"You can't blame them for hitting too hard."
"So, if it weren't for his provocation and subsequent sneak attack, the couple wouldn't have bothered with him at all?"
"What?" Tianyin's face instantly turned ugly. "You—did you really do such a thing?"
"Master, we have so many eyes and we can see it clearly. Surely we wouldn't lie to just one person out of so many people."
"Tell me, why did you do this?" Tianyin wanted nothing more than to beat him up. He knew perfectly well that his lustful and womanizing ways had resurfaced.
But with so many people present, this charge needs to be cleared.
Otherwise, if his disciple, Master Tianyin, were such a scoundrel, who knows how outsiders would laugh at him.
"I--"
"What, you want to find other reasons? It's just because that girl is too pretty."
"Most importantly, he lost the fight, he surrendered, and he even launched a sneak attack."
“This girl naturally wanted to get revenge after hurting someone’s husband.”
Passersby around the area complained one after another.
Tianyin's eyes darkened; this woman was indeed a source of trouble.
He looked up and carefully observed Xia Qianhe.
But her features were exquisitely beautiful, and her skin was fair; such beauty was quite striking.
It made him particularly dislike it.
"There seems to be something wrong with you, woman." Since he couldn't clear his disciple's name, he could only shift the blame to the source.
If this woman is problematic, then everything his disciple Luo Feng has done will have a reason.
"What? Unable to defend your disciple, you resort to slandering my sister-in-law?"
Ning Hong then parted the crowd and walked over.
His face looked terrible, and his lips were tightly pursed.
He crouched down to examine Ning Xize's wounds.
The bleeding from the wound has stopped.
His robes were covered in blood.
It was quite shocking to see.
That's true, it was stabbed right through, how could it not be serious?
"What grudge do you have against my brother that you would want to kill him like this?"
"I—" What grudge could he possibly have? It's just that his wife is pretty, isn't it? But how could he say such a thing? Besides, his master is still here.
Tianyin has always been very concerned about saving face.
If he embarrasses him, he might not retaliate on the spot, especially in front of many people, but afterwards, he will suffer a terrible fate. Master will definitely not let him off the hook.
Luo Feng's heart was pounding with anxiety.
It kept trembling.
Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him.
“Master, the reason I attacked them was because they were demonic cultivators.”
"Demonic cultivator?"
This could be considered an excuse. Since ancient times, the righteous and the demonic have been irreconcilable enemies. For a righteous person like him to attack a demonic cultivator is not a matter of course.
Tianyin's eyes brightened slightly.
"Do you have any evidence to prove that this person is a demon?"
“Of course, Master. Look, he is a person with five spiritual roots.”
"Five spiritual roots?"
Tianyin was immediately stunned. "This person has fluctuations of spiritual energy. How could he be a person with five spiritual roots?"
How can someone with such a useless spiritual root cultivate?
“Master, if you don’t believe me, you can ask this girl. She’s an old acquaintance of theirs, but a complete stranger to me.” Luo Feng pointed to Xia Qianxue. “It was this girl who called out that this person had a useless spiritual root.”
Xia Qianxue shrank back a little. She never expected that this person would specifically call her out to speak.
"I—" She had no idea what to say.
She looked at Xia Qianhe and Ning Hongze, both of whom were looking at her.
"Don't worry, girl, I will protect you. Just tell the truth bravely."
With a flick of her sleeve, Tianyin unleashed the oppressive aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator, causing everyone present to change their expressions.
Most of the people here are at the Qi Refining stage, so they can't withstand the pressure from a Nascent Soul cultivator.
“I, I’ll tell you.” Xia Qianxue took a deep breath. “He did have five spiritual roots before, but just half a year ago, he didn’t have any spiritual energy at all.”
"Then in half a year, he will have gone from having a useless spiritual root to being able to cultivate, and even reach the third level of Qi Refining."
She was doing this for his own good.
If his body is truly possessed by demons, then things will be easier.
She was saving him, not trying to harm him.
That's right, that's exactly it.
Xia Qianxue became more and more confident as she spoke.
It was as if, in her eyes, this person was already a demon.
"Reaching the third level of Qi Refining in half a year is slow enough, yet you still manage to bring up these trivial matters." Xia Qianhe rebuked angrily, "I also went from the Great Perfection of Qi Refining to the late stage of Foundation Establishment in half a year, why don't you mention me then?"
“You have a Heavenly Spiritual Root, you’re different.”
Xia Qianxue turned her head slightly, as if she couldn't bear it.
Xia Qianhe is doomed.
This senior was clearly someone who hated evil.
He disliked his sister from the beginning, and now his dislike has only intensified.
However, Xia Qianxue knew very well that if Xia Qianhe really wanted to kill Ning Xize, her sister would not just stand by and watch; she might even start a fight with them.
"If there really is a problem, then there is something wrong with the fact that the five spiritual roots can cultivate."
“You are all ignorant.” Ning Hong also stepped forward. “This world is full of wonders. Who told you that people with five spiritual roots cannot cultivate?”
"These five spiritual roots are useless spiritual roots. How can they cultivate?" Tianyin sneered. Back then, his sect also had a disciple with five spiritual roots who spent most of his life trying to draw qi into his body but still couldn't. In the end, he could only accept that he could only be an ordinary person.
"Those two, both of them have changed their spiritual roots."
Ning Hong then pointed her finger, and both Xia Qianxue and Xia Qianwan's expressions changed.
"She went from having four spiritual roots to having two, and he went from having three spiritual roots to having a mutated single spiritual root." Since we're going to expose this, let's just hurt each other. Isn't changing one's spiritual roots far more shocking than having a useless spiritual root capable of cultivation?
"real?"
"Such a thing is possible?"
"If his spiritual roots can be repaired, does that mean he's no longer a person with five spiritual roots?"
If that's the case, then it's perfectly normal for him to be able to cultivate; it's not surprising at all.
With a few words and a glance, Ning Hong shifted all attention away from her brother to the others.
"Ning Hongze, don't confuse the point. You gave me that pill," Xia Qianwan rebuked angrily.
“Yes, it took me a lot of effort to get one.” Ning Hong looked intently at Xia Qianwan.
Under that gaze, Xia Qianwan inexplicably felt guilty.
No, what is there for him to feel guilty about? He didn't do those things.
Thinking about this, he finally felt a little more justified. Although he profited from the whole thing, being the biggest beneficiary, he hadn't done anything wrong.
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