Gu Xie looked at Zhao Ning, gave a slight signal, and then said to the Dan boys, "In this case, we will go back."
With that said, he and Zhao Ning turned around to leave. The alchemy boys just breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't expect that as soon as they turned around, in just a moment, everyone appeared at the door of the alchemy room.
There was a ban on the alchemy room, and Gu Xie forcibly opened the ban with the order of the deacon of the inner door of the Punishment Hall, and the two of them pushed open the door at the same time.
Sure enough, there was no one inside, not even the alchemy furnace was turned on.
Gu Xie suddenly turned his head to look at the trembling alchemy boys.
That look frightened the alchemy boys to the point where they knelt on the ground.
He shouted, "Where is Yue Jiren! Tell me!"
Knowing that he could no longer hide it, one of the alchemy boys said tremblingly.
"Come out...come out of the clan..."
Chapter 128
"Damn it!" Gu Xian cursed, already convinced in his heart that Yue Ji was absconding out of fear of crime.
He kicked the door and pointed at the boys who were kneeling on the ground making alchemy, "You are hiding it from Yue Ji and you want to go to the punishment hall water prison, right?"
"No, no, we don't dare, we haven't done anything..."
He was so angry that Gu Xie waved his sleeves and used the Qiankun in his sleeves to put all the alchemy boys into his sleeves.
He said to Zhao Ning, "Master Nephew Shen, please go back. You have no way to participate in this matter. Yue Ji is a foundation-building monk, so I have to hunt him down personally."
Zhao Ning said, "In this case, Master Gu cannot waste time. Why don't you leave the alchemy boys to me, and I will take them back to the Punishment Hall and ask the senior brothers and sisters from the Punishment Hall to interrogate them."
Gu Xian slapped his head and said, "That's right. Look at how angry I am with these children."
As he spoke, he waved his robe sleeves again and released several alchemy boys.
The Qiankun in the Sleeve is a space method, and the foundation-building realm cannot fully display its power, making it just a chaotic and twisted four-foot-square space. Even a few young alchemy boys squeezed in it would feel extremely uncomfortable. , coupled with the distortion of space, they rolled on the ground and held their heads as soon as they came out.
After Gu Xie confessed, he no longer cared about the alchemy boys and flew directly into the sky with his sword, heading straight for the outside of the sect.
Zhao Ning stood there for a while.
The little demon spirits followed him at some point, and after Gu Xian left, they came out, laughing and playing.
"I told you, the seniors in the Punishment Hall are very fierce."
"Yes, yes, you have to tell the truth!"
"Otherwise you will be punished, which will hurt."
Zhao Ning's expression moved slightly, and she turned to look at the little demon spirits, "Do you know about Uncle Yue Ji's situation?"
Speaking of which, the little demon spirits are running around in Chixiao Peak and Yunxiao Peak, and their information may be better informed than the disciples in the sect.
The little demon spirits gathered together, holding the Spirit-Gathering Pill in their hands. The small Spirit-Gathering Pill looked very big in their hands, and they were reluctant to eat it, so they licked it slowly.
One of the little demon spirits said vaguely, "Uncle Yue Ji has been practicing diligently, and he rarely makes elixirs."
Another little demon spirit nodded in agreement, "That's right, every time I come here to ask for some spiritual pills, I'm chased away by Master Yue Ji. It's the most annoying thing!"
"He also likes spiritual stones very much. He didn't put them away and just piled them up in the room. But it slipped away!"
Zhao Ning thought for a moment and looked at the alchemy boys who were gradually recovering.
The alchemy boys met her gaze and lowered their heads unconsciously.
Zhao Ning didn't say anything, and directly shot a spiritual light up. The spiritual light turned into several chains and tied up the four alchemy boys. As soon as they were restrained by the chains, the alchemy boys immediately panicked.
"Senior Sister Shen, we really didn't do anything. We just reported back according to the instructions of the peak master."
Zhao Ning walked forward slowly, and the chain was pulled by the spiritual light, causing the four alchemy boys to follow him.
