Chapter 35: Fifth Senior Sister Says She Wants to Teach Chu Tian a Lesson

“Hey kid, what are you spacing out for? Our boss told you to kneel and kowtow!”
When Chu Tian neither responded nor knelt, another prisoner shouted at him arrogantly.
“My mood isn’t great right now. You’d best keep your mouths shut and stay quiet,” Chu Tian replied with indifference.
If these prisoners kept provoking him, they would be asking for trouble.
At his words, the three prisoners immediately stood up, glaring at Chu Tian with wide, contemptuous eyes.
“Kid, do you even know who you’re talking to?”
“Newcomers like you, who think you can throw your weight around just because you know a little ancient martial arts, might get away with it outside, bullying ordinary people, but not here.”
“Let me tell you: once you’re in the Bureau of Ancient Martial Arts’ prison, whether you were a dragon or a tiger before, you’d better keep your head down. You? You’re nothing more than a lapdog here!”
Even in prison, seniority mattered. The three of them were old hands, while Chu Tian was just a newcomer.
Chu Tian’s lack of respect for his seniors was a grave offense in the prison pecking order.
After a moment’s silence, Chu Tian found the prison somewhat interesting. He was becoming curious—perhaps there was something in the Bureau of Ancient Martial Arts that he could use.
“Teach this newcomer the rules,” ordered the leader, a middle-aged man with a scar on his face.
The other two prisoners grinned viciously at his words.
“Kid, I don’t care who you were before, but in this prison, you follow the rules.”
“Now we’ll show you what the rules are here.”
One of the men sneered, then suddenly accelerated, swinging a slap at Chu Tian’s face.

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Bureau of Ancient Martial Arts, Office.
“You’ve gone too far, Fifth Sister! How could you throw Xiao Tian in prison?”
Qin Shiya slammed her palms on the desk, her voice seething with anger.
Behind the desk sat a tall, long-legged beauty.
As Qin Shiya confronted her, the woman immediately stood up.
She was tall and slender, with exquisite features and not an ounce of excess flesh on her body. Her brows held a heroic air, more like a valiant general than a delicate girl.
A true heroine among women!
This was a rare quality for a woman; any man who could win such a lady would be proud for life.
“Fourth Sister, I know there were reasons for what happened today, but our junior brother’s temper is just too reckless. He needs to learn a lesson, which is why I wanted him to suffer a bit,” Long Tianjiao sighed. If Chu Tian were here, he would be surprised to discover that she was his Fifth Senior Sister.
“Throwing Xiao Tian in prison is your solution?” Qin Shiya frowned, clearly disagreeing with Long Tianjiao’s method.
“Fourth Sister, our junior brother thinks that because he knows a bit of ancient martial arts, he can act with impunity in the mundane world. He’s sorely mistaken…”
Long Tianjiao spoke with heartfelt gravity. “There are many experts locked up in the ancient martial arts prison. Each one is formidable enough to teach our junior brother a lesson he won’t forget.”
“But… what if he gets hurt?”
Qin Shiya wavered, but her concern remained.
“You’re too softhearted, Fourth Sister. What’s a few scrapes for a man, as long as he doesn’t die?”
Long Tianjiao seemed genuinely unconcerned about Chu Tian’s safety.
“No, I can’t let you do as you please. I’ll tell Eldest Sister you’re abusing our junior brother!”
Qin Shiya hesitated for a moment, then decisively pulled out her phone.
“Fourth Sister, I advise you to put the phone away. I’ve already told Eldest Sister everything. Without her approval, how could I dare put junior brother through such a trial?”
Long Tianjiao pressed down on Qin Shiya’s hand, adding, “This isn’t just my decision—it’s Eldest Sister’s as well.”
“This…”
Qin Shiya was at a loss.
If even Eldest Sister agreed that Chu Tian needed tempering, she really had no grounds to object.
“Don’t worry, Fourth Sister,” Long Tianjiao teased. “I’ll keep him in there for a few days at most. Afterwards, I’ll release him safe and sound—your junior brother will be just fine.”
“You said it! If Xiao Tian comes out missing an arm or a leg, not only will I come after you, but all our sisters will!”
Qin Shiya feigned a threat, tacitly agreeing to Long Tianjiao’s plan.
“Alright, go tell Eldest Sister everything’s fine. I promise nothing will happen to our junior brother.”
With repeated assurances from Long Tianjiao, Qin Shiya finally relaxed and left the office.
Not long after Qin Shiya left, Lu Xuelan knocked and entered.
Seeing who it was, Long Tianjiao asked, “Well? Did you put junior brother in his cell?”
“As you instructed, I’ve locked Chu Tian in Cell Number One,” Lu Xuelan replied, frowning with hesitation. “But… are you sure nothing will go wrong?”
“When did you start caring so much about my junior brother?” Long Tianjiao was surprised. It made sense for Qin Shiya to be concerned, but now even Lu Xuelan seemed worried about Chu Tian’s safety.
“I do not!”
Lu Xuelan blushed and denied it immediately.
“Really?”
Long Tianjiao grinned teasingly. “Then why are you worried about him?”
“I’m not worried for him. I just don’t want us to be held responsible if something goes wrong,” Lu Xuelan replied, putting on a stern face.
“Relax. I only want him to learn a lesson, not actually get hurt,” Long Tianjiao said, smiling. After all, Chu Tian was her junior brother, someone she cared for deeply—she would never let him come to real harm.

Meanwhile, in Cell Number One—
A prisoner sneered and suddenly sped up, swinging a slap at Chu Tian’s face.
Chu Tian sidestepped in a flash, his body turning into a blurred afterimage, disappearing from where he stood.
The prisoner’s slap hit nothing but air.
Before the man could react, Chu Tian’s foot connected with his abdomen, sending him flying.
Like a kite with a snapped string, the prisoner crashed heavily into the cell wall.
“He’s an expert! Get him!”
The remaining two prisoners charged at Chu Tian together, not daring to underestimate him.
But Chu Tian paid them no heed.
With a single punch, he unleashed a burst of invisible force, which shot between the two men and left a deep fist mark on the wall.
“External force projection!”
“A Grandmaster!”
The scar-faced leader was stupefied with terror.
They were merely inner energy practitioners and had thought they could handle a newcomer like Chu Tian with ease.
Who would have thought he was a grandmaster of martial arts?
Truly, appearances can be deceiving.
“Stop!”
The scar-faced man shouted urgently.