Chapter 73: The Three Halls' Joint Trial

  Listening to the gradually fading laughter, Zhang Shan's eyebrows furrowed.

  Ling Yuwei, who had just recovered from her shock, asked: "He actually killed Suo Changtian?"

  "We must return to our sect quickly, lest something unexpected happens." Zhang Shan said, feeling a faint sense of unease in his heart.

  "What? Younger brother, are you saying that Xing Yuebo will retaliate after he leaves?" Ling Yuwei suddenly came to her senses.

  "Now except for him and us, everyone else is dead. He killed the whole village just to silence them, or we might be in trouble." Zhang Shan said with a sigh.

  "What's going to happen?" Ling Yuwei started to get anxious.

  "Bury Zhang Tian for now, return his Su Mei's belt, and don't touch his things for the time being." Zhang Shan said after a moment of thought.

  The two immediately set to work digging a hole and buried Soh Chong Tian. Then they quickly left the cave and returned to the surface.

  It was already late in the evening, and because they were worried that Xing Yuebo would return to the sect and stir up trouble, the two of them did not dare to delay, and traveled through the night, returning to Letian Town early the next morning.

  Letai Town is already within the range of the transmission symbol's connection to Wenti Zong's main mountain. Zhang Shan, being cautious, immediately sent a transmission symbol to Fang Yiru, telling her everything from start to finish, and asked her to inform Nan Ruolei.

  Not having time to process the gains, Zhang Shan took out the spiritual stones he had obtained from Feng Pingyuan, rented a spiritual boat from the post station, and then rushed back to his mountain.

  A moment later, the spirit boat stopped in front of the mountain gate, and the two got off the spirit boat and walked towards the inside of the mountain gate.

  As soon as they entered the mountain gate, the two of them felt a strong light from the nameplate on their waist, and immediately two people wearing attendant uniforms flashed out beside the mountain gate.

  Their vigilant eyes swept over the two of them, and one of them asked loudly: "Are you Zhang Shan and Ling Yuwei from Qingmu Peak?"

  Zhang Shan's heart skipped a beat, and he replied in a low voice: "It is indeed us two."

  The bailiff raised his hand, and a message flew out, breaking the air. Then he said expressionlessly: "Please wait here for both of you, someone from the Law Enforcement Hall will come to take you for questioning soon."

  Ling Yuwei and Zhang Shan exchanged a glance, both of them understood in their hearts that Xing Yuebo was indeed the villain who informed on others first.

  Ling Yuwei's autumn waves turned, and she smiled at the executive: "May I ask this senior brother, have you seen Xing Yuebo, the senior brother of Xuanbing Peak?"

  Seeing Ling Yuwei's smile, the cold-faced executive's expression softened a bit: "He came back from outside just half an hour ago."

  A moment later, a spirit boat broke through the air and landed in front of them, with a person wearing an executive uniform sitting on it.

  "This man descended from the Spirit Boat, came to their front, glanced at both of them and then loudly said: 'Zhang Shan, true disciple of Qingmu Peak, and Ling Yuwei, inner sect disciple, are suspected of murdering fellow disciples. Now, you two come with me to the Law Enforcement Hall for a trip.'"

  Zhang Shan raised an eyebrow and asked: "I wonder where Xing Yuebo of Xuanbing Peak is now?"

  The bailiff looked at him coldly and said, "If you have any questions, there will be plenty of time to ask when we arrive at the law enforcement hall. For now, follow me onto the Lingzhou."

  After finishing speaking, he turned around and jumped onto the Lingzhou. Zhang Shan and Ling Yuwei hesitated for a moment before following him up.

  The spirit boat flew towards the direction of Floating Void Mountain and soon landed in front of a magnificent grand hall.

  Zhang Shan and the other followed the attendant silently into the grand hall.

  There were already several people seated in the hall. Zhang Shan looked up and saw his master, Nan Ruo Li, among them, and only then did he secretly let out a breath of relief.

  In the middle of the great hall, on a chair sat a man with a stern face, high cheekbones and two thick eyebrows that almost grew together.

  "Reporting to the master, Zhang Shan, a true disciple of Qingmu Peak, and Ling Yuwei, an inner disciple, have arrived." The attendant loudly reported this to the person, then bowed his head and withdrew from the great hall.

  Zhang Shan immediately felt the person's gaze fall on himself, stern and cold, making people feel like they were in an ice cellar.

