"Bai Yutang greets the Family Head, and all the Elders."
Li Feng stood below the hall. Even with many eyes scrutinizing him, he maintained his composure, greeting those present with neither arrogance nor servility.
"Bai Yutang, do you know why you were summoned here?"
The Family Head, Lin Dong, remained silent, but Lin Changge, standing beside him, spoke up first. His tone carried a hint of inexplicable hostility, as though he had already determined that Li Feng was the true culprit behind Lu Ziyue's murder.
"I have a rough idea."
"A rough idea," Lin Changge chuckled coldly.
"Then tell us what you roughly know."
Li Feng looked at Lin Changge, whose deanor was combative like clashing swords against needle points. This guy was just as annoying as during the Grand Martial Arts Arena. If he didn't know this guy was just a paper tiger, he might really have been fooled.
Li Feng cupped his fists and said, "Bai Yutang, a few days ago, fortuitously passed the Sword Wall Trial. According to the rules of the Mountain Villa, I have already beco a disciple under the Seventh Elder."
"My senior sister ntioned that after the Outer Sect examination, there might be an initiation ceremony, but I didn't expect it to be significant enough to trouble the Family Head and all the Elders."
As Li Feng spoke, everyone present showed a slight change in expression, even the Family Head Lin Dong at the top looked towards Li Feng with interest.
When Lin Changge heard Li Feng's answer, his expression darkened imdiately, and he rebuked loudly, "Bai Yutang, what are you pretending to be confused about, and what pretense are you pulling here?"
Li Feng was unmoved and calmly straightened up to look at Lin Changge.
"Bai Yutang does not understand what the Young Master ans. Wasn't I called here today because of this matter?"
"If Bai Yutang has offended the Young Master in the past, please speak plainly."
Li Feng turned the tables swiftly, pretending to be confused as long as the other party didn't clarify, and even took the initiative to counter Lin Changge.
Since the other side already had the knife to his throat, Li Feng naturally wouldn't retreat.
Besides, in the past two days, Li Feng was by no ans unprepared.
Lin Changge was visibly irked by Li Feng's retort, his face turning several shades darker: "Bai Yutang, do you know who you are speaking to?"
Li Feng gazed coldly at the flustered Lin Changge: "I'd like to ask the Young Master, with the Family Head here, are you deliberately opposing as if the Family Head and all the Elders are re decorations?"
"Or is it that the Mountain Villa is already under the Young Master's sole control?"
This counterattack from Li Feng left Lin Changge flabbergasted, and even Lin Ao standing beside him was dumbfounded.
What the—?
Is this Bai Yutang?
Although Bai Yutang previously retaliated against him in Dragon Gate Town, this is a different setting; here stand the Family Head and nurous Elders, the pressure alone was enough to make him anxious.
Yet Bai Yutang displayed such audacity, daring to publicly rebuke Young Master Lin Changge in such a setting. This guy must be tired of living.
Lin Changge coldly fixed his stare on Bai Yutang. Before he could give orders, the Family Head Lin Dong, who was seated, tapped the armrest once.
The sound wasn't loud, but when Lin Changge heard it, he imdiately fell silent.
Before his father made a statent, he could speak, but if his father took action and he still boasted shalessly, he would be the one suffering.
"Quite the eloquent Bai Yutang."
Lin Dong looked at Bai Yutang with a touch of admiration but didn't say much else. Instead, he turned his head to look at Lu Yun, seated at the top beside him.
"Elder Lu, this matter concerns the Lu Family and naturally takes precedence with you. If you have any questions, you may ask; the person is here."
Lin Dong didn't personally get involved but handed the matter directly to Lu Yun, the head of the Lu Family, treating the outco as rely an observer.
"Thank you, Family Head."
Lu Yun rose to thank Lin Dong. Such an occasion today was a recognition of the Lu Family's face, showcasing the Mountain Villa's seriousness.
Subsequently, Lu Yun turned to face Bai Yutang. From the previous confrontation between Lin Changge and him, this Bai Yutang lad wasn't as pathetic as the rumors suggested.
"Boy of the Bai Family, there's just one thing: my son Lu Ziyue is currently missing, and you and that kid were inseparable."
"I ask you, do you truly not know whether my son Lu Ziyue is alive or dead, or do you actually know, and it's even related to his death, fearing bla so you're deliberately concealing this point?"
Lu Yun directly zeroed in on Li Feng as the suspect. Elder Lu had an imposing figure, nearly two ters tall, and it was truly puzzling how he fathered a charming and graceful daughter like Lu Ziqi.
With each sentence, Lu Yun stepped closer, finally looming over Li Feng with such an overwhelming presence that the timid would have wet their pants by now.
Li Feng looked up at the aggressive Elder Lu.
"Uncle is determined that I'm the murderer, then?"
Lu Yun snorted coldly, raised a hand, and slapped Li Feng's shoulder. The force nearly dislocated Li Feng's arm.
"If you can't give a satisfactory explanation, then it is you."
Li Feng raised his eyes to look at Lu Yun, sneering: "Ha, truly worthy of being the top non-native family in the Divine Sword Manor, your words are domineering."
"But Uncle, do you believe there's no one in the Bai Family?"
"I, Bai Yutang, may be unknown, but my father is a Fellow Elder like Uncle, hailed as the top master among non-natives, renowned as 'Bai He, the One Sword Sealing the River.'"
"Though my father is not here, that doesn't an he can be slighted."
"Moreover, now that I am a disciple under the Seventh Elder, dare I say Uncle has gone senile."
"Is the Manor really without rules, or is Uncle proclaiming himself as the rule, and what he says goes?"
Upon hearing Li Feng's sharp words, Elder Lu fud, glaring at Li Feng like an enraged deity.
"Boy, do you believe I won't beat you half dead?"
"I believe, but does Uncle believe that if my father returns, he will make sure your Lu Family has no peace?"
Li Feng was confrontational, not backing down at all.
Indeed, the Lu Family is the largest family in the Divine Sword Manor outside the Lin Family, boasting hundreds of mbers.
The Bai Family consists only of Bai Yutang and his parents, but fewer people also an fewer liabilities. If Bai Yutang were to suffer because of the Lu Family, it would an the end for the Bai Family.
Ruining soone's legacy and destroying their offspring is a vengeance as deep as a blood feud.
He also discreetly verified that although Bai Yutang's parents were often out together, seeking leisure, they weren't weak. Although their family power couldn't rank highly, their personal strength was definitely top-tier.
The Lu Family had many mbers, but if Bai Yutang's father targeted them, the Lu Family would indeed suffer greatly.
"Elder Lu, the matter hasn't been clarified yet, and there's not a shred of evidence when you're accusing my disciple. Isn't this a bit much?"
"Asking questions is one thing, but turning it into a declaration of guilt is another."
Just as the atmosphere grew tense, the Seventh Elder spoke calmly.
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