Zhao Ning asked, "Tell me, when did Uncle Yue Ji go out."
The four alchemy boys looked at each other and said, "Last night at midnight."
"Where did he go when he left the sect?"
The alchemy boy fell silent again, as if when asked what he was doing, they didn't dare to talk any more.
One of the alchemy boys realized something and asked softly, "Senior Sister Shen, did something happen?"
"Since you don't know what happened, and you are still helping Master Yueji hide it like this, I guess even if it wasn't Master Yueji who did it, he must have committed something against the sect's rules."
The Punishment Hall was not far from Chixiao Peak, and Zhao Ning had already brought the alchemy boy to the main hall without meeting a few inner disciples on the way.
Liu Feng came up to meet her and saw several alchemy boys behind her, so he asked what was going on.
Zhao Ning replied, "Senior Brother Yue Ji left the clan, and Uncle Gu Xie went there in person! When these alchemy boys asked what Yue Ji had done, they were all vague, so they took him back to the punishment hall for questioning by his uncle."
Liu Feng's brows stood up when he heard this. Coupled with his complexion that had not whitened even after practicing, his expression was particularly ferocious and scary.
The alchemy boys couldn't help but shrink their necks.
Zhao Ning asked them, "Do you know this body?"
The female corpse was still placed in the main hall, under the care of several disciples of the Punishment Hall, but the alchemy boy was even more shocked when he heard the corpse, and looked astonished that "there is still something like this".
They looked up at the bloody corpse, and were so frightened that they took a few steps back. Then they realized that they were looking for the person who killed the disciple. They couldn't help but wonder, did they think it was the person killed by the peak master?
"No, no, no, senior sister, senior brother, you have made a mistake. How could Senior Uncle Yue Ji kill someone?! Absolutely impossible!"
"Yes, yes, yes, Senior Uncle Yue Ji is devoted to cultivation. Although he usually has a bad temper and is a bit picky, he never beats or scolds us. How could he violate the sect's rules and kill someone! Besides, we have never seen this dead senior sister. real!"
Zhao Ning asked, "The corpse was in a miserable death state, and the face was blurry and unrecognizable. Even we only saw the true face in a circular light mirror. How can you be so sure?"
Being questioned like this, the alchemy boys could only say awkwardly, "Because... because Congfeng never lets fairies in."
"Uncle Yue Ji thinks that fairies will only covet his spiritual stones, so fairies are never allowed to come up." After saying that, the alchemy boy looked at Zhao Ning cautiously.
"Ahem." Liu Feng coughed slightly, "I seem to have heard similar rumors, saying that he was deceived by a fairy when he was young and lost all his money." Of course, the rumors are more absurd, and there are all kinds of things. Some even say that Yue Ji can't actually do it. Humanity is why I avoid female cultivators.
Zhao Ning glanced at Liu Feng, who immediately turned serious, "Then why are you hesitating? Do you want to lead the punishment hall astray? Tell me honestly what Uncle Yue Ji did!"
The alchemy boys looked at each other and hesitated, "He went to sell elixirs."
Liu Feng's brows did not relax as he shouted, "Don't you know that the sect prohibits the sale of elixirs outside the sect?"
Zhao Ning paused for a moment, then what happened when Jia Rui's top-grade elixir spread to Guiyuan City? Did the genius really have special privileges in the sect?
The alchemy boy hummed, "Uncle Master said that he wants a lot of spiritual stones."
"Uncle Foundation Architect has more than 300 coins per month. Isn't that enough for Yue Ji?"
"Uncle Master, Uncle Master said that he likes spirit stones. He likes to see the room filled with spirit stones."
The little demon spirits said the same thing.
Liu Feng slapped the table. Fortunately, the jade pear wood table was strong and did not move at all under the palm.
"absurd!"
Zhao Ning paused for a moment, "I heard that Uncle Yue Ji doesn't like to make elixirs. A batch of elixirs won't necessarily produce a few pills in three months. Even if they are sold to the market, they won't be able to collect many spiritual stones."
