Its raw materials were scarce, and its production was not easy, so it was extremely rare.
Taken from the meaning of the miniature within a thousand li household pouch, it was similar to Mount Sumeru in a mustard seed.
The Shadow Shrinking Pouch formed a space of its own, able to hold a large amount of things, and also allow living beings to temporarily reside within.
Shi Tie's cultivation was high, and his senses were extremely acute. While Yan Xu tried his best to conceal it, he was still unable to hide it from him.
"On the way here, this subordinate inadvertently discovered our clan's previously missing disciple, Ye Jing." Yan Xu's expression was as per usual as he said candidly, "At the time, he had already fallen unconscious, so this subordinate saved him. Because I had to rush here to reinforce him, not daring to delay, I temporarily placed him within the Shadow Shrinking Pouch."
As he said this, Yan Xu took out a small pouch.
The pouch was black in colour, with a golden rope tied around its mouth. From the outside, there did not seem to be anything special about it.
However, as Yan Xu untied the golden rope, the mouth of the pouch opened, and a golden stream of qi instantly spurted out from within.
Accompanied by the golden stream of qi, a figure appeared before Yan Zhaoge and the others.
Yan Zhaoge laughed soundlessly. That person was currently still unconscious, the back of his hands, neck, and cheeks that were exposed outside of his clothes all having patterns that resembled flames.
Who else could it be but Ye Jing?
Shi Tie's gaze fell on Ye Jing. While it was just a glance, Ye Jing instantly awoke.
The awoken Ye Jing's gaze initially revealed a blank look, but he very quickly regained clarity as he warily observed his surroundings.
When he saw Yan Zhaoge, his eyes instantly turned crimson as blood, as though there were flames burning within them. With a 'whoosh', he was about to leap up from the ground.
Shi Tie frowned slightly, not moving at all, but Ye Jing was frozen where he was, unable to move at all, only able to straighten his neck and glare furiously at Yan Zhaoge.
"My name is Shi Tie; you are also a disciple of our clan; you should know my identity," Shi Tie said calmly, "I am the First Seat of our clan's Disciplinary Hall, in charge of the clan's laws and punishments."
"If you feel that you have suffered injustice, you can say it clearly here. If the truth is present, you will not suffer any grievances."
Ye Jing panted heavily, staring at Shi Tie with wide eyes, saying loudly, "The people of Broad Creed Mountain are all jackals of the same tribe as the Yan father and son!"
"His father is a First Seat Elder like you; how could you not be biased towards him? How could you possibly uphold justice for me, offending his father for me!"
Yan Xu was silent at the side, but seeing Ye Jing's reaction, he couldn't help but shake his head inwardly. "If it weren't for Elder Shi, your attitude would've already offended him."
Just as Yan Xu expected, Shi Tie really didn't care about Ye Jing's attitude.
His tone did not fluctuate in the slightest as he said, "I will not offend junior apprentice-brother Yan for you, or for anyone else. However, for the sake of the justice of the clan, for the sake of justice for the hearts of the people, I do not mind offending anyone."
"I watched Zhaoge grow up, but it is precisely because of this that I cannot tolerate him making a mistake."
"But if it's proven that someone made a false accusation, they'll be treated as an accomplice."
Shi Tie said calmly, "I only look at the truth."
His might was as heavy as a mountain, as deep as the sea. Just by standing there calmly, he intimidated Ye Jing into silence.
His calm words were like a thousand catties, hammering on the hearts of everyone present.
Ye Jing sucked in a deep breath, glaring furiously at Yan Zhaoge, "That year, before I had entered the clan, he came to the Eastern Tang and snatched away my childhood sweetheart!"
"Afterwards, when I entered Broad Creed Mountain, he viewed me as a thorn in his side."
"While tempering in the Sealing Dragon Abyss, he wanted to kill me, but also didn't want to leave behind any traces. Therefore, he set up a scheme, wanting to borrow the hands of others to kill me, pulling up the weeds by the roots!"
"Having failed in one scheme, he came up with another, throwing his Internal Crystal Furnace into the Sealing Dragon Abyss, causing me to perish!"
"I was lucky, not dying. In the Glacial Dragon Freezing Pond, he tried to kill me again!"
"Harming me time and time again, the two of us are irreconcilable!"
