33: The fate of Ye Wushuang after confronting the elder judge!

"Hmm?"

Gu Qingchen recognized at a glance that this was the Adjudication Elder of Tianxing Peak. It was said that his strength had reached the Saint King Sixth Level. He held a high position of authority, was in charge of the Adjudication Hall within Tianxing Peak, and possessed the power to adjudicate.

The review of the trial could also barely be considered within his scope of authority.

Furthermore, he had another identity: he was a member of the Ye Family.

For someone who was clearly looking for trouble, Gu Qingchen naturally wouldn't indulge him: "In what capacity are you questioning me about this matter? As the review Elder for this trial, or as an Elder of the Ye Family?"

"Naturally, as the review Elder for this trial."

The Adjudication Elder guarded against falling into Gu Qingchen's verbal traps.

Although in his heart, the interests of the Ye Family were above the interests of the Holy Land, such thoughts were better kept to himself.

At most, he just needed to be slightly biased in his actual actions; there was absolutely no need to state it openly and honestly.

Gu Qingchen was not surprised by the Adjudication Elder's answer: "Since you are here in the capacity of the review Elder for this trial, you only have the power to review the trial results, so I refuse to answer your question."

"You!"

The Adjudication Elder hadn't expected Gu Qingchen to have this trick up his sleeve. He took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.

"Fine, I will now ask you in my capacity as an Elder of the Ye Family: what have you done to Wushuang?"

"Oh?"

Gu Qingchen raised an eyebrow and asked suspiciously: "You are an Elder of the Ye Family, not an Elder of my Gu Family. Why should I answer your question?"

This answer left the Adjudication Elder speechless. His face twitched slightly, and then he gave Gu Qingchen a deep look.

"Very well, I have noted you."

"Ahem, ahem, ahem..."

At this moment, the other two review Elders coughed lightly, trying to smooth things over.

"Qingchen, we found the Disciples who were under Ye Wushuang's command during this trial. They said that ever since the great battle with you, Ye Wushuang has been missing. Do you know his whereabouts?"

"That's right, only after he also arrives to assemble his Disciples can the review process for this trial continue."

Seeing that these two Elders had a good attitude and had no grievances with him, Gu Qingchen did not continue to make things difficult for them.

He went with the flow and flicked his sleeve, and then a tattered figure flew out from the great heart demon bell in his hand.

"This... is this Wushuang?"

The Adjudication Elder was stunned for a moment.

He was completely unable to associate the person before him—who was foolish and dull, disheveled and sloppy, looking like a beggar on the side of the road—with the most dazzling Prodigy of their Ye Family.

The two had absolutely no resemblance at all.

"What? You don't even recognize your own Ye Family Young Lord?"

Gu Qingchen shrugged and said: "Then you are quite an unqualified Elder of the Ye Family."

"What did you do to Wushuang?!"

The Adjudication Elder's eyes were spitting fire.

He snatched up Ye Wushuang and began a careful and comprehensive examination.

But the more he checked, the colder his heart became.

Ruined! Completely ruined!

At this moment, not only were all of Ye Wushuang's Spiritual Veins severed and his Spiritual Sea shattered, but even his Divine Soul had suffered great damage.

More importantly, he was plagued by Heart Demons and his true spirit was tarnished; he had already fallen into layers of Heart Demon illusions and was unable to extricate himself.

In this situation, even if they spent a great price to save him, it would be difficult for him to restore his former brilliance, and he would be destined to become mediocre in the future.

After fully understanding Ye Wushuang's condition, the Adjudication Elder looked up abruptly, staring fixedly at Gu Qingchen.

