[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 66

066 - Regarded as a Betrayer

"Lu Mingshu, do you still insist this matter is unrelated to you?" The one interrogating her was the Quintessence Courtyard Leader — Wen Shijie.

Zhou Yinru interrogated her by relying on her status, but he was the actual Quintessence Courtyard Leader. It was only right for him to be the one to pass judgement.

"Yes." Lu Mingshu lifted up her head. "I did not collude with the outsider, nor did I reveal any sect information. Of all the crimes Hall Head Zhou has testified against me, this disciple does not admit guilty to any of them!"

"Then how would you explain why it is you, of all the disciples, to have met that person?"

Lu Mingshu found it strange. "Courtyard Leader, those words are truly unreasonable. Suppose I met a beggar on the way, would Courtyard Leader then ask me why it was me out of so many people that met the beggar?"

Wen Shijie was not angered even though he was being questioned by a disciple. Instead, he remained calm. "From the surface, it looks like a coincidence, but when I think carefully, every single step appears to be correlated. Let me ask, why did you, a small Inner Breath disciple, tumble down the canyon?"

"This disciple has already explained that a Harmonization Realm Specter had appeared. In order to lure the Specter away, this disciple unintentionally tumbled down the canyon."

"Fine." Wen Shijie stroked his black beard in a dignified manner. "Then do you know just how strong a single Specter is in the Harmonization Realm? Even a small elite team formed from Harmonization Realms would have trouble killing it. How could you, a single Inner Breath Realm disciple, have the stamina and confidence to lure the Specter away? What reason did you have to lure that Specter away?"

Lu Mingshu looked at him angrily as she had not expected for the Quintessence Courtyard Leader to say such words. "It was because my fellow disciple was injured. If this disciple didn't lure the Specter away, the group would've been eaten one by one!"

"So you sacrificed yourself for the others?" Wen Shijie smiled, but the tone he used indescribably made one angry. "This is strange. From my understanding, your relationship with your fellow disciples is not very good. Before this incident, I inquired two disciples that traveled together with you and found that your relationship with them is extremely bad! It was so bad that you and three of your teammates got into a conflict when the task was distributed. You even went ahead and used violence. Lu Mingshu, are you trying to say you are so noble that you're willing to risk your life to save them even after you've fallen out and even used violence against them?"

Lu Mingshu literally could not believe her ears! Is this an interrogation?! Presetting a standpoint for me, then questioning my character before inferring that it's unreasonable for me to save someone. You're truly worthy of being called the Quintessence Courtyard Leader for having such a reprehensible way of interrogating! Zhou Yinru might've tried to pin a label on me, but this Courtyard Leader Wen is even more terrifying. He slandered my character the moment he entered, and if I refute, he says "Your character is so outstanding to requite evil with good." No matter who it is, no one would find this admissible.

It took some time for her to calm down. "Does Courtyard Leader mean this disciple shouldn't have lured the Specter away and should've let my fellow sect members be swallowed alive?"

Wen Shijie ignored her tone and remained smiling. "Alright, let's not talk about whether it was rational or not for you to have lured the Specter away for now. I would like to ask you on what basis did you think that you, a mere Inner Breath Realm disciple, had the ability to lure the Specter away? I've already looked for the people involved for an investigation. Also you tumbled down ten or more miles from the mountain forest to the canyon. For an Inner Breath Realm disciple to drag a Harmonization Realm Specter and even run this far ... Even your master back then couldn't do so, right?"