Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

Guan Shanyu was shocked and thought to himself that this made some sense.

However, several elders nearby were somewhat infuriated by his refusal to admit his mistake. Qiu Shui Jian Ji scolded him directly, "Old Wang! You're just making up stories!"

Wang Shuyan retorted, "Am I making up my mind? Then let me have a good talk with you. You said that there are wrist embroidery patterns unique to my sect's disciples on Wangshui Ridge. Since you can recognize them, it shouldn't be difficult to imitate them, right? If I were the murderer, how could I miss such an obvious clue? Besides, you said Jiu Shi was selling medicine at Wuzijian, but that day he was clearly assisting the elders of various sects with the evacuation of personnel. Old Li, he was with you at the foot of the mountain those days, arranging accommodations for the disciples!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuqi lowered his head to examine the kneeling Yu Jiushi. Yu Jiushi took the opportunity to look up and move closer, allowing Li Xiuqi to see him clearly. After carefully identifying him, Li Xiuqi's expression suddenly changed. Then he slowly nodded and whispered to Yuan Chongxiao and others beside him, "It's him."

"Speak louder! What are you trying to hide?" Wang Shuyan urged dissatisfiedly, questioning, "My disciple went to help out of kindness, but was falsely accused of selling hallucinogenic drugs. You said you were sending my disciple back, but in reality you went to my confinement room and searched through my drawers, taking things I'd never seen before and then used them to smear me. You're all so righteous, are you trying to make me take the blame since you can't find the real culprit? How come I didn't realize you were so close before?"

The elders were caught off guard by Wang Shuyan's sharp rebuttal and were unable to recover for a long time. They obviously did not expect him to be so eloquent.

Yan Ruchen watched coldly from the sidelines. Wang Shuyan was right. These things did seem to be related to him, but there was no way to prove that these things were not framed on him. If they wanted him to confess, they would need more evidence.

However, this confrontation has actually...

"You've alerted the enemy."

Yan Ruchen was startled and turned to see Guan Shanyu staring at Wang Shuyan with a solemn expression, muttering to himself. His thoughts coincided with his own. If their disguise hadn't failed and been exposed, they could have continued to secretly gather more clues. However, the direct confrontation with Yun Jichan had probably destroyed any potential evidence.

Guan Shanyu glanced at the elders and saw Qing Yuanzi shaking his head, sighing, and muttering softly. Although his voice was unclear, Guan Shanyu recognized his words from his mouth shape: "Not only is it shameful, but it's also useless."

Guan Shanyu: “…”

Qing Yuanzi lowered his head with a hint of guilt. Yue Lingwu sat there in a daze for a long moment before replying, "You...you're just making up stories and refusing to admit it!"

Wang Shuyan cursed, "I didn't do it, what am I admitting?"

"But the evidence is irrefutable..."

"I'll chop your grandmother's leg!" Wang Shuyan replied. "If I didn't do it, then I didn't do it. How can you prove that I did it? What's my motive? What's the benefit of doing this? Just tell me everything!"

"Lao Wang, what you said is too rude, you have no manners at all..."

"So what if I don't have any? Oh, you can't just put the blame on me because I have no manners!"

"Old Wang, even your disciples saw the mark of your sect on the wrist of the black-robed man. Don't you admit it?"

"Oh! Anyone with my sect's mark is from my sect? Then those small shops at the foot of the mountain sell my sect's talisman accessories every day, so are they all my sect's disciples?"

"Lao Wang, these are two completely different things!"

...

The scene suddenly became a mess.

Guan Shanyu and others were dumbfounded. It was really unbearable to watch this group of elders who usually looked sage and serious standing on the stools and engaging in a verbal fight.

Suddenly, Wang Shuyan flipped the table and cursed: "You must throw dirty water on me, right? Then I will reveal all the 'good things' we have done over the years and let everyone settle the accounts. Otherwise, we will all have to live like this!"

Ok?

Guan Shanyu looked over when he heard this, but he didn't know what was wrong with this statement. As soon as Wang Shuyan finished speaking, the elders drove all the disciples out of the hall.

