Tai-shu Mountain Cheng grabbed two giant hammers out of thin air, swinging them like thunder, with an unstoppable momentum. For a moment, no one could stop him.
With a rumbling sound, five or six people were blown away by the hammers. Under the siege, Tai-shu Mountain Cheng actually tore a hole and killed his way out.
Everyone was secretly shocked, not because of Tai-shu Mountain Cheng's strength, but because he dared to go against the Misty Pavilion.
Everyone was almost certain that Tai-shu Mountain Cheng had really done something against the rules.
"Want to run?" Ding Wei sneered, "Capture him, dead or alive!"
Tai-shu Mountain Cheng had already broken through the siege, quickly flying away from the mountain peak to escape. Behind him, a group of Misty Pavilion members chased after him.
"Screech!" With a sharp cry, a large bird soared into the sky.
Then, another eight soared into the sky, led by Huang Ban himself, carrying people towards Tai-shu Mountain Cheng's direction.
Standing high, Xuan Yao looked around and saw that there were people chasing behind Tai Shu Shan Cheng. In the sky, there were birds and people staring at him. No matter where Tai Shu Shan Cheng escaped to, there would be a group of people chasing him.
Ding Wei was indifferent towards the situation of the pursuit and did not even give it an extra glance. He stared at Tai-shu Xun and Tai-shu Li instead.
The two disciples' faces were full of suffering, feeling very guilty for betraying Tai-shu Mountain Cheng. Tai-shu Mountain Cheng was not only an elder of the sect, but also their uncle. How could they endure this!
The rumbling sounds of fighting gradually faded away, showing that Tai-shu Mountain Cheng's fighting strength was indeed strong. Only by repeatedly breaking through the encirclement would the sounds of fighting fade away.
Whether Tai-shu Mountain Cheng could escape, no one knew. But looking at Ding Wei's expression, he didn't seem worried at all. Tai-shu Mountain Cheng's fate was likely to be disastrous.
The Misty Pavilion members surrounding the mountain peak had already been reduced by half, and the rest had gone to chase Tai-shu Mountain Cheng. The scene fell into silence again.
After a while, Ding Wei spoke again, "Tai-shu Xun, Tai-shu Li, I am a man of my words. I will not implicate you and will pardon you. Tell me, is it really as Ao Feng said, that Tai-shu Mountain Cheng killed and robbed people of their demon fox eyes? "
"Yes!" Tai-shu Xun admitted, and Tai-shu Li nodded with difficulty, "Yes!"
Ding Wei: "Who did you kill? Who did you rob?"
Both of them looked at each other, then Tai Shu Xun replied, "The Wan Shou Faction's Elder Chao Jing, when we saw him, he was already severely injured, he couldn't fight back at all, the Elder just killed him and took his belongings. I just saw that there was a bargain to be picked up. I didn't mean to rob. "
As soon as he said that, the people from all the sects were in an uproar. So it was Chao Jing from the Wan Shou Clan, after all, it was really Chao Jing who was killed in Taishu Mountain City.
Many people looked at Niu Youdao and recalled the scene when Niu Youdao and Taishu Shancheng bickered. At that time, Niu Youdao even questioned how Taishu Shancheng knew that Chao Jing was dead. Who would have thought that his words would come true.
Ding Wei glanced at the calm Ao Feng. If that was the case, then what Ao Feng said was true. He then asked the two of them, "Before Chao Jing died, did he say who injured him?"
Tai-shu Xun shook his head. "Chao Jing was severely injured at that time. His limbs were missing and he was on the verge of death. He couldn't speak. He didn't … didn't …" He seemed to have recalled something as he stuttered.
"Eh?" Ding Wei let out a doubtful voice and stared at Tai-shu Li. In the end, he saw that Tai-shu Li's eyes were also flickering. It was obvious that there was something he was hiding. Ding Wei immediately asked, "At this point, could it be that you still don't want to tell the truth? Could it be that you want to implicate yourself after clearing yourself of the blame?"
Tai-shu Xun hurriedly said, "Replying to Leader, it's not that we don't want to tell the truth, but we don't dare to."
Ding Wei said, "Since things have come to this point, what's there to hide? As long as it has nothing to do with you, we will forgive you."
Tai-shu Xun hesitated for a moment and said nervously, "Chao Jing might have known that he was severely injured and helpless. Before he fainted, he left behind some clues. It might be related to the murderer."
This sentence caught Ding Wei's attention, "Don't stutter. What clues?"
Tai-shu Xun said, "Before Chao Jing fainted, he left behind a few words. He used his own blood to write the words' Misty Pavilion 'on the stone beside him. We don't know what it means either."
Many people looked at each other. In that case, how could they not know what it meant? Chao Jing was obviously implying that the people who injured him were from the Misty Pavilion. Both of them knew this, but they just didn't dare to point it out.
Ding Wei's face tightened. He thought that there would be no evidence left behind, but he didn't expect that there would be evidence that pointed to the Misty Pavilion's people breaking the rules and robbing him.
Before he died, he left behind evidence that pointed to the Misty Pavilion? Ao Feng subconsciously glanced at Niu Youdao, feeling bewildered. He didn't know if Niu Youdao had set this up, or if Niu Youdao had seen something that made him say that?
If it was a set up, he couldn't imagine it. What kind of place was the Desolate Swamp Wasteland? It was difficult to find people, but Niu Youdao knew about the death of two Misty Pavilion's people, knew about the situation when Chao Jing was killed, and even saw him being robbed.
Previously, he thought that he just happened to meet Niu Youdao, and that Niu Youdao had accidentally left a mark on the thing that was robbed. Now, it seemed that things weren't that simple, and it might have been a trap for him from the start.
