Chapter 1390 - 698: Disciple Acceptance Ceremony
"What? Fighting first thing in the morning? What are they trying to do? Can’t they live in peace?" Lin Beichen angrily questioned.
Zhou Yi hesitated, unsure of how to explain the situation to Lin Beichen. Meanwhile, the situation outside was getting more and more severe, and Lin Beichen realized that if he didn’t step in, things could escalate into something much worse.
Thus, Lin Beichen walked out of the room and appeared before the crowd. Zhou Baoguo was already beaten black and blue; it turned out that during the scuffle, he was no match for the missionaries, who were arrogant and showed no mercy to Zhou Baoguo.
Seeing this scene, Lin Beichen felt uncomfortable. But he still didn’t know the whole story, nor who was at fault, or why they started fighting so early in the morning.
Therefore, Lin Beichen stood out and questioned everyone, "What exactly happened? Why are you fighting here?"
The scene fell silent, no one answered Lin Beichen’s question. This made Lin Beichen even more angry. He turned to look at Zhou Baoguo and asked, "Tell me, what exactly happened? Why are you fighting here? Have you forgotten my teachings?"
Zhou Baoguo nervously looked at Lin Beichen, feeling aggrieved, and said, "I didn’t want to fight, but these missionaries went too far. They even harassed the female believers and acted very arrogantly. I really couldn’t bear it anymore. This isn’t the first time they’ve done it. Our female believers are scared to death of these missionaries."
Lin Beichen was extremely shocked to hear this. He inquired the female believers nearby about the course of events to understand the full story and verify if what Zhou Baoguo said was true.
If these missionaries indeed harassed the female believers, Lin Beichen absolutely couldn’t accept it. He let these missionaries stay here to learn from each other, not to harass the female believers.
After understanding the whole story, Lin Beichen became utterly furious. He angrily looked at the missionaries behind him and questioned, "Why would you do such a thing?"
However, not only did these missionaries fail to realize their mistakes, they acted even more arrogant. They didn’t restrain their behavior even in front of Lin Beichen. Lin Beichen couldn’t tolerate it any longer, and without mercy, he stepped forward and gave them a beating, causing them to sustain minor injuries.
Seeing that Lin Beichen actually hit them, the missionaries felt very angry and confronted Lin Beichen immediately. Lin Beichen didn’t want to let their frivolous behavior go unchecked, nor did he want them to disrespect his female believers. He had to teach them a lesson.
Thus, both sides were extremely angry. The missionaries did not submit to Lin Beichen’s lesson at all and even wanted to fight him. This was something Lin Beichen never thought would happen.
He felt some guilt and regret, thinking he didn’t handle this matter well. It happened right under his nose, allowing these missionaries to be so brazen, even making them feel their behavior wasn’t wrong. This put his female believers in a bind, causing them grievances but afraid to speak out.
The more Lin Beichen thought about it, the angrier he became, unable to calm down for a long time. These missionaries were arrogant, did wrong but didn’t apologize, and even wanted to swagger in front of Lin Beichen.
Just as Lin Beichen and the missionaries were about to engage again, the situation suddenly took a turn.
At the moment when both sides were ready for a showdown, an old man suddenly appeared, witnessing the heated dispute with a look of bewilderment.
"What on earth is going on?" the old man asked the missionaries with a tone of discontent, "Fighting here, do you have any respect for me? It’s outrageous!"
Seeing the old man appear, Lin Beichen said no more, nor did he continue his action against the missionaries, just wanting to see how the old man would handle the matter, and what explanation the missionaries would give to the old man.
However, to the surprise of Lin Beichen and the believers, the missionaries ran to the old man, accusing the female believer with a look of grievance: "Master, she enticed me, and now that everyone found out, she’s framing me, saying I harassed her. Sect Leader Lin punished me without distinguishing between black and white. Please stand up for me!"
The missionaries turned black and white upside down, falsely claiming the female believer enticed him. The female believer listened, feeling both shy and angry, cried in public, and said, "Don’t talk nonsense, clearly you harassed me and now say I’m framing you, you shameless scoundrel!"
The old man began investigating the matter, not wanting to easily believe the missionaries’ one-sided words. After all, this wasn’t a trivial matter, and mishandling could harm harmony.
After investigating, the old man understood the whole story, knowing Lin Beichen couldn’t have punished the missionaries for no reason. The old man had a grasp of the situation, and suddenly glared angrily at the missionaries, "You disgraceful disciples, absolutely disgraceful! I never thought I’d have a disciple like you, today if I don’t teach you properly, it really brings shame to the sect!"
"From now on, you are expelled from the sect, severing ties with me, and leave here at once. Don’t appear in front of everyone again. Your behavior and responsibility make me feel ashamed, do wrong but refuse to admit, then push the blame onto others. Do you think we are all fools?"
The old man was very angry, not expecting to cause Lin Beichen such a big trouble, and disturb the female believers, making him feel both ashamed and reluctant to speak.
The missionaries were expelled from the sect by the old man, feeling resentful yet helpless, could only leave reluctantly. But from then on, he harbored resentment towards Lin Beichen in his heart, believing his predicament was all caused by Lin Beichen.