Liu Shisui sat on the ground with his back against the stone post, his body covered in blood.
Though he was stared at by countless angry gazes, he didn't care at all. "So what? As long as I can kill him, I'm willing to do anything. "
Guo Nanshan looked at Jian Ruyun, who was being resuscitated, and said, "You wouldn't have been able to hurt him today if he hadn't suspected you of learning the deviant method."
"Of course he wouldn't suspect me, because he knows I'm not that kind of person."
Liu Shisui turned his head with difficulty and looked at the unconscious Jian Ruyun, saying, "He was the one who wanted to eat the Devil Pill back then."
Guo Nanshan shook his head, saying, "It's already come to this; why do you still want to ruin his reputation?"
Liu Shisui said, "Two years ago, I discovered that he wanted to steal the Devil Pill at the bottom of the Muddy River. I tried to stop him, but he sneak-attacked me. This is the truth. Why would I ruin his reputation?"
Guo Nanshan looked at Chi Yan.
Over the last two years, the Shanghai Peak had been in charge of the interrogation of Liu Shisui. The other disciples of Aoyama had no idea what had happened.
Chi Yan said expressionlessly, "You don't need to know the truth. We won't believe you."
Liu Shisui continued nonchalantly, "Two years ago, you tortured me. I didn't say a word no matter how painful it was, because I knew you wouldn't believe me. Last year, you came to interrogate me again. I finally started to talk, but you still didn't believe me. Now that you've decided that I'm the bad one, why do you still ask me? "
Chi Yan said calmly, "Because what happened today has proved that you did eat the Devil Pill."
Only Liu Shisui and Jian Ruyun knew what had happened at the bottom of the Muddy River. There were no other witnesses, and the Devil Pill was the only evidence.
In the last two years, nobody in Shanghai Peak, including Chi Yan, could find any direct evidence proving that Liu Shisui had eaten the Devil Pill because of the secret magic imprinted in his soul.
Today, the evidence finally appeared.
Liu Shisui suddenly laughed out loud, his mood somewhat deranged.
"I went to snatch that Yao Core … and the Yao Core … entered my body by itself … It entered by itself … What could I do?"
He glanced at Guo Nanshan and then at Chi Yan and his fellow disciples who were looking at him with disgust. He spread out his hands and asked, "If it were you, what would you do?"
When he asked this question, he was still laughing loudly, but at some point, his face was already covered in tears. The dust and bloodstains were washed away, making him look like a complete mess.
There was silence. If what he said was true, what would I do if I were in his shoes?
The Aoyama disciples were asking themselves this question in their hearts. If they couldn't find an answer, it meant that they already had an answer.
Looking at Liu Shisui, whose face was covered in tears, many people sympathized with him, but they still refused to believe his words.
"Venomous slander!"
"Senior Brother Jian has already been harmed like this by you, and you still want to ruin his reputation!"
"You are a shameless scoundrel! You took advantage of the fact that my Big Brother is unconscious and unable to speak to you to frame him in such a despicable way!"
The disciples of Liangwang Peak and Yunxing Peak couldn't stand it anymore, cursing loudly.
By now, the treatment of Jian Ruyun on Shiyue Peak had finished. It was confirmed that Jian Ruyun's injury was severe, but his life was not in danger.
Hearing this, Guo Nanshan and many others felt relieved.
Liu Shisui felt relieved as well.
He had finally vented the anger that had been holding him up until today.
He had prepared for two years in silence, and he didn't hesitate to expose that he had eaten the Yao Core in secret, just to kill Jian Ruyun.
However, he didn't succeed in the end.
Leaning against the stone post, he didn't speak anymore, his face full of despair.
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…
Chi Yan announced Liu Shisui's crimes in public. In addition to eating the Yao Core and practicing the deviant magic method, he also had another crime related to the death of Zuo Yi of Bihu Peak.
Some hot-tempered disciples of Bihu Peak spat and cursed in Liu Shisui's direction.
In the end, they announced the end of Liu Shisui.
He was sentenced to death by the sword.
Jing Jiu looked at the young man under the stone post in Silence.
Liu Shisui had grown up a lot compared to when they were in the small village a few years ago. Jing Jiu hadn't seen him for three years, so he felt his face was a bit strange.
Zhao Layue shot him a glance and said, "I object."
The disciples were all startled.
According to the Sword Justice of Aoyama, it was a capital punishment to sentence a disciple to death by the sword. Even the Sect Master or Shanghai Peak couldn't make the decision on their own; it had to be approved by all the peak masters.
If one peak master disagreed, the punishment couldn't be carried out, and the disciple had to be locked up in the Sword Jail, even if he would never come out again.
Among the prisoners locked up in the Sword Jail at the bottom of Shangde Peak, some were disciples of the Aoyama Sect, except for those demons and deviant followers who couldn't be killed.
Chi Yan furrowed his brows slightly, asking, "May I ask why?"
The authority of Shangde Peak had been challenged, but he had to respect Zhao Layue's status as the Master of Shenmo Peak.
"Jian Ruoyun didn't die. No disciple of Aoyama died because of him from the beginning to the end; so why did he have to die?"
Zhao Layue went on, "And didn't you hear what he said just now? Now that there is a secret, why don't we wait for Jian Ruoyun to wake up and ask him? "
What she said showed that she was suspicious of Jian Ruoyun and sided with Liu Shisui.
Upon hearing this, the disciples of Liangwang Peak and Yunxing Peak couldn't help but glare at each other angrily.
