The crowd instantly understood and started casting various spells towards Kong Tianjiao.

"Ah! Who said that? You're really asking for it!" Kong Tianjiao screamed in pain.

"Stop!"

A tremendous pressure swept over the entire marketplace. Just by being affected slightly, Qin Yu nearly fell to the ground.

‘Such power!’

Everyone looked up, and a young man in white robes, riding a striped tiger, descended from the sky.

Everyone bowed deeply.

"Greetings, Senior Brother!"

The young man in white robes was an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect. Upon seeing him, Kong Tianjiao felt like he had seen a savior and quickly stood up, shouting.

"Senior Brother Wang Li, please save us!"

"These outer disciples are bullying us disciples of the Beastmaster Peak!"

The faces of everyone present became a little unpleasant. They hadn't expected an inner disciple of the Beastmaster Peak to suddenly appear.

Wang Li's sharp eyes swept over the crowd, finally stopping on the filthy Kong Tianjiao.

‘Is he here to seek revenge for Kong Tianjiao?’

Qin Yu slowly moved, preparing to pull Li Zhengtong, Xiao Zhi, and the others away if the situation turned bad.

No matter how powerful the inner disciples were, they couldn’t possibly control everyone at once.

Wang Li leaped off the tiger and landed in front of Kong Tianjiao.

He subconsciously waved his hand to fan his nose and then showed a gentle smile, asking in a mild tone, "Junior Brother, may I ask who you are?"

Kong Tianjiao answered quickly, "Senior Brother Wang, it's me, Kong Tianjiao!"

"Kong Tianjiao?" Wang Li looked surprised, "Why do you look so disheveled?"

"Senior Brother!" Kong Tianjiao pointed at the others and began to cry dramatically, "These people beat me up."

"Kong Tianjiao, stop slandering! You jumped into the dung pile yourself, what does that have to do with us?"

"If you didn’t chase me, would I have jumped into the dung pile?"

"Senior Brother, they teamed up to attack us for no reason! You must avenge us disciples of Beastmaster Peak!"

Wang Li turned around and looked at the crowd.

"Are you going to speak up?"

Qin Yu gathered all his spiritual energy, and he had already retreated several hundred steps beforehand.

The outer disciples were so arrogant; the inner disciples probably weren’t much stronger.

If a fight broke out, Qin Yu planned to take advantage of the chaos and run.

But Wang Li didn’t attack. Instead, he continued to ask in a gentle tone, "May I ask why you are bullying my junior brothers?"

‘Because they deserve it!’ many thought to themselves.

But nobody dared to say it out loud. A disciple respectfully bowed to Wang Li and pointed to the mess on the ground.

"Senior Brother Wang, this marketplace is a public place for setting up stalls and shopping. The sect rules clearly state that spiritual beasts are not allowed here. But last night, they rode their spiritual beasts here when no one was around and made such a mess. How can we tolerate that?"

Wang Li nodded. "This is reasonable. It is indeed a mistake of Beastmaster Peak."

Kong Tianjiao panicked. "Senior Brother, don’t listen to their one-sided story! Our spiritual beasts were in the courtyard last night. They didn’t come here!"

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"We are being framed!"

The other Beastmaster Peak disciples also chimed in.

"Senior Brother, please stand up for us!"

"This is slander! Senior Brother, please investigate thoroughly!"

"Enough!" Wang Li waved his sleeve, and everyone immediately fell silent.

Wang Li said sternly, "Even if this is a frame-up, why were you the ones targeted? Why did no one take the initiative to investigate the truth? Why did so many people come to respond? In the end, it’s because you’ve been so arrogant and made too many enemies, leaving you with no friends. Consider this a lesson for you."

Hearing these words, all the disciples of Beastmaster Peak lowered their heads in shame.

They began to reflect on their actions, and under Kong Tianjiao's leadership, they had indeed crossed the line at times.

Only Kong Tianjiao still looked unconvinced.

‘It’s just a top-tier spiritual root, but he really thinks he’s something. Once my talent improves, I’ll step on him!’

Wang Li bowed to the crowd. "This is our Beastmaster Peak’s fault, and we will take full responsibility."

"We will clean the mess here within a day and offer 5,000 contribution points to all the merchants and stall owners. Although we cannot compensate for your lost time, it represents Beastmaster Peak’s apology."

The Beastmaster Peak disciples felt pain upon hearing the 5,000 contribution points.

There were over a hundred of them, so that was about 50 contribution points each, which was equivalent to one and a half months’ worth of subsidies.

