13: Chapter 13: Framing and Blaming – The Sect Leader Actually Believed It?

Soul Search!

Once the soul search is performed, all secrets will be exposed. Su Yun will turn into an idiot, and the matter of Lin Aotian will also be leaked.

Liu Yuqin closed her eyes in despair.

Just then.

A warm, large hand gently pressed onto Liu Yuqin's trembling shoulder.

"Senior Sister, don't be afraid. Since the Sect Master wants to know the truth, let's just tell it as it is."

Su Yun's gentle voice rang out.

Liu Yuqin whipped her head around and looked at him in terror, her eyes signaling: Are you crazy? If we tell the truth, we'll both die!

Su Yun gave her a reassuring look, then slowly stepped past the two women and took a step forward.

He faced Leng Hanshuang directly.

"Oh? The truth?"

Leng Hanshuang narrowed her eyes; her Killing Intent had not dissipated.

"I'll give you three breaths of time. If you cannot give This Seat a reasonable explanation, no one can save you."

"Reporting to the Sect Master."

Su Yun remained neither humble nor arrogant, even smoothing out his somewhat messy collar, a bitter and helpless smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

"This Disciple did not hide it intentionally. It's just that this matter is... hard to talk about."

"Actually, this Disciple possesses the 'Nine Yang Extreme Dao Body,' a Physique rarely seen in ten thousand years."

What the Hell?

Lin Rou was stunned.

Liu Yuqin was also dazed. She only knew that Su Yun's Physique was incredibly overbearing; she had never even heard of some 'Extreme Dao Body.'

Only Leng Hanshuang frowned slightly, seemingly searching through ancient texts in her memory.

Su Yun didn't give them any time to think and began to spout nonsense with a straight face.

"This Physique is extremely special. It contains Pure Yang True Fire within. For those afflicted by Yin-cold poisons or those who suffer Qi Deviation from cultivating Yin-attribute Cultivation Techniques, it is the only antidote in the world."

"A few days ago, Senior Sister Saintess was afflicted by a strange poison called 'Cold Fiend Yin Poison'! This poison is colorless and odorless, but it specifically targets a Cultivator's Dantian. If not treated in time, one's cultivation will be lost at best, and one will perish at worst!"

"The situation was critical at the time. To preserve her reputation, Senior Sister Saintess would rather die than ask for help. It was this Disciple..."

As Su Yun spoke to this point, a tragic expression of "if I don't enter Hell, who will?" appeared on his face.

"It was this Disciple who couldn't bear to see Senior Sister perish, so I risked my life to use my Origin Yang Qi to... in that way, forcibly expel the poison for Senior Sister!"

"The so-called loss of primal yin was merely the price paid to save a life!"

The entire place fell into a dead silence.

This speech, with its smooth logic and dramatic plot, was practically flawless... like Hell it was!

Lin Rou's mouth twitched wildly on the side; she almost couldn't stop herself from applauding Su Yun.

Good grief!

This lie was so well-crafted that it was as if the word "shameless" was engraved on his forehead!

He clearly took advantage of her, yet he made it sound like he was bearing a heavy burden and sacrificing himself?

Leng Hanshuang's expression froze. Such a claim was not without precedent in the cultivation world.

Many special Physiques indeed possessed incredible effects.

Moreover, if it was to save her life, why would Liu Yuqin give herself to him?

"Yuqin." Leng Hanshuang looked suspiciously at her Disciple on the ground. "Is this true?"

At this moment, all the pressure was on Liu Yuqin.

If she just shook her head, Su Yun's head would roll immediately.

Liu Yuqin knelt on the ground, her fair fists clenched tightly within her sleeves.

She could clearly feel her Revered Master's scrutinizing gaze and Su Yun's playful stare from behind.

Lie?

Deceive the Revered Master who had been as kind to her as a mountain?

Liu Yuqin's heart was struggling, roaring.

But as soon as she thought about how painful and reluctant she would feel if Su Yun died...

Thinking that she wouldn't be able to be with Su Yun like that day in the grotto...

"Yes..."

Liu Yuqin slowly raised her head, her face slightly flushed, and her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz: "What Junior Brother Lin Chen said... is all true."

"What?!" Leng Hanshuang's pupils constricted.

Since Liu Yuqin had started, the rest came much more smoothly.

She seemed to have truly stepped into the role of the "victim," her face showing bitterness and helplessness.

"If not for Junior Brother Lin Chen risking his life to save me, your Disciple... would probably have been a cold corpse long ago, never to see Revered Master again..."

"The reason I kept it hidden was... because the method of detoxification is truly hard to speak of. Your Disciple was afraid of bringing shame to the Sect's reputation."

Best Actress!

This is absolutely a Best Actress-level performance!

Su Yun frantically praised Liu Yuqin in his heart. This girl really knows how to play along!

The chill on Leng Hanshuang's body instantly dissipated by more than half.

If she was framed by poison and forced into it to survive, the nature of the matter changed completely.

It went from "shamelessness" to "bearing humiliation for a greater cause."

"Outrageous!"

Leng Hanshuang flew into a rage, and her Killing Intent erupted once more, but this time, it wasn't directed at Su Yun.

"In the territory of the Mysterious Maiden Sect, someone actually dared to use such a vicious hand against our Sect's Saintess? Who was it?!"

The opportunity had come!

A cold light flashed in Su Yun's eyes as he directly threw that big, black scapegoat pot.

"It's the Divine Blade Sect!"

Su Yun gritted his teeth, his face full of hatred.

"Just yesterday, at the exit of the Soul Severing Abyss, we were intercepted and attacked by the Divine Blade Sect's Law Enforcement Elder Zhang Lie! That 'Cold Fiend Yin Poison' is his unique method!"

"He not only wanted to kill us and steal our treasures, but he also threatened to capture Senior Sister Saintess and take her back to be a Cauldron!"

"If not for Senior Sister fighting her way out at all costs, we would never have seen the Sect Master again!"

Su Yun became more and more agitated as he spoke, as if he had suffered a massive injustice.

"Divine Blade Sect... Zhang Lie..."

As soon as this name was mentioned, the Killing Intent in Leng Hanshuang's eyes instantly solidified.

She slowly rose from her Profound Ice Throne, and a pressure more bone-chilling than ten-thousand-year-old ice enveloped the entire hall.

"Good! What a Divine Blade Sect! What a Zhang Lie!"

Her voice was terrifyingly calm, but anyone could hear the sky-toppling rage within.

"Not only did he harm my beloved Disciple and destroy her Dao foundation, but he also dared to speak such arrogant words! Does he really think there's no one left in my Mysterious Maiden Sect?!"

Leng Hanshuang's phoenix eyes were filled with fury as she announced word by word.

"This matter is far from over! This Seat will personally visit the Divine Blade Sect to seek justice for my Mysterious Maiden Sect and for my Disciple!"

She believed it.

On one hand, Liu Yuqin had never lied to her; on the other hand, there were already grievances between the Divine Blade Sect and the Mysterious Maiden Sect.

Such underhanded methods were indeed something those blade-wielding boors would do.

Su Yun looked at Leng Hanshuang's aura of cold Killing Intent and her posture of vowing to flatten the Divine Blade Sect, laughing inwardly.

Old buddy Zhang Lie, I'm sorry.

You'll have to take the fall for this big, black scapegoat pot for your brother.

Who told you to look like such an unlucky fellow?