"Grand Elder Xu Xianhe of the headquarters wants to interrogate me? On what grounds? What did I ever do to him?" I asked through voice transmission.
Zheng Jun made no attempt to hide anything. "Chen Taicang lost two trusted followers, and there's also the earlier case involving the embezzlement of tens of thousands of taels of tribulation lightning crystals. Before Ma Guanyun died, he may still have been insisting on recovering those crystals. And don't forget, how could Ma Qing of the Immortal Tower not have profited from it too? Of course he won't let you off easily. That's why you must keep your conduct clean. If you willingly sink into depravity, sooner or later you'll find yourself facing charges."
I chuckled. "You're right, Grand Martial Uncle Zheng. I'll take your words to heart."
Zheng Jun snorted coldly and couldn't be bothered to warn me again. He had always followed the rules and hated nothing more than people overstepping them. Naturally, he couldn't stand the behavior of someone like me, who was forever treading on forbidden ground.
After we returned to the Advisory Pavilion headquarters, the Hearing Hall immediately announced that my interrogation would begin, and the disciples escorted me straight there.
Before long, the Hearing Hall was packed with the inner sect's power holders from this realm. The most authoritative among them was a thin old man with a gloomy face. He had to be Xu Xianhe.
Sun Yu and Zheng Jun were seated in the observers' gallery, there to back me up.
Chen Taicang had come too and sat opposite Zheng Jun. The plaintiff, or rather the aggrieved party, was Ma Qing, who stood beside me. His eyes were icy as he looked at me, his hatred bone-deep.
That was understandable, really. Emotionally speaking, I was the man