The Art of Subduing Dragons

Chapter 79

Seeing the crowd glaring at Ruan Li and Luo Qingci, Su Yu quickly walked over. "A Li, what's going on?"

She was quite anxious, as she understood Ruan Li's situation better than anyone. The mention of demonic corruption immediately reminded her of Ruan Li's earlier red-eyed state—was something serious happening again?

Ruan Li knew what Su Yu was worried about and said quietly, "When I came out, I encountered Xue Yun, who had lost his sanity due to demonic corruption and found him killing several disciples. He tried to attack me, and when he did, the demonic energy inside him affected me, causing the residual demonic energy in my body to go out of control. Now Xue Yun is dead, and they think I have connections with the demon race and that I killed those disciples."

Su Yu broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. It was hard to explain. These disciples were not only from Tianyan Sect but also involved other sects. One of them was a Golden Core cultivator from Nan Hua Immortal Sect. If not handled properly, the situation for Ruan Li would be unpredictable.

On the other side, Luo Qingci remained very calm. She didn't let Ruan Li come forward and stayed by her side, protecting her.

When the people had mostly arrived, she explained the situation and asked Xiao Yun, Nan Gong Jue, Meng Qiao, and the other sect representatives to examine the bodies.

Meng Zhou and Yun Xuan also arrived. She glanced at Su Yu, tugged at Meng Qiao's sleeve, and whispered something.

Meng Qiao looked at his sister in surprise, while Meng Zhou pleaded and shook his arm. Meng Qiao then nodded.

When the group examined the bodies, they occasionally whispered to each other. As the eldest disciple of Tianyan Sect, Xiao Yun knew the significance of the relationships and argued based on reason.

Unexpectedly, apart from Lin Fang from Nan Hua Immortal Sect, who clearly held a grudge against Ruan Li, Nan Gong Jue from Chongxu Sect and Meng Qiao from Six Wonders Pavilion subtly spoke in support of Ruan Li. The disciples from Fanyin Pavilion and Xuanyin Sect remained impartial. It didn't take long for everyone to finish their examination.

Luo Qingci bowed to the group and said, "Thank you all for your trouble. I have not touched them to avoid suspicion. Since you have finished examining them, may I have a look as well? Is that alright?"

With Luo Qingci's cultivation at the peak of the Separation Stage, no one among them dared to oppose her, so they all nodded in agreement.

"I also want to see for myself," Xi Feng said, his expression filled with grief and anger, staring fixedly at Luo Qingci.

In the end, the two of them rechecked everything once more. The Tianyan Sect disciple's fate was similar to the original story—his life was saved, but his cultivation was completely lost, effectively rendering him crippled.

As for the other disciples, Luo Qingci examined their fatal injuries carefully. Xue Yun had many wounds, with the most severe being a sword wound that penetrated his abdomen, and his meridians had been shattered.

Another disciple from Nan Hua Immortal Sect had a shattered heart vein, a disciple from Chongxu Sect had his throat slit by a sword, and a Six Wonders Pavilion disciple had lost all spiritual power and died from exhaustion. All three had many sword wounds, large and small.

The more Xi Feng looked, the worse his expression became, with veins popping out on his hands. Clearly, the results were not in his favor.

On Xue Yun's body, Luo Qingci did not find any demonic patterns, but there were clear signs of demonic energy erosion.