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 punishing 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. Could 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 you would 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,...