"What are you doing? Desecrating a corpse?" Li Qianxia glanced at the tortoise.

"Let's get out of here first." Yang Qinglan wiped her face to erase any traces.

At the same time, a vortex symbolizing teleportation slowly rotated and opened behind Li Changzhou.

"What is this?" Xiaoqing asked warily, then the gravity changed, and the vortex unexpectedly sucked her in.

"Xiaoqing!" Bai Suzhen reached out to pull her.

"elder sister!"

The two staged a heart-wrenching farewell—this illustrates the importance of intelligence; they both believed the other side of the vortex was a hellish abyss.

Back in her courtyard, ignoring the two astonished snakes, Li Qianxia asked, puzzled, "Why did you have to whip the corpse?"

"It's not about desecrating a corpse, it's about framing someone." Yaochi sat down, poured herself some tea, and explained.

"Frame someone?"

"How many people on Mount Putuo are capable of wielding the 'Primordial Spirit Wisdom Sword' at the level of a Human Immortal?"

"Not many," Li Qianxia pondered, "The Dragon Girl, Sudhana, and Guanyin... oh!"

She realized what was happening.

"Are they trying to frame the Dragon Girl and her group? But the one who committed the murder was—"

She paused for a moment, and after the wall was covered with ivy-like plants, she continued:

"—The murderer is the Good Fortune Boy, so why bother framing him? Wouldn't an extra step just increase the risk of exposure?"

She has a point; tampering with the turtle's carcass would actually clear Sudhana of suspicion.

The premise is that you could tell from the corpse that the murderer was Sudhana.

“Without Qinglan, could you tell who the murderer was?” Yaochi took a sip of tea. “Now that the corpse has the ‘Spiritual Wisdom Sword’ and the one who did it was indeed the Good Fortune Boy, what excuse can he possibly make?”

"That's what you call 'Yellow Mud Lake crotch, even if it's not shit, it's still shit,'" Li Changzhou concluded.

Yang Qinglan and Yaochi glanced at him at the same time.

"The words may be crude, but the principle is sound; that's exactly the point." Yang Qinglan nodded.

Li Qianxia nodded, indicating that she understood.

"Guanyin Bodhisattva has boundless power. No matter who killed the person, your tricks will be seen through!" Xiaoqing suddenly said.

“Judging by the time,” Li Changzhou said, “your poison should have taken effect by now.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaoqing trembled and let out a scream.

A familiar feeling washed over her. She clutched her throat, feeling as if a sharp pair of scissors was cutting from her throat to her stomach, snip, snip, snip.

Heart-wrenching pain, guts ripped open, she rolled on the ground, revealing her true form as a green snake.

Li Qianxia glanced at her with pity, but she was no longer a female college student in the 21st century and would not feel pity because of the screams.

She looked at Li Changzhou and asked him, "What Sister Xiaoqing said does make sense. Guanyin Bodhisattva is, after all, an earth immortal, and this is her sacred place. It's very likely that she will discover it."

"Then why did Sudhana dare to make a move?" Yaochi asked with a smile. "This proves that although earth immortals are powerful, they are not omnipotent or omniscient gods."

As they were talking, a commotion broke out outside; it seemed the turtle demon's corpse had been discovered.

The death of one or two monsters is not a big deal. Take the incident at Fengbo Cliff, for example. At least hundreds of monsters died there. The key is where they died.

This is Mount Putuo, the sacred site of Guanyin Bodhisattva. How can someone die here?

Yaochi's decision to have Li Changzhou use the "Primordial Spirit Wisdom Sword" was not only a way to frame someone, but also an attack on Guanyin Bodhisattva's prestige—even the Bodhisattva couldn't guarantee peace.

Li Changzhou and his group wouldn't have used such a tactic before.

Although the life experiences of the brother and sister and Yang Qinglan are different from those who grew up in love, they are still just ordinary people. Intrigue and schemes are too far removed from them. Only Yaochi would naturally think of this trick.

After a while, the riot did not erupt as Li Changzhou and the others had imagined. Instead, it was like a pebble thrown into a lake; the ripples came quickly and disappeared just as fast.

"It was suppressed?" Li Qianxia asked curiously.

“With such a formidable enemy at hand, it’s normal to suppress it.” Yaochi had an expression that suggested she had already anticipated this. “But if you can suppress one thing, you can’t suppress two. When more people die, anyone with eyes can see that.”

"Never mind," Li Changzhou suddenly said.

Yaochi looked at him.

“If it weren’t for the fact that the murderer was Sudhana, I wouldn’t have ‘framed’ her. Although our mission was to kill Guanyin, she was a good person after all, so let her die with some dignity and honor,” Li Changzhou explained.

Li Qianxia nodded repeatedly. In fact, she hadn't really approved of 'framing someone' earlier, but she didn't say it out loud for the sake of the bigger picture.

Now that her brother is leading the charge, she naturally wants to speak her mind.

Yaochi looked at Yang Qinglan: "Is this how you used to do missions?"

"A virtuous man remains steadfast in poverty, while a petty man becomes reckless when poor." Yang Qinglan also quoted a line from the Analects.

"Sister, what does this mean?" Xiaoqing, whose illness had subsided, secretly asked Bai Suzhen. The two of them were unwilling to let a single word of the conversation between the four demons go unnoticed.

Bai Suzhen was, after all, a thousand-year-old demon. Although she didn't have nine years of compulsory education, she had read some books in order to become an immortal.

“A virtuous person can uphold their integrity in adversity, while a petty person will resort to any means and act recklessly when faced with difficulties,” she explained in a low voice.

"Fine, I am a villain. When we were deceiving Jiajing together, I didn't see you guys being very strict with yourselves either." Yaochi rolled her eyes at Li Changzhou.

Li Changzhou laughed and said, "I didn't say you were a villain, nor do I care whether you are a villain or not. As long as we are sincere with each other within our own circle, that's enough. As for outsiders, look at Xiaoqing, that delicate five-hundred-year-old woman, didn't I torment her to the point of death?"

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