"Ha, you won't shed tears until you see the coffin." Shi Xuan glanced at her, then suddenly raised his voice and said to the crowd, "Fan Mingzhu just said that her senior brother seriously injured the Fiery Demon Ape with the Silver Bone Shield and the Demon King's Pestle, but I have evidence that she is lying. I ask everyone to be my witnesses."
After she finished speaking, she walked to a secluded spot in the area and took something out of her storage bracelet.
The object was enormous, and it landed with a loud thud, kicking up a bit of dust.
Upon closer inspection, everyone realized it was the corpse of a Fiery Demon Ape!
Fan Mingzhu immediately clenched her fists, and the disciples of the Divine Cauldron Sect present also tensed up.
With the actual objects laid out before them, it would be easy to discern whether Fan Mingzhu's words were true or false. They could simply step forward and examine the corpse to find out.
If she is truly just spouting nonsense and slandering Shi Xuan, it will definitely affect the reputation of the disciples of the Divine Cauldron Sect. Recently, because of the father and daughter, people from other sects have been looking at them rather strangely. Now, this will only make matters worse...
"I may have misremembered," Fan Mingzhu hurriedly corrected upon seeing the demon ape's corpse. "The situation was so critical at the time that some mistakes were inevitable."
Her words only sank the hearts of the Divine Cauldron Sect disciples. Just moments before, before presenting the evidence, Shi Xuan had confirmed with her whether she needed to change her story. This immediate change of heart upon seeing the evidence was nothing short of a blatant attempt to cover something up!
Fan Mingzhu cursed inwardly. She never expected that Shi Xuan would collect the entire corpse of the demon ape. The most valuable part of a fifth-order demon beast is its inner core. Usually, cultivators would just dig out the inner core and leave after killing a demon beast. Who knew that someone would bring back the entire corpse as well?
If she were to go out and gain experience, several storage spaces wouldn't be enough to hold all that she had!
Shi Xuan surveyed the entire scene, observing the expressions of the disciples from each sect. Apart from the disciples of the Divine Cauldron Sect, who were all quite embarrassed, the disciples of the other five sects clearly had a look of anticipation towards Fan Mingzhu.
Things have started to develop in the direction Fan Mingzhu least wanted to see. If she doesn't come up with a solution quickly, things will get very difficult to handle today.
She looked at the senior brothers and sisters of the Divine Cauldron Sect, but they all had their heads down or were looking elsewhere. Even Wei Bin, who had spoken up for her earlier, turned his face away.
In a flash, something went through her mind.
"I remember now!" Fan Mingzhu suddenly exclaimed, "I also remember a piece of evidence. When we hunted the demon ape, I had the Fiery Red Star in my hand for a long time. I was wearing a rhombus-shaped ring on my hand. In all that time, the pattern on that ring must have been imprinted on the root of the Fiery Red Star!"
As she spoke, she raised her left hand, where a gleaming silver ring with a diamond pattern of four-pointed stars was indeed visible.
Seeing how certain she was, several people believed her and chimed in, "Then let's take it out and see."
Many people looked at Shi Xuan with curiosity, wanting to see what the stolen Fiery Red Star looked like.
Shi Xuan did not refuse and took out the spiritual herb, holding it up above his head so that everyone could see it clearly.
The Fiery Red Star variegated leaves resemble flames, with deep red tips and a slightly yellow center.
And this one, with its fiery red rootstock, actually has a square pattern printed on it, which matches Fan Mingzhu's ring perfectly!
"Huh? She actually got this spiritual plant first."
"Then how come she doesn't even know how that demon ape died? Perhaps there's some other hidden story."
"Or perhaps she was no match for the demon ape after obtaining the spiritual plant, and was rescued by Shi Xuan, so it was right for the spiritual herb to belong to Shi Xuan."
"What is the relationship between the two of them? Why would Shi Xuan go to save her? It would be good enough if he didn't go up and fight her with the demon ape."
"Besides, how could someone who has been rescued come back asking for things? That doesn't seem right."
...
Regardless of what others said, Shi Xuan simply smiled and said, "The presence of your ring mark only proves that you did indeed obtain this spiritual plant, not that it belongs to you. Otherwise, if you touched everyone present today, would they all become yours?"
The description was quite vivid, and several onlookers chuckled secretly. But thinking about it, it made sense; the saying "if you don't get it, it's your own fault" was true.
However, this incident of stealing the demon beast at least proves that Fan Mingzhu and her group did indeed confront the demon beast first. Now the only question is whether they were robbed by Shi Xuan and his group or whether they were unable to defeat the demon ape and were rescued by Shi Xuan and his group.
However, given their relationship, it's highly unlikely that Shi Xuan would go to rescue Fan Mingzhu. But the idea that Fan Mingzhu and her group killed him is even less plausible; she couldn't even explain how they injured the demon ape.
Thus, the matter became like a mystery, further fueling the curiosity of the disciples from the six sects who were watching the spectacle. Fan Mingzhu obtained the spiritual plant first, while Shi Xuan and his group killed the demonic beast; given the relationship between the two sides, cooperation seemed impossible.
They racked their brains for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what had happened that day or what the truth was.
Seeing that she was still going strong, Lu Wenxing couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward to curse, "Pah! You shameless bastard! You were being chased by the demonic ape, running for your life, your head was about to be bitten off, and you actually tried to frame someone else, throwing the spiritual medicine that the demonic ape coveted onto my junior sister. If it weren't for our superior skills, capable of killing the demonic ape, you would probably be in grave danger this time. And you have the nerve to come here asking for things? How big is your face! The next time our Six Sects Alchemy Competition happens to be held at the Divine Cauldron Sect, why don't we all stand on your face and refine pills!"
"You!" Fan Mingzhu's face flushed red with anger. He had actually humiliated her like this in front of everyone! In the cultivation world, no female cultivator had ever been insulted like this.
However, the disciples of the six sects were clearly not focused on this. Lu Wenxing's rebuke gave them new room for thought. So if what Lu Wenxing said was true, then Fan Mingzhu obtained the spiritual plant first, but was chased by the demonic ape. When she was about to die, she threw the plant to Shi Xuan, changing the demonic ape's target.
If this is true, then Fan Mingzhu is truly a ruthless person.
To do something like this, and then calmly ask for the spirit plant she threw away, and most importantly, to act as if she had suffered all kinds of injustice, as if Shi Xuan was the one bullying her! How terrifying!
"Don't make baseless accusations!" Fan Mingzhu glared at Lu Wenxing and said sternly, "How can you spout such nonsense without evidence? My Divine Cauldron Sect is not so easily bullied!"
They even brought up a sect.
Shi Xuan remained as calm as ever. She smiled at Fan Mingzhu and said unhurriedly, "Are you sure?"
When one sentence didn't work, she repeated, "Are you sure what my second senior brother said is all nonsense?"
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