As the Universe Turns - Chapter 96

Chapter 96 Calamity
Qianyu Nichang slowly approached with a pot of wine and two plates of cooked vegetables in his hand. Yi Chen bitterly smiled and said, “What? Junior Sister, are you here to see me off tonight? Alright, be a full ghost. It’s worth a trip to the mortal world …”

“You …”

Qianyu Nichang frowned and sighed. “You haven’t eaten in days, have you?” He whispered.

How could Yi Chen eat at this moment, drink a glass of wine, wine into the sad but even more difficult taste, said: “You don’t believe me, right?”

“No …”

Qianyu Nichang shook his head and slowly poured wine for him while saying, “I believe in Senior Brother, but I don’t believe in that demonic woman. She must have killed those people.”

At this point, she raised her head and said, “Senior Brother, don’t be wrong again. Today, Martial Uncle and the others are all protecting you. As long as you identify the witch who killed you three days later, tell them where the witch is hiding now. At that time, you will be fine. At most, you will be thinking about the wall.”

“Heh …”

Yi Chen smiled bitterly and said, “Everyone in this world wants to kill her, but I am the only one who will protect her. Do you also think I am stupid?”

“That’s right, you’re stupid.”

Nichang looked at him and said bitterly, “She is from Diabolism. You didn’t know before, but now you know and still protect her like this. This is wrong.”

“Then what’s right?”

This time, Yi Chen suddenly raised his head and stared at her motionlessly, “She is from the Flower Pity Palace, yes, but she has never killed anyone. What is wrong with her?” So much so that everyone in the world wanted to kill her. The hands of the two people from the Hidden Edge Valley were stained with blood. Why were they able to stand here and speak? Is that right? To put it bluntly, everything that the Righteous path did was right. Was everything that Diabolism did wrong? She was born to be wrong. Is that so? ”

“Senior … Senior Brother …”

Nichang was also stunned by what he said. If these words were heard by the people outside, it would be a complete rebellion. Why did he look like a different person after coming back from the mountain this time?

“Junior Sister, do you also think so?”

“I…”

Nichang lowered her head and was speechless. Yi Chen bitterly smiled and said, “That day, I chased her down the valley and found Elder Tian Yang’s corpse. Only then did I know that I was wrong about her. However, she did not hate me. Instead, she told me to leave as soon as you came …”

“How do you know she’s not lying to you? What if she’s been acting and she’s lying to you?” Said Nichang.

“Could it be that Elder Tian Yang is also deceiving me?”

“You … What do you mean?”

“Forget it, Junior Sister, you can go back.”

Yi Chen took a deep breath and looked up at the pitch-black sky. The truth? What was the truth? Probably hiding in that bottomless cold night sky.

Three days passed in a flash.

Today, everyone gathered in Lian Feng Tower again. The atmosphere was even more tense than three days ago. The four Heavenly Clan Elders remained silent. After a long time, they waited for everyone to arrive before Elder Qianyuan said, “Xiao Yi Chen, you still don’t admit to killing the Demon Sect witch Hua Wei Yang?”

Yi Chen replied expressionlessly, “I have never killed anyone. How can I admit it?”

No one spoke in Lian Feng Tower. Liu Xuanyang, the second master of Tibetan Feng Valley, suddenly sneered, “You really don’t see coffins without tears. I saw you with my own eyes at the foot of the Kunlun Mountain that day. Do you think you can evade the demonic woman with just a few words? What kind of misunderstandings and mistakes do you think you have?” “You know that she is a demoness of the Devil Religion, but you still protect her everywhere. You even fought with Senior Righteous. Just this alone is enough to convict you!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings became even quieter. Liu Xuanyang’s words weren’t wrong. Even if there was no evidence that Xiao Yi Chen and the Demon Sect demonic woman had killed someone, just the fact that he had protected the Demon Sect demonic woman from leaving was enough to convict him. However, the former was a capital offense, while the latter was a crime of crippling one’s cultivation and imprisonment for life.

Liu Xuanyin held the tea cup in his hand and said indifferently, “I wonder if everyone can still remember the Heavenly Sect Martial Meeting three years ago. This person competed with my disciple Ye Runian.”

Three years ago, the Heavenly Gate Martial Arts Association was Xiao Yi Chen’s battle for fame, Everyone present clearly remembered the intensity of the last match. The technique that Xiao Yi Chen used that day was indeed a bit strange. However, Tian Yangzi of the Black Azure Sect had proved that it was the Black Azure Sect’s forbidden technique, the Three Elements Heart Burning Technique. If Yang Zi had died today, the Valley Master of the Hidden Edge Valley had mentioned it again. What was his intention?

Liu Xuanyin held a cup of tea in his hand. His expression was very calm. “Later, when I was treating my disciple Ye Runian’s injuries, However, he discovered that there were two strands of profound energy left in his body, one yin and one yang. These two strands of profound energy blocked people’s meridians and were extremely evil. They were definitely not my cultivation techniques in the Righteous path. However, since the Hidden Edge Valley had already been defeated at that time, if I were to pursue this matter further, I would let others talk about how the Hidden Edge Valley was. Therefore, I did not mention this matter back then.

Hearing this, many people began to discuss. At that time, the cultivation method used by Xiao Yichen was indeed very similar to Diabolism’s. As for the Three Elements Heart Burning Art, only Tian Yangzi knew what was going on.

