“You have such rich imagination, senior brother,” Qin Lie coldly mocked him.
Qin Bing discovered that this inner sect senior brother seemed to be going against him at every step since the moment they met. It confused him; he didn’t know where he might have offended this person.
“Qin Bing, you can go down the mountain first. Naturally, there will be people who will take care of this.” Tang Siqi gave him eye contact.
“He cannot go yet!” Pan Xuan said coldly with a dark face, “If it truly was him, once he gets down the mountain, there’s no telling if he’ll escape out of guilt right away. Tan Fuzhou, go down and inform Elder Tong of this matter and have him come swiftly.”
An inner sect disciple nodded and headed out of the cave.
“Detain this Qin Bing for now and pass him onto Elder Tong later. Let Elder Tong investigate him closely,” Pan Xuan continued to instruct.
The two Armament Sect inner sect disciples immediately walked forward and arrived at Qin Lie’s left and right side. One of them took out shackles and was ready to put it right on top of Qin Lie’s head.
“You have neither evidence nor justification. On what basis are you detaining him?!” Tang Siqi’s beautiful eyes were practically about to spit fire.
“Siqi, will you just stop talking,” Lian Rou exclaimed softly before hurriedly grabbing the shackles from them “Let me do it. I’ll detain Qin Bing so as not to trouble you two junior brothers.”
Those two people were greatly troubled being stuck between Pan Xuan and Tang Siqi. Seeing that Lian Rou had proactively accepted the responsibility, they quickly passed over the shackles to her.
Accepting the shackles, Lian Rou walked near to Qin Lie, lowered her voice, and said, “Please endure it for the moment. Elder Tong knows and will not make things difficult for you…”
Qin Lie, who was looking harsh earlier quieted down once he heard her words. He cooperatively allowed her to put the shackles on him.
He understood now that the more Tang Siqi defended him, the more would Pan Xuan go against him, preferably to his death.
Wasn’t this obvious enough?
Pan Xuan obviously held an eye for Tang Siqi. The moment he heard that he had carried spirit materials into Tang Siqi’s cave, this person began to create trouble out of nowhere and intentionally put them on him. Ironically, Tang Siqi had unintentionally cooperated by continuously arguing with him, so naturally, this incited his jealousy and caused Pan Xuan to go against him like crazy.
Qin Lie’s heart was full with bitterness. He wasn’t sure if he should thank Tang Siqi or get her to shut up as soon as possible.
“Senior Brother, you are not an inner sect elder. You have no authority to do such a thing, do you?” yelled Tang Siqi as she angrily glared at Pan Xuan.
“Siqi, enough!” Lian Rou cried out.
“The inner sect elders are all forging artifacts in seclusion and very rarely ask about the unimportant stuff in the sect. As the eldest among the inner sect disciples and before an elder arrives, logic dictates me to handle this matter,” Pan Xuan answered arrogantly.
“Isn’t that just entering the sect ten years earlier? What is there to be proud of? You just watch out in the future!” Tang Siqi yelled hatefully.
“Hmph!” Pan Xuan also snorted coldly.
Qin Lie felt a bellyful of bad luck listening to the both of them converse. He would never have come out of curiosity if he knew this would happen. Now it’s just great. He was struck by an uncalled disaster out of nowhere and became this Pan Xuan’s outlet.
Before long, outer sect Tong Jihua arrived with a scowl and glanced at Yin Hao’s body. After confirming the situation he nodded and said, “The outer sect will take care of the random matters in the sect. You all only need to do your best in forging artifacts and live up to the sect master’s expectations.”
He made a grabbing motion from afar, and the shackles on Qin Lie’s body were unlocked. He glanced once at Qin Lie and ordered, “Follow me down.”
Qin Lie did not say anything and swept a cold glance at Pan Xuan. Then, he followed Tong Jihua down the mountain.
Lian Rou winked at Tang Siqi as they both also sneakily left Yin Hao’s cave. They quietly descended down Flame Volcano and went to the outer sect at the foot of the mountain.
Inside Tong Jihua’s exclusive cultivation room, Qin Lie, Tang Siqi, and Lian Rou were all present. The trio turned to look at Tong Jihua.
“Wait.” Tong Jihua narrowed his eyes, said this one word, and had the three of them keep silent.
After a full four hours—even the sky had turned dark—only then did a figure wald in, kneel on one knee, and say with his head lowered, “Liang Shaoyang was not at his stone tower last night.”
Tong Jihua waved his hands to let this person leave. Only then did he say, “The person who used the Eclipse Insects both times is Liang Shaoyang. But the one who killed Long He should be Yin Hao.”
“Before Yin Hao came to Armament Sect, he had bee