However, just as Ye Qingchen removed his long coat and approached the girl, bending down to cover her and conceal her exposed skin—
"Stop! You lecher, are you looking to die?" A sudden, furious shout echoed, startling Ye Qingchen.
He only paused for a moment before continuing, hastily wrapping the girl in his coat to prevent her indecent state from being seen by others.
Seconds after the shout, a group of a dozen people appeared, every one of them glaring angrily at Ye Qingchen. Among them, besides several young men and women, were four elders well past their fifties, all sizing up Ye Qingchen.
Without a doubt, everyone who appeared here was from the Central Celestial Academy. The younger ones were certainly students, while the four elders were very likely teachers.
"What's your name? Which academy are you from?" one of the elders, a man with a graying beard and an unfriendly gaze, asked Ye Qingchen coldly.
