Conflict (9)

Bang! A loud bang was heard from outside, gathering the attention of the infuriated elders.

"Come out Tang Zen Zen!" Elder Zhou bellowed.

"How dare you create trouble here!" The other elders went outside and rebuked.

"Hah, we wouldn't come here even if you begged, if not for that Tang Zen Zen hurting Gardenia, hand him over!" Elder Zhou was crafty and used this opportunity to deal some damage but at the same time spectacularly falling into Zi Hua's plan.

"This is too far now, you people are just turning white to black, it as clearly you guys who drugged Tang Zen Zen, hmph, you think we are stupid and fall for your plan!" A flood of insults were exchanged, causing more people to be attracted and join, disciples picked their sides and started to fight.

"Now that we think of it, Elder Dai must've been harmed by you people or else why wouldn't he be back after so long!"

"You! Stop with your baseless accusations, an elder and a dozen of our disciples have disappeared too, don't think that we don't suspect you people"

"Mo Lu was already a High Stage Martial Spirit at the age of 28, with high prospects you people must've schemed to harm him"

"Elder Dai was an poison expert and was trusted by the Sect leader, so you people must've felt threatened and jealous"

This conflict reminded them of some of their people's disappearance as well as previous grievances, escalating the problem.

'An insignificant ripple can cause waves'

Zi Hua understood how their minds worked and used this to her advantage, creating a conflict which incited other conflicts using the past enmity between them as fuel.

A disagreement, if not solved, can become a blood feud.

Even worse when they build up, that's why conflicts between friends must be sorted out or eventually that friendship will be over when all dissatisfactions burst out like a broken dam.

It changed from the event concerning the two geniuses to something of an even larger scale.

Not long later the verbal fight turned physical and since the Sect leader was away due to his disciple recuperating in a more suitable environment, no one was in the place to stop the fight.

Eventually, people slowly dispersed and the fights stopped due to injuries, blood splattered across the sect.

Luckily, there were no deaths but there were a number of serious injuries, this matter escalated so fast and due to their anger, all pretense was shed.

They didn't suspect that it was all but a sham orchestrated by four youths, you couldn't blame them though, since even the best of detectives won't be able to catch a criminal with the the wrong information, no one knew of the youths relation.

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"Those elders who are usually so composed and put on airs fell right into your trap!" Tang Zen Zen finally having some load lifted off her was elated, she saw those elders acting like clowns dancing on a chess board unlike their arrogant selves when they hunted down her and her parents to threaten her brother.

'Brother...' Her thoughts trailed off and she reminisced about her brother but she had no way of reaching him.

Sensing her desolation, Zi Hua tried to cheer her up, she had gotten to be friendly with the girl and dropped the mindset of being just partners with a mutual aim.

"Tan Zen Zen, if you need help, you can ask me"

"How could I, helping me with the revenge is already really nice of you, Miss Tian" She had had a humble upbringing and was bullied by others, causing her to have a inferiority complex.

"We're friends aren't we, you can just call me Xiao Hua, can I call you Zen Zen?" Zi Hua showed a blinding smile, almost stealing the young girl's heart.

"S-sure, thank you Miss Ti- X-xiao Hua" She stuttered.

"Friends help each other, if you need help I won't hesitate to help you, just rely on me!" Zi Hua, ah, don't you think that the last phrase is more of what a lover would say?

"En, if you ever need help, I won't hesitate to help either, but I don't know if I'll be of much assistance" The brave girl who was on guard during their first meeting was gone and was replaced by a bashful yet cheerful young lady, they had interacted a lot during the plan and had gotten closer. Tang Zen Zen became much less reserved. (A/N: Don't worry, you didn't miss a chapter, it's just that I didn't know how to write the interactions so I skipped it :p ^-^)'

Seeing that the girl wasn't dejected anymore, Zi Hua didn't remind her of her previous gloominess and changed topics, everyone had one or two secrets, it was Tang Zen Zen's choice to tell her or not.

"The next part of our plan is going to start!"