Chapter 277
The grand elders glanced at each other. They had unreadable expressions when they saw the handcuffs Jiang Chen was wearing.
“What happened?”
“Grand elder, this guy doesn’t have a collar for his mount. His mount lost control and hurt people. Murong Xing was injured due to this. I made him practice with the manacles on for a year as punishment,” said Du Yue.
“One year?” the grand elder emphasized.
Maybe it was an illusion, but Du Yue felt coldness directed towards him.
The grand elder played the recorded video to see what had happened with his own eyes.
Du Yue’s heart sank. The grand elder didn’t completely believe him because he valued Jiang Chen.
Whitty squinted at him and gave him a disdainful stare. Then he wagged his tail and left.
Du Yue froze there, at a loss. Fortunately, it looked like Jiang Chen and Whitty had let him off the hook.
“Go back. You’ll hear later what punishment you’ll receive,” a grand elder said.
Du Yue was relieved. Before he left, he gave Jiang Chen an unreadable look.
“Jiang Chen, work hard. The Hero Palace values fairness and justice,” a grand elder said.
“Sure, elders. I won’t let the Hero Palace down,” Jiang Chen answered. He was also implying his project developing extraordinary meridians, since that was why the Hero Palace thought so highly of him.
The Hero Palace was more eager for his research results than him. They surely wouldn’t allow him to waste an entire year.
“Good. Go ahead. The Time Palace is expecting your arrival.”
The grand elders had helped Jiang Chen. They were being quite kind to him, but they hadn’t been excessive with their favor.
They didn’t hesitate to leave. They nodded at Jiang Chen, then disappeared.
After all of the elders had left, the other guys were relieved, but they felt nervous when Jiang Chen looked towards them.
“Who attacked me just now?” said Jiang Chen.
They were confused until they recalled how a few guys had intended to teach Jiang Chen a lesson before Murong Xing.
They looked around. Then someone said, “Jiang Chen, they left.”
Those guys had run off when Du Yue had left.
“That’s enough. Let’s go inside.”
Ying Wushuang seemed impatient. She walked directly to the Time Palace.
“Besides being my subject, your task also includes reporting my progress to the higher-ups, doesn’t it?” Jiang Chen followed up and said to her in a low voice.
It wasn’t usual for those grand elders to have arrived so quickly.
Ying Wushuang stopped and curled her lips. She nodded in affirmation, then said, “And I’ll oversee you so that you won’t save up your substantial scholarship in an unreasonable manner.”
“You’re quite direct,” said Jiang Chen.
Ying Wushuang snorted and entered the Time Palace. Jiang Chen shook his head and followed her.
At the same time, what had happened outside the Time Palace soon became a story that was spread throughout the Hero Palace.
The highlight of course was what Du Yue had done after the grand elders had shown up, but some people also knew the trouble caused by Murong Xing’s injury wasn’t over yet. Rather, it had just started.