The Scum Is A

Ho Yue can still remember that time when he saw Dong Zheng, Dong Cheng's father and the sect leader of the Dongcheng Sect. Because he was hiding his identity as someone from another land, he had been low-profiled and rarely left his peak. So, the banquet of the previous Intersect Competition, which was five years ago, was the first time he had been in a grand occasion.

The Shanliangde Sect which only focused on cultivation has never held grand banquets like this. So, Ho Yue doesn't know how to socialize in this kind of occasion. Not to mention that when he was still on his motherland, he and his nephew had lived a fugitive life. He only had his nephew to talk with, so where would he pick up a social skill?

Thus, it was expected that he would make a mistake in the banquet. Fortunately, though, it was Dong Zheng that he had unintentionally bumped.

"You spilled your drink on him?" Ho Ting asked as he looked at his uncle. He is the same as his uncle who has lived in seclusion.

In short, they are a country bumpkin. They know nothing of the world. For them, their motherland is already very big. Fortunately, Ho Yue left and bravely crossed the sea, and Ho Ting followed. Or else, they wouldn't know how small the world that they had seen.

Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou stared at Ho Yue. They also thought that Ho Yue has spilled his drink on Dong Zheng.

Ho Yue shook his head. "I didn't." he answered. "Even if I did, there is Cheng Sheng's Cleaning Talismans that can clean one's clothes." He said.

Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou nodded in agreement. Indeed, their shidi Cheng Sheng's inventions really are very convenient, and also face-saving. Just for example if Dong Zheng's clothes were spilled with wine by Ho Yue. With the Cleaning Talisman, Dong Zheng can save his face instead of being humiliated.

"Then, what did you do?" Ho Ting asked, both puzzled and curious.

Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou are also curious.

Ho Yue's face turned red in shame. Even his neck and ears were red. "I…" he took a deep breath as if to brace himself. "I accidentally stepped on the hem of sect leader Dong's clothes and… it… was torn." He said, his voice turning weaker.

Everyone fell silent.

Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou. "… oh." They muttered. Indeed, this can't be saved by Cheng Sheng. They thought. Then, they added a note in their hearts to suggest a Fixing Talisman to Cheng Sheng when he returned from the east.

With this, life would become more convenient and many people could save their faces for this.

Ho Yue lowered his head in shame. "Fortunately, the tear isn't big since I immediately reacted." He continued. "Sect leader Dong also accepted my apology. It was really fortunate that he recognized me as someone who had never left the sect, not even my peak, so he understood that I was tense." He heaved a sigh. "He even gave me some pointers on how to socialize or how to avoid the people in this kind of occasions." He added.

Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou looked at each other and smiled. Although the Dongcheng Sect is just an average sect and can't be compared to the Xinfaxian Sect now, it was better than the Xinfaxian Sect five years ago. It was just their sect leader, Dong Zheng, is low-profiled and humble, unlike his son Dong Cheng who was arrogant that time.

"Then… after that… he left." Ho Yue continued. "But, not long after, I saw him wiping his clothes. Someone has really accidentally spilled their drink on his clothes." He said and grimaced.

Ho Ting, Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou don't know whether to laugh or cry. How can Dong Zheng be this unlucky? They thought, then paused. But then, thinking that he was betrayed by his brother, and almost killed by his brother's son, and his sect now is ruined, he was indeed unlucky.

"It was a disciple who accidentally spilled their drink on him." Ho Yue said. "But, as I have expected while I secretly watched, I saw him forgave the disciple and even comforted the disciple who was obviously very nervous since the disciple will be competing in the Intersect Competition." He said.

Ho Ting, Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou were surprised. The sect leaders they have known are temperamental. Even their respective sect leaders have their own flaws. But, they have never expected that there would be a sect leader that would be this humble.

Although Dong Zheng also has a flaw of being blind to his family's evil intention, he is actually humble, which is rare because most of people are prideful. Thus, they admire Dong Zheng's humility.

Ho Yue smiled after he saw their pensive expressions. "I am not lying. Sect leader Dong is really good" he said and looked at the sleeping Dong Cheng on the bed. "So, it is not surprising for him to produce a good son." He said and sighed.

Ho Ting, Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou nodded in agreement. They could guess what Dong Cheng was thinking when he left earlier in the venue after he confessed to Lei Qing. Not only was Dong Cheng thinking about his father and his fellow disciples held in the enemies' hands and he couldn't ask for help, he wouldn't ask help from them so he didn't tell them about what happened to his sect. Not because he feels ashamed, but because he doesn't want for them to be implicated with his sect's, and also family, problem since this was caused by Dong Chi and Dong Chi's father, these vile traitors.

"Since he can escape from their pursuit, and even killed his pursuers, not only is he strong." Ho Ting spoke. "It also should be that the enemies that attacked the Dongcheng Sect is weaker than we imagined." He said.

They looked at him. "Do you know how many are there as our enemies?" Feng Mo asked.

"Aside from the leader, which is Qi Lan's father, he has his right-hand man and left-hand man." Ho Ting answered. "There were also other people that he often sent for tasks… around three of them." he added.

Li Tian, Feng Mo and You Rou fell in silence as they pondered over what Ho Ting said.

"No…" a weak voice spoke.

They all turned and saw Dong Cheng slowly and weakly opening his eyes.

"You're now awake!" Li Tian exclaimed as You Rou immediately checked Dong Cheng's body condition.

"How are you feeling?" Feng Mo asked.

"Horrible." Dong Cheng answered and wryly smiled. "I can't taste anything." He added.

They grimaced while You Rou helplessly smiled. She has used many medicines which they don't know. But, fortunately, these medicines saved Dong Cheng's life.

"Good. Now, you are awake." A voice spoke behind them.

They turned and saw Sun Rong and Qie Shi. Both their expressions don't look good. The two entered the room and closed the door.

"You should know that my Qie has an intelligence organization." Sun Rong started as he glanced at Qie Shi. "So, why didn't we find out about their sect's situation?" he asked and looked at Dong Cheng. "And for almost two weeks?" he added and frowned.

They all fell silent.

"Dong Chi… he must have sent a false information." Dong Cheng answered as his brows knitted.

They looked at him.

"Father and I were about to leave to attend this year's competition, bringing with us our sect's disciples. But, on the way, we were ambushed." Dong Cheng said as he took a deep breath. "He chose the best time that our guards were lowered and attacked us together with his 'good' helpers." He gnashed his teeth in anger. "Not to mention that the poison his father fed my father has finally fed up…" he closed his eyes and shook his head.

Sun Rong and Qie Shi frowned. "They must have already noticed our subordinates and sent them false information, disguising as our spies, so they were able to hide your sect's situation." He said and shook his head. He clenched his fists.

Sun Rong patted his back to comfort him. "This is our neglect. We will definitely fix this problem and train harder our subordinates to be more vigilant." He said.

Nobody spoke since they can't blame Qie Shi. He already had done his best. Nobody can guard against thieves forever, as times changed. This can be said with the Righteous Alliance who never expected for the foreign invaders to appear on their land and create havoc.

"What I said just now…" Dong Cheng spoke as he looked at Ho Ting. "When I woke up…" he said.

Ho Ting looked at him.

"It wasn't I who killed my pursuers.." Dong Cheng said, which stunned them all.