A useless person with five spiritual roots? I sacrificed the proud daughter of heaven.

The Wuji Sect elder slammed his hand on the table and stood up, but the sect leader's expression remained unchanged. He continued to look at Sheng He with admiration, as if he hadn't listened to the Wuji Sect elder's words at all.

Sheng He didn't understand why the sect leader's attitude had changed, but since the sect leader was currently on her side, she naturally had to take advantage of the sect leader's influence.

"Of course I know." Sheng He said, turning to look at the Wuji Sect elder and Shen Ci behind him, and said leisurely, "A lot has happened on Dragon Island, but I don't know if what I know is the same as what Senior Brother Shen knows?"

"What do you mean?"

Ignoring the elders present, Shen Ci stepped forward and asked, "Do you admit to colluding with mermaids?"

Sheng He nodded: "I do know a mermaid."

Shen Ci immediately turned to the Qingyun Sect Master, as if he had seized upon Sheng He's weakness, and said:

"Sheng He and Junior Sister Yanran have always been at odds, and Sheng He has tried to kill her several times. She colluded with mermaids, attempting to monopolize the treasures on Dragon Island. I don't know about the others."

"But Sect Master, I saw with my own eyes that she bound Junior Sister Yanran with the Spirit Binding Rope, and even drove Junior Sister Yanran and me off the ship, ordering a group of mermaids to kill us in the sea. If it weren't for the magic artifact given to Junior Sister Yanran by Immortal Venerable Xuanxiao for protection, we would probably be dead by now!"

"Sect Master, if she treats us this way, what about the other disciples? Sheng He harms her fellow disciples and is vicious. How can you still allow her to run rampant in the Qingyun Sect!"

Sheng He chuckled softly, gripping the recording stone in her hand. She knew that this day would come after witnessing the tragic deaths of those disciples, given that these people were masters at distorting the truth.

Fortunately, she's also quite adept at lying through her teeth.

"Senior Brother Shen, what do you mean by that? I bought a mermaid at Wanbao Auction House and then released her back to the Eastern Sea. That's how I met the mermaid. Everyone knew about this on the day we went to Dragon Island. Are you trying to put all the blame on me?"

Shen Ci gritted his teeth, about to say something, when he suddenly thought of something else. Only a few of them had returned from Dragon Island. It seemed that Jiang Yu was also on the ship at the time, but Xuan Tian Palace had also come today. Presumably, Jiang Yu had also suffered at Sheng He's hands.

Even if he pins all the blame on Sheng He, what can he do? Junior Sister Yanran is on his side. Even if Sheng He has a mouth, he won't be able to defend himself!

Thinking of this, Shen Ci raised his head and said confidently, "Sheng He, I saw all of this with my own eyes. Do you dare to say that you didn't kill those people?"

"Of course I dare, and I certainly didn't kill those people."

Seeing Sheng He's confident demeanor, the elders of the various sects became enraged and began to speak at once:

"You! Shen Ci witnessed all of this with his own eyes! How dare you deny it!"

"He never learns his lesson! How could the Qingyun Sect have such a disciple!"

"Sect Leader, you must give us an explanation today!"

Tianyu's eyebrows were so furrowed they could have trapped a fly. These clueless old men thought everything Shen Ci said was right, and everything his apprentice said was a lie and sophistry!

Ultimately, it's because Shen Ci is the senior disciple of the Wuji Sect and might become the next sect leader in the future. They don't want to offend him, and they also see that Sheng He is young, powerless, and easy to bully, so they want to vent all their anger on Sheng He.

Those shameless old bastards!

Tianyu pounded the stool under her buttocks and desperately tried to wink at Shenghe.

Sheng He blinked knowingly and asked, "Senior Brother Shen said I killed the person, do you have any evidence?"

The elder of Wuji Sect snorted and said disdainfully, "What evidence do we need? So many people went, and only the three of you came back. Ci'er and that little girl from your sect were both seriously injured. Who else could it be but you?"

Sheng He raised an eyebrow, looked directly at the Wuji Sect elder, and said sarcastically, "Oh~ so you're just making things up without any evidence."

"But I have it."

Sheng He raised the recording stone in her hand and looked at Zhao Yanran, who was hiding behind Xuan Xiao, and said with a light smile, "I'm sorry, I guessed that someone might pretend to be pitiful and shift the blame for the disciple's death onto me. After all, this is not the first time, so I specially brought the recording stone."

The hall fell silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes were on the recording stone in Sheng He's hand.

Sheng He infused his spiritual power, and in the recording stone, one could clearly see Jiang Xuanli throwing the guards next to the meat spirit mushroom, while Jiang Yu collapsed to the side, unconscious.

Beside the fleshy Ganoderma lucidum were piled up the clothing, weapons, and storage bags of disciples from various sects.

The final scene shows Sheng He destroying the meat spirit mushroom with a single sword strike and Jiang Xuanli's hysterical roar.

"This……"

The elders from various sects looked at each other in bewilderment. One elder who recognized the fleshy spirit mushroom explained, "This thing is called fleshy spirit mushroom. It absorbs spiritual energy to feed. Judging from the plump flesh and tender color of this fleshy spirit mushroom, it must have absorbed enough spiritual energy and is about to mature."

After the elder finished speaking, the Discipline Department suddenly fell silent.

As for where this ample spiritual power came from, everyone knew perfectly well.

It seemed that everyone was only now realizing what Jiang Xuanli's so-called "kind intention in taking his disciple to Dragon Island to search for treasure" really meant.

Shen Ci's expression changed several times. He hadn't expected Sheng He to carry a recording stone with her. When he spoke again, his tone was somewhat ambiguous: "Even so, you personally kicked me and Junior Sister Yanran into the sea. You can't deny that."

"Really? But why would I kick you into the sea? I've never even seen you or Junior Sister Yanran before!"

Sheng He shrugged, his face full of innocence: "Sect Master, after I destroyed the Flesh Spirit Mushroom, Jiang Xuanli was furious. I fought with him and accidentally killed him. After that, I fled back to the ship. I thought that there might still be disciples who hadn't returned, so I went to the island to look for them. I waited on the ship for three days. When I saw that no disciples had returned, I finally took the ship back to Qingyun Sect."

"If what Senior Brother Shen Ci said is true, and I have a grudge against Junior Sister Yanran, then why would I kick you into the sea and let you return safely? Wouldn't that be redundant and leave someone with leverage? Why didn't I just draw my sword and kill you?"

"You! You!" Shen Ci was speechless, and turned to Zhao Yanran for help. "Junior Sister Yanran, you saw this with your own eyes, so tell me quickly!"

“Yes…” Zhao Yanran took a step forward timidly, but was immediately pulled back by Xuanxiao.

Xuanxiao narrowed his eyes and looked at Shenghe. He released the pressure of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and Shenghe and Shen Ci were immediately forced to kneel down by this pressure.

As if her internal organs were being crushed, Sheng He suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. She clenched her fists and forced herself to raise her head and look directly at Xuan Xiao.

She curled her lips into a smile, the smear of blood at the corner of her mouth both alluring and sinister: "What? Is Uncle-Master Xuanxiao trying to protect Junior Sister Zhao now that the situation is turning against him?"