“Hmph... even now, you're still making excuses... I see you won't admit your guilt until you're at death's door...”
The Tiansheng Sect's Ancestor hadn't expected Grand Elder Xiao to be so obstinate despite the overwhelming evidence and witnesses.
He actually dared to cry about being framed!
Looking at Grand Elder Xiao's "I'm so wronged" face, the Tiansheng Sect Ancestor couldn't help but feel a surge of rage.
A chilling pressure suddenly radiated from him, making everyone's breathing feel heavy.
Flicking his long sleeves, he barked coldly, “The evidence is undeniable, yet you show no remorse. You are truly incorrigible! I hereby strip Xiao Jingde of all his duties as Grand Elder. He is to be taken to the Cliff of Reflection immediately. Without my permission, he is never to set foot outside it for the rest of his life!”
The reason he didn't kill Grand Elder Xiao was that it wasn't easy for a sect to nurture a Unity-stage cultivator.
In the future, he might still be useful as cannon fodder!
As soon as he finished speaking, the Second and Third Elders of the Tiansheng Sect directly escorted Grand Elder Xiao toward the Cliff of Reflection.
The Tiansheng Sect's Cliff of Reflection was plagued year-round by corrosive astral winds that howled relentlessly, scouring the flesh and grinding the bones day and night.
Furthermore, it could forcibly suppress a cultivator's power, making it impossible for them to use spiritual energy for protection.
One could only endure the agonizing pain of bone-corrosion and marrow-grinding.
Over time, it would cause one's cultivation to regress and their Dao Heart to shatter, leaving them in endless torment.
Watching his grandfather being taken away, Xiao Chen kept his head low, muttering silently to himself:
Grandpa, it's not that I don't want to plead for you, but your crime is just too big... most importantly, my pleading wouldn't work anyway...
Grandpa, just hang in there. Wait for me. Once I reach the Mahayana stage, I'll charge into the Cliff of Reflection and rescue you...
If Grand Elder Xiao knew what Xiao Chen was thinking, he would surely say:
By the time you reach the Mahayana stage, there won't even be bone dust left of me!
After the Second Elder and the other took Xiao Jingde away, everyone let out a deep breath.
This matter finally had a resolution! Fortunately, it had nothing to do with them!
The Tiansheng Sect Ancestor rubbed his temples, just about to dismiss the crowd.
Suddenly, a sound transmission talisman appeared before the Tiansheng Sect Leader.
Seeing this talisman, not only did the Sect Leader's heart skip a beat, but even the Ancestor had a bad feeling.
Could something else have happened?
Sure enough, the panicked voice of the Spirit Herb Garden manager rang out:
“Sect Leader, this is bad! The rare spiritual herbs in the Spirit Herb Garden have been stolen!”
The Ancestor and the Sect Leader exchanged a look.
Motherfucker, can't we have one good piece of news?
Subsequently, the group rushed to the Spirit Herb Garden.
There, they discovered that the rare, ancient spiritual herbs were all gone.
Not only that, but whoever had uprooted the herbs had even taken three feet of spirit soil with them...
The Ancestor conducted an investigation but found absolutely nothing.
The formations were intact, and the guards hadn't noticed anyone entering.
The spiritual herbs seemed to have vanished into thin air.
The theft was only discovered when a disciple went in to water the plants.
“Ancestor, care to guess who did it?” the Tiansheng Sect Leader turned and asked.
The Ancestor looked at him as if he were an idiot. “I guess it was you!”
The Sect Leader choked. “Ancestor, you guessed wrong. It wasn't me!”
If you don't want to guess, then don't, but why frame me?
“Come, let's find Tianjizi and have him calculate it!”
Since his injury, Tianjizi had been recovering within the Tiansheng Sect.
The Ancestor planned to have him perform a divination.
The Ancestor then led the Sect Leader all the way to Tianjizi's residence.
Seeing the two of them arrive, Tianjizi spoke before the Ancestor could even open his mouth.
“Senior, I've mostly recovered. I plan to take my leave!”
He had seen the sky full of punishment lightning earlier that day.
To be able to draw down heavenly punishment... he had no idea what kind of wicked deeds they had committed.
He didn't want to get caught up in it if he wasn't careful!
“Oh, Fellow Daoist Tianji, you should rest a bit more. It's dangerous outside right now! What if someone tries to harm you?” the Ancestor reminded him.
Tianjizi's face turned pale as he remembered his previous calculations.
The power that had killed so many Saints and Saintesses—would they come looking for him?
Sigh... Tianjizi regretted his choices once again.
If I had known, I wouldn't have come!
But regret was useless. He spoke helplessly, “Then I shall have to continue troubling you, Senior!”
The Ancestor smiled slightly. “It's no trouble! Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Tianji, you will be safe here in my Tiansheng Sect!”
“Thank you!”
The Ancestor nodded and continued, “Fellow Daoist Tianji, I need you to calculate a thief for me!”
“My Tiansheng Sect's immortal spirit water was stolen. Can you help me find out who took it?”
Remembering Xiao Jingde's miserable state, he decided to have a divination done for him as well.
Tianjizi was shocked to hear that the immortal spirit water had been stolen.
That was the Tiansheng Sect's foundational treasure!
The problem was, the immortal spirit water was heavily guarded and hidden.
With a Mahayana cultivator stationed in the sect, how could it still be stolen?
Nonetheless, Tianjizi nodded, thinking: Calculating a thief shouldn't offend anyone, right?
He raised his hand, and streaks of divination marks flew out.
A moment later, Tianjizi saw that familiar dark gold mist within the hexagram.
His whole body trembled, and he almost screamed.
It was over, it was all over!
The people from that power had actually come to the Tiansheng Sect.
Were they here to kill him?
No, wait. They had stolen the immortal spirit water but hadn't killed him.
Clearly, they weren't after his life!
What should he do now?
Thud!
Tianjizi directly knelt within the divination.
Staring at the dark gold mist, he begged for mercy, “Senior, I was wrong! I didn't mean to divine your affairs!”
“Please spare my life, please let me go, please forgive me!”
After begging, Tianjizi stared nervously at the mist.
Finding that no giant palm came to slap him, he couldn't help but sigh in relief.
“Thank you, Senior, for your mercy!”
Gratefully, he quickly withdrew from the divination.
After exiting the hexagram, Tianjizi hesitated. How should he explain this to the Ancestor?
Tell the truth?
No, he was afraid the big shot would follow the divination and come slap him!
Forget it, I'll just bluff my way through!
Thinking of this, Tianjizi snapped his eyes open.
“How is it?” the Ancestor asked urgently.
The Sect Leader also stared at him tensely.
Cough, cough...
Tianjizi coughed lightly and spoke, “My body hasn't fully recovered, so I can only calculate a general idea! This was an inside job!”
A sharp light flashed in the Ancestor's eyes. Xiao Jingde really wasn't wronged!
Meanwhile, the Sect Leader nodded.
Tianjizi's calculation is so accurate!
“Fellow Daoist, your calculation is truly spot on!” the Ancestor spoke slowly.
At the same time, he was incredibly furious. That damned Xiao Jingde! He actually dared to act so pitiful in front of me!
Tianjizi's heart skipped a beat.
What's the situation?
I just made that up, and I was actually right?
Could it really be such a coincidence?
Could that person have been an undercover agent? Did I just cause trouble again?
Pfft!
In his agitation, Tianjizi spat out a mouthful of blood!
“Fellow Daoist Tianji, what's wrong?” the Ancestor asked with concern.
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