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It turns out Ye Qiuli really did cheat, attempting to transfer someone else's items into her own alchemy furnace. However, to do this, she would first need to obtain Xu Xiping's alchemy furnace.

So, did Xu Xiping participate in this series of actions? Was she completely unaware or voluntarily assisted Ye Qiuli in cheating?

Everyone knows that Ye Qiuli and Xu Xiping are both disciples of Danfu Peak, but one is a direct disciple and the other is an inner disciple. Outsiders don't know the details of their relationship, but based on this cheating method, Xu Xiping cannot escape suspicion of cheating.

If Ye Qiuli and Xu Xiping really did cheat together, then the matter would be even more serious. The Taique Sect would lose two geniuses.

At this moment, Lin Yitang and three other elite disciples who were in charge of leading the team also arrived at the scene.

The elite disciple in charge of alchemy is the senior sister who previously confronted the deacon disciple of the Tianyan Sect.

She looked at Xu Xiping with a serious expression and asked, "Were you involved in this incident?"

Xu Xiping was still in a daze.

She hadn't even realized what was happening yet; she was refining pills when suddenly they discovered Ye Qiuli had cheated.

Is it related to myself?

She hurriedly explained that she hadn't participated; she had no idea how her pills ended up in someone else's alchemy furnace, and that she was genuinely just refining pills there.

However, this explanation did not convince the public.

Ye Qiuli was able to inscribe a teleportation array inside Xu Xiping's alchemy furnace because Xu Xiping had given her the furnace. How could she possibly get rid of suspicion just by saying she didn't know anything about it?

Seeing this, Ye Qiuli's eyes darted around, and suddenly her eyes turned red. She said pitifully, "Everyone, please stop pressuring Senior Sister Xu. This matter really has nothing to do with Senior Sister Xu; it's all my fault. I was the one who asked Senior Sister Xu to carve the teleportation array on the alchemy furnace. She had no idea about my plan. Please don't blame Senior Sister Xu anymore."

Seeing Ye Qiuli's aggrieved look, everyone was even more convinced that Xu Xiping was involved in the matter.

After all, Ye Qiuli was crying so hard, looking pitiful, and indeed seemed to be coerced. Moreover, she mentioned that it was Xu Xiping who carved the teleportation array.

This is important information!

How could someone who didn't know about this plan have carved this teleportation array?

Xu Xiping was furious. Ye Qiuli, that green tea b*tch, was really good at shifting blame. She hadn't carved any formation on the inner wall of the alchemy furnace at all; she knew absolutely nothing about it!

They won't even set up any formations!

She did lend her alchemy furnace to Ye Qiuli, but that was three months ago. Ye Qiuli suddenly approached her one day, saying that her alchemy furnace was broken and asked to borrow hers to refine some pills.

She thought that since she was a fellow disciple, borrowing a pill-making furnace was nothing more than a friendly request, so she lent it to her. Little did she know it was a trap.

All this was to frame her during this alchemy competition.

Great!

She was furious and was about to say, "I'm not!"

Immediately, Fairy Qinglian's eyes narrowed, and she concluded, "The evidence is conclusive. Ye Qiuli and Xu Xiping of the Taique Sect attempted to cheat in the Four Arts Competition. They are disqualified from the competition and will be barred from participating in the Four Arts Competition for the next thirty years!"

Ye Qiuli and Xu Xiping turned pale, not expecting Fairy Qinglian's punishment to be so severe.

Thirty years!

In other words, they will be unable to demonstrate their strength through alchemy competitions for the next thirty years, and the alchemist ranking system will remain stagnant!

Xu Xiping's eyes were filled with resentment. She had clearly done nothing; only Ye Qiuli had done it. Why should she also be punished and suffer this undeserved misfortune?

She doesn't agree!

But seeing the cold and contemptuous expressions of the people around her, and Ye Qiuli's ruthless and decisive eyes after dragging her into the water, she understood that she could only accept this punishment, gritted her teeth, and resigned herself to her bad luck.

But just then, Lin Yitang called out to Gu Ningshuang, "Wait!"

Gu Ningshuang raised an eyebrow slightly and turned to look at Lin Yitang. Everyone else also looked at Lin Yitang, wondering what she was going to do.

Lin Yitang took a breath. She and Xu Xiping were friends from the same sect, so she had to come to the rescue both morally and logically. Besides, she couldn't bear to see others being slandered, and she couldn't bear to see Ye Qiuli succeed.

She cupped her hands in greeting to Fairy Qinglian and said, "I have no intention of interfering with your decision, but I think this judgment is unfair. The evidence of Ye Qiuli's cheating is conclusive and undeniable, but Xu Xiping has no evidence to prove that she is also an accomplice. I think we should carefully distinguish between the two before making a decision."

Fairy Qinglian did not interrupt Lin Yitang, patiently waiting for her to finish speaking. Upon hearing this, she raised an eyebrow again and asked, "Oh? Then, Junior Sister Lin, what do you think should be decided?"

"It's fine to stand up for justice, but I must make it clear first. Our Four Arts Competition only lasts three days. Wasting even a quarter of an hour is a waste. If all the alchemists lose time to refine pills because of solving this case, it might affect the outcome of the competition, which would be unfair to the other cultivators."

The other cultivators whose matches had been forcibly stopped nodded in agreement with Gu Ningshuang's words.

They had already lost patience to watch this farce of the Taique Sect any longer; their own pills were still frozen. It was Qinglian Fairy who understood them so well, being so considerate.

Lin Yitang replied, "It's very simple. Since we can't determine whether Xu Xiping's words are correct, let her make a vow to Heaven. You can decide the lines."

Xu Xiping knew that Lin Yitang was trying to save the day for her, and she glanced at him gratefully. She also hurriedly said to Gu Ningshuang, "Yes, yes, Fairy Qinglian, I am willing to swear an oath to Heaven to prove that I know nothing about this matter."

Gu Ningshuang nodded, glancing approvingly at Lin Yitang. It seemed this newly famous junior was not just a fool who only knew how to cultivate. She said, "Alright, then let this Junior Sister Xu swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao, saying that she had no intention of cheating and knew nothing about Ye Qiuli's matter, otherwise she would immediately suffer a heavenly tribulation and her highest cultivation level in her life would be limited to the Golden Core stage."

This oath was indeed quite serious. However, Xu Xiping had no such intention and was unaware of the matter. After honestly making the oath, nothing happened.

This made everyone realize that Xu Xiping was not an accomplice, and naturally, she was spared punishment.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, she bowed deeply to Lin Yitang without saying a word, silently expressing her gratitude.

Lin Yitang and the others returned to the outside of the venue and continued their competition inside, without being significantly affected.

The onlookers stopped paying attention to the matter, considering it nothing more than a cheating by an unknown, unfamiliar student, and not worthy of sympathy.

The only one who was injured was Ye Qiuli.

Not only was she disqualified from the Four Arts Competition and expelled from the arena, but she was also banned from participating in any Four Arts Competition for the next thirty years. This struck her like a bolt from the blue, and her world seemed to collapse.

At the same time, I felt regret, hatred, embarrassment, and so ashamed that I wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground.