I Just Wanted to Invite Him for a Tea

The elder kept himself composed before he spoke, "What can I help Scholar Jin with? Great Scholar do not need to bother himself to find me. Why not take a seat? I'll definitely attend to Great Scholar once I finished solving this problem?"

The words uttered from the mouth of the elder were already as nice as possible. He couldn't possibly say, 'This problem has nothing to with you!'

"I heard there is a problem. As someone who upholds justice, naturally I came here to investigate. I'm also here for your sake, if you made a mistake in judgement, I don't know what people will say." Scholar Jin shook his head slightly as he glanced at the young man behind him, he said, "Now tell me why did you want to kill this young man."

The elder's eyes were fixed at the Young Master Feng protected by Scholar Jin. Then, he remembered that Young Master Feng was the one who released Scholar Jin from his prison and became the scholar's benefactor. Knowing that there's no other way to solve this problem quickly, the elder became displeased, but he did not let it show.

"Great Scholar must have misunderstood. I just wanted to invite him for a tea." the elder said.

Hearing the elder's words, the others eyes twitched. This elder may have been smart and good with words when he's on the offensive. But when the situation turns back on him, he's terrible at making excuses. Everyone saw it clearly that he's moving with the intention to kill, how come it suddenly became an invitation for a tea?

Scholar Jin did not pursue the weakness in the elder's words, but he made his intention very clear, "If you want to accuse someone without any solid evidence, then don't blame me if I get rough with you!"

Scholar Jin was an outsider who does not have any say in the Cloud Moon Palace, but in front of his massive power, who would dare to voice their displeasure? The elder could only nod in silence.

At the same time, Scholar Jin also made it very clear to his benefactor. Scholar Jin also has his reputation to maintain. He would only protect as long as Feng Ao Xiu was innocent, if there's an evidence showing that he's guilty, he would not hesitate to leave him.

Feng Ao Xiu knows this, but he smiled even though he was the real main culprit behind Ah Duo's murder. [How could he still remain calm? Does he have a way to hide his artefact?] Scholar Jin thought.

Scholar Jin cultivation level was high enough to notice that there was an artefact in Feng Ao Xiu's possession when the accident happened.

Since that was the case, the elder could only argue verbally, "Everyone saw that a light was shining from Young Master Feng's hand. That was the time when the victim, Ah Duo, started spewing up blood. Ah Duo was right beside Young Master Feng at that time, if he's not the killer, who could it be?"

"If someone died beside me, how is it my fault?" Feng Ao Xi retorted. "If I shot an arrow to kill someone who was right beside elder, does that mean elder is the murderer? If I poisoned that same person, does that mean elder have the poison?"

"Khhh..." the elder hated this situation. Young Master Feng was saying that there's a possibility that Ah Duo was murdered by someone else far away or was poisoned, the possibility was endless. He knows there's no solid evidence, forget Young Master Feng, it would be even hard to pin the blame on himself even if he wanted to.

Suddenly, another elder came forward with a swollen face that looks like a pig. It was the elder that was beaten previously because of his earlier misconduct. He said, "Old Zhou, leave this matter to me. I know how to handle this problem!"

"Chen Jing, are you sure, you can handle this?" Elder Zhou was sceptical. Chen Jing or also known as Elder Chen has only just become an elder for a month. He was rash and too proud, if Elder Zhou had a choice, he would rather not let Chen Jing to become an elder.

"Don't worry, I got this." Elder Chen smiled, but his swollen face made it impossible to know his expression. He whispered to Elder Zhou, "I'll get rid of Scholar Jin for you."

"You want to get rid of me?" asked Scholar Jin. "I'm dying to know how you'll do it."

Elder Zhou slapped his own forehead. [Chen Jing, how could you be so stupid? You whispered to me while being not too far from Scholar Jin. Don't you know that Scholar Jin's level is an Ancient Mortal Realm? If he concentrated, Scholar Jin is capable to hear a whisper from thousands of metres away.]

