Chapter 91

Chapter 91: I Suspect Murong Yan

“Lord Mo, please uphold justice and stand up for me.”

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan turned around and respectfully bowed to Mo Wu.

“Hmm, understood.” Mo Wu responded indifferently, “This matter shall be set aside for now. To prevent any further schemes regarding the spirit liquid, I suggest you hand over the spirit liquid to me, and I will distribute it fairly…”

“Get lost!”

“The spirit liquid belongs to everyone. If anyone dares to monopolize it, I’ll fight him to the death.”

“The spirit liquid is originally Li Shidi’s personal property, and it’s safest with him. Anyone else who dares to covet it, I won’t go easy on them!”

Before Li Xiuyuan could refuse, the disciples who were using the spirit liquid for free began to shout, their voices rising and falling. Even if Mo Wu wanted to get angry, he couldn’t find a target.

“Lord Mo, I personally wanted to hand it over, but unfortunately, I have incurred everyone’s wrath, what do you think…” Li Xiuyuan lowered his head.

“Enough, enough.” Mo Wu waved his hand, “I was just thinking of your safety. Since everyone insists you hold on to the spirit liquid, I will acquiesce.”

“I will definitely take good care of everyone’s spirit liquid, and there will be no more mishaps. In addition…” Li Xiuyuan leaned in a bit closer and clasped his hands, “To show punishment, I believe that anyone who covets the spirit liquid should no longer have the qualification to purchase it. What do you think, my lord?”

“Right, right, right!”

“If anything happened to Li Shidi, we’d all be doomed, how can there be no punishment!”

“Hmph, not giving her the spirit liquid would be a favor to her!”

“I support Li Shidi’s decision!”

The crowd cheered again. Everyone’s lives were in his hands, so not supporting Li Xiuyuan would mean going against their own survival.

“What do the three cave masters think?” Mo Wu looked at Yao Qingtian and the others.

“I believe that the spirit liquid pertains to everyone’s lives, and those who do evil should be punished,” Yao Qingtian stated first, with the other two cave masters agreeing.

As for the crowd from Qian Yue Cave, they felt utterly humiliated and unable to refute, so they could only lower their flags and remain silent.

What about Nan Gong Xiu?

She was very angry, but even she couldn’t guarantee that her daughter hadn’t done something stupid. After all, her daughter was too willful and often resorted to any means to achieve her goals… Nan Gong Xiu understood this better than anyone else.

“I will remember the humiliation you have inflicted today, Nan Gong Xiu!”

Then, she shot a murderous look at Li Xiuyuan, holding onto Ji Ziling as she left.

……

While driving Ji Ziling insane, Chen Ansheng was still exploring the cultivation of the Nine Apertures Opening Technique.

This Nine Apertures Opening Technique was a basic technique that also included the opening of the hundred bones and six organs.

Only by unblocking these parts could one lay the foundation for cultivation.

After firmly imprinting the technique in his mind, Chen Ansheng rose and left, since as long as he remembered the technique, he could cultivate anytime and anywhere without arousing suspicion.

“Chen Shidi, you missed a good show while you were away!”

At the first sight of Chen Ansheng, Yao Jianyuan exuberantly recounted Ji Ziling’s embarrassing incident, telling it vividly, making it sound even more exciting than it had been for Chen Ansheng, the firsthand witness.

The two chatted for a while, and looking up at the sky, it was still dark—who knew when this alien world would dissipate?

By afternoon, as Chen Ansheng had suspected, the effects of the spirit liquid wore off, and the others almost forced Li Xiuyuan to sell another round of spirit liquid.

With over two hundred thousand purple crystals in hand, Chen Ansheng was naturally overjoyed.

Then, the high-level officials gathered to discuss the investigation into the Demon Cultivators.

“Concerning the Demon Cultivators, if anyone has leads, please provide them to your respective Elders. We will pursue this together!”

After the discussions, Mo Wu announced to everyone.

The disciples and Elders from various factions chattered for a long time, and the reports amounted to more than thirty thousand!

All were disciples with whom they had friction in the past, reporting each other, causing quite a headache for the higher-ups.

“I have someone to report!”

At this moment, a core disciple from Qian Yue Cave, under Nan Gong Xiu’s instruction, spoke loudly.

“Who do you report? Do you have evidence?” Mo Wu asked indifferently.

“Chen Ansheng!” the person blurted out, then added, “This guy was just a lowly miner but inexplicably reached the Eighth Celestial Realm, and before that, nobody in Qian Yue Cave spotted his level. Isn’t he suspicious?”

Suspicious?

Of course, he was suspicious!

There were already many people who doubted Chen Ansheng’s strength without needing this person to point it out.

“Chen Ansheng, step forward!” Mo Wu coldly looked at Chen Ansheng.

Chen Ansheng wasn’t afraid at all and walked right up, “Disciple greets Elder Mo.”

Since Chen Ansheng was chosen by Yu Die, he referred to Mo Wu as Elder directly.

Mo Wu said calmly, “What do you have to say about the origin of your realm?”

Chen Ansheng straightened up, looking at the people of Qian Yue Cave, and said, “Disciple will explain. But before that, I also need to report someone!”

“Oh? Who do you want to report?” Mo Wu asked, with the other cave masters and Elders listening attentively.

“The person I want to report is named Murong Yan, one of the eight core disciples of Qian Yue Cave. He hasn’t been seen during this Nine Hua Grand Assembly, and when the world changed, he also didn’t show up, so I suspect that the so-called Demon Cultivator is actually Murong Yan!”

Earlier, when the cave masters clamored to find out about the Demon Cultivators, Chen Ansheng had already thought of this line.

When Murong Yan was mentioned, the people from Qian Yue Cave were all shocked.

Upon reflecting carefully, Murong Yan had indeed been missing for quite some time; it had been silent since before the Nine Hua Grand Assembly!

“Nan Gong Xiu, Murong Yan is your prized disciple and may even be your daughter’s suitor. Where is he now? Don’t you have anything to explain?” Yao Qingtian asked bluntly.

“Nan Gong Xiu, you concealed the forbidden zone first, and your precious disciple went missing for no reason. From my viewpoint, the so-called Demon Cultivators do not exist; it’s just that some people have greedy thoughts about the forbidden zone and sent others to seek treasure, which created this crisis!” another cave master added.

“You must give everyone an explanation for today’s matter!” the cave master surnamed Yu 말했다 sternly.

In just a few sentences, Chen Ansheng successfully shifted the focus of blame onto Qian Yue Cave!

“Qian Yue Cave is truly despicable and shameless!”

“Not a single good person; as they say, a rotten roof supports a rotten wall. Ji Ziling’s lowly greed was just inheriting someone’s character!”

“Regardless, we can’t let the scumbags of Qian Yue Cave off this time!”

Most people began to scold angrily.

“Silence.” Mo Wu raised his hand, and everyone quieted down. He then said, “Chen Ansheng, you first explain the origin of your realm, and we’ll discuss the rest later.”

“Yes, Elder.” Chen Ansheng saluted, then straightforwardly recounted how he entered the time-space vortex.

After that, Yao Jianyuan stepped forward to testify for Chen Ansheng. Furthermore, many disciples had seen that time-space vortex, but they all avoided it, not daring to get involved.

Everything was explained logically.

On Qian Yue Cave’s side, Nan Gong Xiu’s face was dark enough to drip water. She had originally planned to instruct her disciples to slander Chen Ansheng, and even if it didn’t succeed, it would be good to make him speechless and vent her frustration.

Who would have thought that this kid had encountered a great opportunity, and learning about this would cause her already frail daughter to spit out several mouthfuls of blood, looking close to death.