But since Senior Brother Wang Li had spoken, they dared not object.

Wang Li's actions made everyone feel a little guilty.

"Senior Brother Wang Li is fair and just. He deserves our admiration!"

"We were too impulsive this time, and acted without investigating. That was definitely wrong."

Seeing this harmonious scene, Qin Yu felt a little uncomfortable.

Why isn’t this going according to the usual script?

The outer disciples are so arrogant, yet the inner disciple is so polite and well-mannered.

Is this the Beastmaster Peak? Such a contrast!

Wang Li's methods were indeed brilliant. In just a few sentences, he turned a big issue into a small one, while also easing the relationship between the Beastmaster Peak outer disciples and the crowd.

For Qin Yu, the objective had been achieved. The Beastmaster Peak disciples had been beaten up enough, giving the servant disciples some satisfaction.

With this lesson, the Beastmaster Peak disciples would likely be much more restrained in the future.

At least their spiritual beast’s feces would be disposed of properly, and they wouldn't dare let it fall into other people's hands again.

As for Kong Tianjiao, the most arrogant of them all, he had received the harshest lesson.

And it was all self-inflicted. If he had just taken a few punches, it would’ve been over, but instead, he made such a big sacrifice.

The key point was that even after all this, Kong Tianjiao still couldn’t avoid the beating.

It was a loss of face to the extreme.

If it had been Qin Yu, he would have already quit the sect and gone home, unable to bear such humiliation.

Kong Tianjiao would likely become a laughing stock for a long time to come.

‘Hehehe, being the mastermind behind it feels so good!’

Qin Yu swaggered out of the crowd with Li Zhengtong, Xiao Zhi, and the others.

"So, how was it? Wasn’t that great?"

Li Zhengtong’s chubby face trembled as he said, "It was awesome! It was just too awesome, especially seeing Kong Tianjiao rolling in the dung pile. I’d say it’s worth shoveling shit for a month!"

"Brother Yu, you’re amazing! Even the outer disciples are like little brothers in front of you!"

Xiao Zhi and the others complimented Qin Yu.

Qin Yu laughed heartily. "The immortal world isn’t just about fighting and killing; the key is using your brain. Knowledge is power. Got it?"

"Got it, got it!"

"Now hurry up and go clean up!"

"In celebration of me, Qin, defeating my first enemy in the immortal world, tonight I’ll treat you all to grilled fish by the river next to Maple Leaf Square!"

"Long live Brother Yu!"

While Qin Yu’s side was peaceful and happy, the Beastmaster Peak disciples were in a sorry state.

Kong Tianjiao and the others, with tools in hand, were struggling to clean the mess from the street.

During the cleanup, Kong Tianjiao approached a small, round-headed cultivator whose eyes were full of wisdom.

"Li Fen, who do you think is behind this? Was it Zhou Shuhai from the Pill Refining Peak, Li Ming from the Body Training Peak, or Ye Changming from the Enforcement Peak? Or was it one of these shopkeepers?"

Li Fen was the strategist for the Beastmaster Peak’s outer disciple group.

For the past few years, they had been able to do all sorts of bad things while perfectly avoiding sect rules, all thanks to Li Fen's clever mind.

"It's none of them!" Li Fen gently shook his head, deliberately pretending to be mysterious as he dipped his finger into some dung and examined it for a long time.

"What do you see from this?"

"Stop beating around the bush. Just tell me the answer!" Kong Tianjiao angrily waved his fist in the air and shouted, "If we don’t get revenge for this, I swear I won’t be human."

Li Fen slowly spoke, "This dung is still fresh, and its integrity is well-preserved."

"It was probably produced yesterday. The method of the attack seems deliberate, collecting it carefully without ruining its shape."

Kong Tianjiao gritted his teeth. "I don’t have time to listen to you analyze this crap."

After all, it was hard for anyone to stay calm when they were just thrown into a dung pile.

"Don’t you understand? Those people you mentioned couldn’t have gotten such intact dung."

"The dung was already damaged in the cleaning process!"

"Since the opponent used this method against us, they must have three characteristics."

Kong Tianjiao: "What three?"

"First, they have a grudge against us!"

"Second, they are weak and don’t have the strength to confront us directly!"

"Third, they can easily obtain our spiritual beast’s excrement!"

Li Fen’s eyes gleamed with golden light. "Based on these three points, I deduce that the ones who framed us are the servant disciples who are cleaning up!"

"The servant disciples!" Kong Tianjiao's eyes burned with rage. "How dare they!"