Yan Zhaoge stood calmly by the side, looking at Ye Jing with neither joy nor anger in his gaze.
Shi Tie looked over, "Zhaoge, what do you have to say?"
Yan Zhaoge said calmly, "That year, it was junior apprentice-sister Lin herself who made the choice. I did not take the initiative to interfere between the two of them."
"That time with the Glacial Dragon Bone Soul, it was because he had previously, without distinguishing between right and wrong, heavily injured junior apprentice-brother Lan of the same clan. It was indeed on purpose that I taught him a lesson."
"As for what happened in the Sealing Dragon Abyss before, I submitted a detailed report to the clan. I believe that eldest apprentice-uncle has seen it before."
Shi Tie nodded. Yan Zhaoge continued, "The person the Crimson Spirit Flag Master wanted to kill was me; I had no way of influencing his actions."
"Even if I had known beforehand that the Crimson Spirit Flag Master had relied on the seed of Li Flame True Fire to locate me from the Sealing Dragon Abyss, making use of it to set up a trap …" Yan Zhaoge looked at Ye Jing, "You going to snatch the seed of Li Flame True Fire was not something I could influence."
"You were interested in my target, the seed of Li Flame True Fire. I had been completely unaware of it before; how could I have schemed against you?"
Ye Jing stared fixedly at Yan Zhaoge, his breathing getting rougher and rougher. Yan Zhaoge shook his head, "Of course, I won't deny that even without the Crimson Spirit Flag Master, I would still have taught you to be more sensible in the future."
"However, at that time, it was not worth it for me to kill you. You were not worth me making a move on."
Ye Jing's breathing stopped, the fury and hatred within his gaze instantly blazing even more intensely.
Yan Zhaoge met his gaze calmly, his gaze gradually turning cold, "As for what happened after you fell into the abyss, it's very simple. The two of us will perform a Blood Soul Recollection Ceremony."
"Reenact the scene at that time; eldest apprentice-uncle will be the judge."
"I don't care at all; do you dare?"
Ye Jing blurted out, "Let's do it!"
Yan Zhaoge shrugged, turning and bowing towards Shi Tie, "Eldest apprentice-uncle, please take charge."
Shi Tie did not speak, directly flicking his finger as a streak of light shot into the horizon, transforming into a pillar of light within the air, enveloping both Yan Zhaoge and Ye Jing.
Yan Zhaoge neither hurriedly nor slowly pricked his finger, a drop of fresh blood seeping out, transforming into a thread of blood as it flew into the air.
Guided by that thread of blood, Yan Zhaoge vaguely felt as though his soul had left his body, ascending to a higher level.
On the other side, Ye Jing, under Shi Tie's guidance, also did the same.
Shi Tie said, "Silently recalling that moment in your heart, it does not depend on what you saw, but rather on the scale of the scene of time."
"The ritual will naturally discard the unreality caused by the biased emotions in your hearts, as well as the truth that you intentionally ignored."
The next moment, in the sky up above, a mirror of light slowly descended.
Within the mirror of light, an image shockingly appeared, truly reenacting that scene in the Sealing Dragon Abyss back then.
Yan Zhaoge's expression did not change.
Yan Xu shook his head slightly.
Ye Jing's eyes turned even redder.
Shi Tie, on the other hand, looked at the terrifying aura surging from the dark red ring on Ye Jing's hand as well as the illusory figure of the giant divinity of flame within the light, slightly entranced.
After a while, Ye Jing recovered, roaring furiously, "You're lying! You are indeed the same kind of trash as Lan Wenyan and Lin Yushao, favouring and shielding this dog Yan Zhaoge! "
"He must have intentionally thrown down that Internal Crystal Furnace to harm me!"
Shi Tie's expression gradually turned solemn as his gaze swept over, pressuring Ye Jing to the point that he was unable to move.
"The Blood Soul Recollection Ceremony can indeed be faked." Shi Tie said calmly, "But there is only one possibility, that is that the two parties involved had colluded together beforehand."
"Ye Jing, did you collude with Zhaoge before this?"
Hearing his words, Ye Jing was rendered wide-eyed and tongue-tied as he panted heavily, the fiery light within his eyes growing stronger and stronger as his rationality and clarity had already disappeared.
The patterns of flame on his body grew even more dazzling, as though they were about to truly transform into blazing flames.
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