The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

Old Yue's face was ashen; the sect leader's token had been tampered with, and he, as the sect leader, had no idea.

Xiao Yue, also known as Yue Siyi, turned pale, afraid that she would be caught.

She wasn't afraid of being punished herself, but rather of implicating her brother Ye Feng.

Ye Feng, who had been cultivating in the forbidden area all night and was feeling refreshed, suddenly looked grim and cursed the despicable thief eight hundred times.

What a coincidence that this happened when I was stealing the token and sneaking into the forbidden area.

"Ahem, Sect Master, don't worry. I didn't actually do anything. I had no idea you were sneaking off to brothels down the mountain to fool around."

Everyone:...

They've made up their minds that from now on, when they hire Jiang Ying to refine weapons, they must keep a close eye on the process to prevent her from tampering with things.

This time, the way everyone looked at Lao Yue was no longer with disdain, but with... sympathy.

What a pitiful sect leader! Everyone knows exactly what he does in secret.

Seeing that Lao Yue's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot, Jiang Ying burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, Sect Master, don't be angry. I was just joking because the atmosphere was too serious. The reason I knew you were pretending to go to the brothel was because I saw it by chance. Actually, I could only sense that the token had changed hands. Last night, while I was cultivating, I noticed that the Sect Master's token had changed hands twice."

Yue Chongshan's expression softened slightly. He then took out the sect leader's token, his expression shifting between light and dark, his gaze seemingly glancing at Yue Siyi.

Apart from the two personal attendants, only this daughter in the entire sect has access to the sect leader's token.

Last night, both of his close attendants fought him to the death, so the only one who can take the sect leader's token is...

Yue Siyi clearly knew she couldn't hide it any longer, and knelt down on the ground with a thud.

“Please punish me, Father. I did steal the sect leader’s token last night. But it was not for such a despicable purpose. I went to the Scripture Pavilion to find two spellbooks for Junior Brother Mu Feng.”

Yue Chongshan narrowed his eyes slightly.

"The Fourth Elder said that the token passed through the hands of two people last night. Besides you, who else had contact with the token?"

Although he was asking a question, his gaze was already fixed on Ye Feng.

"According to my intuition, the first person held the token for a very short time, only about fifteen minutes. After that, the second person held the sect leader's token until this morning when it was returned to the first person and finally sent back to the sect leader."

Jiang Ying smiled and stepped in to add more details.

"I thought it was just the sect leader showing off his token to pick up girls again, but I never expected... it turns out to be a traitor within the family."

Again……

Everyone looked at Lao Yue with disdain.

Old Yue blushed, realizing he could never use the token to flirt with girls again.

"Ahem, Fourth Elder, those unimportant details can be filtered out,"

Su Qi kept staring at Ye Feng. This guy originally didn't plan to step forward, but it must have been the Elder Mu inside him who told him something, because he suddenly took a deep breath and stepped forward.

"Master, please don't blame Senior Sister. It was my own greed and eagerness that led me to persuade her to steal the sect leader's token to help me."

"Mu Feng...Junior Brother"

Yue Siyi looked at Ye Feng with some emotion, her eyes full of love.

"No, Father, the fault lies entirely with me. Junior Brother Mu Feng did not bewitch me. I only did this foolish thing because I wanted to show off to him."

"No, the fault lies with me!"

"not me!"

Watching the two of them vying to take responsibility, Su Qi silently crossed Yue Siyi's name off in his mind.

This woman is beyond saving; we should find a chance to send her away.

"Ahem, hold on a minute. What we need to investigate now is not the responsibility for the lost sect leader token, but who used the sect leader token to infiltrate the various peaks and steal the female disciples' personal clothing!"

Jiang Ying was somewhat speechless when she discovered that the two of them were actually putting on a show of deep affection on the spot. She impatiently interrupted them and pointed out the key point directly.

Everyone then realized with a start that they had almost gone astray.

All eyes turned to Ye Feng.

The clues are quite clear: the token was stolen by Yue Siyi, and Ye Feng held it for the rest of the night.

If you ask who had the opportunity to commit the crime, it would only be Ye Feng.

Having come this far, Su Qi finally understood what was going on.

The person who stole the underwear was definitely a idiot.

She wanted to use this to frame the chosen one and smear Ye Feng.

I just don't know why she suddenly had this idea.

The motivation was good, but the execution was a bit confusing.

It feels like there's a bit of an element of overreaching and making things worse.

"Impossible, Junior Brother Mu Feng isn't that kind of person."

"What makes you so sure, Nephew Yue?" The Third Elder asked with a suspicious look.

"If I'm not mistaken, you've only known Mu Feng for two or three days, right? And his registration information shows he's from the Southern Region. As for you, Nephew Yue... if I remember correctly, before the Sect Master found you, you lived with your mother in a small town in the Eastern Region. And in the more than ten years since you returned to the Qingyun Sect, you haven't been to the Southern Region, so there's absolutely no way you two could have known each other before. With only a few days of acquaintance, what makes you so sure he's not that kind of person?"

After the Third Elder finished speaking, Jiang Ying immediately jumped out to add to the story.

"Even if you met more than ten years ago, and then he moved to the Southern Region, you haven't seen each other for more than ten years. More than ten years is enough time for a person to change."

Upon hearing this, Su Qi's lips twitched.

Although I know you're trying to sow discord between the male and female leads, your words are likely to arouse suspicion, aren't they?

As expected, Ye Feng's expression towards Jiang Ying became suspicious and uncertain, probably because he suspected that she had seen through his identity and was hinting at something.

Regardless of Ye Feng's thoughts, Yue Siyi was rendered speechless by his rebuttal.

"Siyi, after you gave him the token, did you stay with him the whole time?"

"Yes!"

Yue Siyi bit her lip, but still firmly accepted it.

Although she and Ye Feng parted ways after she handed the token to him last night, if she didn't testify for Ye Feng, he would be proven to be the thief.

Ye Feng was deeply moved; his sister Siyi had suffered so much because of him.

“Words are not enough. I think it’s necessary to check Mu Feng’s storage ring and residence. The incident happened last night, and the entire sect was sealed off this morning. If he really is the thief, he certainly wouldn’t have had time to move the stolen goods.”

Ye Feng's fists clenched visibly, feeling utterly humiliated.

But now that things have come to this, he has no choice but to accept.

"Fourth Elder!"

Ye Feng lowered his head and clasped his hands, seemingly bowing, but his eyes were full of defiance.

"I am of lowly status, and you, being of high rank and power, are naturally free to search me. But may I ask, if you cannot find me, what will you do?"

"What do you want from me? I only have a reasonable suspicion. Do you expect me to apologize to you?" Jiang Ying sneered, looking every bit the villain.

Su Qi was somewhat relieved that he hadn't stood with her.

Is it really a good thing to openly target and expose yourself like this?

The enemy is in the open while we are in the dark – that's an advantage!

Su Qi still prefers to cause trouble secretly; this overt style doesn't suit him.

"Even if Mu Feng is just an ordinary disciple, you, as an elder, have humiliated me in this way. If the other disciples find out, aren't you afraid of alienating them? Mu Feng only asks that after clearing his name, the Fourth Elder should give him a public apology!"