Chapter 1267: Conclusive Evidence?

Chapter 1267: Chapter 1267: Conclusive Evidence?

"Elder Liu, please provide an explanation." Standing aside, Pei Yan looked at the stupefied Liu Xuanji, pulled out a tissue from his pocket, and wiped the bloodstains on his fingers. He sneered sarcastically, "Won’t you dare say you don’t know again this time, then ask if I believe you?"

"Uh~!" Liu Xuanji, whose thoughts were exposed by Pei Yan, felt like he was suffering in silence, unable to speak for a long time as he looked at Pei Yan with an embarrassed expression.

"Don’t rush! Don’t rush! Elder Liu, I’ll find an excuse for you! You must say you knew nothing about this matter, and to avoid misunderstanding, you specifically posted guards to watch over this teleportation chamber, just to prevent anyone from using it to implicate Hongjun Sword Furnace, right? You must also say that if this was indeed done by your Hongjun Sword Furnace, why would you leave such a big flaw, using your own teleportation array just to be discovered, right?" Pei Yan spread his palm, actively offering excuses for Liu Xuanji, but anyone could hear the sarcasm and disdain in his tone.

Liu Xuanji still couldn’t rebut because these were indeed what he intended to use as a defense, but Pei Yan shifted the focus, continuing, "However, everything has two sides, and of course, you can defend yourself this way! Similarly, I can reasonably suspect that it was you at Hongjun Sword Furnace who acted, but you didn’t expect my reaction to be so intense and swift, leaving you no time to use normal means to send people out of the palace. So you decided to gamble and use the secret teleportation array in the chamber to send them away! Betting that you could withstand the pressure and not let me search the mansion. Sadly, after seeing the situation of the previous three sects, you knew it was impossible to keep me outside, so you found a scapegoat and killed them! Setting up a scene to show us that you knew nothing about it?"

"That’s all your speculation! We didn’t have to do such a thing!" Liu Xuanji finally couldn’t hold back under Pei Yan’s aggressive questioning and stood up to refute.

"Of course, it’s my speculation! If there were evidence, could you still shout and yell at me here? But is there a problem with my speculation? Two consecutive attack incidents are related to your Hongjun Sword Furnace, and now you’ve set up another spectacle! Elder Liu, you wouldn’t want to say that three murderers snuck into the chamber right under the noses of everyone at your Immortal Palace Villa, then killed and escaped, would you? Asking if anyone present could believe that tale?"

Pei Yan pointed at the representatives from various factions entering the chamber, countering face-on as he saw Liu Xuanji again rendered speechless by his questioning. He continued, tapping the wall of the chamber, "Come, Elder Liu! Look here! Not a trace of combat around these walls! Even if what you said is true, that someone invaded here, murdered, and activated the teleportation array, tell me, who could, within such a cramped space, kill a Heavenly Dao Elder without a single chance to defend? Elder Liu, name someone and let me hear, I’d genuinely like to meet such a master!"

"This~ This~ This...!"

"Can’t find a reason? How about we change the explanation to something that makes sense? Perhaps Elder Lian willingly died for the sect, or was poisoned secretly by someone caught off guard! Wouldn’t that significantly lower the difficulty? If that’s the case, I could do it, and if I could, then Elder Liu, you certainly could as well!"

"Pei Yan, you, you..."

"What about me? Bullying? Slandering? Hahaha." Pei Yan said, then sighed as he turned to Lin Daozi, "Brother Lin, in such a situation, my request to detain everyone at the Hongjun Sword Furnace Villa for investigation isn’t excessive, is it?"

"Pei Xiaoyou, Daozi! Caution!" Feng Tianhe was stunned upon hearing this, first looking at Pei Yan and noticing his determined expression without any room for compromise, then turned to Lin Daozi pleadingly.

"Indeed, Daozi, with just this, sealing a sect’s villa might be hard to convince everyone!" Situ Maocai coughed lightly, chiming in, wishing to witness misfortune but not to see Hongjun Sword Furnace truly decline.

"Junior Brother Pei, wait a moment, I’ll go and see for myself!" With the persuasion of the three elders, Lin Daozi hesitated briefly, said this to Pei Yan, then quickly entered the teleportation array and activated it using source energy.

The others immediately understood what he intended, promptly retreating from the center of the array, watching Lin Daozi’s figure gradually disappear within, Feng Tianhe quietly asked Pei Yan at their side, "Will Daozi go alone without incident?"

"Elder Feng, by asking this, you reveal that you too have begun to suspect Hongjun Sword Furnace in your heart!" As long as it’s not consciously erased, the teleportation array leaves a record of its last destination, so Feng Tianhe’s words were expressing worry over Lin Daozi’s safety while pursuing, Pei Yan laughed teasingly upon hearing.

"Uh~ This~!" Feng Tianhe awkwardly rubbed his nose and withdrew his head, no longer speaking.

As the atmosphere inside the chamber grew increasingly awkward, the teleportation array in the center once more glowed brightly in blue. Once the light dispersed, Lin Daozi reappeared in the chamber, seeing his intact appearance, Feng Tianhe breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly stepping forward to ask, "Daozi, what’s on the other side of the teleportation array?"

"It’s the main sect of Hongjun Sword Furnace." Lin Daozi glanced around, and without waiting for others to pursue questioning, continued, "No need to ask, upon teleporting over, I inquired with the disciples guarding the teleportation array there. They said the array did shine briefly not long ago, but after waiting a moment, no one emerged, and soon the array went dim again. They presumed it accidentally activated, so merely reported it to the sect, to inquire from the Villa’s side, then ignored it further."

"What about the Ten-Eyed Well? At such an important location, it surely records everything." Feng Tianhe impatiently pursued further.

Upon this question, Lin Daozi glanced at the equally anxious Liu Xuanji, then Pei Yan, before leisurely speaking, "The Ten-Eyed Well array near the teleportation array happened to be switching Spirit Stones, re-drawing the dye consumed within, thus was not activated."

"How, how could this happen!" Liu Xuanji was completely dazed after hearing this; even with a hundred mouths, he couldn’t clarify.

"Hahahahaha!"

Watching Liu Xuanji frozen on the spot, Pei Yan laughed loudly, then grabbed Liu Xuanji’s wrist and snorted coldly, "Elder Liu, event after event lines up, but you plead ignorance one after another. Today, my people were attacked using your cultivation technique, and you didn’t give an explanation, but meanwhile, the teleportation array was used post-incident at your Villa. Simultaneously, the Ten-Eyed Well responsible for monitoring on the other side coincidentally underwent maintenance at this critical moment. So many coincidences! Elder Liu! You haven’t possibly taken me, Pei Yan, for a fool, have you?"