  When he withdrew his gaze, the oppressive atmosphere dissipated immediately.

  Zhang Shan secretly exclaimed "awesome", and thought to himself, "From the way the officer just addressed him, could he be the master of the Law Enforcement Hall? What a powerful aura."

  As expected, the man spoke up and said: "I am Pu Cheng, the master of the Law Enforcement Hall. This morning, a disciple from the Xuanbing Peak, Xing Yuebo, reported to the Law Enforcement Hall that you two killed fellow disciples in the Misty Heaven Forest Sea. Is this true?"

  "That was Xing Yuebo being a wicked person who informed against others first, they had evil intentions and wanted to harm my disciple, which led to the events that happened later."

  Ling Yuwei suddenly spoke up and told everything from start to finish.

  Just then, a lean middle-aged man with a goatee beard slapped the table and shouted: "Nonsense! Xing Yuebo has always been respectful to his teacher and the Tao, humble and courteous under my gate, how could he be the kind of person you described?"

  "Hong Xingtao, your disciple's words are true and trustworthy, while my disciple's words are just nonsense. What's the point of asking questions in the law enforcement hall? Just deal with it according to the rules." A man in a green robe sitting next to Nan Ruoli said sarcastically.

  Hong Xingtao hummed: "Lv Chongxu, say whatever you want, I believe every word of Xing Yuebo is true. Hmm, I suppose Huang Yanfeng's brother-in-law, Zhen Hai, and I have the same opinion."

  As he spoke, he looked at another sturdy man sitting beside him.

  This sturdy man had a robust build, round face and leopard eyes, with an air of majesty and might. He was none other than Yue Zhenhai, the master of Suo Changtian and Feng Pingyuan.

  His eyes twitched slightly, obviously extremely unpeaceful: "Who is right or wrong, I hope the law enforcement hall can investigate clearly. If my two disciples are accomplices to the tiger, then they will be guilty of a crime. If not, then I absolutely won't let them die unjustly."

  The words of the people above were heard by Zhang Shan, allowing him to basically understand their identities. "This matter involves the face of various peaks, and since he doesn't have conclusive evidence to accuse Xing Yuebo, it's probably going to be a bit troublesome."

  Yu Pu Cheng calmly spoke up at this time, saying: "Everyone please calm down, this matter has both sides sticking to their words, but the law enforcement hall must investigate until the truth is revealed."

  Then he gently tapped the armrest of a chair and slowly asked, "Zhang Shan, Ling Yuwei just told us about what happened earlier. However, regarding the matter in the Man-Eating Vine Forest, she said that at that time, she had already fallen into an illusion, so you tell us again."

  Zhang Shan did not dare hesitate and recounted the process at that time.

  "You were able to take on three enemies at once and even counter-killed Feng Pingyuan. With your cultivation of only four layers of Lingwu, how did you manage to do that against a nine-layered Lingwu master and two six-layered martial artists?"

  Yu Pu Cheng stared at his face and then asked with profound meaning: "Also, why are you not affected by the illusion?"

  As expected, when asked about this, Zhang Shan's heart tightened, as it involved Bi Ling, and he absolutely could not expose her.

  Although his heart was extremely tense, his face didn't reveal even a hint of abnormality; acting was his profession in his past life.

  As I once told Ling Yuwei, I wasn't afraid of the illusion because I had cultivated a divine sense technique, so now I certainly can't change my words and say that it was because I ate a pill to defend against illusions.

  Although it was not mentioned in Ling Yuwei's statement just now, if what I say now is different from what I told her before, it would be inappropriate.

  Zhang Shan still threw out that phrase: "The disciple is not affected by the illusion, because he has a spiritual consciousness method that can resist the illusion."

  He paused for a moment, then continued: "As for how my disciple was able to single-handedly defeat three of them and turn the tables, it's because they had already been affected by the illusion curse at that time, their strength had decreased somewhat, and in their panicked retreat, they gave my disciple an opportunity to counterattack."

  "Is that so? Then, are you willing to show me your divine consciousness here?" Yu Pu Cheng asked with interest.

  Zhang Shan was shocked in his heart and secretly thought that it was not good. If the stele spirit had fallen asleep, then just showing off the divine mind range would be enough to explain it away, but now it's impossible to do so.

  For a moment, his back was covered with cold sweat, knowing that if he responded poorly and made people think he was hiding something, it could lead to suspicion of his words and affect the authenticity of his confession.

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