"We were acting in self-defense! You were the one who set fire to us, and my face is proof enough!"
Zhu Yi could almost feel Shen Hanfang's spittle, which almost hit her.
"Your face is not evidence that you were maliciously murdered, but evidence that I, Zhu Yi, protected myself in this crisis!"
"You're leaning on the wall, twisting the truth, and making such a blatant accusation that I tried to kill you?"
"Fine, then prove me why I spared so many people and only killed the two of you? And..." Zhu Yi looked around and asked slowly, "Where's Zhu Qianying? Why is she all alone here barking like a dog?"
"She went to the mortal realm to find medicine to heal her wounds."
Shen Hanfang hated herself for speaking so quickly! She blushed from the retort, but luckily she had already prepared the excuse Zhu Yi might use, and blurted out: "You and your sister have never gotten along, what reason do you need to kill her? I was just implicated because of you!"
"Oh, then you're really unlucky. Isn't she good to Geri? Why didn't she take you with her when she went to find medicine for her injuries? I haven't been back to the Zhu family for six years. In these six years, I haven't gone home to visit my relatives even once, nor have I seen Zhu Qianying. Why do I have to kill my sister whom I haven't seen for many years as soon as we meet at Seven-Colored Mountain Peak?"
Zhu Yi's gloating tone was undisguised. Evil people will be punished by evil people. If Zhu Qianying really considers Shen Hanfang a sister, then the sun will rise in the west. This fool has been used and is still trying to attract attention.
"Who...who knows what you're thinking? Maybe you're jealous that your sister is more favored than you. She has many treasures that you don't have. You're just jealous! You stole your sister's storage bag and you're still not satisfied! You even stole her opportunities!"
Shen Hanfang didn't know much about Zhu Yi. She didn't know much about the Zhu family's affairs, but she could tell from Zhu Qianying's words that Zhu Yi was dissatisfied with things at home and had a rebellious personality.
All of this is based on speculation derived from Zhu Qianying's words.
"Oh, and then?" Zhu Yi casually took out a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, and then gave Xue Shan and Wei Wei a reassuring look as she turned around. "And then I inexplicably had murderous intent? That makes perfect sense."
Sitting upright in the main hall, the True Man listened attentively to the arguments of his two female disciples, while meticulously recording useful information at his desk.
A photographic stone was placed high beside him, silently recording everything inside the Discipline Hall.
The old man's eyelids twitched, but no one could tell that he was a little irritated: he didn't really like to judge these girls' fights; young people these days have no sense of transcendence... He suppressed his impatience and continued to listen.
Zhu Yi had a strange feeling that the beard of the True Man of Admonition was sticking up. She lowered her eyes and remained silent.
After a long silence, she said, "Even if I can't stand her, if she doesn't do something damnable, it's not my place to kill her."
"Shen Hanfang, how much did Zhu Qianying give you to make you treat me like this?"
"It was you who disregarded the bonds of kinship and brotherhood, yet you still accuse me of receiving any benefits? My face was ruined by you, Zhu Yi, what kind of huge benefit is that?" Shen Hanfang's voice was hoarse and trembling, she stubbornly refused to budge, determined to strip away Zhu Yi's good looks to repay the bitterness in her heart.
Zhu Yi stopped arguing with her and took out a bright, translucent, high-quality jade hairpin from the ruby ring around her neck. The hairpin had a plain crystal bead set at the top. She presented it to the Master of Admonition with both hands, saying, "There's no point in saying more. Let's all see the truth of the matter together!"
The old man had a sharp eye and recognized at a glance that this inconspicuous little object was a treasure that his nephew Yujing had collected many years ago when he went on a trip.
The bead didn't look special; it could only record images and sounds. It was small, but its function was no less than the large bead beside him.
The Master of Admonitions released a wisp of pure white spiritual energy, and the jade hairpin slowly flew to the sky above the Hall of Discipline, automatically finding the wall behind the Master of Admonitions, and the projection began.
Zhu Yi was very satisfied with the clear picture quality and the sound effects, which were comparable to those of a high-definition large-screen movie theater.
Shen Hanfang's eyes flickered, and she wanted to attack the jade hairpin in mid-air, but she found that she could no longer move.
The Master of Admonitions gave her a meaningful look, then turned his gaze to the wall behind him.
In the projection, the famous Shangguan Wenqi initially appeared as a refined gentleman, but when he couldn't stand Zhu Yi, he was about to raise his voice to teach her a lesson. The disciples watching looked on with annoyance at Shangguan Wenqi, a well-known disciple in the cultivation world.
As the familiar scene unfolded before their eyes, Xue Shan and Wei Wei both looked on with admiration. Their junior sister was indeed clever; with such evidence, no matter how eloquent Shen Hanfang was, no one would believe her anymore.
The two women beside Shangguan Wenqi were Shen Hanfang and Zhu Qianying, Zhu Yi's elder sister. The other woman was not well recognized, but it did not prevent people from guessing her identity.
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As the images kept changing, the True Man of Admonition used his magic to quickly play back the footage. Before long, everyone learned the truth of the matter through the audio and video.
"Mind your own business! Since you can't be used by me, then you can go and die with those three bitches!" Zhu Qianying's bloodshot eyes launched an indiscriminate attack on Zhu Yi, Xue Shan, Wei Weiwei, and a peach tree.
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