"Fang Jian is innocent!"

Everyone was shocked when they saw the pile of golden ashes and the four big words, and the five assistants quickly stepped forward to the pile of ashes.

After the five assistants inspected it, the Imperial Palace Assistant Taiwei Daozun said with horror, "This... This is the ashes of Taizhang Daozun!"

Tribulation ashes are what is left behind after a cultivator above the Golden Immortal level dies in response to a calamity. They can also be seen as the "ashes" of a powerful being. The appearance of tribulation ashes means that the person has died in response to a calamity, and both his soul and body have been destroyed.

"Impossible! Daoist Master Tai Zhang is a powerful being in the Pure Realm, how could he..."

Some people couldn't believe it, but the five Taifu were very clear-headed. Taoist Taizhen said, "This is the calamity ashes of Taoist Taizhang."

At this moment, someone stepped forward and wanted to gather the ashes of Daoist Master Tai Zhang together, but the ashes of Daoist Master Tai Zhang remained motionless, always maintaining the traces of the four words "Fang Jian is innocent".

Upon seeing this scene, the five ministers, Taoist masters, and senior ministers immediately turned around and looked at Fang Jian in shock.

Fang Jian, holding a pillar of incense transformed by his magical power, looked at the crowd and said, "The Xiantian Purple Clear Heavenly Thunder has descended to the world to redress my innocence. I, Fang Jian, am innocent. Anyone who disagrees with my innocence dares to speak out right here on the spot? The Xiantian World is my witness. Who dares to speak out?"

The hall was completely silent. Seeing no one spoke for a while, Fang Jian immediately bowed to the five ministers and said, "Five ministers, if you want to sentence me, Fang Jian, guilty, please do so now."

The five assistants remained silent, but Daoist Master Taixiao reacted immediately and asked Fang Jian, "Fang Jian, have you really asked Heaven and Earth?"

Fang Jian smiled and said, "Daoist Master Tai Zhang has already died in response to the calamity. This is a response from heaven and earth. If anyone doesn't believe it, you can declare me guilty now and try."

"I have heaven and earth as witnesses! Heaven and earth prove that I am innocent!" Fang Jian said proudly with his head held high and chest puffed out. At this moment, his momentum even overwhelmed most people present.

Fang Jian was not bluffing. One million Hongmeng Dao Qi could not be wasted. The more people he killed, the better.

But now no one dared to take the risk. At this time, Taixiao Daozun immediately said to the five ministers: "Your Highnesses, since Captain Fang Jian has asked for the will of heaven and earth, I think he is indeed innocent. Why not follow the will of heaven..."

This is considered to be a way out for the five assistant ministers, and they have to step down now, because if they don't take this way out, today's matter will not be resolved and it will be very embarrassing.

The five ministers exchanged glances, and finally, the Taoist Master Taizhen spoke: "Captain Fang Jian, since Heaven has declared you innocent, then we will abide by Heaven's will. You will handle the matter at the Honglutai. The Council now declares you innocent of any guilt or fault."

As Taoist Taizhen finished speaking, the ashes of Taoist Taizhang immediately gathered together automatically. Seeing this scene, the pupils of everyone present shrank.

Immediately afterwards, Daozun Taihe said to a dazed senior official at the Ministry of Justice, "Immediately send Daozun Taizhang's ashes back to the Ministry of Justice for storage. We will hold a funeral for Daozun Taizhang after the matter concerning Crown Prince Yunhao is resolved."

The senior official came to his senses and quickly bowed, saying, "I will obey your orders."

After the Shang Qing collected the ashes of the Daoist Master Tai Zhang and left the meeting platform to return them to the Court of Justice, the five assistants returned to their seats and said to everyone in the hall, "Please return to your seats."

Everyone looked towards the position of Taoist Tai Zhang with lingering fear. Even Yao Hong didn't dare to jump at this moment. They all obeyed the order and returned to their seats.

But everyone looked dazed, still not recovering from the fall of a powerful person in the First Purity Realm.

At this time, Taoist Taizhen asked Fang Jian, "Captain Fang Jian, I didn't expect you to have the ability to pray to heaven and earth."

You have to know that even they can only pray and make wishes to the Xiantian Wuji Realm of Heaven and Earth during special times of sacrifice to Heaven and Earth, and they may not necessarily receive a response.

No one expected that Fang Jian could pray to heaven and earth at such an ordinary moment, and it was so effective that it directly led to the death of a Taoist master in the Pure Land Realm.

Fang Jian bowed and said, "Your Excellency, Taizhen Daozun, I was blessed by heaven and earth in my childhood, so my prayers to heaven and earth always receive more responses than others. Therefore, I always offer sacrifices to heaven and earth in my Taoist temple, and pay homage to them daily, never slacking off. As a result, I have received great blessings from heaven and earth."

Upon hearing this, everyone present was shocked and immediately took Fang Jian's words to heart, preparing to go back and worship heaven and earth in their own Taoist temples and residences, and worship them every day.

The five ministers nodded, and then the Taoist Master Taizhen said, "Fang Jian, where is Yao Shu?"

Fang Jian replied, "Your Excellency, Yao Shu is the ringleader of the turmoil at the Honglutai. He is currently being held in the Night Patrol's Mansion. I will interrogate him rigorously upon my return, pending further action."

Yao Hong said, "Captain Fang Jian, since you have already killed over a hundred people from the Ganzhao Dao Kingdom, your crime has been absolved. Yao Shu should be released."

Fang Jian said, "Yao Shu is the ringleader of the rebellion. He is responsible for the Honglutai rebellion, the numerous casualties in Jingshan Dao, and even more so, the deaths of over a hundred people in Ganzhao Dao! Letting Yao Shu go is absolutely impossible!"

"You!!" Yao Hong was furious, but the fate of Daoist Master Tai Zhang immediately emerged in his mind. So he had to suppress his anger and said to the five ministers, "I would like the five ministers to make the final decision on this matter."

The five ministers were also troubled. Since they had already declared Fang Jian not guilty, they couldn't force him to release Yao Shu. All they could do was say, "There's nothing wrong with what Fang Jian said, but you should interrogate Yao Shu as soon as possible and hand him over to the Court of Justice for disposal."

Fang Jian bowed his head and said, "Yes."

Then Taizhen Daozun waved his hand and said, "Fang Jian, everything is fine now, you can go back first."

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