"Your Majesty, please hand over Ye Zhen, the culprit who slaughtered more than ten thousand members of our Heaven Temple's Shahe City Branch Temple, so that this old man may report back to the Divine Lord!" Baili Fei, whom the Lightning Hall Master's cough had pulled back to the matter at hand, said sternly once more.
At the same instant, Wood Hall Master Mu Xu and Lightning Hall Master Zhen Yan stepped forward together and spoke in unison behind Baili Fei. "Your Majesty, please hand over the culprit so that we may report back!"
With the three Hall Masters speaking as one, this matter could no longer be glossed over. Even Great Sun Priest Chancellor Bai, who had been laughing and raging moments ago, turned solemn.
Benevolent New Emperor Ji Long sat expressionlessly upon the Dragon Throne, with no intention of responding.
As an emperor, what he needed to do was maintain balance and control, not personally charge into battle.
The next moment, Grand Celestial Master Wu Yu stepped forward. "Hall Master Baili, your words are mistaken. Ye Patrol Envoy is merely someone you have identified as a suspect. There is no direct evidence proving that he is the culprit.
"If he truly is the culprit, and you wish to take him away, I have nothing to say. But if there is no direct evidence, and you wish to take away one of my capable subordinates based solely on speculation, that is absolutely impossible!"
"Lord Wu, are the pieces of evidence our Heaven Temple has presented still not enough?" Baili Fei asked darkly.
"Those are all merely your subjective deductions!"
"Ye Zhen did visit Shahe City that day, but that does not mean everyone who visited Shahe City was the culprit. To be honest, Ye Zhen was far from the