Chapter 1326: Unveiling the Truth

Chapter 1326: Chapter 1326: Unveiling the Truth

"Pei Yan, you’ve repeatedly shown disrespect to His Majesty the Spirit Emperor! Just how long are you intending to act foolishly?" Looking at Pei Yan, who was being led by Ding Zhiyi and gesturing towards Lin Ruxue enticingly, Su Fengchen feigned righteous indignation and scolded.

"Nothing but lamenting a fool who missed his last chance for survival!" Pei Yan sighed, wiping his greasy hands back and forth on Ding Zhiyi’s outstretched clothes, then took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, stood up, turned around, and looked at Su Fengchen with a mocking smile: "I knew this alone wouldn’t convince you. But if we need everyone’s testimony, the elder of your sect is key, no matter what evidence I present, he won’t easily speak. So to break through in a short time, I had to take risks. Su Fengchen, look at the people below, I want to hear what you have to say about His Majesty the Spirit Emperor."

Without waiting for Pei Yan’s command, Mao Xiang left the scene once more. This time, he returned quickly, soon leading a group of people back from the outside. Initially, Su Fengchen didn’t recognize the person beaten so badly and miserably, only by their clothes did he discern that they were his disciples from the White Deer Institute. Once he finally recognized who these people were, he closed his unwilling eyes.

"Pei Yan, did you do this? You dare to attack my disciples!" An Ge also recognized who they were, she knew what they represented as well, and in her shock and fear, she pointed at Pei Yan and accused incoherently.

Su Fengchen was not as panic-stricken as Li Ang, instead, he seemed relieved, turning to Jin He Xuan and Long Jin by the pavilion and sighed: "I’ve always wondered what you Dragon Realm people are doing at this Immortal Palace gathering; Pei Yan’s presence made sense, but why are you here? Is it to witness for the Ancestral God the changes in this situation? Now I understand, you’ve already confirmed these people’s identities, right?"

"That’s right, Su Mountain Master, there’s no need to struggle any further!" At this point, all mysteries were unveiled, so Jin He Xuan had no need to hide anything anymore and spoke straightforwardly.

"Struggle? What for? What’s wrong with these disciples? Why such a fuss over them? You..."

"Enough! Junior Sister!" Interrupting Li Ang’s powerless rebuttal, Su Fengchen looked at Lin Ruxue sitting expressionlessly in a chair and smiled: "With these pieces of evidence, no matter how convincingly we speak, the newly appointed Spirit Emperor will not believe us. She had already decided our fate when she invited us here; am I right, Lin Ruxue?"

"Bold traitor! It’s not your place to call His Majesty the Spirit Emperor by name!" The most loyal Supreme Generals of the Left and Right Jinwu Guards, Wangchaizong shouted sternly, ready to step forward and seize the traitors.

"Wait! What’s the rush! With today’s setup, are you afraid those two will escape?" Pei Yan stepped forward and stopped those who were about to move, then turned to Su Fengchen and asked: "So you’re admitting everything?"

"Admit! History is written by the victors; with things at this point, if I deny it, will you believe?" With everything exposed, Su Fengchen didn’t need to disguise anymore. Instead, he felt a lot more relaxed. He returned to the pavilion, picked up chopsticks, casually picked up some food from the table, tasted it, nodded repeatedly, then sipped some wine, tossed the chopsticks aside, and sat casually on a chair, waiting for the people to decide the next steps concerning him.

"What’s going on with the two elders in our sect? They’re all on your side? Is Elder Yang as well?" Liu Xuanji suddenly entered the pavilion and asked the question lingering in her mind for the past two days.

"That deceased Elder Lian was indeed a spy we planted in your sect. Over the years, he hasn’t done anything outlandish. He only periodically transmitted some important information from within your sect to us. Oh! Right when you and Zhao Mengzhen were competing, the results of victory and defeat were sent to us by him first! This matter was indeed urgent, and unless necessary, I didn’t want to lose him as a pawn. But when Pei Yan began the lockdown, during the gap when Elder Lian was patrolling outside and ordered back to the Immortal Palace Villa, our people disclosed the plan to him, advising him to secure the task of guarding the Secret Teleportation Array, and at the critical moment, wait for our communication and then take his own life. We will take good care of his descendants."

Facing Liu Xuanji’s questioning, Su Fengchen revealed everything without hiding anything.

"What about Yang Yeqing? He’s a disciple from a family with generational heritage in our sect. Has his family been infiltrated by you?" Liu Xuanji continued questioning upon Su Fengchen’s openness.

"If I say yes, will you return and uproot the family?" Su Fengchen didn’t immediately give an answer but instead asked back.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xuanji’s face stiffened, she exchanged glances with Mo Baiqi. Although the Yang Family wasn’t one of Hongjun Sword Furnace’s existing four major families, it was a noble family early on inducted into the sect, with many outstanding disciples in both the inner and outer circles. If truly uprooted, Hongjun Sword Furnace would undoubtedly suffer greatly.

"Very difficult, isn’t it? It’s said that a dying man’s words are kind; at this point, dragging innocent people down doesn’t make much sense anymore." Seeing through the duo’s thoughts, Su Fengchen mocked: "The Yang family isn’t as complicated as you think, just simply greedy and foolish. Before this, Elder Yang was secretly in contact with us at Hongjun Sword Furnace. Our people, claiming admiration, often visited him with sect-related literature and cultivation resources, exchanging them for some so-called low-tier cultivation techniques from Hongjun Sword Furnace, and hoping he might influence certain key issues regarding White Deer Institute. Elder Yang knew our true intentions, but to him, it didn’t seem like much harm or losses to the sect. Just like in this incident, we didn’t tell him the cause and the result; we merely asked him to disrupt the surveillance of Ten-Eyed Well at this time, saying we have a fellow cultivator who couldn’t reveal his identity, needing to use Hongjun Sword Furnace’s teleportation array to pass through by borrowing their grounds, and promised a considerable reward, so he did it! I guess when he was captured and learned the sect would suffer catastrophic losses because of his actions, he still didn’t understand what he had done wrong!"

Bang!

"What a fool!" Liu Xuanji slammed her fist on the wine table, causing a dull thud. Su Fengchen’s words indeed coincided with Yang Yeqing’s habit of coveting small advantages.

"I’ve told you, whether or not you believe me or how you choose to handle that family is your own decision! What I say may be true or false! But regardless, the life and death of this family no longer matter to me." Su Fengchen seemed unfazed as he brushed off the wine spilled on his clothes.

"Are you still trying to sow discord and create unrest within our sect?" Mo Baiqi shouted sternly, although he understood that this distrust had already been planted, and it would be difficult for the Yang Family to regain the sect’s trust in the short term.