These words brought silence to the room.

"Bang bang bang—" A knock on the door broke the silence inside the room.

Lin Jingge happened to be close to the door at that moment. She stepped forward and opened the door, where she saw the sect leader and elders of the Yunxiao Sect standing at the door.

With a smile on his face, the sect leader of Yunxiao Sect looked past Lin Jingge and at Qingjian inside the room.

"What are you doing here?!" Qingjian frowned and stepped forward, looking at the two people standing at the door.

The sect leader of Yunxiao Sect, with a smile on his face, took out the prepared gifts.

"I heard that one of my disciples had accidentally caused trouble, so I came here specifically to apologize." The Cloud Soaring Sect Master smiled apologetically, and reluctantly stuffed the level-eight spirit fruit in his hand into Qing Jian's hand: "I have already punished those tactless disciples, so I hope Dean Qing will not hold it against them."

Qingjian glanced at the level eight spirit fruit in his hand.

Let alone level eight, even level seven spiritual fruits are hard to find in this world.

The level eight items are all treasured possessions of their respective families.

The sect leader of the Cloud Soaring Sect is quite willing to spend money.

However, although this thing was a treasure, Qingjian was also tempted. If it weren't for the demonic insects, he might have actually accepted it.

"I dare not accept anything from your Cloud Soaring Sect." Qing Jian scoffed and returned the level-eight spiritual fruit.

Qingjian casually tossed the spirit fruit, and it traced an arc in space before landing precisely in the hands of the Cloud Soaring Sect Master.

"Ah, this, this..." The Cloud Soaring Sect Master accepted the spiritual fruit, but the fact that the other party did not accept his apology made him even more uneasy.

He winked at Qingjian and transmitted his voice, "Qingjian, you can't be that bad. It's just that my Yunxiao Sect used a little trick to win the weapon crafting competition. Even so, you still got first place. I've even come to apologize in person. Isn't that enough sincerity?"

After saying that, he added a threatening remark: "Leave a way out for yourself, so you can meet again in the future."

The Cloud Soaring Sect Master's telepathic message directly isolated everyone present, and these words reached Qingjian's ears.

Upon hearing this, Qingjian suddenly chuckled.

He wasn't as cautious as the Cloud Soaring Sect Master, and besides, there was nothing he couldn't say.

"If it were an ordinary thing, I could turn a blind eye and let it go, but since it involves something from the demon realm, this matter cannot be left like this!"

Aokiji's tone suddenly became very serious.

He usually presents himself as gentle and rarely appears so serious.

Those who know him well know that he is angry.

That's something from the Demon Realm, how could Qingjian not be angry!

You should know that the Cloud Cauldron Continent and demons are sworn enemies.

Demons grow stronger by consuming flesh and blood. Their Yunding Continent was once invaded by the Demon Realm. It was only by exhausting their cultivation and lifespan that their ancestors managed to drive the demons out of Yunding Continent and seal the passage to the Demon Realm, thus restoring peace to Yunding Continent.

And this group of people actually used monsters openly.

If it were anything else, Qingjian might have endured it for the sake of this tournament, and waited until it was over before letting it out.

But now, it's clear that his bottom line has been crossed.

"A demon?!" Upon hearing Qing Jian's words, the Cloud Soaring Sect Master was so shocked that he took a step back.

His eyes suddenly widened.

"When have I ever come into contact with demons?! I just gave your disciple some medicine to suppress the strange fire, what does that have to do with demons? Don't make false accusations!"

The Cloud Soaring Sect Master was also completely baffled by the matter of demons, but that didn't stop him from subconsciously refuting it.

After all, in this era, anyone who dares to associate with monsters will become an object of everyone's wrath.

He wouldn't dare admit it.

Furthermore, although he can be a bit petty in his actions, he still has his principles.

Just like this time, he didn't use that vicious method. The medicine powder he used was only to suppress the student's strange fire, and its effect only lasted for one or two days.

"Sect Leader Yunxiao, this is really not something we're framing you about," Zhao Ya stepped forward.

She held a bowl in her hand, and in her eyes, the worm-like monster emanated a gray demonic aura. The monster was not dead; it was suppressed by Zhao Ya's spiritual power and wriggled uncomfortably at the bottom of the bowl.

For spiritual cultivators like them, demonic energy is far too easy to discern.

Demonic energy and spiritual energy are mutually exclusive, and this is easily perceptible.

The sect leader of Yunxiao Sect had obviously also sensed the demonic energy, and his expression turned somewhat grim.

"Do you think you can frame me like this just because you caught some demonic insect from who-knows-where?!" The Cloud Soaring Sect Master's face was extremely ugly.

Looking at Qingjian and the others, he felt that they all had the appearance of despicable people.

"You've only used a few tricks, using demons to slander my Cloud Soaring Sect! What exactly do you want!"

"Sect Master, this is really not something we're framing you with," Lin Jingge, who was standing at the door, suddenly spoke up.

She was the most qualified to speak on this matter, since she was the one who removed the demon from her senior brother's body in front of everyone.

"I personally extracted this demonic creature from my senior brother's body, and it has been confirmed that this is the demonic creature that suppressed the strange fire," Lin Jingge said.

"What does this prove?!" The Cloud Soaring Sect Master looked coldly at Lin Jingge.

Following their gaze came an immense sense of oppression.

Lin Jingge tasted a metallic sweetness in her throat.

Unable to withstand the pressure, she bit her lip tightly, refusing to be forced to her knees.

"How dare you bully my academy's students right in front of me, Cloud Soaring Sect Master! You're far too arrogant!" Qing Jian frowned, his gaze turning cold.

With a wave of his hand, he removed the oppressive aura from Lin Jingge's head.

The immense pressure suddenly disappeared, and Lin Jingge was caught off guard, staggering as she walked.

Upon seeing this, Tang Cheng quickly stepped forward to support Lin Jingge.

"Gege, how are you?"

"I'm fine, I'm alright." At this moment, blood was already trickling from the corner of Lin Jingge's mouth. She gently shook her head and whispered a comforting word.

"Ha, how can a junior like her interrupt when I'm talking to you!" The Cloud Soaring Sect Master sneered.

However, due to Aokiji's presence, he did not make any further moves.

Even if they fought, he couldn't beat Aokiji.

“She is the one who extracted the demonic insect, so she naturally has the right to speak!” Qingjian said.

Seeing that the Cloud Soaring Sect Master still wanted to refute, he spoke again: "You don't need to say anything more. I have already sent messages to the others. When the time comes, the Cloud Cauldron Sect Master will make the decision!"

Qingjian spoke decisively, showing no mercy to the Cloud Soaring Sect Master.

After saying that, he took a few steps back and sat down on a chair in the hall.

The others from the South Campus also walked up behind him.

Tang Cheng quickly helped Lin Jingge forward.

"You..." The Cloud Soaring Sect Master wanted to argue, but seeing that the other party had already sat down and started talking to the people around him, no longer looking in his direction, he immediately swallowed all the words of explanation he was about to say.

He stormed over and sat down on the other side, angrily saying, "Fine, I'll wait. I want to see who the Cloud Cauldron Sect Master is really on his side!"