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A group of cultivators hurried down from the foot of the mountain. Some carried swords on their backs, some clasped their hands behind them, while others held horsetails or prayer beads. Regardless of their age, whether they looked young or old, every one of them was spirited and carried the bearing of a grandmaster, each extraordinary in their own way!
"Fellow Daoists, you've arrived late. We're in the middle of cracking a cold case concerning all of the Nine Provinces! Look here—the older one is the elder brother. The elder brother obtained the divine persona from his maternal grandfather, yet claims he didn't kill him and instead blames the younger brother. The younger brother didn't obtain the divine persona, but insists that the elder brother killed their maternal grandfather. Tsk, tsk. We're all veteran grandmasters here, so why don't we decide this case together?" Zhou Qiping feared nothing so much as a world without chaos. Seeing the seven fellow Daoists arrive, he immediately introduced the situation before them with great enthusiasm.
I frowned. As long as we didn't confirm Xia Ruize's story—or Li Taichong didn't arrive—he still held a slight advantage. After all, we were all cultivators of the Spirit Transformation realm from the older generation. Many things had to be judged from within, not merely by appearances. Even being true inside and out wouldn't be enough, since illusions could deceive people as well. It would take a professional, an expert like Swordmaster Li, to determine who was real and who was false. Just as when an ancient noble family judged a case, sometimes a person of great virtue and prestige had to preside over justice. No matter how true someone else's words sounded, they would still amount to nothing!
The seven people each glanced at Xia Ruize and