When Zhao Xiang saw Li Zhiming hurting himself, he was puzzled for a moment, not knowing what he was doing.

After a while, a large number of disciples arrived.

"What's going on?" someone shouted.

"The prisoners being escorted had their cultivation levels not destroyed at all. They suddenly went on a rampage and killed people."

"In order to prevent the two from escaping, I locked myself in the cell and fought with them."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Li Zhiming explained while coughing wildly and spitting out some blood.

"Senior Brother Li, are you okay?" The disciple outside asked with concern.

"I'm not going to die yet. Is Elder Qin here? Set up the seal quickly." Li Zhiming said urgently.

Zhao Xiang saw that Li Zhiming was pretending to be injured and pushed the blame on himself.

For a moment, I was so angry that my teeth were itching.

Although this did not affect the current situation at all, he felt inexplicably nauseous.

"Who's in there and what's going on?"

At this time, Zhang Qiong, the patrol captain on the second floor, came quickly.

"Brother Zhang, it's Brother Li inside."

"Everyone, step back."

Zhang Qiong ordered.

Everyone dispersed.

Zhang Qiong came to the cell door, took out the key and opened the black iron lock.

After entering the cell, he lit up all the wall lamps in the room.

The dim cell suddenly became bright, and the scene inside could be seen at a glance.

Zhang Qiong looked around and frowned slightly.

The cell was messy and the floor was covered in blood.

There was a dead body lying in the corner.

In another corner was Zhao Xiang with disheveled hair. He was crippled by Li Zhiming and his acupuncture points were sealed, making him unable to move. He could only watch Li Zhiming.

Finally, Zhang Qiong's gaze fell on Li Zhiming.

At this time, Li Zhiming was sitting on the ground leaning against the wall, with blood at the corners of his mouth, his face was pale, and his breath was weak, obviously he was seriously injured.

"What's the situation? Tell me." Zhang Qiong looked at Li Zhiming expressionlessly, without a trace of pity on her face.

"Haha, I'm in this condition now, shouldn't you give me some healing medicine to prolong my life?" Li Zhiming sneered.

Zhang Qiong, the patrol disciple on the second floor, had never given him a good look since he met him, and he even hoped that he would die in an accident.

"Traitor, you'd better die now. This will also help get rid of a great threat to our sect." Zhang Qiong replied coldly.

"Whether I am the traitor you are talking about, everything will become clear when I return to the inner sect."

"I hope that by then you will be ashamed of what you did to me in the Abyss!" Li Zhiming snorted coldly.

Zhang Qiong is a stubborn person. What does his junior brother's death have to do with him?

Taking out your anger on others for no reason is the most incompetent behavior.

"shame?"

"Li Zhiming, don't think that just because you became a patrol disciple by relying on luck and sweet talk, you really think you are not a traitor?!"

"You are colluding with demons and evil cultivators. The evidence is irrefutable. How could the Punishment Hall make a mistake?"

"I'm telling you, if you are truly wronged and you can redress your innocence, I, Zhang Qiong, will kneel down and apologize to you!"

"But if you can't do it, don't give me the chance."

"If I get the chance, I will send you to hell!" Zhang Qiong was very emotional, and his expression showed that he wished he could kill Li Zhiming right now.

"Brother Zhang, calm down!"

A disciple behind him saw Zhang Qiong so excited and hurried over to stop him.

"Let me go. I just can't bear to see this traitor being so arrogant. I'm not stupid enough to attack my fellow disciples."

Zhang Qiong broke free and said coldly.

At this time, the patrol disciples on the first floor rushed over after hearing the noise.

Jiang Yuan followed behind everyone with a gloomy look and a sneer on his lips.

"Jiang Yuan, what's the situation?"

Liu Ziming appeared behind Jiang Yuan and pressed his shoulder.

This action scared Jiang Yuan. He thought his plan was exposed and his heart almost jumped out.

Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief only after he turned around and saw that it was Elder Liu.

"Elder Liu, you suddenly appeared and almost scared me to death."