Liu Feng was startled, "What kind of pill is he selling?"
Such questioning frightened the alchemy boys to their knees on the spot.
But before the alchemy boy could hesitate to answer, he heard something coming from outside and said coldly, "What else could it be about the elixir? He stole the elixir from the warehouse at Chixiao Peak and sold it."
Several people looked outside the hall and saw Gu Xian striding in with a gloomy face, followed by a tied-up middle-aged man.
"Chief, didn't you say that you went to arrest Master Yue Ji outside the sect? Why did you come back so soon?" Liu Feng asked in surprise. He glanced at the bound man and asked, "Is this Master Yue Ji?"
The middle-aged man looked up at him with disdain and ignored him.
"Isn't it that guy Yue Ji, or who is it?"
He sat behind the desk angrily, "I just arrived at the sect gate and saw this guy pretending to be an outer disciple and preparing to sneak back."
This seemed to contradict their previous speculation that Yue Ji was the murderer.
Gu Xie pointed to the female corpse on the ground, "Tell me honestly whether you killed this person or not!"
Yue Ji frowned, "Gu Xing, I told you on the way that I didn't kill anyone. Why did I kill people in the sect for no reason? I just went out to sell some pills!"
He didn't say it was okay, but when he mentioned Gu Xie, he became even more angry, "'Just selling some elixirs'? Those are cultivation elixirs for the outer sect. You ignore the disciples of the outer sect and sell the elixirs just to complete your collection." Heart of Lingshi, you are so ridiculous!!!"
If Yue Ji had used the elixirs to do something unethical and unethical, even the ancient pariah would not have understood it. But this Yue Ji did not hesitate to violate the sect's rules, steal the elixirs from the outer sect, and sell them to the market, just to pile them up in the room. See the room full of spiritual stones shining brightly.
"This is my hobby of practice, what's the matter? Besides, what's wrong with the outer sect having fewer elixirs for cultivation? Anyway, how many of their outer sect disciples can build foundations in this life, and it's even more impossible to form high-grade golden elixirs. It’s better to satisfy my little desire to collect, so that I can feel better.”
"You are simply..." Gu Xian was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Zhao Ning had no choice but to break the deadlock, "Uncle Gu, since Uncle Yue Ji is not the culprit, let's postpone what Uncle Yue Ji committed. The most important thing now is to find the murderer of the sect disciples."
Gu Xian slowed down and asked the disciples of the Punishment Hall to take Yue Ji to the dungeon. He stood up with a bad look on his face, "Could it be one of the two people who came before? Wouldn't that be a warning?"
He looked at Zhao Ning, "Since you are involved in this matter, then help me again. Let's go to Jinyue Cave Mansion, and you rush to Pei Tina!"
Just as he was about to set off, Zhao Ning called out to him, "Uncle Gu, why don't we go to Master Pei's cave together first."
Gu Xian was stunned, "What did you find?"
"I just thought about how Uncle Pei acted too calmly when he came."
If someone is brought to the punishment hall for no reason and accused of "did you kill someone", will he not even have any emotions at all?
Zhao Ning lowered her eyes, "Of course, Zhao Ning is just making a guess."
Gu Xian said without saying a word, "Quick, go to Pei Tina first!"
The two flew away quickly. There were many families in Pei Ti Peak, and many women were coming in and out of the houses.
Seeing the two people coming, the maids quickly bowed to greet them. When asked about Pei Ti, they all said, "I went to Miss Sun's house."
It was rumored in the inner gossip that this Miss Sun was the fiancée that Pei Ti brought back when he was away training. When others went out to kill mortals, he brought back love instead.
Gu Xian said angrily, "No wonder even if you become an inner disciple, you can only follow other disciples, just like a servant."
When the two arrived at Pei Ti's fiancée's house, Zhao Ning stepped forward and knocked on the door, but a flash of a knife flashed on the door.
Gu Xian was startled, crossed over from Zhao Ning and kicked open the door.
