"My fellow immortals, please be wise. I, I..." Zhan Mi looked around in fear. He saw definite distrust in everyone's eyes. He knew that he had messed up. He was so scared that he couldn't stop shaking.
He was indeed a member of the Demon Cult, but he was not a subordinate of the Left Protector at all. He was just an insignificant pawn. He was captured by Yu Tianliu's men due to bad luck. In order to survive, he had to cooperate with Yu Tianliu in this drama to frame Yu Tianji.
Under Yu Tianliu's instruction, he had made sufficient preparations. He knew the situation in the Demon Sect and the habits of the Left Protector by heart. However, he did not expect that he was still not familiar enough with the alchemy furnace, and was caught by the enemy here.
"Since the lie has been exposed, there is no need for you to resist any longer." Li Yuebai coughed lightly and said, "In front of all the major sects, tell me clearly who instructed you to do this?"
"I can't say it! I can't say it!" Zhan Mi turned his head away in fear and refused.
"If you don't say it, it will be of no value to us." Li Yuebai hooked his finger and ordered his men to point the sword at him: "I will not care about Tian Liujun's face, kill him immediately."
"I said! Yes... yes..." Zhan Mi gritted his teeth and had to make a choice. He raised his handcuffed hands tremblingly and wanted to point at Yu Tianliu, but suddenly he screamed, his eyes widened, and fell to the ground, struggling constantly. Blood-red patterns appeared on his originally dark skin, which made him look even more terrifying.
"Poisoned?" Li Yuebai hurriedly ordered people to come forward to treat him.
However, the poison took effect too quickly. Before the doctor could reach him, Zhan Mi had already stopped struggling and curled up on the ground motionless, gasping for his life.
Li Yuebai glared at Yu Tianliu through the barrier and found that he had no expression on his face, and could even be said to be calm and composed.
It was obvious that Yu Tianliu must have used poison to control Zhan Mi, making him obedient. If he didn't obey, he would die.
But why did the poison take effect at such an accurate time? Not a moment earlier, not a moment later, but just when Zhan Mi was about to point out that Yu Tianliu was the one who ordered it, the poison took effect.
Could it be that Yu Tianliu has some kind of magic that can control the time when the poison takes effect?
It's impossible. If he could control it precisely, he would have killed him before the barrier was exposed.
Maybe it's not poison, but a dragon.
The characteristic of the dragon is that its attack depends on the behavior of the person who is bitten by the dragon.
It is very likely that Yu Tianliu had placed a snake on Zhan Mi from the very beginning, and the condition for the snake to be activated was: betraying Yu Tianliu.
As long as there are insects, there will be insect worms in the body.
As long as we find the insect, we will have one more piece of evidence.
Everyone looked at the corpse on the ground and began to murmur in their hearts. Combined with the doubts raised by Li Yuebai just now, they felt that Yu Tianliu was very suspicious.
Since the barrier was dead, there was no need to maintain the barrier, so people put away their spells and removed the barrier.
After removing the barrier, Yu Tianliu's first reaction was to send several monks to rush up. When they got in front of the corpse, they made a fire gesture, intending to burn the corpse with flames.
"Wait a minute." Li Yuebai hurriedly stopped them and sent someone to stop them: "What do you mean, Lord Tian Liu? Do you want to destroy the corpse and all traces?"
"Destroy the body and all traces? Master Mu is too narrow-minded. Why do you doubt me so much?" Yu Tianliu said seriously, "This villain died strangely. His body must be poisonous. If the poison spreads, wouldn't all the cultivators present be in danger?"
Yu Tianliu also had an idea of the situation in his mind - after the debate just now, it was difficult for people to believe him. If Mu Qingning discovered the insects in the corpse, it would be even more disadvantageous to him... Mu Qingning, this old fox, always seemed to be able to catch any flaws and discover the truth.
Therefore, he sent another group of monks forward to try to destroy the corpse first.
Li Yuebai naturally did not want to be outdone, and also sent more people to protect the corpse.
