Xu Yi said coldly, "You're pretty calm. You handled the two Corpse Tide Major Cases in Tangzhou Wengcheng and Yunzhou East City pretty efficiently."
Su Wuji's face turned deathly pale in an instant. "Utter nonsense! Utter nonsense! What does this have to do with me? I knew you lot were too incompetent to solve the case, so all you could think of was framing me..."
As soon as the Corpse Tide Major Case broke, he'd gone into hiding. When Xu Yi came knocking, he knew exactly what it was about.
What he hadn't expected was for Xu Yi to dump the whole mess on his head right off the bat. He immediately cried out that he'd been wronged.
Xu Yi said coldly, "Black Wind Venerable, Cliff Ghost Emperor, Blood River Old Ancestor—you really do come from the same mold. When I found them, they reacted exactly as you did. But they proved their innocence and firmly pointed the finger at you, saying you were behind both major cases. They even provided solid evidence. Will you come with me to the tribunal and explain yourself, or do I have to drag you there?"
Su Wuji trembled with rage. "Damn it, utter nonsense! Utter nonsense! Clearly... No, you're trying to trick me."
Xu Yi nodded. "You guessed right. Clearly what... You don't have to say. Just those two words—'clearly'—prove you knew about this. You knew and failed to report it. Do you understand what that means in a major case that's shaken the Heavenly Court? I forgot to mention: you're not the only one recording our conversation. I've been recording, too."
As he spoke, Xu Yi flipped his hand, revealing a Ruyi Pearl.
Su Wuji's expression shifted through a range of emotions: sometimes vicious, sometimes resolute, sometimes wavering.
Xu Yi smiled. "You