However, he found it hard to believe that Niu Youdao had so much power in the Desolate Swamp Wasteland. In a place where even obtaining information was difficult, how could Niu Youdao have the ability to take care of everything in the Desolate Swamp Wasteland?
He thought about whether Niu Youdao had colluded with the Demonic Fox, but he felt that it was impossible. It was Niu Youdao's first time in the Desolate Swamp Wasteland, and the Demonic Fox was naturally suspicious, so it was unlikely that she would trust or cooperate with an outsider in the short term.
He thought of the biggest possibility, and suspected that someone in the Saint State was cooperating with Niu Youdao. To be able to do such a thing in such a large area in the Desolate Swamp Wasteland, the person must have a lot of power in the Saint State. Who could it be?
He thought of the news that Niu Youdao had been sent out of the Saint State by Luo Fangfei, and faintly felt that he had fallen into a huge conspiracy that he couldn't extricate himself from.
After pondering for a while, Ding Wei suddenly asked, "I believe you guys still remember where that stone is?"
The two disciples of the Cloud Tool Sect understood what he meant, and wanted to find the evidence. Tai-shu Li said, "Reporting to the Sect Master, we don't remember the exact location, we only remember the approximate area. Also, after the Elder killed Chao Jing, he conveniently threw him into the Corpse Sinking Swamp. "
Regarding this, the crowd wasn't surprised. After doing such a thing, no one would leave behind any evidence, so it was normal to destroy the corpse.
Tai-shu Li continued, "The stone with the Misty Pavilion's handwriting was also kicked into the swamp by the Elder. The handwriting was written with blood, and it sank into the muddy water of the swamp. After so many days, I'm afraid the handwriting has already eroded and disappeared. "
Ding Wei asked, "How long ago did this happen?"
Tai-shu Li replied, "About a month ago."
Ding Wei frowned.
Everyone looked at each other. They all knew that a month had passed, and the blood on the stone must have been eroded by the muddy water. Not to mention the handwriting, Chao Jing's corpse must have long been eaten by the tiny creatures in the swamp until only bones were left.
In other words, the relevant evidence had been cut off.
But no one would suspect that Tai-shu Xun and Tai-shu Li's words were false. At this point, the two of them had even betrayed the Sect Elder, so was there a need to lie?
Now that the matter had been investigated to this point, Ao Feng felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart. As long as he could prove that there was no problem with what he said, it would be fine. All the direct evidence that could refute his words had been cut off, and it would be easy to deal with the rest of the problems. He could even explain away the minor problems by saying that he couldn't remember clearly.
At least it proved that Niu Youdao didn't just kill or bury, and didn't push him out into the open without caring about his life or death. He had made ample preparations beforehand, and had played a considerable role in protecting him.
In the beginning, he didn't understand why Niu Youdao would bring up the robbery in Tai-shu Mountain City. Wouldn't it be fine if he came out to testify that there were indeed people from the Misty Pavilion who robbed Niu Youdao's things? He was going to be bitten to death either way, so why did he have to stir up trouble? Because Niu Youdao didn't tell him anything about the 'Misty Pavilion's' blood on the stone.
Now he understood, creating a witness to prove that what he said was true was to protect him.
But why did they have to spend so much effort to protect him? Why did they have to make a stone to prove that the Misty Pavilion had violated the rules?
He didn't know what Niu Youdao was trying to do. There were many possibilities in this matter, and it made him extremely afraid.
And he knew that by taking this step, he had already made one mistake after another. Not only did he violate the rules of robbery, he even conspired with outsiders to ruin his own pot. If he were to turn back now, he wouldn't be forgiven. He was already deep in trouble and couldn't extricate himself. He felt like he was trapped in a huge net …
Ding Wei stared at Niu Youdao again and asked, "Niu Youdao, you said before that there was someone who could prove that Ao Feng saw you being robbed. Who is it?"
Niu Youdao cupped his hands and said, "Please forgive me, Leader. There is no such person. I actually didn't see Mister Ao Feng's face clearly. I only made up this witness to force Mister Ao Feng to come out and testify. And the facts have proven that it was effective. "
Ding Wei's face twitched slightly. He used a little trick to find out the truth, so it wasn't considered a mistake. Logically speaking, he might even have contributed a little.
Everyone suddenly understood. So it was to trick Ao Feng into coming out.
Ao Feng suddenly turned around and stared coldly at Niu Youdao. He looked like he had been tricked and was glaring at him angrily.
Actually, Ao Feng knew in his heart that these words were to protect him. It was to give him a way out and not let him fall. Otherwise, if he took the initiative to jump out and ruin his own pot, he wouldn't be able to explain it to his family …
Taishu Mountain City had returned. He was thrown down from a large bird that flew across the sky. He was covered in blood, and when he was thrown onto the ground, there was still blood flowing out. He was battered and exhausted, and there was no more movement from him.
Seeing this scene, Tai-shu Xun and Tai-shu Li were dejected.
The members of the various sects sighed endlessly. Taishu Mountain City, who was arrogant and despotic just now, had become like this in the blink of an eye.
Huang Ban, who jumped down from the bird, cupped his hands and reported, "Leader, Taishu Mountain City refused to surrender and fought with his life on the line, forcing us to be heavy-handed. We didn't have a good sense of propriety and couldn't capture him alive, so we mistakenly killed him."
There was something that he didn't say, which was that Taishu Mountain City's strength was indeed strong. They forced the people who were chasing to kill to the point that they couldn't hold back and had no choice but to go all out.
More than a hundred people from Misty Pavilion besieged Taishu Mountain City, but Taishu Mountain City actually managed to kill more than twenty of them. The dead and injured were not brought back, and Huang Ban arranged for people to send them away. He was afraid that the other sects would see Misty Pavilion as incompetent, and was afraid that it would affect Misty Pavilion's prestige in the eyes of the other sects.
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