When Zhao Shiliu heard this, an extremely subtle gleam flashed in his eyes.

He glanced at Li Zhiming out of the corner of his eye, then turned to Yao Xian.

Just as Zhao Shiliu was about to answer, Li Zhiming said calmly, "Qi Yang is dead."

These four simple words made Yao Xian's pupils shrink suddenly, and his whole body seemed to be petrified on the spot.

Many abbots and elders remained silent and just looked at Li Zhiming quietly.

When the disciples in the rear heard the news, there was an uproar.

"Qi Yang is dead!?"

"He is the new disciple of the Punishment Hall, right? I heard that the commander-in-chief of the Punishment Hall is his uncle."

"You heard correctly. The commander-in-chief of the Punishment Hall is indeed Qi Yang's uncle."

"Otherwise, why would Yao Xian, the Grand Commander, be so concerned about the disciples under the Second Commander?"

"Qi Yang actually died on the Trial Road. He was arrogant and domineering on weekdays. He relied on his backers to look down on everyone and bully the weak and fear the strong. He deserved to die on the Trial Road!"

"I heard that Qi Yang and Li Zhiming had a big conflict. Do you think Li Zhiming gave Qi Yang to..."

A disciple whispered and made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"That's not the case. If it was really Li Zhiming who did it, he should have pretended to know nothing when he came out and said something."

"What you said makes some sense."

The disciples chatted one after another, and the whole square became noisy.

Song Hongyan saw this scene and said, "Quiet!"

After the voice fell, all the disciples fell silent instantly, and no one dared to whisper anymore.

"Li Zhiming, Qi Yang is a direct disciple of the Punishment Hall. Please tell me in detail what happened on the road of trial."

Song Hongyan looked at Li Zhiming.

"clear."

Li Zhiming bowed and nodded.

Commander-in-chief Yao Xian stared at Li Zhiming.

He had a hunch that Qi Yang's death must be related to Li Zhiming.

But he didn't believe that Li Zhiming's strength could defeat the two puppets he had prepared for Qi Yang.

Although the two puppets had some damage, after being repaired by Yang Huan, they had the combat power to rival a late-stage third-grade warrior.

With this power, Qi Yang can do whatever he wants on the road of trials!

No matter how strong Li Zhiming is, can he fight against his two puppets alone?

There must be some trick that he doesn't know about.

"Li Zhiming, speak quickly!"

Yao Xian fell from the sky and landed not far from Li Zhiming. He looked at Li Zhiming with a cold expression.

"There's nothing to say."

"In short, Qi Yang, a disciple of the Punishment Hall, and Tian Yaoyao, a disciple of Baihua Peak, colluded with the assassins on the Trial Road to murder the inner sect disciples. I found out and cleared them out!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.

The sect leaders looked at each other, and it was unknown what they were whispering about.

The disciples were even more excited, and the discussions instantly filled the square.

"Li Zhiming, you farted!"

"Let's not talk about whether what you said is true or false. With your strength, how can you kill Qi Yang and Tian Yaoyao?"

Yao Xian put one hand behind his back and clenched his fist tightly.

"Haha, I'm a fifth-rank official. Shouldn't it be easy for me to clear out the sixth-rank traitors who are colluding with the spies for the sect?"

"Or has the commander-in-chief prepared some unknown trump card for your own nephew?"

"Instead of using his trump card to deal with spies, he actually used it against his fellow disciples!"

"Is this the punishment hall that monitors the Zhenyuan Sect? What a joke!" Li Zhiming snorted coldly. This time, it was his turn to stand directly on the moral high ground.

"Ridiculous, how ridiculous!"

"Qi Yang, as a disciple of the Punishment Hall, would never commit embezzlement or collude with spies. These are all lies you made up!"

"Tell me, was it you who killed Qi Yang with some sinister means?"

Yao Xian's voice became more and more manic, his eyes were cold, and a fierce pressure emanated from him uncontrollably.

"Haha, facts speak louder than words!"

"These are the relics of the two people, Commander-in-Chief, please keep them!"

After Li Zhiming finished speaking, he waved his hand, and Qi Yang and Tian Yaoyao's storage rings flew towards Yao Xian.

Yao Xian took the storage ring and briefly examined it.

Immediately, his brows were furrowed and his face was full of frost.

The two puppets disappeared. If what Li Zhiming said was true, the two puppets must be in Li Zhiming's hands.

But he couldn't ask or ask for it now!

Because his act of giving Qi Yang a puppet was suspected of cheating.

A fifth-grade puppet is fine, a fourth-grade one is fine, but a third-grade one is not.

This far exceeds the strength of the disciples participating in the trial road and will be considered a violation.

"Li Zhiming, you are too arrogant. You killed my disciples from the Punishment Hall and fabricated lies to deceive the sect. You should be killed!"

Yao Xian roared, and a violent pressure finally broke out uncontrollably.

Boom~!

The pressure swept over and enveloped Li Zhiming.

Li Zhiming mobilized the internal energy to fight against it.

As expected of a top-tier warrior, this pressure was like a mountain pressing down on him.

