Lin Yizhi's words left everyone present feeling completely bewildered.

What do you mean by saying that the person who participated in the Demon Suppression Tower challenge wasn't her at all?

Everyone witnessed Ruan Xinrou's participation in the challenge; not only were there disciples from various sects present, but also the sect leader and elders. Everyone saw it with their own eyes.

Who could pull off such a blatant act of deception in full view of everyone?

Only Master Qin Hua glanced thoughtfully at his fourth disciple, Yan Chiling.

Yan Chiling's illusions are different from those of ordinary demons. They are based on his personal guidance and incorporate his unique secret techniques, making them extremely difficult to detect and even able to deceive Nascent Soul stage experts.

Could it be...?

Yan Chiling and Ruan Xinrou's faces had both turned pale, and Ruan Xinrou looked like she was about to faint.

Master Qin Hua already understood the general situation, and his face immediately darkened. However, he said aloud:

"Is there some misunderstanding here?"

Lin Yizhi glanced at the three people with disdain, not giving them a chance to downplay the matter, and directly took out the Qiankun Mirror from his hand.

“What misunderstanding is there? You don’t need to deny it, I have evidence here.”

This is a scene that Lin Yizhi specially saved when he discovered that Yan Chiling and Ruan Xinrou had jointly cast an illusion on Bai Ying.

Inside the Qiankun Mirror, Ruan Xinrou was incredibly vicious. She not only used Bai Ying to gain fame and fortune, but also ordered Yan Chiling to use illusion magic to trap Bai Ying, turning her into a puppet to serve her for life! What's most terrifying is that she would periodically wake Bai Ying up so she could see all her efforts being attributed to Ruan Xinrou!

While everyone was still focused on the competition between the Huayang Sect disciples and the Shadow Blade, many more people were paying attention to the Qiankun Mirror that Lin Yizhi had taken out.

Ruan Xinrou's performance in the Qiankun Mirror was truly terrifying.

Who would have thought that Ruan Xinrou, such a gentle and weak girl, could have such a vicious mind?

"She's trying to trap Bai Ying in an illusion for life. She wants Bai Ying to witness all her efforts being wasted on her. How could anyone be so vicious!"

"So it makes sense that Bai Ying performed so poorly before; Yan Chiling deliberately hired someone to ruin Bai Ying's reputation. I knew it! Bai Ying was so amazing before, how could she perform so badly this time!"

"I remember Bai Ying denied it at the time, but her master, Qin Hua Zhenren, didn't even bother to investigate before punishing Bai Ying and sending her to the Cliff of Repentance. What a biased master he is."

Everyone was talking at once, and the sect leader was so angry he was practically fuming. He pointed at Ruan Xinrou and Yan Chiling and yelled:

"You two bastards! How could you do such a thing!"

As the sect leader spoke, he had someone bring Bai Ying over.

The demons are still provoking him, and he urgently needs disciples who can defeat them, otherwise the sect's secret treasures will be lost.

How could Ruan Xinrou, who has no ability whatsoever, have the audacity to claim someone else's achievements?

Ruan Xinrou was speechless, her face was terrifyingly pale, and she could hear curses coming from all around her. Even the system in her consciousness was shouting loudly: "It's over, it's over, your luck value has dropped to 20%. If this continues, your mission will fail."

Ruan Xinrou collapsed to the ground, her mind reeling. Tears streamed down her face. Instinctively, she grabbed Qin Hua Zhenren's trouser leg and sobbed weakly, "Master, I'm sorry."

She tried to evoke his heartache, just like before.

Yan Chiling had already knelt on the ground: "Master, it's all my fault!"

Seeing Yan Chiling like this, Qin Hua Zhenren kicked him directly.

"Did I teach you secret techniques so that you would harm your fellow disciples like this?"

Yan Chiling himself felt ashamed of himself. In fact, he regretted it halfway through, but what was done was done, and he could only grit his teeth and continue.

"I'm sorry, Master!"

Master Qin Hua's face was grim. He kicked Yan Chiling a few more times, seemingly with great force. However, despite the grave mistakes made by Ruan Xinrou and Yan Chiling, he merely said to the sect leader, "Since they have committed such a serious error, punish them by sending them to the Cliff of Repentance to reflect on their mistakes."

As soon as Qin Hua Zhenren uttered his words, not only the other disciples present, but even the sect leader felt that he had gone too far.

Given the mistakes they made, expulsion from the sect wouldn't be an exaggeration. And now they're just being sent to the Cliff of Repentance?

Bai Ying was only punished by Qin Hua for not performing well in the Demon Suppression Tower challenge, and was sent to the Cliff of Repentance. But Ruan Xinrou and Yan Chiling were going to ruin Bai Ying's life.

Their methods were so vicious and their intentions so malicious that he had never seen anything like it before.

Even the Demon Lord Meng Xingchen, watching the spectacle, exclaimed, "These methods are even more impressive than those of our demon race."

The sect leader was even more furious when he heard Meng Xingchen's words. He couldn't stand anyone comparing them to the demon race, let alone that the person was Meng Xingchen.

The sect leader gritted his teeth, but he couldn't refute Qin Hua Zhenren, because Qin Hua was the most powerful cultivator in the Huayang Sect. The sect was counting on him for protection.

Although it was embarrassing, he still said, "In that case, let's do as Junior Brother Qin Hua said and send Ruan Xinrou and Yan Chiling to the Cliff of Repentance..."

However, before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard a clear, cold female voice:

"Ruan Xinrou and Yan Chiling have committed such a grave offense; we beg the sect leader to expel them from the sect!"

Although the sound wasn't loud, it was very penetrating, allowing everyone present to hear it clearly.

The sect leader looked up and saw Bai Ying walking over.

She was petite, her clothes fluttered, yet her presence was astonishing.

She repeated, "Ruan Xinrou and Yan Chiling have committed such a grave offense; please, Sect Master, expel them from the sect!"

Master Qin Hua's face instantly darkened, and his imposing aura emanated from him. "You wretched child, what nonsense are you spouting? They are your senior brothers and junior sisters! How can you disregard even the slightest bit of brotherhood?"

The terrifying pressure caused all the younger generation present to change their expressions.

It was clear that this Nascent Soul Peak expert was enraged.

With Foundation Establishment cultivation level, they were fighting against a peak Nascent Soul cultivator. Even the pressure from the opponent was something they couldn't withstand.

However, Bai Ying completely ignored the oppressive aura he exuded, as if she hadn't felt it at all, and even met his gaze directly.

"Do they even consider me a fellow disciple? Doesn't Master know how they intend to treat me? Why is Master protecting them like this? Does Master disregard the sect's rules? Is our sect one that can harm fellow disciples at will?"

"You bastard!"

Qin Hua slammed his hand on the table in front of him with a "smack," and the table instantly shattered into pieces!