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On Tiger Slaying Gate's great plaza.

This place was ordinarily used for collective speeches and martial demonstrations, so it was quite spacious—more than enough to hold everyone from Tiger Slaying Gate without feeling crowded.

The trial and execution just now had taken place here.

When Li Qi arrived, Ju Ye immediately rose to his feet and said respectfully, "My lord—"

"Wait. Don't be in such a hurry to speak." Li Qi casually waved a hand and walked over to a Beast Taming Mountain disciple who had been punished.

It was a man, yet at this moment he was trembling like a chick, his entire body shaking in terror.

Ju Ye's strength was already inconceivable, yet... Ju Ye had called this person "my lord."

That left him deeply unsettled, terrified that he would die here.

Yet Li Qi pulled him out, sent a thread of life force into him, and healed his injuries.

Then Li Qi said, "I know you were wrongly accused. When Beast Taming Mountain drove beasts to devour people, you had always tried to stop it and had never once participated. For that, a true disciple even punished you, because the beast breeds you submitted were not good enough."

Upon hearing this, the man burst into tears.

Li Qi ignored him and instead walked over to another true disciple.

She was a young woman Ju Ye had judged to be a good person. She had still been secretly pleased with herself moments ago, but now her legs went weak.

Li Qi walked up to her and said flatly, "As for the spirit vein you used in cultivation, although you took action yourself, your lackeys should know what happened. Tell Ju Ye honestly."

Having said that, Li Qi grabbed her and tossed her over to Ju Ye.

Then came