Chapter 166: The Tianji Pavilion
Zhong Linger nodded obediently, "That's true. So if you want to find the man in black robe, you can use his height as a reference, but you don't need to consider whether he knows how to cast an array or how high his attainments in array are. But do you have to check all the people of that height? I think it's better to follow the clues of my image stone. The figure can be seen clearly. There are not many eighth-grade array masters in the world of immortal cultivation, so it will be much easier to find them."
Tianming Pavilion Master snorted coldly, "How does young friend Zhong know that the two groups of black-robed men are the same group?"
Zhong Ling'er looked at the Pavilion Master Tianming as if she was looking at a child who was making trouble for no reason, and pointed at a fairy at random and said, "Please ask the fairy to help the Pavilion Master Tianming solve his doubts."
The fairy was very generous and stepped out with a smile, saying, "The Pavilion Master Tianming may not have noticed that the black robes worn by the two black-robed men on the photo stones are of the same style. They both glow dimly under the moonlight. That is the more precious Moonlight Brocade, which is only sold in the Wancai Pavilion in Tianhua City in Dongzhou. It's the same style, the same fabric, and it's made by the same shop. It's just too coincidental that they are not made by the same group of people."
"Yes, Moonlight Brocade is not cheap. Ordinary cultivators are reluctant to spend spirit stones to buy it. People who are not of a certain status will not patronize Wancai Pavilion."
"That gives us another clue. If we ask Wancai Pavilion who made the black robe for him, then the truth will be revealed, right?"
"I took the moonlight brocade to make a black robe. There shouldn't be many such rare things. The shop owner must be impressed."
There is strength in numbers. People talked about this and that, and the effect was better than Zhong Ling'er expected.
The person who was curious about the matter immediately ran to Wancai Pavilion and brought over the owner of Wancai Pavilion and the account books.
Under the intense gazes of the crowd, the boss flipped through the account book and searched for a while, then pointed to a line and said, "About a year ago, a disciple from the Spirit Sword Sect came to order five black robes. Here is the record."
Lingjian Sect, how could this fire burn to Lingjian Sect? Aren’t Taiqiong Sect and Tianji Pavilion arguing with each other?
Master Hongyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he angrily asked, "Do you know who that person is from my Lingjian Sect, and what evidence do you have to confirm that person is a disciple of my sect?"
The boss hurriedly said, "Master Hongyuan, I don't know which disciple of your sect that was, but I still remember him coming to my shop. The Sun and Moonlight Brocade had just arrived, and when I heard him say he wanted to make a few sets of black clothes, I recommended Moonlight Brocade to him."
"But after knowing that he wanted to make a black robe that covered his entire body, I tactfully reminded him to change the fabric, but he thought I was looking down on him and that he couldn't afford the spirit stones, so he just paid the full amount. Although he covered his face at the time, I noticed his sword, and the sword tassel hanging on it was only worn by disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect."
The boss pointed at the disciple beside Master Hongyuan and saw a jade pendant with a blue phoenix bird pattern carved on the sword tassel. The blue phoenix is the guardian beast of the Lingjian Sect and is also a rare beast with the purest bloodline. The Lingjian Sect is very proud of it, and therefore, the sword tassels of the inner disciples all have this pattern.
Sect Leader Hongyuan suddenly felt overwhelmed. He was watching other people's excitement but ended up seeing it happening to him. However, facing so many eyes, he would never admit it even if he died.
"Can you say that person is a disciple of my sect just by looking at a sword tassel? If I stole your mace, does that mean I have become Zhong Ling'er?"
"But that makes sense. In the Tianyuan Secret Realm, there were men in black robes who attacked us using the spiritual weapon of the fifth elder of the Spirit Sword Sect. One of the men in black robes was confirmed to be He Wei, a disciple of the Spirit Sword Sect. Doesn't this prove that this incident must be related to you?"
"The boss said that the black robes were custom-made by people from the Spirit Sword Sect. There were naturally five people wearing five black robes. Two of them died, leaving three. Two of them ran to steal the Sutra Library. What a reasonable guess."
Besides the superficial resentment, Zhong Ling'er's eyes looked at Master Hongyuan, but there was also a hint of pity. In her memory, Master Hongyuan was a little selfish, but he was not a bad person. She just didn't know why he was so desperate to intervene in the matter of harming the eldest senior brother. Now that the mastermind was innocent, he had dirty his hands. It was really not worth it.
Tian Ming Zhenren sighed secretly. Zhong Ling'er was as slippery as a loach. It seemed difficult to catch her. So he coughed lightly and said, "To find these black-robed people, everyone is just guessing. No one has any evidence. Instead of wasting time like this, why don't we find another way? This is an arena. Let's focus on the competition."
"This is not good. Those black-robed men wanted to kill us three times but failed. Two of them died. But they stole most of the books in Tianji Academy. How can we just let it go like this?"
Zhong Ling'er's words made Dean Tianxuan so angry that he gritted his teeth. This was really like taking advantage of someone and still acting ungrateful.
Tian Ming Zhenren stopped Dean Tian Xuan who was about to run away and sneered: "Mr. Zhong heard it wrong. It's not that we won't pursue it, but we will compete first and talk about it after the competition."
"Yes, after the competition, we will call on all the people in the cultivation world to solve the case together. We must find those black-robed men and see who instructed them to be so ambitious and do so many evil things."
Master Tianming's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything more. He became more wary of Zhong Ling'er. This little girl was more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.
Zhong Ling'er secretly made a "yeah" gesture to her master and senior brother. Master Wu Chen sighed lightly and looked worried, while Bai Luochen shook his head and chuckled. Only the little junior sister could play the role of the thief crying "stop thief" and put the blame on someone else so vividly. If you don't know, you would really think that she didn't steal the book.
After watching a big show, Pavilion Master Xuanyuan turned around and asked Xuanyuan Hongyuan, "Yuan'er, do you understand?"
Xuanyuan Hongyuan chuckled and said, "I understand a little bit."
The two looked at each other and smiled, while Xuanyuan Hongyi and Xuanyuan Hongxin on the side looked confused. No, what can you understand after watching this? We don’t understand, can you explain it to us?
Xuanyuan Hongyi pulled his brother's sleeve, and Xuanyuan Hongyuan smiled and said, "Except for not admitting what they have done, everything else they said is true."
Xuanyuan Hongzhi looked over and said softly, "Zhong Ling'er said that she was not the one who stole the book. Apart from this, it is true that they were attacked and suspected that the attackers were from Tianji Academy. Tianji Academy does not admit that their elders secretly killed people, but they suspected that Zhong Ling'er stole the book, which is true."
Xuanyuan Hongyuan nodded and lowered his voice to say to the others, "Tianji Pavilion wanted to push Tianyu Sect into the top five of the competition, and persuaded Lingjian Sect to help. As a result, there were three attacks on Taiqiong Sect. Zhong Ling'er must have been angry, so she stole Tianji Academy. But she didn't just steal, she also set a fire, which clearly showed that she wanted to make things worse. As for what she wants to do, we'll have to wait and see."
"But what is certain is that the Taiqiong Sect and the Tianji Pavilion are at odds with each other."
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