This punch contained all of Keira’s strength.
Seeing her swift attack, Chris immediately extended his palm, wanting to catch the punch and gauge its
power.
A smile was on his face as he met the punch.
“Bang!”
Keira’s fist collided with Chris’s palm.
The next moment…
His expression changed.
This punch was so ferocious that it actually made him feel threatened.
He instinctively used all his strength, but to his surprise, even then, he was still forced back one step,
two steps… five steps!
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That…
Chris was dumbfounded.
He looked at his own palm, then raised his head to
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look at Keira, and his expression immediately became joyful. He took a step forward and said, “You…”
Before he could finish, someone rushed in from outside. “Second Elder, something’s wrong!”
Chris frowned and looked over. “What happened?”
It was an Inner Sect Disciple, ranking fairly low. “People from the Gill family havee, and now
they’re causing a fuss at the Disciplinary Hall, they’re saying, saying…”
Chris asked, “Saying what?”
“They say the Freeman Sect allowed an Outer Sect
Disciple to fight and brawl outside, and that they beat up Austin!”
After that, the person nced at Keira.
Chris didn’t understand what was going on and immediately asked. “Austin? That Gill family’s third
young master who only knows how to idle around? If it was an Outer Sect Disciple that beat him, then
just deal with it ording to the sect’s rules. What’s so bad about that?”
The disciple gave a wry smile and looked at James and
Keira. “But, the person who beat him up was Keera!”
“What?”
Chris now understood and looked at Keira. “It was you
who beat him?”
Keira nodded. “Yes, I did.”
It was about Mary’s incident, where he himself was spreading rumors outside. If she didn’t drag him out
and deal with it at its root, the rumors outside would
never cease.
Austin also had a vicious streak, and no matter how Keira beat him, he wouldn’t yield.
Therefore, her attack was a bit more severe.
It wasn’t until Lewis personally intervened, and it was unclear what he did, that Austin finally gave in
and was willing to admit his mistake.
Now, why were they making trouble again?
Keira’s face darkened. “He ndered my friend Mary… who now, to reckon, is also my sister-inw,
practically family. The Freeman Sect’s rules don’t stipte that you can’t fight back when bullied by
outsiders, do they?”
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This statement made Chris chuckle wryly. He nodded. “Right, there isn’t such a rule.”
Keira looked at him. “Being bullied doesn’t just refer to physical abuse, it also includes being the
subject of
dirty rumors and such. The things he did a few days ago are known throughout nce, and the files on
the inte are still there. His phone contains all the evidence. So, was I wrong to beat him?”
Chris didn’t know what to say.
Keira’s arguments were clear and correct.
But the problem was…
Chris sighed, “If it were an outsider, a beating by a Freeman Sect disciple wouldn’t be an issue, but you
might not know that he’s the nominal disciple of my fifth junior brother!”
Upon hearing this, Keira was stunned, “What?”
Chris couldn’t help but sigh. “In nce, the four other families among the five major families send at
least one person to learn martial arts at the Freeman Sect each generation. Out of respect for the ties
between the five major families, we generally choose an outstanding
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families for a marriage alliance. Your third brother is a
martial arts prodigy, and I took him as an Inner Sect Disciple, which is one type of person, while there’s
another type. If a generationcks a suitable candidate for martial arts training, to save their dignity,
they would select someone from the Direct Lineage as a nominal disciple.”
He sighed, “Austin is the nominal disciple of your fifth master uncle! The Freeman Sect has a rule that,
except during martial artspetitions, one must not strike their elders. Being a nominal disciple of
your fifth master uncle, he is your senior brother, so by hitting your senior brother, you are in the
wrong.”
Keira didn’t know what to say.
Was it that casual to take on disciples in the Freeman
Sect?
James, who was standing nearby, couldn’t help but say, “Master, even if that’s the case, after today, my
sister will be your nominal disciple as well, and her status will be higher than his, right? Then this
matter should be resolved, shouldn’t it?”
Chris shook his head. “The Freeman Sect is very strict
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about taking on disciples. All the disciples we have taken are on record. Even if I verbally agreed, it’s
not yet on record, so she’s not considered an Inner Sect Disciple…”
There was a hierarchy among the Freeman Sect disciples.
The lowest were the Outer Sect Disciples, followed by nominal disciples and Inner Sect Disciples.
Nominal disciples and Inner Sect Disciples had equivalent status, but everyone understood that the
Inner Sect Disciples were the foundation of the
Freeman Sect.
No matter what, Keira attacking Austin was already a
vition of the Freeman Sect rules.
Unless she had been an Inner Sect Disciple all along, and her apprenticeship started even before
Austin’s…
But that clearly wasn’t possible!
Immediately, James frowned
Kate said, “We can’t just hand Keera over! James, just say it was you who did it!”
James immediately nodded. “Keera, just say how you
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hit him that day. Later, I’ll im it was all my doing. As the second senior brother, it’s only natural for me
to reprimand a junior brother, isn’t it?”
Keira pulled a wry face. “But that day, I hit him fair and
square.”
She and Lewis stormed into the club, dragged the man out, and there should’ve been surveince.
James said, “Anyway, we look so much alike, we can just say I dressed up as a woman to do it!”
Everyone was speechless.
All eyes moved from Keira’s face to James’s face.
Then, disdainfully, they looked away.
How could these two faces possibly be mistaken for
each other?
Just as Keira was about to say something, amanding voice came from outside. “Is this how the
Freeman Sect ns to brush off our Gill family?”
The group turned around and saw a middle-aged woman stride in.
With a bruised and swollen nose, Austin followed her
inside, dark-faced. Seeing Keira, his eyes immediately turned vicious as if he were ready to pounce in
the next second.
Pointing at Keira, he said to the middle-aged woman, “Mom, it was her who beat me! And she almost
destroyed me. If you can’t have your grandson in the future, it’s all her fault!”
Lady Gill immediately turned to Keira. “Was it you who attacked my son?!”
Then she turned to Chris, her manner fierce. “Chris, do you n on protecting this Outer Sect Disciple?
The Freeman Sect has always been known for its strict rules. Now, are you disregarding not only your
own reputation but also the Freeman Sect’s?”
After saying this, she scoffed and then looked outside. “Where is your Sect Leader? Get him here
immediately; I demand an exnation today!”
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