Chongjiu allowed those deities to stay, firstly to spare Wujie from his schemes, and secondly to discuss matters with him.
After the other guests had left, he first sent Bai Jue to the Ghost Realm to see what was happening down there and why the King of Hell hadn't come yet.
After thinking for a moment, Wu Yan followed Bai Jue.
Still worried, Shu Jianyue gave Wuyan another Spirit-Soothing Fruit.
Upon seeing the Spirit-Soothing Fruit she took out, Fan Yin's eyes widened immediately. "This, this is a Spirit-Soothing Fruit, isn't it?"
Shu Jianyue ignored him and looked at Wuyan, saying, "If you encounter any difficulties, be sure to send a message to Master immediately, understand?"
Wu Yan was deeply moved and put away the Spirit-Soothing Fruit. "Yes, disciple will definitely do it, Master, please rest assured."
"Let's go then. Come back soon if everything's alright." Shu Jianyue patted his shoulder.
After Bai Jue and Wu Yan left, she looked at Fan Yin and said, "Yes, that is the Fu Shen Fruit."
"Just come back for more of the sun-dried spiritual fruits once you've finished eating them." There's no need to go after someone else; this doesn't seem like something a deity would do.
Fan Yin nodded casually, glanced at the few deities still remaining in the hall, and ultimately did not ask any further questions.
Although those deities were also eager to know, they dared not ask too many questions because of Chong Jiu's presence.
Everyone was wondering whether the God-Soothing Fruit was given to the lady by the Jiuze Temple or whether she obtained it from somewhere else.
Chong Jiu didn't care what they thought. After letting Yu Chuan and Yan Xi lead the others out, he looked at the few gods and said, "I'm keeping you here as a warning and a notification."
"You have all seen Wujie's words and actions. I can ignore these things, after all, no one is perfect."
"However, since there are heretical cultivators in his imperial palace, I have no choice but to intervene."
"My men have now brought out those two evil cultivators, and both of them have lost their right arms."
“Fan Yin has been keeping you with him all this time. I believe you all know that Wu Jie has lost his right arm and is now looking for a suitable one. You are his best choice.”
"Now these two evil cultivators have also lost their right arms. I think you can guess why."
"And those who can use the right arm of a heretical cultivator, unless they are also heretical cultivators, will be corrupted and tainted if they put on the arm of a heretical cultivator."
"You could say you made a mistake by arresting one heretical cultivator, but you can't say you made a mistake by arresting two heretical cultivators."
Ban Heng did not go out with the others, nor did Chong Jiu ask him to go out.
Therefore, the more Chong Jiu spoke, the uglier his face became, his eyes staring intently at the ground as if he wanted to punch a hole in it.
He knew that Wujie's right hand was gone; he had received a message.
Unexpectedly, Wujie was so foolish as to use the arm of an evil cultivator, and that's how he was exposed!
Ban Heng clenched his fists tightly again, his head bowed as he pondered a solution.
Fan Yin glanced at the other deities present and saw that their brows were tightly furrowed, but none of them spoke.
He shook his head and said, "I was also involved in the investigation of this matter, so I know quite a bit about it."
"Wu Jie's sudden breakthrough to the Upper God Realm must have been greatly aided by this heretical cultivation technique."
"Otherwise, why would a God Emperor suddenly become involved with heretical cultivation techniques?"
When Fan Yin said this, the others immediately put themselves in the situation and the more they thought about it, the more they felt it made sense.
Xiangyun God Venerable looked at Fanyin and asked, "Do you have any evidence?"
“The evidence is him, why do we need to find anything else?” Fan Yin looked at him with a smile.
Chong Jiu stood up and said, "I'm telling you all this for two reasons: first, I trust you, so that you won't spread this around for now; and second, I want you to be on your guard so that Wujie doesn't take advantage of any loopholes."
"Even after this reminder, you still managed to get outmaneuvered. That just shows how useless you are."
Another deity stood up and asked, "Since you have already discovered so much, why did you only issue a warning instead of exposing him on the spot?"
"Also, so what if he's an evil cultivator? There are evil cultivators in the Upper God Realm, and they've always lived together peacefully."
Fan Yin sneered, "Peaceful coexistence? You're really naive."
"If you really can coexist peacefully, take one back and try it out, see if you can really coexist peacefully."
"Don't you know why heretical cultivators are disliked? You can't even coexist peacefully with them unless you want to join them too."
The man fell silent.
Chong Jiu glanced at him and said, "I have given you all the reminders you needed to. You may go back now."
The deities looked at each other, wondering what to do if they suddenly didn't want to go back.
The Cloud-Inlaid God Venerable put away the gift box of spiritual fruits on the table and looked at Fan Yin, saying, "I hope you don't mind if I bother you for a few more days?"
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"Thank you very much then." Xiangyun turned and left.
Fan Yin snapped out of her daze and shouted, "Bullshit! What do you mean by 'causing us a few more days'? He said you can go back to your own homes now."
Following Xiangyun's example, everyone else stood up and said, "Then we'll have to trouble you."
Fan Yin's face turned green, and she glared fiercely at Chong Jiu.
Shu Jianyue suppressed a laugh and took out a basket of spiritual fruits, saying, "Hey, don't be angry, this is a thank-you gift. Anyway, a few more days won't make a difference, will it?"
Fan Yin looked at the basket of spiritual fruits, and her anger immediately subsided. "That's more like it."
Bai rolled his eyes at her, saying that the lady had already said that they could come back to get the food after they finished eating.
They're so easily bribed with just a basket of gifts; they're really slow to understand.
Fan Yin pulled Bai Shai out of the main hall, a smile still on her lips. After walking a few steps, she remembered that the lady had promised to give them spiritual fruits before, so these were spiritual fruits too.
Thinking of this, the smile froze on her face.
"Let's go. You're beholden to those who feed you, and you're obligated to accept their gifts." Bai Shai shook his head and pulled him forward.
Fan Yin pursed her lips and said nothing more.
That is indeed the case.
No sooner had Fan Yin and the others left than Hei Yao arrived.
Hei Yao nodded to Shu Jianyue, took out a booklet and handed it to Chong Jiu, saying, "I've checked, there are three pieces missing in total."
"I checked the age of each one. A piece was missing from the 5020, a piece was missing from the 6733, and a piece was missing from the 8311. The ones that were stolen were all thousands of years old, and the ones that were more than ten thousand years old were left untouched."
Tai Zun sheds its scales every thousand years, so there are quite a few accumulated, but each one is registered.
Chongjiu took the booklet but didn't open it, because he knew it wouldn't be of any use.
"He can enter the Chaos Palace, but he can't enter the Treasure Pavilion. How did he manage to sneak out?"
Obsidian said with a dark face, "Or maybe they sneaked in and stole it when someone went into the treasure pavilion."
Chong Jiu shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. After all, he might be able to sneak in but not necessarily sneak out. So, it's 90% likely that someone from the inside brought him out."
"Obsidian, investigate again who entered the Treasure Pavilion after the Venerable One's demise. Investigate them."
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