Guan Shanyu stood on the steps, feeling the cold wind, and felt very strange. Yan Ruchen, Qingfan, and Yu Kunliang also felt very strange.

They stood aside silently, looking at each other, wondering what Wang Shuyan had meant by what he had just said.

Yu Jiushi walked over with a look of displeasure on his face and stood in front of them. He glanced around at everyone with a stern expression and finally stopped in front of Yu Kunliang, his eyes full of disdain: "You are really amazing, Yu Kunliang. Why didn't I see that you were so brave before? Bringing a bunch of outer disciples to your own sect to stir up trouble? What? Are you trying to sacrifice your relatives for the sake of justice?"

Yu Kunliang looked down at the ground and replied through gritted teeth, "I'm not targeting anyone. I'm just telling you what I saw and heard."

Yu Jiushi sneered, raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically: "Oh, you are so noble. Are you in a hurry to wear pants with other sects? Are you holding a grudge because you failed to be selected as an outstanding disciple last time? You have no words to express your grievances? Are you looking for a new owner? You also said that the spiritual turtle helps people absorb magic power. Seeing that you were so eager to investigate before, can I also suspect that you actually knew that the spiritual turtle had this ability a long time ago, and specially brought the sect disciples to help you. After you absorb their magic power, maybe you can beat me in the next selection?"

"Hey!" Guan Shanyu interrupted forcefully, shouting, "You can say whatever you want to us disciples from outside the sect, but there's no need to be so sarcastic towards our fellow disciples. We're just reporting what we've seen and heard truthfully. The elders will judge the truth. What's the point of you arguing with him here, other than making us, a bunch of disciples from outside the sect, laugh at you?"

“有什么意义？“虞久释面露诧异地嗤笑一声，转而对关山羽说，“我还没开腔教训你，你倒是上赶子来找骂了。刚才我打别人你横插一脚，现在我吐槽自己宗门的人你又来多管闲事。嘴闲就去舔马桶，在这里逞什么英雄？瞧你这一身伤，平时没少替人出头挨揍吧，皮痒痒了是吧？“

After saying this, Yu Jiushi stretched out his hand to touch Guan Shanyu's shoulder, intending to push him. Guan Shanyu subconsciously wanted to step back, but his back suddenly bumped into a solid chest. Then, a big hand stretched out from behind Guan Shanyu, firmly clamped Yu Jiushi's outstretched finger, and a low voice sounded: "Who are you talking nonsense, who is itching?"

Guan Shanyu looked back and saw that it was indeed Yan Ruchen behind him.

Yan Ruchen still had a gentle smile on his face, but that smile lacked any warmth, like the biting north wind that made people shudder. Seeing that his hand was tightly gripped by him, Yu Jiushi said with some dissatisfaction: "What does it have to do with you if I scold him...Ahhhh! It hurts!"

Yan Ruchen's smile remained unchanged, and his palm only tightened slightly, seemingly without any force. However, Yu Jiushi fell to his knees, holding the hand that Yan Ruchen had grabbed and crying out in pain. Yan Ruchen asked again: "Who was talking nonsense? Who was itching to do something?"

Yu Jiushi cried out in pain twice more. Guan Shanyu immediately grabbed Yan Ruchen's hand and whispered, "Ruchen, forget it. This is Yunjichan, don't cause trouble here."

Yan Ruchen lowered his head slightly, his eyes inadvertently passing over Guan Shanyu. Because he was slightly taller, he could clearly see the scar on Guan Shanyu's collar. His eyes dimmed slightly, but the corners of his mouth still wore that same smile. He responded, "Stirring up trouble? I wouldn't dare. I was just defending myself."

With that, he struggled lightly, easily freeing himself from Yu Jiushi's pull. His seemingly casual movements caught Yu Jiushi off guard, and he stumbled a few steps before landing flat on his back, grimacing in pain. Looking up, he saw Yan Ruchen clapping his hands lightly, looking at him with disdain. Yu Jiushi's rage instantly flared, and just as he was about to explode, he heard the sound of a door opening from the main hall.

"What are you talking about? Even I can't listen. If I don't want to listen, then I don't listen. What's the big deal?"