Fortunately, he is now a third-grade spiritual master. His strong body and powerful mental strength combined with the primordial energy are enough to resist Yao Xian's pressure.

When Yao Xian saw that Li Zhiming remained unmoved under his pressure, his expression instantly became serious.

"How is that possible?!"

"He is only a fifth-grade warrior, but he can actually withstand my pressure at close range?!"

Yao Xian was puzzled.

At this moment, Song Hongyan spoke.

“That’s enough!”

She waved her hand lightly, and a stream of true energy like a breeze swept out, and Yao Xian's pressure instantly dissipated.

The pressure on Li Zhiming also disappeared and his body became relaxed.

"Everything should be based on evidence."

"Li Zhiming, since you said Qi Yang and Tian Yaoyao were colluding as spies, do you have any evidence?"

Song Hongyan asked calmly.

"That's right. Everything requires evidence. I have evidence. Zhao Shiliu, have you been with Qi Yang since you entered the Trial Road?"

Upon hearing this, Yao Xian spoke first and looked at Zhao Shiliu with a serious expression.

"yes."

Zhao Shiliu nodded in reply.

"Tell the sect leader everything about how Qi Yang and Tian Yaoyao died." Yao Xian said anxiously.

As Qi Yang's uncle, he understands Qi Yang's temperament better.

Although Qi Yang's actions were somewhat reckless, he would never do something as treasonous as colluding with enemy spies and murdering sect disciples.

Just as Zhao Shiliu was about to tell the truth about what happened on the trial road, Qin Chuan stood up.

"Wait a minute, disciple has something to say!"

"explain."

Song Hongyan glanced at Qin Chuan.

"Senior Brother Zhao is a disciple of the Punishment Hall. Everyone knows that the disciples of the Punishment Hall will definitely side with the Punishment Hall."

"Therefore, disciples believe that we should find someone who is neither a disciple of Qingluan Peak nor a disciple of the Punishment Hall to testify!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Um……"

"That's absolutely true."

Many sect leaders nodded.

Then, Yun Cang from Qingluan Peak said, "What Qin Chuan said makes sense. In order to avoid suspicion, we cannot use witnesses from Qingluan Peak and the Punishment Hall disciples."

"Li Zhiming, besides Zhao Shiliu, are there any other witnesses or physical evidence?"

Yun Cang asked.

"Of course there is."

Li Zhiming clapped his hands.

Immediately, dozens of disciples dragged Huang Yun, Xuan Tianchen and eight other people alive.

"What are these?"

Song Hongyan glanced at Xuan Tianchen and his group, her brows slightly furrowed. There was something wrong with these people's bodies.

Even though they were all killed by Li Zhiming, Song Hongyan could still sense something fishy from the residual aura in these people's bodies.

The breath is disordered, the true energy is mottled, and the foundation is weak.

It seems that their realm was forcibly elevated by relying on external objects.

"Master, these are the people that the disciples have captured alive."

"We learned from them that they were a group of thirty-two people, divided into four teams: Tiandi Xuanhuang."

"Each team consists of eight people, who will ambush and kill the elite disciples of each lineage!"

"They all joined the Zhenyuan Sect when they were young and have been hiding in the sect. They only received orders from the people behind the scenes before the trial road began."

Li Zhiming told the information he got from these people.

"Liang Meng, did you interrogate the person?"

A woman with a great figure and beautiful appearance fell from the sky.

She is Xiao Miaomiao, the third commander of the Punishment Hall and Liang Meng's master.

"Master, it was indeed my disciple who led the investigation. Everything Li Zhiming said was true. Not a single word was false." Liang Meng replied with a bow.

"Okay, then who is behind them?"

"I am incompetent and failed to find out."

"All we know is that they have similar life stories, and before joining Zhenyuan Sect, they were both taken in by a person who suddenly appeared and concealed his appearance and identity."

"That person taught them to read and write, and taught them to practice knowledge."

"When they are about ten years old, we will send the best ones among them to Zhenyuan Sect in batches and let them lurk in the sect."

"Besides, it's not just our Zhenyuan Sect that is harmed."

"According to them, only a part of it was sent to Zhenyuan Sect, and the rest was sent to other places." Liang Meng explained.

"Oh, that's interesting."

"So, before this mission started, except for the people who came in together, everyone else didn't know each other's identities?"

Xiao Miaomiao sneered and suddenly became interested.

"Yes, they were very cautious. It was not until they entered the Trial Road that the thirty-two of them came together with the help of special identity tokens and secret codes."

"Where's the identity token?"

Upon hearing this, Song Hongyan opened her mouth to ask.

“It’s all here.”

Li Zhiming waved his hand, and thirty-two tokens floated in front of Song Hongyan.

Song Hongyan frowned slightly and gave all the tokens to the master of Tieshi Peak.

"Peak Master Yang, I'd like to trouble you at Iron Stone Peak to find out the source and origin of these tokens."

"clear."

Yang Huan put away the thirty-two tokens.

At this time, Li Zhiming walked up to Huang Yun and others and taught them the tricks.