Chapter 352: False Accusation

"I do not know the details, but I heard your Master seems to have stolen something and angering Sect Master Fang Lansheng greatly. He even disregarded his identity as an elder of the Lingguang Sect and directly had him detained."

Ye Shiyuan could no longer sit still.

"How is that possible? Even if Fang Lansheng is a Sect Master, he would not dare to disrespect the Lingguang Sect. Moreover, what exactly was lost? How could it be serious enough to reach this point?"

And more importantly, how could Bai He possibly steal something?

That’s absolutely impossible.

"On top of that," Zhang Youxia continued, "I also heard that your little Master directly turned the accusation around and said that the item was stolen by Su Yuluan."

Ye Shiyuan immediately sensed that things were not so simple. "Explain clearly. What does this have to do with Su Yuluan?"

Zhang Youxia actually did not know much either.

He shrugged. "This, you should go ask her yourself and find out the reason properly. I only heard rumors."

"Do you know where she is?"

"I do know. I will take you there."

After saying that, Ye Shiyuan followed Zhang Youxia and left.

...

Bai He had been taken away.

He and Su Yuluan were locked up together.

Heavens, why did it have to be like this?

Was the Qinghai Sect really so small?

Could they not even provide two separate rooms?

Forget it, he would endure it.

Bai He stayed on the side and did not speak.

But Su Yuluan spoke first. "Bai He."

"What is it? Do not tell me you are going to say I stole it. There is no one else here, stop pretending."

"I did not see you take it with my own eyes, but why did you turn around and accuse me instead, saying that I stole it?"

Bai He said angrily, "You already said I took it. How am I supposed to take that lying down alone? If I am going down, I am dragging someone with me. If I suffer, you will not have it easy either."

"You..."

Su Yuluan was slightly angered.

Bai He raised an eyebrow. "Do not think that just because you have an unknown relationship with the Valley Master Gao Jiangting, you will be fine. I am telling you, Fang Lansheng, he would dare touch me if he can try. Do you think you can use Fang Lansheng’s personal grudge against the Lingguang Sect to get rid of me like this? Naive."

Su Yuluan indeed thought so.

That Starconch Bell was extremely important to Fang Lansheng.

Combined with his hatred toward the Lingguang Sect, he should have already dealt with Bai He.

Could it be that even the Qinghai Sect feared the Lingguang Sect?

"Do you know why Fang Lansheng, even though he is not afraid of the Lingguang Sect, still does not dare to touch me?"

Su Yuluan naturally did not know.

Bai He looked somewhat pleased with himself.

"That is because of my Master."

"Your Master... Your Master rarely ever appears in public, and he once swore that he would never again interfere in any matters concerning the cultivation sects."

Su Yuluan remembered clearly that in her memories, when the Lingguang Sect had encountered such a major crisis, Senior Yi Xing had never stepped forward.

"I do not want to talk to you right now. Can you just be quiet?"

There were some things Bai He no longer wanted to say.

What was the point of saying too much?

Suddenly, they heard a knock at the door.

Su Yuluan glared at Bai He before walking over to open it.

The moment she saw the person standing outside, she immediately smiled.

"Shiyuan? Why are you here?"

Ye Shiyuan walked past Su Yuluan without even looking at her and quickly came to stand in front of Bai He.

"Baibai, how are you? Were you frightened?"

Was he really that easy to frighten?

Bai He had not been frightened, but he was genuinely angry.

"Why did you come here?"

"Naturally, I came to see you."

"Do you also believe that I took the Starconch Bell?"

For some reason, Bai He cared very much about what Ye Shiyuan thought.

Would Ye Shiyuan, like everyone else, believe that he had stolen the Starconch Bell for himself and refused to return it to Fang Lansheng?

Ye Shiyuan shook his head.

"I know what kind of person Master is. Why would you want the Starconch Bell? You are not the type of person who tries to take anything you happen to see."

A trace of comfort rose in Bai He’s heart.

"But it is useless that you believe me. Other people do not."

"Shiyuan, I saw it with my own eyes. Bai He was the one who took it."

Standing to one side, Su Yuluan clenched her fists tightly.

She was already furious to the extreme, but with Ye Shiyuan here, she absolutely could not show her anger.

Ye Shiyuan paused slightly.

Now he understood.

It was because of Su Yuluan’s words that everyone believed Bai He had stolen the Starconch Bell.

"Miss Su, are you certain that you saw it with your own eyes? The Lingguang Sect possesses a mirror called the Mirror of Truth. Do you know what that mirror can do? If you did not truly witness it with your own eyes, then what should happen? Should you not bear the consequences for your words and actions?"

Fear flashed through Su Yuluan’s heart.

Naturally, she had heard of the Mirror of Truth and knew what it was capable of.

"Shiyuan, I... I actually did not see it very clearly at the time. But the figure looked almost exactly like Bai He, and last night Elder Bai He was the only person who went to The Orchard of Pairidaeza. Other than him, who else could it have been?"

"Nonsense. There were clearly other people who went there. No one was standing guard there twenty four hours a day, so how can you be certain I was the only one who went?"