Everyone looked back and saw Li Xiuqi walking out of the main hall with a gloomy look on his face, waving his sleeves as he walked. As he walked down the stairs, he looked up and happened to see a group of disciples looking at each other in confusion and Yu Jiushi sitting on the ground rubbing his butt. So he walked forward with some confusion, took a look around, and asked, "What's going on? Are you fighting?"

Qing Fan quickly shook his head in denial: "No, no."

Yu Jiushi was about to stand up to argue, but when he looked up, he saw the ever-changing gentle smile on Yan Ruchen's face. Thinking of what had just happened, his anger instantly subsided. He turned his head away and muttered quietly: "What bad luck."

Li Xiuqi scanned their faces, feeling a bit suspicious, but seeing nothing unusual, he stopped asking. At this moment, Qingfan asked curiously, "Master, is the meeting over?"

Li Xiuqi was annoyed when he thought of this. He waved his sleeves and said dissatisfiedly: "Aren't they still chatting in there? They always talk about some things without me. Other things are fine, but in this case, they also said that there are some details that are inconvenient to disclose to me. I really don't understand. I'm putting it out there. If you don't give me an explanation of this matter, no one will have a good life!"

Are there some details that are inconvenient to disclose?

Upon hearing this, Guan Shanyu narrowed his eyes and savored the words carefully.

We are all elders of the immortal sect, so what should we avoid saying to Li Xiuqi?

Several disciples were confused, and Li Xiuqi was even more irritated, kicking the pebbles at his feet non-stop. The atmosphere became dull for a moment.

Until the sun gradually set in the west and was about to fall behind the mountain, when everyone was finally getting impatient, the sound of the door opening was finally heard from the main hall.

Qing Yuanzi and several other elders came out with solemn expressions, but Wang Shuyan was nowhere to be seen. Yu Jiushi was anxious and ran over to stop Qing Yuanzi and asked anxiously: "Where is my master? You won't kill him, will you?"

Qiushui Sword Princess tutted in dissatisfaction and said, "How come your disciple is just like your master? You speak so rudely."

Yu Jiushi realized his mistake and quickly bowed and apologized. Seeing this, the other disciples gathered around to question the elders. Li Xiuqi interrupted coldly, "Are you done? What is it that I can't hear?"

Qing Yuanzi waved his hand and soothed him, "Don't worry, Lao Li. I'll explain it to you in detail when we get back. First, let me tell you the result of our discussion."

Li Xiuqi said "Oh" and stepped forward. Qing Yuanzi continued, "We just used the tablet to speak with Sect Master Yuan and the others. After discussing it together, we decided that this matter still needs to be thoroughly investigated. Old Wang will fully cooperate with us in the investigation. All disciples of Yunjichan who are away will be recalled within three days. The disciples within the sect are not allowed to leave and will fully assist. We will ask other sects to supervise the review of the disciple roster, and each sect will send some disciples to guard here."

"As for Wangshuiling, Sect Leader Yuan and we will send more people there. There are still many disciples who have turned into corpses there, and they must be hiding a lot of clues. In addition, Qiushui also needs to check the suppression of the evil spirits there to make sure there is no problem."

Although Li Xiuqi was puzzled, he heard that Qing Yuanzi would discuss it in detail later, so he readily agreed: "Okay, I'll hear what you have to say next."

Qing Yuanzi smiled and nodded. Qiu Shui Jian Ji beside him said, "Old Li, I'll leave Yun Jichan in your care. Yun Che will be here later. You can consider summoning some disciples from your palace to assist." Li Xiuqi responded and secretly glanced at Qing Yuanzi. Seeing him nod, he stopped asking questions.

At this time, Yue Lingwu turned to Yan Ruchen and asked, "Ruchen, are you okay with your injuries? Do you need to return to the sect to recuperate for a few days?" Yan Ruchen bowed and replied, "Thank you for your concern, Elder. I'm fine and at your service at any time."

Yue Lingwu nodded with satisfaction. "Very good. I heard that it was thanks to you that we escaped danger at Wangshuiling. I'll need you to lead the way tomorrow so that we can find the missing disciples as soon as possible. As for Guan Shanyu..."