When Xiang Sheng came back with "Liao Jinming", Xu Tianming had already cleaned up the mess.
The transformed ownerless vital energy and ownerless true essence were classified into different categories according to their realm and quality and put into jade bottles, forming a pile that formed a small hill.
Beside the hill, "Zhuang Chen" was tied up and thrown to the ground, his body stiff and unable to move, only his eyes were moving around randomly, revealing his complete fear.
When Xu Tianming saw Xiang Sheng coming back, he immediately walked over and was about to call him "Uncle Master" but was stopped by Xiang Sheng with a look.
Xu Tianming glanced at the panicked "Liao Jinming" and immediately understood what he meant. He said politely, "Junior Xu Tianming, thank you very much for saving my life!"
Xiang Sheng smiled faintly: "No need to thank me, I still need your help with something."
Xu Tianming nodded quickly: "As you command, senior."
"Bring Zhuang Chen's storage ring."
Xu Tianming immediately ran to take off Zhuang Chen's storage ring, held it in both hands and handed it to Xiang Sheng.
Xiang Sheng threw "Liao Jinming" aside and left a storage ring in his hand.
She took the one from Xu Tianming's hand, a sword light flashed across her fingertips, and with a light wipe, the soul marks on the two rings instantly disappeared.
The two people on the ground groaned at the same time. Zhuang Chen's cultivation was relatively low, so he was even more miserable and vomited blood.
Xiang Sheng didn't even look at the two of them, took out two tokens from the storage ring and threw them to Xu Tianming.
Xu Tianming examined them carefully, frowning slightly. "Senior, these two tokens are genuine, and the names on them match."
Liao Jinming, who had been holding back and not daring to speak, finally found the opportunity to speak after hearing this:
"Senior, I am indeed a disciple of the Wuji Xianzong! I was confused for a moment and wanted to monopolize the spoils, so I killed Senior Brother Xu!
I know I was wrong! I hope you will show some mercy. After I leave the secret realm, I will definitely give Senior Brother Xu a generous gift to apologize!
After hearing this, Xiang Sheng's expression became even calmer: "It seems you still haven't given up."
"Liao Jinming" felt a panic in his heart.
Xu Tianming sneered: "The excuse you made up in such a hurry is full of loopholes. Even I can hear that it is wrong. How can I believe you, Senior?"
Liao Jinming gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Xu, I was wrong. But everything I said just now was true. You can't slander me!"
"Am I slandering you?"
Xu Tianming's eyes flashed with sarcasm. "Then let me ask you, if you want to monopolize this place, why did you specifically reveal this place and invite me to go with you?"
Liao Jinming's expression changed slightly, "I..."
"If you wanted to use me, you should have waited until I had killed most of the spirits before killing me. But you couldn't wait to do it before I killed any of them."
At this point, Xu Tianming sneered: "Liao Jinming, you are stupid, don't treat others as fools."
When his lie was exposed, Liao Jinming's face turned pale, and his tone became tougher:
"Xu Tianming, I am a true disciple of the Wuji Immortal Sect! If you want to provoke a conflict between the two major sects, then go ahead and kill me!"
There is an unwritten rule between the three major sects.
When the core disciples and below fight with each other, as long as there is no one with higher cultivation level to intervene, no matter how many casualties there are, they will not seek revenge openly.
What happens behind the scenes is another matter.
But true disciples are the cornerstone of a sect's future and must not be defeated by their own people.
Therefore, the true disciples of the three major sects must never kill each other.
Anyone who dares to knowingly commit a crime is slapping the faces of the three major gangs. Once the offender is found out, the situation he will face can be imagined.
"Liao Jinming" did not do it himself, but instead used the Yin spirit of the earth to kill people with a borrowed knife. He was also afraid of this rule.
If Xiang Sheng hadn't been there, Xu Tianming would have felt suffocated. Now he just wanted to laugh.
Liao Jinming could indeed use these words to threaten his true disciples, but his uncle was here now. How could he be scared off by a mere unwritten rule?
"Liao Jinming" saw that Xu Tianming did not react at all, but turned to look at Xiang Sheng, and was suddenly terrified.
"Senior! Why would a casual cultivator like you wade into this muddy water?
As long as you are willing to let me go, Wuji Xianzong will never hold you accountable for what happened today.
If you commit murder today, the Immortal Sect will be furious and will do you no good but only harm!"
Xiang Sheng ignored "Liao Jinming" and swung out a palm wind with his backhand, breaking the restrictions on "Zhuang Chen".
Zhuang Chen regained his freedom and immediately got up.
When "Liao Jinming" arrived, he saw him lying on the ground, lifeless. He always thought that "Zhuang Chen" was killed by Xu Tianming, so he dared to make up stories.
Seeing him suddenly come alive, she was immediately thrown into confusion. Without caring about anything else, she spoke before "Zhuang Chen" in a sharp and urgent voice:
"Senior, I am willing to confess!"
"But I don't want to listen."
Xiang Shengsu waved her hand, and "Liao Jinming" fell straight down. Just like Zhuang Chen just now, he could not move anything except his eyes.
Zhuang Chen witnessed the whole process, swallowed hard, crawled on his knees to Xiang Sheng, and kowtowed three times.
"Senior, I'm willing to tell you everything! I won't lie!"
Xiang Sheng said calmly, "Of course you are willing, because even if you don't say it, Liao Jinming will rush to say it.
But since you haven't been able to speak up, I'll give you a chance."
"Zhuang Chen" burst into tears of gratitude and immediately spilled the beans from a bamboo tube, spilling the truth:
“I am indeed a disciple of the Wuji Xian Sect, but not from Wangxian Peak. I am Tang Yuankui, a core disciple of Shengxian Peak!
A year ago, I was secretly summoned by the eldest disciple of Shengxian Peak, and was given the Zhuang Chen token. He ordered me to enter the secret realm and meet up with others. I was to follow the arrangements in everything and not disobey.
If you can accomplish this and return alive, you will be able to become a core disciple and enjoy the treatment of a true disciple."
Tang Yuankui showed shame on his face: "After I entered the secret realm, I met this person and found out that he wanted me to cooperate in setting up an ambush to assassinate Wangchen Peak, Piaoxue Palace and the true disciples of Wanmai Sword Sect!
I am doing this for cultivation, so..."
Tang Yuankui was a little embarrassed to speak, and with a choked throat, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the person on the ground, his tone sharp:
“He is not Liao Jinming!
I gave him the token. I don't know who he is, but I suspect he's from the Pantheon!"
Xu Tianming was shocked when he heard this, and he still couldn't believe it.
He once had a close junior fellow apprentice who, because he trusted the disciples of Shengxian Peak, mistakenly entered a dangerous situation and accidentally lost his life.
Due to the rules, he could not openly seek revenge from Shengxian Peak, so he could only avenge his junior brother in secret.
As a result, he failed to take revenge and was plotted against by Shengxian Peak. He was poisoned by a meridian-blocking poison and fell into a desperate situation. If his senior brother had not appeared in time to rescue him, he would have turned into a handful of earth by now.
Before this, he only thought that Shengxian Peak acted recklessly and without mercy.
Now it seems that Shengxian Peak and the Pantheon have long been in cahoots with each other! Was the accident that Junior Brother encountered back then really an accident?
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