At this moment, someone asked, “Valley Master Liu, what do you mean?”

Liu Xuanyin said indifferently, “After three years, only Tian Yangzi can prove whether the cultivation method Xiao Yichen used back then was the Diabolism Cultivation Method or the Three Elements Heart Burning Technique.” However, what a coincidence. Tian Yangzi also died this time. Now, there is no evidence of his death. On the same day, Xiao Yichen and that Diabolism witch were discovered in Tian Yangzi’s place of death. This is too coincidental … ”

“This … this!”

At this moment, many people looked at Xiao Yichen, their gazes filled with shock. Could it be that this person had killed the Demon Cult’s demonic woman, Tian Yangzi?

Seeing that Liu Xuanyin’s few words had gradually caused the situation to get out of control, Mei Jianyi anxiously said, “Everyone, calm down!” At this point, he looked at Liu Xuanyin and said, “Everything that Valley Master Liu said just now is just your personal guess. How can it be used as evidence to prove it?”

“That’s right. It’s just a guess from Liu. I might have to ask everyone here about the truth.”

Liu Xuanyin’s gaze was still calm. As he spoke, he suddenly put down the tea cup in his hand and stood up to look at the other Sect Leaders present. He asked, “Right now, my Righteous Dao is flourishing and I mostly cultivate in swords. Everyone, who can claim to be the number one sword technique in the world?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the sect masters looked at each other. A hundred schools of thought contended, each with its own strengths. However, in terms of swordsmanship alone, the Hidden Edge Valley had always dominated the world with swords, and there were four famous swords in the valley. If he, the Hidden Edge Valley’s Valley Master, did not dare to claim to be the number one swordsmanship master under the heavens, then who else would dare to claim to be the number one?

At this moment, someone outside immediately complimented him, “If it was in terms of swordsmanship, what sect in the world could compare to the Hidden Edge Valley? Naturally, the number one sword in this world belonged to the Hidden Edge Valley’s Valley Master.”

The person who spoke was a short, fat middle-aged man dressed in green. Liu Xuanyin looked at him and said, “No, no, no. Fellow Daoist, what you said is wrong.”

“Could there be someone who is more skilled than Valley Master Liu in swordsmanship?”

The short, fat middle-aged man was confused for a while, and the rest of them were also confused. They were clearly interrogating Xiao Yichen, so why did they start talking about swordsmanship again?

Liu Xuanyin said, “In terms of swordsmanship, Fairy Miaoyin’s’ 33 Layered Jade Flute Swordsmanship ‘is unparalleled in the world. With Fairy Miaoyin here, how can a despicable person dare to claim first place?”

At the end of his sentence, he raised his hand slightly and looked at Ling Yin who was silent in the distance. Ling Yin stood in the distance, her clothes moving in the wind, but her face was still calm.

Only then did everyone realize that although the younger generation had never seen Ling Yin’s Jade Flute Sword Technique, the older generation’s elders were still quite shocked.

Three hundred years ago, various sects of Diabolism invaded the Central Plains. At that time, how astonishing was Ling Yin’s Jade Flute Sword Technique? It’s just that Ling Yin rarely walks outside, so there aren’t many people who know about it. However, if her Jade Flute Sword Technique can’t bear the title of “Number One Under Heaven”, who would dare to claim to be the number one sword technique?

At this moment, many people were nodding and discussing. Under the giant sword in the middle of Lian Feng Tower, Yi Chen’s back was drenched in cold sweat. He gradually felt that something was wrong. Sure enough, Miss Wei Yang was right about everything. Next, how would he explain it clearly?

The crowd gradually quieted down. Everyone looked at Liu Xuanyin again. Someone seemed to have thought of something, but more people didn’t know what he was suddenly doing with his sword technique.

The expressions of the four Heavenly Sect Elders were also rather grave. They seemed to have guessed what Liu Xuanyin was going to do next. Before this, the Heavenly Sect had also sent people to conduct an autopsy to investigate the cause of their deaths. It wasn’t that they hadn’t thought about it. It was just that there was no evidence and they didn’t dare to determine it. After all, this matter involved too much.

At this moment, Liu Xuanyin’s gaze was still calm. He raised his hand slightly and said to his twin brother Liu Xuanyang, “Let Xu Taichang and Xu Taichang bring up Junior Brother Tang’s corpse.”

Not long after, Xu Taichang and He Chongtian lifted up an ice coffin. Now that the weather was hot, the corpse could only be preserved intact by placing it in a thousand-year-old ice coffin.

Liu Xuanyin did not take a glance at the ice coffin, only saying faintly, “Open the coffin.”

Xu Taichang looked into the coffin with a miserable expression. “I know that I shouldn’t disturb Junior Brother anymore, but in order to help Junior Brother find out the real culprit, I want to give Junior Brother justice to console him. Don’t blame him for having no choice but to do so!”

After saying that, he pushed open the lid of the coffin with one palm. Inside the ice coffin, Tang Qing’s face had already turned pale. His eyes were still wide open. The blood in his eyes had already turned purple and black. It looked terrifying. The sword wound on his neck had also turned purple and not a single drop of blood flowed out.

Liu Xuanyin said, “Sect Leaders, let’s see if the fatal sword strike on the neck of our sect members is exactly the same as the wound on the neck of the person who died under your sect. It’s not the slightest bit different from the wound on the neck of the person who died under your sect.”