Even if he was provoked by Scholar Jin, Elder Chen did not faze. In fact, his smile grew wider that his swollen lips made an arc like an inverted rainbow. He stepped forward to Scholar Jin, and looked him in the eyes. If it was not for his swollen face, Elder Chen would look really cool.

The others were curious. What does Elder Chen have in store that he was so confident he would win against Scholar Jin?

Elder Chen slowly raised his hand, then two of his disciples came forward. Each of them carrying a large chest, the half size of a human body. They dropped the two chest to the ground, slowly opened it and showed the contents to Scholar Jin. Inside the chests were golds, expensive jewelries, and some treasures.

"Scholar Jin, if you agreed to leave the Cloud Moon Palace now. I'll give these to you!", said Elder Chen.

Everyone, "..."

"That... That's your big move?! You want to bribe me to not intervene with this case?" Scholar Jin asked.

Elder Chen nodded.

"...", Everyone waited, but nothing happened. Looks like Elder Chen really have nothing else.

"Did you really think I'm that greedy?! What makes you think I'll accept bribes while everyone is watching!" Scholar Jin said angrily.

[Does that mean you'll accept the bribe if no else watched, and there's only the two of you?] everyone else thought.

Elder Chen never thought that Scholar Jin would refuse his offer. His intel said that Scholar Jin is susceptible to bribery. However, Elder Chen still has his confidence, "To think that you'd refuse my offer. I initially wanted to do it the peaceful way. Now, I have no choice but to do it this way. You forced my hand!"

Scholar Jin smiled, "Oh... It looks like you have something up your sleeve!"

Elder Chen became surprised, "How do you know I have something in my sleeve?"

Scholar Jin, "..."

[Ah... I meant it figuratively, not literally. How would I know if you hide something in your sleeve?! Is this person really an elder?]

Elder Chen quickly took an item from his sleeve. It was about the size of an adult's fist, he quickly showed it to everyone. He laughed, "Haha... Look at this. Do you know what is this?"

"That... That's a rock?" Scholar Jin said.

"Exactly! How is it? Feeling afraid yet?" Elder Chen provoked.

Scholar Jin, "..."

Everyone, "..."

"Hahaha! Scholar Jin, look at you. You're so afraid of this rock that it left you speechless!" Elder Chen laughed happily. "It's not too late. If you leave now and never return again, I promise to not throw this rock at you!"

Scholar Jin, "..."

"What are you doing just standing there? Get moving now or else I'll throw this rock at you!"

Scholar Jin sighed, then he replied, "No!"

"You!" Elder Chen couldn't believe it, this scholar was too hard-headed. He angrily said, "I have already warned you. Don't blame for what happened next!"

Quickly, Elder Chen throw the rock at Scholar Jin. The rock launched quickly, it hit Scholar Jin right in the forehead, before it dropped to the ground.

Scholar Jin's cultivation level was an Ancient Mortal Realm. Even if he was hit by a rock thrown by Elder Chen, whose level was not even close, it didn't leave a mark or hurt him a single bit. But, one thing changed, Scholar Jin became angry.

Elder Chen was confused. Something went wrong. According to his intel, Scholar Jin has a phobia of rock. But so far, aside from being speechless, he has no reaction of being afraid at all. Now that he thinks about it, was the speechless part counted as being afraid.

* Pa *

A hard slap from Scholar Jin's hand met with Elder Chen's cheek. The force was so hard that Elder Chen fallen into the ground. The already swollen face on his face became more swollen.

* Pa Pa Pa *

Scholar Jin did not stop. He slapped Elder Chen, over and over again. Scholar Jin could kill him if he wanted to, but he chose not to. He intentionally lowered his strength that it could not kill Elder Chen, but it hurt so much that it felt better to die.

* Pa Pa Pa *

After about a hundred slaps later, Scholar Jin finally finished slapping. At the same time, Elder Chen's head has already turned into a mess.

Elder Chen was dead. But, no one felt sad, because he deserved it for provoking Scholar Jin to this point.

Slowly, Scholar Jin stood up, he smiled and said. "Where were we? Oh, that's right, we are looking for the murderer. Have you guys figured out who it is?"

[You're the murderer!] Everyone thought, but no one dared to say it.