Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 2382 Don’t Fuss. Hurry and Take Your Medicine.

chapter 2382 don’t fuss. hurry and take your medicine.

translator: borntobe

so, this was an interrogation against him?

long chen looked forward and saw nine platforms at the front of the palace, each with an elder seated upon it. on the third platform to the left, he saw elder long who smiled and nodded toward him.

as for the others, he didn’t recognize a single one. the one who had shouted was a fierce-looking elder with triangular eyes and pockmarks on his face. his chin was sharp like a shovel.

looking around, long chen saw hundreds of disciples of the torture chamber. they had staves in their hands, looking coldly at them like they were convicts.

he also saw a giant mirror reflecting all of them very clearly up on the roof. that mirror seemed to reflect their hearts. looking at that mirror, long chen felt very odd.

“brazen long chen, you’re still in the mood to look around? you caused thousands of heavenly dragon warriors to die to the claws of the demonic beasts, and you’re still not kneeling and accepting your punishment?!” shouted the pockmarked elder sternly.

“are you talking to me?” long chen pointed to himself in surprise.

elder long almost laughed. long chen was truly skilled at acting stupid.

“who else would i be talking to?! everyone else, shouldn’t you kneel already?!” shouted the pockmarked elder.

shen chengfeng and the others helplessly knelt. these were the rules of the joint hearing. however, long chen said, “hold it.”

long chen stepped forward. he looked left and right, and then right at the elder. “i didn’t clearly hear what you said just now. you want me to kneel? did i mishear?”

“you didn’t mishear. kneel and face your punishment!” barked the elder.

“oh, i understand.” long chen nodded. he suddenly laughed.

“arrogance! you are looking down on the joint hearing. capture him!” the pockmarked elder waved his hand, causing the hundreds of disciples to prepare to attack.

through his own actions, long chen had shown shen chengfeng many things. he had always disappointed the long family, and the only reason they hadn’t replaced him was probably because of his loyalty. or perhaps there just wasn’t a more suitable candidate.

“long chen has shouted and cursed the members of the joint hearing. this great disrespect toward the divine families must be punished, or what about our dignity?” demanded the pockmarked elder.

“can killing people display the dignity of the divine families? that doesn’t seem right. the joint hearing hasn’t even started yet. things are still unclear, yet you want to kill people? if that were to spread, how would people view the divine families? by using the execution order without any hesitation, are you ignoring the opinions of the other elders present?” asked elder long lightly.

these sharp words that contained no fury left the pockmarked elder without words. in the past few years, he had always been the one overseeing and making the decisions in this room. it had been a long time since the last joint hearing. hence, long chen’s arrogance had made him want to have a show of power to subdue him, but that came back to bite him instead.

that was not in accordance with the rules of a joint hearing, and elder long had caught that. for a moment, his face was simply red as he had no idea what to say.

“elder long, long chen is the one who spoke so rudely to the overseer. the overseer is a human with his own feelings. although just now he was a bit impetuous, it was still caused by long chen. don’t you think you’re showing bias by blaming the overseer?” said a dark-faced elder to the right.

at first, long chen hadn’t noticed, but upon hearing his voice, he exclaimed, “aren’t you ye yaochen? what happened to you? did you go coal digging?”

“shut up! my life and death energy is constantly circulating, so my face sometimes becomes dark,” said the elder who was precisely ye yaochen.

killing intent raged in his eyes. his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. due to a slight slip in his cultivation the past few days, his death energy had surged, and he had yet to balance it with his life energy. his face was normally never this dark.

“ah, so that’s the case. but don’t feel bad. although my face is white, my heart is as black as yours. for you to express that openly shows the difference between us. i must learn from senior,” comforted long chen.

“you...” ye yaochen clenched his fists so hard that they creaked.

“let us proceed with the actual joint hearing. if this continues, won’t the disciples laugh at us?” another elder spoke up, frowning. this white-haired elder managed to subdue the tense atmosphere. the pockmarked elder sat down.

as the overseer, the pockmarked elder started things off. “are you long chen, shen chengfeng, and the rest of the eighth legion?”

this was the formal start of the joint hearing. he was now following the exact rules to avoid elder long causing trouble for him.

under the normal flow, long chen and the others would bow and respond in the affirmative. but long chen didn’t do so.

“are you blind? can you not see for yourself?”