“Agreed!”
The Water Elder, Fire Elder, and Earth Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall all expressed their stance.
“If it’s about clear rewards and punishments, I have no objections.”
Sect Leader Chang Yueying hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying.
“I have a suggestion: if Ling Xiao is willing to hand over all his gains, we could lessen his punishment.”
Supreme Sect Leader Chang Yueli was even more shameless.
“Now is not the time to talk about rewards and punishments; the issue hasn’t even been clarified yet!”
Golden Light Heavenly Venerable said coldly, “We can’t convict Ling Xiao based solely on the words of those people!”
“Exactly!”
Guanghan Heavenly Venerable also nodded in agreement.
Subsequently, Immaculate Heavenly Venerable, Yang Danlin, the Master of the Death Tower, the Master of the Inner Sect Moonlight Tower, and others all voiced their opinions.
Clearly, significant divisions had formed within the sect.
The Moon Goddess slowly said, “Since everyone is here today, Law Enforcement Hall Leader, let’s have a face-to-face confrontation. The truth will naturally come to light. If he has indeed harmed his fellow disciples, this palace will not obstruct your punishment!”
“Good, since that’s the case, let’s have a face-to-face confrontation!”
Elder Jin did not dare defy the Moon Goddess, and he believed that with their numbers, Ling Xiao, with just his words, would be rendered unreasonable even if he was in the right.
“That shameless Ling Xiao deserves to have his cultivation abolished and be expelled from the sect!”
“Exactly, he thought he could act recklessly with the Moon Goddess’s protection, but he didn’t expect her to handle this impartially.”
“So what if he got first place in the Tower Ascension Ceremony? So what if he broke a record unbroken for a hundred thousand years? He committed a grave sect taboo; his crimes are unforgivable!”
Except for a few inner disciples close to Ling Xiao and most outer disciples, the majority supported harshly punishing him.
“Ling Xiao, what do you say?”
Elder Jin looked at Ling Xiao and asked.
“Since Her Highness the Moon Goddess has agreed, I naturally have no objections. However, I’m someone who holds grudges. If the facts prove my innocence, those who slandered and defamed me, you’d better remember, you’re all dead!”
Ling Xiao’s chilling voice seemed to come from the depths of the underworld.
He wasn’t afraid of a face-to-face confrontation, but some people, he would kill without mercy!
“Even at this point, you dare to spout such arrogance! If you’re proven innocent, the sect will naturally punish those who spoke nonsense; it’s not your place to act!”
Elder Jin snorted coldly.
“Heh, is that so? Let’s get started then; I’m in a hurry to get back to cultivating.”
Ling Xiao gave a faint smile.
“Arrogant! This seat asks you, were Ming Tian, Bai Feifei, Dantai Lingzi, and Shen Tianlin killed and eliminated by you?”
Elder Jin demanded, unconcerned with the minor details, only caring about why these four were eliminated.
“Correct!”
Ling Xiao nodded.
“You admit it?”
Elder Jin was stunned. He had expected Ling Xiao to argue and deny it, but he admitted it outright.
“Yes, I admit it. Keep asking.”
Ling Xiao said with an air of indifference.
His expression infuriated Elder Jin to no end.
He had seen arrogant people, but never someone this arrogant, daring to be so disrespectful in front of the Law Enforcement Hall Leader.
“Fine, this seat asks you again: why did you kill them?”
Elder Jin demanded.
“I killed them, do I need a reason? A bunch of useless trash, what’s the point of keeping them?”
Ling Xiao said disdainfully.
This matter couldn’t be explained clearly, and Ling Xiao wouldn’t bother to defend himself. He believed those people had already colluded in private, and it was impossible for him alone to outtalk them.
Trash?
Everyone was stunned by Ling Xiao’s words.
No disciple had ever been so bold as to call the sect’s geniuses, the Supreme Sect Leader’s prized students, and the Sect Leader’s disciples trash.
“Arrogant! You’re just a mere mortal realm martial artist, and you dare call them trash?”
Elder Jin was so angry his beard seemed to bristle.
“Was I wrong? If they weren’t trash, how could they have been eliminated? When they entered the Moonlight Treasure Tower, their cultivation levels were all higher than mine, yet they were eliminated one by one. If that’s not trash, I don’t know how you define it!”
Ling Xiao looked at Elder Jin with disdain.
“Ling Xiao, I’ll fight you for three hundred rounds; you’ve pissed me off!”
Hearing Ling Xiao call him trash, Shen Tianlin couldn’t hold back. He roared and charged at Ling Xiao.
Logically, many people present could have stopped him.
Yet, at this moment, no one did, as if they had tacitly agreed to watch.
“Looking for death!”
Ling Xiao sneered. This Shen Tianlin was like a clown. If he had quietly admitted defeat, he might have lived a few more days.
But after coming out, not only did he not keep a low profile, he dared to provoke and defame him.
How could Ling Xiao spare him?
Killing such a dog didn’t even require the Moonlight Token!
Pfft!
Ling Xiao extended a finger, and a sword qi shot through the air, easily piercing Shen Tianlin’s throat.
Thud!
Like a dead dog, Shen Tianlin twitched on the ground twice before going completely still.
“You! You! You dared to harm a fellow disciple in front of so many people!”
Elder Jin couldn’t believe his eyes. Ling Xiao had just killed Shen Tianlin!
Killed him!
Without the slightest mercy!
“Nonsense, he wanted to kill me. Should I have stretched out my neck for him?”
Ling Xiao said coldly.
“Everyone saw it, right? You all saw it! This Ling Xiao is utterly heinous. If he can kill a fellow disciple outside, he could definitely do it inside the Moonlight Treasure Tower. I say there’s no need for further confrontation or questioning; just convict him!”
Demon Flame Heavenly Venerable was furious. Shen Tianlin had just become his disciple not long ago, and now he was dead. This was a slap to his face.
“Exactly! Ling Xiao has merits and can be rewarded with a hundred thousand sect points! But for harming fellow disciples, he must be executed without mercy!”
As the Law Enforcement Hall Leader, Elder Jin’s words were tantamount to convicting Ling Xiao.
A hundred thousand sect points sounded like a lot, but if Ling Xiao was dead, what use was it?
This Elder Jin was truly cunning.
“Your Highness Moon Goddess, what do you think?”
Sect Leader Chang Yueying looked at the Moon Goddess and asked.
“This palace will ask one last time: those disciples who claim Ling Xiao harmed them, do you dare swear to the heavens?”
The Moon Goddess’s eyes gleamed with cold indifference as she looked at the crowd below.
“If I’ve spoken a single false word, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!”
Ming Tian, Bai Feifei, Dantai Lingzi, Shen Tianlin, and others swore one after another.
“You’ve missed your last chance!”
The Moon Goddess sighed, then waved her sleeve.
The Moonlight Treasure Tower radiated light, and a massive screen appeared.
On that screen, scenes from inside the Moonlight Treasure Tower emerged.
From the first stage to the fourth, all scenes involving Ming Tian, Bai Feifei, Dantai Lingzi, and Shen Tianlin were shown, including their conversations.