The two most elite groups of monks in Kunlun Immortal Mountain are now facing each other with swords drawn, and it seems that they are about to fight to the death. Their purpose is to compete for the corpse of a vicious and terrifying demon cult soldier. Such a bizarre scene is probably rare in a thousand years.
The onlookers were all a little surprised: from the beginning, the two brothers were just blaming each other, and they didn't fight even when the accusations were at their most intense. Why now...
Not to mention the onlookers, even the monks under Li Yuebai were somewhat confused. They just drew out their swords in a well-trained manner to block in front of them and guard the corpse, but were reluctant to stab with their swords.
After all, the party who strikes first is not in the right, while the party who strikes later can plausibly claim that it was self-defense.
After all, the person in front of him is the Immortal Lord's elder brother, the one who should inherit the Immortal Lord's position.
"Go!" Li Yuebai ordered in a deep voice: "Clean up the door for Kunlun, kill them all!"
"What?" All the major sects were shocked at once.
Everyone knew that Mu Qingning was gentle and polite, and he was the most compassionate to human life. How could he suddenly give such a cruel order? And in front of everyone... Is he crazy?
The Kunlun monks found it difficult to understand for a moment, but after a moment's hesitation, they still thrust out with their swords.
Yu Tianliu's men did not expect the opponent to suddenly attack so ruthlessly. They fought hastily and were obviously outmatched in momentum, and soon suffered casualties.
"Stop! Are you going to slaughter your own people in front of all the major immortal sects?" Several immortal masters couldn't believe it and hurriedly stood up and shouted loudly, trying to stop it.
"Yu Tianliu and his men are completely devoid of conscience and are full of evil. If they are not killed, the reputation of Kunlun Fairy Mountain will not be cleared!" Li Yuebai said angrily, "The day before yesterday in Jiuli Village, Yu Tianliu massacred thousands of innocent villagers. I have clear evidence here!"
"Evidence?" Although Yu Tianliu watched his men being killed, he remained calm and said, "What evidence is there? I'm afraid it's just fabricated."
It is true that he killed a lot of people in Jiuli Village, but he was very confident that the news did not leak out.
It was not until last night that I learned from Wei Jingyao that a young cultivator under Yu Tianji named Jiang Shaoying had witnessed everything without anyone knowing.
Fortunately, Wei Jingyao had already sent Wei Qianqian to kill Jiang Shaoying, so there was no evidence.
Or maybe, Wei Qianqian was weak-handed for a moment and did not kill Jiang Shaoying... But judging from the current situation, Jiang Shaoying has not shown up... Maybe he was secretly locked up somewhere by Wei Qianqian. In short, it is impossible for him to come out to testify.
Amidst the flashing of swords and sabers, a girl walked out from behind Mu Qingning.
She looked very young, with a slender and petite figure, and appeared to be no more than eleven or twelve years old. She was holding a bronze mirror in her arms.
"Tian Liu Jun, you are too confident." The girl spoke in a coquettish voice, but her words were a little sharp: "Do you think that your brother is the only one who witnessed your crime?"
After she said this, she no longer paid attention to Yu Tianliu, but walked straight to the cultivators from the major immortal sects and raised the bronze mirror in her arms.
Li Yuebai had seen this kind of bronze mirror from Su Xu's hand not long after he traveled through time, and he had seen it countless times since then. To be honest, this thing is no different from the video playback equipment in modern society.
The image was played in the bronze mirror, a little blurry and shaky, but very real.
It was the scene where Yu Tianliu ordered his men to massacre the people of Jiuli Village, with blood flowing like a river.
"Jiuli Village has been subordinate to Kunlun for generations. The old immortal master sent Tianliu Jun to Jiuli with the intention of subduing the evil villains there. Unexpectedly, after Tianliu Jun arrived, he accepted a large amount of bribes, colluded with the villains, and massacred innocent villagers." Li Yuebai said in a deep voice.
"This... this..." The monks looked at the scene in the mirror, all of them stunned and unable to believe it.
