Seeing that her master, Grand Elder Qi, and Elder Fang were all looking at her strangely, Yan Minghua remained calm, her expression unchanged.
Flower petals fluttered all around, catching in her dark hair and settling over her clothes.
Amid the crisscrossing crimson petals, the current Heavenly Maiden stood straight-backed as a bamboo stalk, her gaze resolute and her manner composed. She met the three elders' scrutiny without the slightest evasion or hesitation.
Though the truth was indeed hard to believe, everything she had said was true!
As the current Heavenly Maiden of Suzhen Heaven, she had always lived with a clear conscience!
Of course, Pei Ling did have some bad habits. For instance, making her and Vicious Demoness do it together... But he was, after all, a Holy Son of the demonic sect, born and raised among demons. It was only natural that he'd picked up some unsavory ways.
In any case, compared to a true demon like Vicious Demoness, who casually killed witnesses and slaughtered cities and clans, such matters of private conduct were mere side issues.
At that moment, the Sect Master quickly came back to herself. She nodded faintly and said calmly, "I understand."
"Qiao Ciguang, tell us what you think of Pei Ling."
Qiao Ciguang replied respectfully, "Yes!"
She quickly gathered her thoughts, then said, "Sect Master, Grand Elders, Elder Fang, I first came into contact with Pei Ling on the legacy island left behind by the former taboo 'Zhou' in You Su Fen."
"By then, I had already been investigating the true culprit behind Junior Sister Mo's murder for some time. It was also on that island that I learned Junior Sister Mo had died at the hands of Kang Shaoyin, a true disciple of the Innate Religion."
"Kang Shaoyin was lecherous, licentious, and vicious.