He said word by word: "What vicious methods! To actually use the Divine Ability of the Heart Demon Sect on a Reserve Holy Son of my Xuantian Holy Land, completely ruining him, harming my Holy Land's Prodigy, and damaging the interests of my Holy Land—this is simply lawless! Confess honestly, are you a remnant of the Heart Demon Sect! What ulterior motives do you have for infiltrating my Xuantian Holy Land!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Gu Qingchen clapped his hands while sighing: "Opening your mouth leads to 'remnant of the Heart Demon Sect', closing it leads to 'ulterior motives'—that is quite a heavy black pot you're forcing on me. As expected of the Adjudication Elder, you certainly know how to label people. I admire you, I truly do."

"Ahem, Adjudication Elder, calm your anger."

The two review Elders on the side were overwhelmed: "Qingchen's actions were indeed a bit harsh this time, but he was brought into the Holy Land by Elder Luo personally, and he is also a True Disciple of the Holy Lord. How could he possibly be a remnant of the Heart Demon Sect?"

"That's right, that's right. Qingchen might have obtained some Legacy of the Heart Demon Sect while training outside and learned some Demonic Path methods. It's nothing major; he should just use them for the Righteous Path from now on."

The two review Elders were frantically trying to make up for it, attempting to bring the situation under control.

At the very least, waiting until they returned to the Holy Land for the Holy Lord to handle this matter personally was the best approach.

"But he used them on my Holy Land's Prodigy!"

The Adjudication Elder said angrily: "What? Do you think you can do whatever you want by relying on the reputation of the Holy Lord and Elder Luo?"

"That certainly won't work."

Gu Qingchen shook his head: "Even Revered Master and Elder Luo themselves cannot do whatever they want, so how could one do whatever they want by relying on their names? Only when one possesses absolute strength can one do whatever one wants."

"Very good."

The Adjudication Elder's gaze was cold and sharp: "You do not possess absolute strength. It seems you are prepared to plead guilty and accept the punishment."

"That's not it."

Gu Qingchen's smile vanished, and he said coldly: "The names of Revered Master and Elder Luo cannot allow me to do whatever I want, but they are more than enough to oppose the Ye Family, who cover the sky with one hand, flatter those above and bully those below, and cultivate Spiritual Roots using the blood and essence of billions of living beings from one race."

"What?!"

The Adjudication Elder was so angry his face turned black: "Boy, I advise you best not to spout nonsense, fabricate lies, or make false accusations!"

"I am not like you, Elder, spouting nonsense without any evidence."

Gu Qingchen waved his hand and pulled Gu Xie in front of him: "The Ye Family set up the Blood Spirit Mending Heaven Array to cultivate Spiritual Roots using the blood and essence of billions of members of the Subterranean Demon Race. This is the Young Clan Chief of the Subterranean Demon Race, and he can prove everything I have said."

"Additionally, although the Blood Spirit Mending Heaven Array has already been destroyed by me, it has left behind many traces. Whether your Ye Family slaughtered billions of Underground Demons to cultivate Spiritual Roots will be known once investigated."

Seeing that Gu Qingchen was calm and unhurried, the Adjudication Elder was also somewhat uncertain.

"Could my Ye Family really have cultivated Spiritual Roots using the blood and essence of billions of demons?"

Although the Ye Family had common interests as a whole, it was not monolithic internally; it was also filled with various factions.

Like him, the Adjudication Elder belonged to the Grand Elder's faction.

And although Ye Wushuang was the Prodigy put forward by the entire Ye Family, if one were to break it down, as the son of the Clan Chief, he naturally belonged to the Clan Chief's faction.

"It seems this time it was done secretly by the Clan Chief's faction."

The Adjudication Elder roughly guessed some of the truth, which made his expression even uglier.

"Damn it, doing it is one thing, but to actually be discovered by this brat Gu Qingchen—what a bunch of useless trash!"

In his anger, he actually attacked directly.

"Whether the Ye Family slaughtered billions of people of one race to cultivate Spiritual Roots, my Tianxing Peak will naturally investigate in detail later, but the fact that you used Heart Demon Sect methods to harm a Holy Land Prodigy is already an ironclad fact! Boy, obediently surrender!"