"When the Demon Cult came to attack Kunlun, I sent people to Jiuli Village to ask for help from Tian Liujun." Li Yuebai said, "Unexpectedly, I witnessed all of this... Everyone, Tian Liujun kept saying yesterday that Kunlun had never asked him for help, but the truth is that he was ambitious and busy with slaughtering, and didn't care about the lives of tens of thousands of Kunlun people. He even secretly hoped to wait for the Demon Cult and Kunlun to be defeated, and then he would bring people back to reap the benefits."
Xiao Ai pinched the frame of the bronze mirror with both hands, until her fingers turned pale. She closed her eyes tightly and recalled the tragic scene she witnessed at that time. Her heart was filled with fear and anger, which were all reflected in her expression. She gritted her teeth and said angrily: "My senior brother and I witnessed this scene with our own eyes. We dare to guarantee it with our lives. We will not say a single word falsely!"
Yu Tianliu's face turned ashen and he said nothing.
Seeing that their plan had been exposed, the monks under his command panicked and fought even harder.
However, Yu Tianji still had the upper hand, advancing step by step and winning step by step.
Li Yuebai found a gap amid the flashes of swords and dashed towards Zhanmie's body with his flying sword. He cut the body open with the sword, and a burst of smelly blood spurted out, splashing all over the ground. Li Yuebai didn't care at all, and continued to search carefully with his sword - finally found a black insect near the heart of the body.
Flying back to the altar, Li Yuebai handed the insect to everyone and said, "This insect is called Silence. Those who are put under the insect cannot reveal the name of the mastermind behind the scenes, let alone who this person is. If they do, the insect will bite their heart and kill them."
"That bamboo fence has indeed been infested with insects." Everyone carefully examined the insects and nodded.
"Yes, this insect was born in Jiuli." Li Yuebai said.
"Since this insect was born in Jiuli, and Lord Tianliu just left Jiuli..." The more people thought about it, the more they felt that this insect was most likely the work of Yu Tianliu.
"So, you should all understand why I just ordered a massacre." Li Yuebai said in a deep voice: "This is a family affair of Kunlun, I hope you seniors will not interfere. Yu Tianliu is full of evil, and his crimes cannot be erased even if he dies a thousand times."
“Yes, yes…” All the major immortal sects could only say: “Kunlun Immortal Master is cleaning up the sect, so we will naturally not interfere.”
Yu Tianliu's crimes have now been almost exposed, but the major immortal sects are still unable to accept this fact for the time being. They still hold some doubts and are afraid of wrongly accusing Yu Tianliu. Therefore, they dare not rashly fight against Yu Tianliu, but only promise not to help Yu Tianliu.
"Host, can we really kill Yu Tianliu here?" the system popped up.
"Do your best." Li Yuebai sighed.
The system said: "According to the system calculation, the difficulty index of this battle is extremely high. The White Jade Beach is very open and the scene is chaotic. Yu Tianliu and his subordinates' swords are flying very fast... If we pursue them recklessly, our casualties will be relatively serious... The major immortal sects are not 100% sure, so they will not rashly help us."
As if to verify the system's calculations, Yu Tianliu's eyes darkened, and taking advantage of the chaos, he drew his sword from its sheath, leaped up, stepped on the sword, and in an instant he had flown dozens of feet away.
His men, who had been fighting just now, did not dare to continue fighting when they saw that their master had retreated. They all saw opportunities and escaped.
For a moment, the sky was once again filled with flying figures with swords, just like when they came yesterday, with their clothes fluttering like clouds.
But this time, the direction is different.
The monks under Yu Tianji were also injured, but they were already bloodthirsty, and when they saw the enemy fleeing, they also made up their hands to cast spells and wanted to chase and kill them.
"No need to chase!" Li Yuebai hurriedly shouted: "Come back."
"Master Mu, you..." The monks had no choice but to obey his orders and suppress the impulse in their hearts.
"There is still a long way to go." Li Yuebai said, "Next time, we will catch them all in one fell swoop."