"Kill you? Unfortunately, I had only just arrived here myself. I don't know whether Alliance Leader Li saw me kill someone with his own eyes, or sensed me draw my sword?" I asked coldly. This was truly a case of the thief crying "Stop thief!"
"I found it strange just now. Why did an aura vanish in the blink of an eye, only for the Ghost Emperor to appear here? If it wasn't the Ghost Emperor who acted, who else had the ability to kill a high-grade cultivator in an instant?" Li Xiangru said with some displeasure.
While the two of us were speaking, everyone quickly took clearly divided positions on opposite sides. On one side stood those represented by me—Zhao Qian, Chen Yixian, Baili Zhi, and the battle-ready immortal cultivators of the Baili Household. On the other stood Li Xiangru, Li Nianjun, Taishu Qian, and the other Immortal Lords. Nearly everyone of importance had arrived. The only one absent was the Demon Race's Prince Jin Duo.
"Since everyone is here, Great Ghost Emperor, you may speak first. I believe you'll have a reasonable explanation for everyone," Li Xiangru said, retreating in order to advance.
"Alliance Leader Li, you want me to speak? Do you think I did this? I had only just arrived at the scene, and hadn't even drawn my sword. How about this? I arrived first, and you came right after me, so I'll let you speak instead. What do you think?" I said coldly.
Everyone had sensed the auras converging here and clearly knew that something had happened, but no one knew what it was. Thus, they stood nearby, puzzled, watching Li Xiangru and me pass the buck back and forth.
"Hmph, very well. I'll explain, then. There are traces of Taishu Ling's aura here, as