"What are you looking at?" asked Zhao Layue while looking at them with a calm expression.
The disciples of the two peaks came back to their senses, realizing that their behavior was extremely rude, so they withdrew their gazes resentfully.
"What else is there to ask? Everyone has eyes. The Devil Pill is in Liu Shisui's stomach! "
Looking at Jian Ruoyun who was still unconscious, the Peak Master of Yunxing shouted angrily. He was already furious.
Zhao Layue remained calm, saying, "So what? I still don't agree. "
She meant she didn't agree.
As long as she didn't agree, Liu Shisui wouldn't die.
It was quiet around the Stone Forest.
Everybody knew that Liu Shisui would survive.
The problem was, was being imprisoned in the Sword Jail and never to see the light of day for the rest of his life better than death?
Jing Jiu still didn't say anything, because he knew this wasn't the real ending.
As expected.
The distant voice of the Sect Master came from the peak top.
"This is the first time in a hundred years that the ninth peak has participated in a meeting in Aoyama … Please think it over, Shanghai Peak."
The Three-Foot Sword suddenly started vibrating, emitting a strand of extremely cold energy.
Yuan Qijing's voice spread throughout the peaks, falling into the ears of the disciples like icicles, making them feel very uncomfortable.
"Seize his Sword Pill, break his meridians, purge his Elixir Poison, destroy his cultivation, and expel him from Aoyama. Tianguang Peak will deal with it on their own."
This was Liu Shisui's final ending.
Everyone knew that Shanghai Peak was willing to take a step back because the Sect Master had spoken.
The Sect Master's words were to give face to Enlightened Jingyang's direct disciples.
Then why did Zhao Layue step forward to protect Liu Shisui's life?
Many people had already guessed that it had something to do with Jing Jiu.
Many people still remembered the relationship between him and Liu Shisui.
A Shanghai Peak Deacon helped Liu Shisui up, using a sword rope to tie his arms.
Liu Shisui looked at Jing Jiu, who was on the cliff platform. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said loudly, "I don't need your fake mercy!"
Jing Jiu's expression was indifferent, and he still didn't say anything.
"When I needed help the most … where were you!"
"When I was at my worst, where were you? You left! You left Aoyama to travel! "
"I know you purposely avoided them, but why? Was it because you were afraid of offending them? Or were you afraid of seeing me in such a miserable state? "
Liu Shisui said sadly, "Yes, you are the most promising swordsman in Aoyama Sect, and I am just an abandoned disciple. Moreover, there is no friendship between us. You only lived in my house for a year. Back at the South Pine Pavilion, at the Stream of Sword Washing, they used me to mock you. You must have been annoyed by me back then, right? "
Silence reigned.
Liu Shisui gradually calmed down. Looking at Jing Jiu on the cliff, he said seriously, "But, I really didn't think of you like that …"
Obviously, he didn't finish his words, but he stopped here.
Because Jing Jiu raised his hand.
Just like in the small village, at the South Pine Pavilion, at the Stream of Sword Washing.
With a gesture and a look, Liu Shisui could understand what he meant.
Jing Jiu felt that he talked too much and was very noisy.
Liu Shisui smiled bitterly and said no more.
…
…
Liu Shisui was taken away by the deacons of Shangde Peak. Later, the masters of Tianguang Peak would execute those cruel punishments, and then he would be expelled from Aoyama.
Jing Jiu watched in Silence as Liu Shisui disappeared on the mountain path. He still didn't say anything.
Countless gazes fell on him. Both the masters and the disciples were thinking that this man was really ruthless.
Zhao Layue suddenly asked, "Was he telling the truth?"
Jing Jiu was silent for a while, and then said, "The dream is still before the body, and the dream is still in the dream. I'm not sure."
Zhao Layue asked, "Why didn't you explain to him?"
Jing Jiu said, "You know, I was just a guest staying in his house for a year, and I paid enough money."
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…
Despite such a big event, the Sword Trial had to go on, just like life.
Jian Ruoshan was severely wounded by Liu Shisui, so he couldn't fight again. His opponent was lucky enough to win without a fight and enter the second round.
As the next disciple on the list was about to enter the arena, Jing Jiu suddenly stood up.
There was a slight commotion in the crowd.
Many people thought he was too ashamed to stay here and was about to leave.
Zhao Layue knew it wasn't the case. She thought with a smile, "Didn't he say that he was just a passer-by?"
Jing Jiu walked down the stone platform from the path between the cliffs and came to the arena.
He lifted his head to take a look at the Sword Forest, and found those stone pillars were indeed very high. The middle part of the pillars was shrouded by clouds and fog, so he couldn't see the top of the pillars clearly.
The disciples didn't know what he was going to do and why he was standing there looking up at the sky.
The disciple who was about to enter the arena didn't know what he should do either. Should he go up and ask him to get out of the way?
Chi Yan asked with raised eyebrows, "Young … Brother Jing, why are you standing here?"
Jing Jiu pulled back his gaze and said, "I've made an appointment with the Zhongzhou School to play chess with Tong Yan at the Plum Meeting next year."
Everybody knew about such a famous event. Many disciples thought he was asking to be humiliated, and even humiliated his own sect.
Besides, he was going to the Plum Meeting next year, so what did it have to do with him standing here?
"I just remembered that I have to be qualified to go to the Plum Meeting, and I have to participate in the Sword Trial of Aoyama."
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