"Haha, what's there to be afraid of? What's the situation on the second floor? Did you succeed?" Liu Ziming asked.

"Many disciples have gone to the second floor. It looks like they have succeeded."

"Well, as long as nothing goes wrong, Li Zhiming will definitely die. You know, Qi Yang sent two seventh-grade warriors this time." Liu Ziming sneered in a low voice.

"Two seventh-rank ones!"

Jiang Yuan was surprised when he heard this.

He really didn't expect that the two people he met up there today were actually seventh-grade warriors!

Two seventh-rank warriors attacked Li Zhiming at the same time. Even if he had great abilities, he could not escape death!

"Qi Yang is really willing to sacrifice two seventh-rank warriors."

Jiang Yuan was filled with emotion. The gap between people could be so huge.

He was still practicing hard to advance to the middle stage of the eighth rank, but Qi Yang was already able to decide the life and death of a seventh rank warrior at will.

"Let's go to the second floor and take a look. I hope Li Zhiming's death wasn't too ugly."

Elder Liu walked slowly towards where the crowd gathered.

Li Zhiming refused his recruitment at the beginning, and now he is paying the price for his situation with his life. It's all his own fault.

As the saying goes, he who knows the times is a hero.

This Li Zhiming has no self-awareness at all.

"I wonder if he regretted refusing my offer before he died?"

A mocking smile appeared on Elder Liu's face.

After a while, Liu Ziming and Jiang Yuan arrived at the depths of the second floor.

At this time, the disciples had surrounded the cell where Li Zhiming was.

Liu Ziming and Jiang Yuan had to work very hard to squeeze in.

The two men stood in front of the door, ready to admire Li Zhiming's miserable condition.

But the scene in the cell shocked the two men.

The two of them stood there in a daze, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Li Zhiming is not dead at all, he is still alive and well.

Lying in the cell were two seventh-grade warriors sent by Qi Yang!

One of them was obviously dead, and the other looked miserable and almost dead.

The look of astonishment on Jiang Yuan's face took a long time to disappear, and he turned to look at Liu Ziming.

Liu Ziming had just calmed down at this time. He had a serious expression and stared at Li Zhiming for a long time. He couldn't understand why Qi Yang's meticulous and perfect assassination plan failed?

You have to know that the people who took action were not just any random people, but two powerful seventh-rank warriors!

"Jiang Yuan, go back immediately and inform Qi Yang."

Liu Ziming whispered in Jiang Yuan's ear.

Jiang Yuan nodded and left quickly.

At the same time, Li Zhiming noticed the gaze outside the door.

He turned his head and found that Elder Liu from the first floor had arrived here at some point.

He just laughed, and then said, "The two people sent to Xuyuan by the Punishment Hall turned out to be two assassins. It is incredible that they were able to evade the Punishment Hall's layers of inspection and enter Xuyuan Prison."

"I remember that it was Jiang Yuan, a patrol disciple on the first floor, who took over. I didn't expect that he was fine. But when it was my turn, these two suddenly attacked and killed me."

"If I hadn't recovered some strength and had some life-saving cards, my body would be lying there today."

"Brother Zhang, you hate evil as much as you hate evil, and what you hate most in your life is traitors to the sect."

"What do you think of the current situation?"

"How did these two people avoid detection by the Punishment Hall?"

"Why did I get the information that their cultivation was destroyed and their meridians were broken when I escorted them?"

"And after reaching the second floor, the two of them miraculously recovered their strength?"

"Is it the case that the guard of the Punishment Hall committed embezzlement? Do you want to represent Xuyuan Prison to find the real traitor?" Li Zhiming looked at Zhang Qiong with a smile, not knowing how he would answer.

"There is indeed something fishy about this, but now everything is just your opinion. We still have to wait for the results of the investigation to determine the exact situation." Zhang Qiong thought for a moment and replied.

"Very good, your answer fits my stereotype of you."

Li Zhiming stood up with difficulty. He covered his chest and coughed twice, preparing to leave.

