Ye Feng returned in time. After rushing back to the Soul Refining Palace, he lay in the dormitory for a while until dawn.
After daybreak, someone outside the dormitory was heard shouting, "Disciples, assemble immediately, assemble immediately!"
After hearing the shouts, all the new disciples in the dormitories hurriedly dressed and got out of bed, and with nervous faces they ran out of the dormitory and headed outside.
"This voice is so familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere before!" Ye Feng, who was still lying in bed, was silently surprised when he heard the shouting.
After a moment of doubt, Ye Feng's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Could it be him?"
After he finished speaking, Ye Feng's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he hummed silently in his heart: "It's really hard to find you. I, Ye Feng, was just about to seek revenge on you, but I didn't expect you to come to my door in person! Humph! Just wait and see how I, Ye Feng, will deal with you!"
On the grounds outside the dormitory, Ye Feng guessed correctly. The person standing in front of the many new disciples was him, Hu Feng, and not them. Qin Huan and Zhang Lei did not come. Only Hu Feng came.
Behind Hu Feng, there was a follower who nodded and bowed.
Hu Feng had an air of superiority on his face as he stared at the many new disciples lined up in front of him.
"Now I, Hu Feng, will start calling the roll to see who is still being lazy and not gathering immediately!" After Hu Feng finished scolding, he began to call the roll loudly with a serious face.
"Zhang Wen!"
"arrive!"
"Wang Shengu."
"arrive!"
... ...
In a blink of an eye, Hu Feng had called out the names of more than half of the people, and these people responded one by one, proving that they were all at the scene.
When calling the roll, Hu Feng searched for Ye Feng in the queue of new disciples on the opposite side. He knew that Ye Feng had been severely beaten up by him, Qin Huan and Zhang Lei yesterday. He was covered with bruises and could be said to be half dead.
Hu Feng knew that all the disciples were very afraid of him, Qin Huan and Zhang Lei. He knew that no one among the disciples would dare to interfere with anything that the three of them had done.
Thinking of this, Hu Feng let out a wicked smile and said silently in his heart: "Humph, Ye Feng, let's see if you dare to disrespect us in the future? This kid who doesn't know how to live or die, I don't know if he is still lying in the side hall or crawling back to the dormitory after being beaten half to death yesterday!"
In order to confirm his guess, Hu Feng pretended to be serious and shouted, "Ye Feng!"
Hu Feng stopped shouting for a moment, and seeing that no one responded, he pretended to shout loudly: "Ye Feng!"
The disciples present heard Hu Feng calling out to Ye Feng twice but received no response. They looked around nervously to see if Ye Feng was around them.
Because Qin Huan, Zhang Lei and Hu Feng, in order to play a trick on the disciples of the Refining Spirit Palace, they set up a fake system of collective responsibility. If any disciple violated the system of the Refining Spirit Palace, all the disciples would be punished.
Therefore, the disciples at this moment became nervous after hearing Ye Feng’s two calls without any response.
They all knew that Qin Huan, Zhang Lei and Hu Feng in front of them were not people to be trifled with. If Ye Feng was late for the gathering, they would be implicated and punished as well.
"That's Ye Feng! This scoundrel, doesn't he know that if he doesn't come out to gather, we will be implicated and punished?"
"I didn't know that was Ye Feng. It seemed that when I woke up this morning, I saw a strange face in the dormitory!"
In the queue of new disciples, several disciples were whispering.
At this moment, the third short, slightly fat disciple on the left side of the second row in the entrance queue looked a little panicked, and said silently in his heart: "Ye Feng, Ye Feng, come out quickly, come out!"
This slightly plump disciple with a worried look on his face was none other than He Ming, the disciple who brought Ye Feng into the Spirit Refining Palace.
Hu Feng, with a cold look in his eyes, looked at the disciples in front of him with a dagger hidden in his smile, but he heard the discussions among them.
When he heard them talking about seeing a new face in the dormitory, Hu Feng showed a brief look of astonishment on his face, and then he put on a condescending attitude and said silently in his heart: "You are so good, Ye Feng, you are really not afraid of death, and you even crawled back to the dormitory. Today, let's see how I deal with you in front of everyone!"
After muttering to himself, Hu Feng's eyes turned and he had a sinister idea in his mind. He said, "Listen to me, everyone. Considering that you have all been diligent in your cultivation and abided by the rules and regulations of the Soul Refining Palace, I will make an exception today. As long as you can find Ye Feng for me right now, I will consider you innocent!"
As soon as Hu Feng finished speaking, these new disciples seemed to be reborn. They turned around and ran to the dormitory, ready to catch the new face.
But at this moment, a voice came from the dormitory.
"Who is looking for me, Ye Feng?"
After hearing the voices coming from the dormitory, the disciple who was running towards the dormitory stopped in the square outside the dormitory and did not run forward.
Hu Feng also heard the voice coming from the dormitory. He stared at the exit of the dormitory with cold eyes and questioned silently in his heart: "Could it be that this Ye Feng has some extraordinary ability? He was injured so badly yesterday, but he can still speak so confidently today!"
