A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1413 This Ends Here

Jealousy churned inside Chu Qi-Tian's gut. It was then that the chief elder realized that something was amiss.

"Something's not right. Sect Leader, you're the only woman who's placed in the top three positions in the Sky Ranking. The other two are both male grandmasters. That young woman can't be one of them. Who is she? Judging from the powers that she's displayed, it's clear that she isn't a nobody," said the chief elder solemnly as he frowned.

"That's right. She looks Asian though. Is she another Chinese grandmaster who's been living in the mountains as a hermit? Could she be the Phoenix Empress, one of the six pillars of the Chinese nation?" Everyone began to make their own guesses. Some suspected that the young woman was one of the six pillars of China, the Phoenix Empress.

After all, there were only so many female supreme grandmasters in the international martial arts circle, plus Ye Fan was a Chinese citizen. The Phoenix Empress

naturally came to mind.

The chief elder shook his head. "The chances of that are slim. Even though the Phoenix Empress is one of the six pillars of China, she's placed further down the Sky Ranking and isn't as powerful as we think she is. The most powerful martial artist in China, Ye Qing-Tian, isn't a match for our sect leader, much less the Phoenix Empress! But since we're talking about Asian martial artists, someone does come to mind."

"Who?" Everyone stared at the chief elder.

"The Moon God of Japan! She's probably the only one who is our sect leader's match," said the chief elder solemnly with a serious look on his face.

"Heavens!"

"The Moon God of Japan?"

"You mean the reborn Tsukuyomi Tenshin of Japan?" "I heard she possesses powers at god

realm level!"

Everyone gasped aloud at the mention of Tsukuyomi's name.

A heated discussion began.

In fact, discussion about Tsukuyomi had not ceased since she had been reborn.

There had always been numerous legends regarding martial artists at the god realm, martial artists who were deemed as more powerful than supreme grandmasters. However, there had been none that had yet been formally recognized as a god realm martial artist.

Even though none existed currently, that didn't mean that none had existed in history though.

Old history records that had survived the ages and numerous legends passed down by the people pointed to the existence of god realm martial artists in the past. There had been Goddess Nuwa of China

and Odin of Norse mythic origins.

And then, there was Tsukuyomi Tenshin of Japan!

There had been why the Tsukuyomi's rebirth had caused such a commotion in the martial arts circle.

But legends were just that. Legends. Most people were had their own suspicions as to how powerful Tsukuyomi truly was because they had never seen her in a fight.

That was why her name was not in the top ten positions in the Sky Ranking.

In order to be placed in the Sky Ranking, one had to prove one's worth in actual battle.

"That's impossible. Why would a Japanese goddess avenge the death of a nobody?

Besides, everyone knows that the Japanese and Chinese martial arts circles don't get along. Why would the guardian of Japan seek vengeance for a Chinese man's death? Don't forget how Ye Fan recently killed..." Chu Qi-Tian cut everyone off coldly. But he didn't finish what he had to say and instead fell silent.

He didn't want anyone to know that Ye Fan was in fact Chu Tian-Fan.

That was Chu Qi-Tian's greatest fear. He was worried that the upper echelons of the Chu family clan might find out that Chu Tian-Fan was still alive.

He really didn't want the old master to know. It wouldn't do any good for Chu Qi-Tian at all.

The old master might just suddenly decide to welcome the child that they had cast out back to the family.

Chu Qi-Tian wasn't confident that he could win Ye Fan in a fight for the position of head of the family.

Any idiot would be able to tell that Ye Fan was a greater prodigy than he was when it came to martial arts. The reason he was currently Ye Fan's match was because he had the support

and backing of the Chu family and Chu Sect.

Without them on his side, he wouldn't be Ye Fan's match at all.

Fighting Ye Fan would be akin to seeking his own death!

As a supreme grandmaster, Ye Fan could kill him with a snap of his fingers.

"Qi-Tian, what's wrong? Who did he kill? Why did you stop talking?"

Everyone stared at Chu Qi-Tian in confusion.

"It's nothing. I'm just saying that that woman couldn't possibly be Tsukuyomi of Japan," said Chu Qi-Tian hastily.

After a long round of discussion, they did not manage to arrive at any conclusion.

"We'll have to investigate the matter further. Chu Sect has suffered a grave insult. We can't simply let matters rest.

When we find out whom the intruder is, we will send our martial artists after her and make sure she pays a heavy price for what she's done. We must make an example of her!" said the chief elder. Cold rage colored his voice.

The other members of Chu Sect nodded in agreement.

They must have their revenge.

"We have to continue our search for Ye Fan too! Dead or alive, we must find him! If we can't find him, we'll hunt down his family. We can't let our elders die for nothing!" someone in the crowd yelled. "Silence!" Tang Yun, who had been silent all this while, slapped the man who had just spoken.

The latter spat out a mouthful of blood as he was flung aside from the force of her slap.

"I'll say this one last time. Chu Sect will not commit to immoral or despicable acts. Anyone who suggests targeting the families of our enemies will be expelled from Chu Sect! We can't afford to ruin our reputation in this fashion. Our grudge with Ye Fan ends here. Call back our men and stop the search for Ye Fan. Cease all investigation on the woman who stormed the sect today," said Tang Yun coldly. Everyone was baffled.

"Sect Leader, we can't do that. That'll ruin the sect's name."

"You're overreacting. I stabbed Ye Fan. The chances of him surviving that attack are slim. We've had our vengeance. Why waste so much time and effort on a dead man? As for the female intruder, she's not someone to be trifled with. I noticed how she only injured our martial artists. She didn't kill anyone. She showed mercy and we should return the favor. We're in this mess because we tried to kill our competitors and rob them of their treasures. We weren't their match and got killed instead. It's our fault. We're the ones who embarrassed ourselves with our own incompetence, and yet here you are, demanding revenge. Do you have no shame?" said Tang Yun frostily.

"But..." Chu Qi-Tian tried to mount an argument.

"Enough! This matter ends here. My decision is final." Tang Yun's voice was firm and did not allow for any further argument.

Regardless how unhappy they felt about her decision, no one dared to voice their disagreement.

Tang Yun turned and left shortly, leaving the rest of Chu Sect sighing loudly.

"The sect leader's always been a fierce warrior who's shown no mercy to her enemies. Why is she suddenly being so indecisive and showing such kindness to her foes? Why did she speak on behalf of a nobody? How could she say that this mess is our fault? In this world, the strong preys on the weak and gets to make the rules. There's the only law. Why should we be reasonable when we're strong?" Bewildered and frustrated, Chu Qi-Tian protested tirelessly.