Upon hearing this, Shen Yunhao couldn't help but smile again.
The smile on the woman in black robes froze completely, replaced by a clear hint of annoyance: "I'm very curious, what are you laughing at now? Do you perhaps find my speculation laughable?"
Shen Yunhao quickly clasped his hands in greeting, “Senior, please calm down. I had no such intention. But… Senior, have you forgotten that when we observed Pang Shunan’s memories, we saw very clearly that this jade talisman was given to Brother Pang by someone disguised as ‘Zhu Dachang’ a month ago.”
"By then, I had already entered the Cangxuan Secret Realm and participated in the second stage of the Sword Dao Tournament..."
"this……"
The woman in the black robe was speechless for a moment, and her expression under the hood was quite interesting.
After going in a huge circle, we ended up back where we started!
Based on the previous investigation into Pang Shunan's memories, we concluded that... someone is impersonating "Zhu Dachang" to frame Shen Yunhao!
If we insist on following the black-robed woman's logic and claim that Shen Yunhao gave away the jade talisman himself, wouldn't that make it seem like... Shen Yunhao hired someone to impersonate him and then framed him?
This is absolutely absurd and ridiculous!
After this debate, the senior executives were speechless for a moment and fell into a long silence.
All the clues and inferences now point to one fact... Shen Yunhao and Mo Yan were both framed, and the righteous path was used to eliminate this great threat!
However, to Shen Yunhao's utter surprise, before Qianhe Daoren could make his move, Qiu Hanmo from Medicine King Valley stepped forward first.
The old man frowned, his sharp gaze sweeping over Shen Yunhao, and said in a deep voice, "A very brilliant deduction, but if I may be so bold, apart from the obvious difference of whether there is blood on the vine, all your subsequent statements are speculation and indirect evidence, without any actual evidence pointing to any specific third party other than yourself or this demonic vine! On the contrary, the chaos caused by the demonic vine is a foregone conclusion, and no one can refute it!"
Shen Yunhao and Mo Yan both frowned and looked at him, clearly not expecting Qiu Hanmo to step forward.
After a moment of contemplation, Shen Yunhao suddenly smiled: "Elder Qiu means that... I, Shen Yunhao, not only meticulously refined the demonic vine on my sister's body long in advance, but also had the extraordinary ability to predict that Brother Pang Shun'an would clash with Young Master Huang Wenlong in Wanren City?"
He paused, his tone tinged with obvious absurdity: "And then, I have to arrange for someone I don't even know to hand over this Demon Vine Jade Talisman to a mortal friend of mine, someone I've known for less than a month and whose cultivation is low, a month in advance? Moreover, I'm afraid he won't recognize me, so I deliberately had that person disguise himself as 'Zhu Dachang'?"
Everyone: "..."
After reviewing it this way, the whole process sounds utterly absurd and full of loopholes.
Shen Yunhao continued, his voice rising with accusation: "Not only that, but after successfully clearing my name with a fake demonic vine, I then had my sister run out like a madwoman, drawing all the firepower and being suppressed by the Myriad Swords Returning to Flow Formation? And then I risked my life, gambling everything, to stand up and save her? Elder Qiu, in your eyes, what was I trying to achieve by going through all this trouble, going through such a long and complicated process, and putting myself in such a dangerous situation? Was it just to prove that I have a deep sibling bond with my bratty sister?"
As he spoke, he pinched Mo Yan's face into various funny shapes, and then Mo Yan bit him, making him gasp in pain.
Qiu Hanmo was not swayed by Shen Yunhao's counter-question and said calmly, "The demonic vine was accidentally tainted by the blood energy of evil spirits, causing it to go out of control and be suppressed. This was clearly something that was not part of your plan! You don't need to try to confuse the issue here. As for the loopholes you mentioned earlier..."
His gaze shifted to Mo Yan, who was bowing her head within the formation, his eyes deep: "I certainly don't think you'd be that stupid, but this Demon Vine... with its treacherous mind, might very well think the same way!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yunhao's expression suddenly darkened.
Qiu Hanmo continued, "If my understanding is correct, the real reason you disguised yourself as 'Zhu Dachang' to participate in the Sword Dao Tournament was because you were worried that the existence of the Demonic Vine would be revealed and cause trouble. So, since the start of the Sword Dao Tournament, the Demonic Vine shouldn't have been by your side, right? Then, what she did in private... may not have all been with your consent or knowledge, right?"
"Don't tell me the Demon Vine has been dormant! There's absolutely no evidence to support this claim except for your side of the story! On the contrary, a Demon Vine tainted with blood will naturally undergo a drastic personality change, becoming bloodthirsty and manic! Especially when your so-called 'brother' isn't around, who can predict what her twisted mind might do?"
Qiu Hanmo's gaze swept over the crowd. "Perhaps she used that mortal Pang Shun'an, who was grateful to you, to eliminate Huang Wenlong with the magic vine jade talisman that she had prepared long ago?"
Everyone was stunned again...
In other words, Shen Yunhao did not frame himself. Instead, it was his seemingly protected "sister" who, out of control and resentment, secretly plotted everything and framed him!
etc!
Suddenly, everyone realized the most fatal point in this deduction. Even Shen Yunhao himself understood something, and his tone became unusually calm.
"Elder Qiu means... that my brat sister's elaborate scheme was ultimately aimed at using the righteous path to... eliminate me?"
Qiu Hanmo's smile grew even colder: "Young friend Shen, don't trust these demons too much! I don't know what method you used to control her actions, but they are inherently uncontrollable and will one day turn against their masters. My uncle Ling Huanzi is the best example!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's attention once again focused on Shen Yunhao, observing his reaction.
Even Mo Yan, inside the formation, had her head bowed, her long eyelashes obscuring the emotions in her eyes, making it impossible to discern what she was thinking.
Those two little ears involuntarily perked up quietly, as if they were also anticipating Shen Yunhao's next reaction.
Under everyone's gaze, Shen Yunhao remained silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter!
The laughter was hearty, yet it carried an indescribable sense of irony and sorrow.
"Elder Qiu! You keep mentioning Senior Ling Huanzi, but do you know... why Senior Ling Huanzi died back then?"
Qiu Hanmo frowned. "What are you trying to say?"
Shen Yunhao stopped laughing, his voice gradually turning cold, each word like a thunderclap.
"Because there are too many people like you in your Medicine King Valley!"
"You always prefer to deceive yourselves, indulging in self-pity and so-called 'righteousness,' but you never dare to doubt the real murderer hiding behind the scenes!"
"It was the same a hundred years ago, and it is the same today!"
"Just now I saw that you went to great lengths to vindicate Senior Ling Huanzi, even confronting Daoist Qianhe and arguing your case. This shows that Elder Qiu is indeed a man of character and truly respects Senior Ling Huanzi."
At this point, Shen Yunhao's tone suddenly became extremely sharp, "Unfortunately... it seems that your respect is utterly worthless in the face of your stubborn, self-deceiving prejudice!"
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