"Disciple Lin Jingyu is also willing to stake his life on Zhang Xiaofan's innocence!"
Almost as soon as Tian Ling'er finished speaking, Lin Jingyu seemed unable to hold back any longer. He resolutely rushed forward and knelt in the great hall. Ignoring how his master, Daoist Cang Song, had turned beet-red, he threw caution to the wind and declared loudly, "Disciple grew up with Xiao Fan. Before joining the Qingyun Sect, he never once left Grass Temple Village. He absolutely cannot be a spy from another sect! I, Lin Jingyu, am willing to stake my life on Zhang Xiaofan's innocence!"
True Lord Dao Xuan's expression was as ugly as could be. Yet, as though something had set them off, the Qingyun disciples suddenly stirred. In moments, disciples from Small Bamboo Peak, Wind Return Peak, Dragon Peak, and Great Bamboo Peak had all rushed forward. They knelt together and cried, "We are also willing to stake our lives on Junior Brother Zhang's innocence!"
Everyone was stunned. Looking around, they saw Zeng Shushu, Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi, and the rest of the Great Bamboo Peak disciples. At that moment, everyone had stood up except Tian Buyi and his wife, Dragon Peak's master, Daoist Cang Song, Small Bamboo Peak's Shui Yue, and Wind Return Peak's master, Zeng Shuchang. They were all utterly astonished.
As the cries of "We are willing to stake our lives on Junior Brother Zhang's innocence!" rose and fell across the great hall, Hao Shuai, Zhang Xiaofan's good big brother and a role model for the younger generation, didn't join this group of terrible teammates in making a scene.
Though, to be fair, it couldn't really be called making a scene...
The disciples were all acting out of sincere concern. It was just that they weren't in positions of power