Wan Zhongyun was very depressed these days. He searched under that mountain peak for a long time, but couldn't find even half of Xu Wen's hair.
If he fell to death, there should be some traces left. How could it be said that he didn't fall to death?
Could it be that he encountered a spiritual bird on the way and was taken away as prey?
But how could it be such a coincidence?
After wasting several days, he finally returned to Qingfeng City in disgrace, feeling not in a good mood for a while.
As time passed, the irritability finally calmed down a lot.
On this day, he suddenly had inspiration and immediately hurried back to the quiet room and began to practice making talismans.
Just as the talisman was about to take shape, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the house. Amidst the screams of the disciples, Li Xiuning's angry voice rushed directly into his ears:
"Wan Zhongyun, get out of here!"
Wan Zhongyun couldn't help but be shocked when the Lord of Misery came to the door. With a shake of his hand, the second-price medium-grade talisman that was about to take shape turned into ashes with a "swish".
Fortunately, after such a long time, he had already thought of a countermeasure.
After packing up my things and slowly walking out of the quiet room, I heard several loud "bang bang bang" noises, and several disciples fell in like gourds rolling on the ground.
Li Xiuning followed closely, with the white jade quiver hanging high in the air, and strode into the inner courtyard.
Seeing the thousands of clouds, his eyes burst out with fire, his tongue exploded with spring thunder, and he shouted loudly:
"Hey, you surnamed Wan, kill my disciple and die!"
As he spoke, the white jade quiver glowed with brilliance, and jade arrows shot out one by one, slamming down hard.
Why didn't Wan Zhongyun expect that Li Xiuning, who was usually as gentle as water, would be so violent this time.
Raising his hand hurriedly, a red fire shield quickly rose up, blocking all the jade arrows, while shouting:
"Senior Brother Li, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Xu Wen's death has nothing to do with me..."
"You killed a junior fellow student for a Foundation Establishment Pill. The entire Qingfeng City saw it, and they said they had nothing to do with you!"
The jade arrows swept across, knocking the red fire shield to the point of collapse, and the remaining power continued, even overturning all the surrounding houses.
Knowing that he was wrong, Wan Zhongyun did not dare to fight back, so he could only hold on and said continuously:
"No, no, I came out of the city to hunt down the evil cultivator who sneaked into Qingfeng City, not for Master Nephew Xu."
"The conspiracy to seize his Foundation Establishment Pill is even more groundless. How could I, a dignified elder of Foundation Establishment, do such a thing? Senior Brother Li must not listen to slander."
Wan Zhongyun quibbled hurriedly.
Anyway, Xu Wen is dead, so he can say whatever he wants.
Li Xiuning must be able to deduce something from it, and others will naturally have doubts, but without proof, mere suspicions and speculations do not count.
As for the cold looks, suspicion, and ostracism he suffered because of this, they were nothing before the crime of killing his fellow disciples.
"Quia! Either you will die today or I will live!"
Of course Li Xiuning didn't listen to him. She kept shooting jade slips one after another, making a lot of noise.
However, by this time, Wan Zhongyun was no longer in a hurry.
This is Qingfeng City, not a wilderness. Such a big movement will definitely attract attention.
Sure enough, soon, two powerful auras descended on the battlefield.
Xiao Yuanshan waved his sleeves, and the powerful magic power split the two people in two. As a master in the late stage of foundation building, he was enough to overwhelm most of the early stage monks.
Looking at Li Xiuning with blood-red eyes, he frowned and immediately knew the reason.
Under the deliberate promotion of some people, Wan Zhongyun's pursuit of Xu Wen was widely spread in Qingfeng City, and Xiao Yuanshan naturally heard about it.
However, he didn't want to get involved in these things. After thinking about it for a moment, he raised his eyes to look at the person opposite and said in a deep voice:
"Junior brother Zhou, you are the city lord, come and ask!"
Zhou Zhifang is also a little overconfident. Although he and Wan Zhongyun are not the same master, they belong to the same family and have always had a good relationship.
After the pursuit of Xu Wen failed, Wan Zhongyun had a chat with him. Although the words were unclear, he could roughly guess the situation.
He couldn't even defeat a junior Qi refiner, and at that time he felt that Wan Zhongyun was a waste.
Now that the Mistress is here, Xiao Yuanshan can stay out of it, but he, the new city lord, cannot escape.
After calming down, he stared at Li Xiuning and said:
"Junior brother Li, what are you doing? Why did you knowingly commit the crime and start a fight in Qingfeng City?"
Although he despises Wan Zhongyun, he still sits beside Wan Zhongyun.
"Senior Brother Zhou, you are here just in time. Please deal with this scum who is killing fellow sect members..."
Pointing at Wan Zhongyun, Li Xiuning angrily recounted the story of his pursuit of Xu Wen, and then said loudly:
"Everyone knows about this. Many people saw him chasing him out of the city gate. Junior nephew Xiao Wanzhen was even injured by him!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yuanshan couldn't help but frown slightly.
The Xiao family is not an ordinary disciple with no background. There is also a Yuanying Patriarch in the Zhiyuan Sect. It is really abominable for Wan Zhongyun to be so disrespectful, so he immediately said:
"Yes, Wan Zhen came back and told me about this. He was seriously injured and it took thousands of spiritual stones to recover!"
Zhou Zhifang didn't know the details, and when he heard it, he was even more angry.
Making enemies everywhere, all these people really don't know what to say.
However, they are all human beings. He also heard what Xiao Yuanshan meant and immediately scolded:
"Junior Brother Wan, why are you acting like this? Immediately compensate Junior Brother Xiao with 1,200 spirit stones, and then tell me everything that happened that day."
"If there is really something about killing a fellow sect member, you will have to go to the ghost-slaying stage for a while."
The Ghost Killing Platform is the place where the Zhiyuan Sect executes traitors within the sect. Rather than intimidating Wan Zhongyun, his words are more like reminding him to never bear the reputation of killing his fellow sect members.
Wan Zhongyun is not stupid, so he naturally understands what Zhou Zhifang means.
Without hesitation, he took out 1,200 spirit stones and gave them to Xiao Yuanshan. He wanted to settle his grudges with the Xiao family first and avoid fighting on two fronts, and then whispered:
"This is a complete misunderstanding. I am following Master Nephew Xu. I just want to find the person who sneaked into Qingfeng City through him, not to hunt him down!"
"After chasing me out of the city, I fought several times with that hidden man, but I didn't find Master Nephew Xu..."
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, there is no proof anyway, all he needs to do is remove himself, Wan Zhongyun tried his best to defend himself.
"The sophistry... is completely nonsense. Do you think these senior brothers are fools for such nonsense?"
Li Xiuning scolded sharply.
Liars always have a strange kind of courage and confidence. Even if they are not so confident when they first lie, after repeating it a few times, they will have a sense of blindness that will not be exposed.
Wan Zhongyun was like this. He ignored Li Xiuning's questioning, but looked at Zhou Zhifang with an aggrieved face and said:
"Everything I said is true, please let me know, senior brother!"
Frowning, Zhou Zhifang turned to Li Xiuning and said:
"Junior Brother Li, there is no real evidence, just relying on hearsay, I can't judge who is true and who is false!"
"Well, Junior Brother Wan did act a little recklessly, but you also destroyed his house. Even if it offsets his fault, what do you think?"
(End of chapter)
