Commander Lin pointed at the demon and said, "Last night, Commander Hua and I patrolled the Spirit Academy and found this demon in the back mountain. We then used a confinement artifact to capture it."
"Commander, why didn't you just kill it!" Mu Xi stood up, her eyes bloodshot, and questioned him, her whole body trembling.
A hint of pity flashed in Wu Rouwan's eyes. She appeared beside Mu Xi and sighed as she looked at the girl's fragile appearance.
"Mu Xi, I know Ya'er's death has hit you hard, but we need to get more clues from this monster first to prevent more people from dying because of it. After everything is over, we will destroy this monster ourselves, okay?"
Mu Xi looked at the gentle and kind Wu Rouwan, gripped her wrist tightly, and said in a trembling voice, "Okay. Dean, Ya'er is so well-behaved and kind, you must avenge her, you must."
Wu Rouwan stroked Mu Xi's cold, delicate hand and said, "Yes."
Mu Xi then let go of his hand, knelt down again, and sobbed while holding the embroidered shoe.
Wu Rouwan lowered her eyes, looked at her for a moment, and then returned to the head of the table.
"Have there been any suspicious individuals recently? Or anyone whose personality has drastically changed? We need to investigate carefully to find the real culprit."
As everyone whispered among themselves, a somewhat hesitant voice suddenly reached their ears.
Amidst the crowd, Lai Pi pondered for a moment and said:
"I've heard that members of the Blood Fiend Cult, a demonic sect, use silver hairpins as tokens of their faith..."
"The other day, I happened to see Junior Sister Qi Yu holding a silver hairpin. She bumped into me, and the hairpin fell to the ground. I picked it up for her, but she panicked and ran away..."
A dark purple glint flashed in the gloomy young man's eyes as he looked at Wu Rouwan. "Dean Wu, Junior Sister Qi Yu... she seems rather suspicious..."
Xiao Baichi then stepped forward and said with certainty, "I think Qi Yu is indeed strange. Back then, she almost got into a fight with Senior Brother Lai Pi. A ball of evil fire appeared in her hand and swallowed Senior Brother Lai Pi's sword! It's too strange!"
"I think Qi Yu is a demonic cultivator!"
Upon hearing this, the group of disciples who were standing relatively close to Qi Yu were so frightened that they took several steps back, wishing they could immediately get hundreds of meters away from her.
"Qi Yu is an evil cultivator?!"
"If Qi Yu weren't a demonic cultivator, how could she, with her five spiritual roots, cultivate so quickly!"
"Exactly! I even praised her as a genius, but I never expected her to take this crooked path!"
"Commander Lin, arrest her immediately!!"
Commander Lin frowned as he looked at Qi Yu and asked, "Is what he said true?"
Xiao Baichi shouted, "Qi Yu, the evidence is overwhelming, why don't you surrender now?"
Qi Yu slowly raised his eyes, looking at the fearful eyes of the disciples around him.
"What a joke! You're trying to smear me with nothing but empty words." She sneered, "If I didn't do it, why should I confess?"
Mu Luo also stood up to defend Qi Yu, saying, "Junior Sister Qi Yu just rescued An Rong'er from the demons not long ago, so how could she collude with the demons? Besides, Junior Sister is indeed exceptionally talented, so there's no need for her to take crooked paths."
"Who knows if she colluded with demons to put on a show!" Xiao Baichi pressed aggressively, "Qi Yu, if you are really not a demonic cultivator, then take out that silver hairpin. Once everyone sees that it is not a magic weapon of a demonic cultivator, they will naturally clear your name."
"that is!"
"If you don't take it out, it means you have a guilty conscience!"
"Yes! Arrest her!"
Lai Pi said, "Master, I saw my junior sister put that silver hairpin into her storage bag at her waist. If my junior sister is innocent, she can take out the storage bag and let everyone see whether it is the Blood Fiend Sect's token or not."
Commander Lin stroked his beard and said, "Qi Yu, since Lai Pi has said so, then take out your storage bag."
Qi Yu looked at the old man. She had never attended Teacher Lin's class and didn't know what kind of person he was.
She then turned her gaze to Wu Rouwan, who was standing beside Commander Lin. Wu Rouwan remained calm and composed.
Qi Yu said loudly, "Fine, I'll take it. I'm upright and have nothing to fear. If you're not afraid of being slapped in the face again and again, then shout as much as you want."
Hearing Qi Yu's upright and unyielding tone, the crowd hesitated. However, since words had been spoken and their lives were at stake, they insisted that Qi Yu take out the storage bag.
A sly glint flashed in Qi Yu's eyes as she untied the storage bag from her waist and prepared to channel her spiritual energy into it to retrieve the silver hairpin.
"Wait!" Xu Shensheng suddenly walked over and stopped Qi Yu from taking the storage bag. "Junior sister, it's better not to take it yourself. It wouldn't be good if you did something wrong."
Qi Yu looked at her speechlessly, "Then what do you want?"
"I'll take it!" Xiao Baichi rushed out of the crowd and snatched the storage bag from Qi Yu's hand with his right hand.
Qi Yu shrugged and said indifferently, "Whatever."
She channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into the storage bag, opened it, and gestured for Xiao Baichi to search it himself.
Xiao Baichi eagerly reached into the storage bag, only to be immediately dazzled by the glittering spirit stones inside.
Holy crap! So many spirit stones!
Upon hearing this curse, the onlookers couldn't help but exclaim anxiously, "Quickly, find that silver hairpin! You know Qi Yu is incredibly skilled at alchemy; she can sell her pills for money!"
Xiao Baichi then came to his senses and struggled to search for the silver hairpin among the pile of spirit stones.
Finally, he found the silver hairpin with a strange skull head in a small corner.
As if he had discovered earth-shattering evidence, he proudly took out the silver hairpin and handed it to Qi Yu, almost poking it into Qi Yu's nose.
"I've found out! You still dare to deny it?"
Qi Yu said calmly, "I just bought this hairpin because of its unusual design, to keep as a collectible. How can you be so sure it's a demonic artifact?"
Xiao Baichi touched the silver hairpin suspiciously, then tentatively injected spiritual energy into it, but couldn't figure it out. However, unwilling to lose face, he said, "What you say doesn't count. We need to show it to the teachers before we can make a decision!"
After saying that, he ran a few steps to Commander Lin and handed him the silver hairpin.
"Commander, you are the authority. Please take a look and see if this is indeed a demonic artifact!"
Commander Lin took the silver hairpin, frowned and examined it carefully for a moment, measuring it inch by inch with his fingers, and then infused it with spiritual power.
Everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on Commander Lin's every move.
Qi Yu calmly crossed her arms and looked at them.
After a moment, Commander Lin examined the silver hairpin over and over for a long time before finally saying, "It's just an ordinary hairpin, not a magical artifact used by demonic cultivators."
The crowd gasped in disbelief, exchanging bewildered glances as they realized they had wronged Qi Yu once again.
"What should we do? It's not Qi Yu after all."
"She won't hold a grudge against us, will she...?"
"I deserve to die! How could I wrong an innocent person without any evidence?"
"Junior Sister Qi Yu, I'm sorry! We were wrong!"
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