius that could only be seen once in a hundred years.

Once he had greeted Fu Shangqing, Liu Jizhen shifted his gaze to Wen Shijie.

"Senior Uncle Wen, it's been years since our last meeting, your bearing is as graceful as ever."

Wen Shijie laughed, "Aha," paused for a while, before sighing, "Junior Nephew Liu, everything that happens is destiny; it's best to get over any unpleasantness. Look at you, is it worth it to do this to yourself?"

Liu Jizhen laughed indifferently, "Senior Uncle Wen is right, when I reflect on the past twelve years, I was indeed too muddle-headed and had thought too much into things."

Wen Shijie, who had not expected Liu Jizhen to respond to his line, was stunned.

Liu Jizhen did not harp on it and immediately changed the topic. "Speaking of it, this junior nephew had also been allocated the Courtyard Leader of this Quintessence Courtyard for a few days. I can clearly remember, a certain rule included."