He didn't have time to talk nonsense with Zhang Qiong, who was extremely prejudiced against him. He had to go to the fourth floor to see what was going on with the witch from the Hehuan Sect.

"Stop, where are you going?" Zhang Qiong reached out and grabbed Li Zhiming.

"Why do I need you to ask?"

Li Zhiming was already getting a little impatient with Zhang Qiong's various obstructions.

"Don't even think about leaving until the truth comes out!"

Zhang Qiong grabbed Li Zhiming's collar.

Li Zhiming sneered, he looked at Zhang Qiong, his face became increasingly gloomy, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and at the same time a powerful wave of true energy quietly rose.

"Let me go!"

Li Zhiming's voice was cold, and it sounded like a final warning, as if he was going to attack me if I didn't let you go!

"How dare you, a mere patrol disciple, disobey me? You are courting death!"

Zhang Qiong didn't care about Li Zhiming's threat at all. He slowly exerted force with his palms, trying to restrain Li Zhiming with absolute strength and press him against the wall.

However, fantasy is beautiful and reality is cruel.

Zhang Qiong found that she was unable to shake Li Zhiming. He stood firmly on the ground, as solid as a rock. No matter how hard she tried, Li Zhiming remained unmoved.

Zhang Qiong's face suddenly changed, and his eyebrows were wrinkled into the shape of the Chinese character "川".

He was shocked and exclaimed that this was impossible!

He is a seventh-rank warrior, so why can't he shake Li Zhiming?

You know, before Li Zhiming was deposed, he was only in the middle to late seventh rank.

The current Li Zhiming could not possibly be his opponent!

"Brother Zhang, it's not too late to stop now. Don't shoot yourself in the foot later. It will be a huge embarrassment."

Li Zhiming smiled, grabbed Zhang Qiong's wrist and forcibly removed his hand from his collar.

Zhang Qiong's face twitched. He looked at his wrist which was red and numb and still painful, and felt extremely humiliated.

This time he wrestled secretly with Li Zhiming and was defeated completely.

He had practiced hard for so many years, but he was no match for a traitor whose cultivation had been abolished.

You know, this traitor could only barely fight against an eighth-grade fox demon a month ago.

When Zhang Qiong saw Li Zhiming was about to leave the cell, he dodged and stopped him.

Seeing that Zhang Qiong was still trying to make trouble, Li Zhiming's expression suddenly turned cold.

He really gave face to Zhang Qiong!

"Li Zhiming, stop right there. I've told you before that until the truth of today's incident comes to light, don't even think about leaving the cell!"

Zhang Qiong looked righteous and awe-inspiring.

"What if I insist on leaving today?" Li Zhiming asked.

"I know you are very powerful, but rules are rules and you must accept the investigation!" Zhang Qiong was unyielding.

At this moment, a cold but gentle voice sounded.

"Under investigation of what?!"

This question stunned the whole audience.

The disciples around him dispersed, leaving a path.

Mingzhu walked over gracefully and looked at Zhang Qiong with an unhappy expression.

"Meet Senior Sister Mingzhu."

When Zhang Qiong saw Mingzhu coming, he hurriedly bowed.

Firstly, he knew Mingzhu's identity and strength. Secondly, he had always been secretly in love with Mingzhu, so he would not treat Mingzhu with the same attitude as he treated Li Zhiming.

He is now in the middle stage of the seventh rank. With his talent in martial arts, he will be able to enter the sixth rank within a year at most.

At that time, he planned to express his feelings to Senior Sister Mingzhu.

"Zhang Qiong, why did you stop Junior Brother Li?" Mingzhu asked with a cold face.

“…”

Zhang Qiong's face changed slightly when he saw this. It was the first time he saw Senior Sister Mingzhu show such an expression, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

But he immediately adjusted his attitude and replied, "Senior sister, Li Zhiming escorted two prisoners, and one of them died and the other was seriously injured."

