Qianxia Star Domain, Changxiao Star.
Purple Heaven Sect Inner Hall.
The moment Gai Ying received the Heavenly Phoenix Clan's message, the blood drained from his face. His entire body shook uncontrollably.
He suddenly reached out, clutching the sleeve of the beautiful woman beside him in a death grip as he said urgently,
"Madam, you must save me!"
The beautiful woman furrowed her willow-leaf brows. She shook off his hand, her eyes filled with confusion.
"What exactly happened to make you panic like this?"
Gai Ying's face was full of regret. Gritting his teeth, he sighed.
"Alas, at this point, I can no longer hide it from you, Madam."
"Those rumors that spread before about Chu Sheng and Tantai Yuehua... I was the one fanning the flames behind them..."
The madam's expression changed drastically at those words, her eyes wide with horror.
"How could you be so muddleheaded!?"
"The dead cannot return to life. Even if you avenged your disciple, what would it change?"
"It's too late to say all that now!" Gai Ying stamped his feet in desperation. "Madam, you have to save me!"
Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, the madam asked in a deep voice,
"Does Chu Sheng have evidence?"
Gai Ying shook his head, the corners of his mouth twisting into a bitter smile uglier than tears.
"When has the Qing Ming Chu Family ever needed evidence to act?"
"I just received word from the Heavenly Phoenix Clan. Not only have the factions involved in spreading the rumors been implicated, even those who did not participate, so long as they took part in the Heavenly Phoenix Trial, have been dragged into this. There are barely any left now!"
"He simply cannot be bothered looking for evidence. He has swept them all into one pot!"
The woman shuddered