Zhou Lingchuan's words were blunt enough that Lei Jingxiang and the other two had no rebuttal. Yunxi's expression remained unchanged as she looked at Sheng Yuhong, who still gritted his teeth and said:
"True Venerable Ranxi, I deliberately did not completely shake off Lei Wanqian because I received your voice transmission. Finding the Soul Crystal in the abandoned Soul Stone mine afterward was an accident, but it also became the bait that drew Lei Wanqian into my attack.
As long as she had not harbored thoughts of forcefully taking it, she would not have clashed with us. Since a conflict arose, life or death depended on one's own abilities. She perished while fighting over a fortuitous opportunity; it could only be said that her skills were inferior. What right did she have to come to the sect and demand an explanation?"
The faces of the three Lei Family members darkened upon hearing this. Lei Wanjun spoke first.
"Pah! Do not blur the cause of Cousin Wan Qian's death. If she had truly perished while fighting over a fortuitous opportunity, our Lei Family would have accepted it. But she was clearly killed by the trap you set after receiving the order to eliminate her. Those are two entirely different matters."
Yunxi cast Lei Wanjun an indifferent glance. He had grasped the crux of the matter well.
The Lei Family was more inclined to believe that Sheng Yuhong had plotted to kill Lei Wanqian because of Ranxi's order. Otherwise, how could Lei Wanqian, with her late Nascent Soul cultivation, have died so inexplicably, without even having time to activate her life-saving talisman?
Haohui, standing nearby, was also somewhat speechless. Both sides stuck to their claims, yet neither could produce complete evidence, leaving the situation deadlocked. After some thought, he said:
"Since that