Ye Feng in the dormitory exclaimed in his heart after saying those powerful words. It was not because something surprising happened, but when he thought about how he was teased, humiliated and beaten by the three of them yesterday, he was filled with anger and wanted to seek revenge on them and give them a taste of their own medicine.
For this reason, in order to humiliate Hu Feng more thoroughly and make Hu Feng lose face in front of the new disciples, Ye Feng suddenly remembered the advantage of hiding one's shortcomings, so he exclaimed because of what he just said. He was exclaiming at his own impulsiveness.
So, at the moment when Hu Feng and everyone were looking at the dormitory door with anticipation, Ye Feng pretended to bend over deliberately and moved out of the dormitory step by step.
Seeing Ye Feng coming out of the dormitory, Hu Feng had a smug smile on his face, and angrily said in his heart: "Good for you, Ye Feng. I was almost deceived by your voice just now. I really thought that you, a piece of shit, had recovered from something?"
As Ye Feng walked closer step by step, he saw that all the disciples were looking at him with several kinds of eyes.
There were people who looked down upon Ye Feng in their eyes. They were all pointing fingers at Ye Feng and talking about him with disdain.
"Huh! Who do you think you are? Aren't you just a junior disciple who just came in yesterday?"
"Yeah! Look at his appearance, he must be a scum who got in through the back door!"
"You don't know it, do you? It was this scum who gave Qin Huan, Zhang Lei and Senior Brother Hu Feng a cold look when he came in yesterday. He was beaten half to death yesterday. Look at how ugly he was! Just wait and see, a good show is about to begin!"
After a few disciples finished talking to each other, they grinned and laughed at Ye Feng.
Among the disciples, there were some who were neutral. They remained silent and neither scolded Ye Feng nor sympathized with him.
There were also some disciples who, although they felt sorry for Ye Feng's experience, did not dare to say anything because they were concerned about Qin Huan, Zhang Lei and Hu Feng.
In the sight of the new disciples, Ye Feng had slowly walked step by step to the queue of new disciples and appeared in front of Hu Feng.
Seeing Ye Feng hunched over and dragging his feet, and now hearing his constant panting, Hu Feng said sarcastically: "Ye Feng, why did you come to the gathering just now? Don't you know the rules for beginners?"
Cough, cough, cough! Ye Feng coughed a few times deliberately, pretending to be out of breath, and said, "Reporting to Senior Brother, Ye Feng's legs are not in good condition, so I am late!"
"Your legs aren't working properly!" Hu Feng deliberately exclaimed, looking at Ye Feng and saying, "What's wrong with your legs? Did you fight with someone yesterday, or did you get into trouble and get beaten?"
Ye Feng pretended to be suddenly frightened and said, "Brother, it's not me, it's Ye Feng who accidentally fell last night and got hurt!"
After hearing Ye Feng say that he was injured from a fall, Hu Feng raised his head and laughed a few times, saying, "Really? He wasn't beaten, he really was injured from a fall!"
"Brother, I really was injured from the fall! Ye Feng dare not lie to you!" Ye Feng still pretended deliberately.
"Hahahaha!" Hu Feng sneered again.
After Hu Feng sneered, those disciples who had just looked down on Ye Feng among the new disciples began to silently criticize Ye Feng again.
"Humph! You still say you dare not lie! It was obvious that you were beaten up yesterday, and you still said you fell! You have no shame, and you are just trying to save face!"
"In my opinion, Ye Feng is not only a scum, but also a spineless coward!"
"Why are you saying so much? Ye Feng only deserves two words: trash!"
While they were discussing humiliating Ye Feng, Hu Feng looked at Ye Feng silently. Suddenly, his face darkened and he said, "You are so brave, Ye Feng, you even dared to lie to me. You were beaten yesterday, but now you deliberately said no in front of me. I'm telling you, you know how to say good things to me today. It's too late. No matter what your reason is, you will be punished for being late today!"
After Hu Feng finished speaking, he turned to the new disciples and said, "My fellow disciples, Ye Feng was very disrespectful to me, Qin Huan, and Senior Brother Zhang Lei when he entered the Soul Refining Palace yesterday, so we gave him a small gift. But today, he turned out to be so spineless and even spoke well of me, wanting me to let him go! Tell me, should this spineless scum who doesn't know his dignity be punished?"
"Not only should he be punished, he should be punished severely!"
"Yes! Severe punishment must be imposed! A spineless scum like him deserves to be beaten to death, so as to avoid being disgraced in the world!"
Those disciples who looked down on Ye Feng agreed with Hu Feng, on the one hand to flatter Hu Feng, and on the other hand because they resented that they were almost implicated by Ye Feng.
Hearing them mention the severe punishment, Hu Feng was very proud and shouted loudly: "Okay! Severe punishment!" After that, he shouted at Ye Feng: "Ye Feng, kneel down!"
Seeing Hu Feng's smug look, Ye Feng straightened his back and said in a loud voice: "Hu Feng, who are you asking to kneel down?"