"Li Zhiming explained that the prisoner suddenly attacked him, but the prisoner's cultivation was destroyed, and he had been through multiple transfers between the Punishment Hall and Xuyuan Prison, so it was impossible for him to make any mistakes.

So I suspected that Li Zhiming was lying. He was a murderer by nature and did all kinds of evil. This time he must be taking the opportunity to discredit the Punishment Hall. After all, his cultivation was abolished by the Punishment Hall. So I wanted him to stay and wait for the elders to come and investigate. "

"madness!"

"These two were captured by the enemy sect and deserved to die, but Junior Brother Li is a disciple of my sect. Can't you tell which is more important?"

"As the captain of the patrol team, you didn't investigate the truth and care about the injured disciples of the sect. Instead, you suspected that Junior Brother Li was lying."

"He's already injured, and you still suspect him of slandering the Criminal Law Court?"

"What good will it do for Junior Brother Li to slander the Punishment Hall?"

"Also, I see that you seem to be sympathetic to the two prisoners from the enemy sects. Could it be that you are also a spy for the Shadow Pavilion?"

"You keep saying that you hate traitors the most, but what you are doing now is no different from the traitors you hate so much?"

Every word is like a pearl, and every step is pressing.

Her voice echoed in the quiet space, with a penetrating power that pierced Zhang Qiong's heart.

Zhang Qiong stepped back subconsciously, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Whether the cultivation of these two people has been abolished, and whether they have suddenly killed people, a careful investigation will reveal the result."

"Instead of making a fuss without any basis in reason, you might as well investigate the disciples in the Punishment Hall who escorted and handed over these two people today to see if the problem is really with them." Mingzhu snorted coldly.

"What Senior Sister Mingzhu taught me is that I was too impulsive just now. After all, Li Zhiming has a criminal record and once colluded with ..."

"Shut up!"

Mingzhu interrupted Zhang Qiong.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiong clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.

Mingzhu saw that Zhang Qiong had finally calmed down, and then she looked at Li Zhiming.

A smile appeared on her face, and she looked completely different from when she was facing Zhang Qiong just now. She asked with concern, "Junior Brother Li, are you okay?"

"Don't worry, senior sister. I just suffered some minor injuries and it's nothing serious." Li Zhiming replied calmly.

When Zhang Qiong saw this scene, her back teeth made a crackling sound and her nails dug deeply into her palms.

"I will go investigate the disciples who escorted and handed over these two people today."

Zhang Qiong's mentality had exploded. He lowered his head and left the cell with reluctance, jealousy and anger towards Li Zhiming.

"Senior Brother Zhang, don't forget the agreement between you and me. When I restore my reputation, I will wait for you to kneel down and apologize to me!" Li Zhiming smiled faintly.

“…”

Zhang Qiong stopped where he was and said, "Haha, I'll wait and see. I want to see how long you, a traitor, can keep pretending!"

"Junior Brother Li, don't pay attention to Zhang Qiong. His fellow junior brother died because of a traitor's backstabbing, and he has become a little crazy in the past two years. Don't bother with him." Mingzhu explained.

"I didn't want to argue with him, but he insisted on being aggressive."

"Senior Sister, I leave this to you. I have to go back and rest. I almost lost my life here." Li Zhiming pretended to cough twice.

"Okay, go back and rest. Leave this to me."

Mingzhu nodded. After Li Zhiming left, her expression returned to her usual coldness and she walked into the cell.

She placed her hand on Shang Kai's body, "At the seventh level, his meridians and bones are intact. He is indeed not disabled. There is indeed something wrong with the escort this time!"

Mingzhu immediately understood that this was an attack on Li Zhiming!

Then she turned and looked at Zhao Xiang.

Zhao Xiang's cultivation, meridians and bones were destroyed by Li Zhiming, so he should have been left alive specially.

"Someone, take this person alive to another cell!"

"The other body stays inside, and the rest of you can do whatever you need to do."

Mingzhu gave instructions in an orderly manner, and then she stood up and left, and had to quickly inform Uncle Qin and the other elders.