Immortal Old Man had brought up Lu Yin's cultivation of death energy, effectively severing ties with Changtian Island. He figured he had already offended Shang Sheng Wudi, so offending him again didn't matter.
The crowd looked at Lu Yin. This man cultivated death energy.
Their gazes changed at once.
Even Xin Jiao's gaze toward Lu Yin changed. Cultivating death energy wasn't explicitly a major crime, but it was a potential threat.
Shang Sheng Wudi raised an eyebrow. "It's true that my junior brother cultivates death energy, but the presiding judge has already ruled on the matter. It won't affect him."
Immortal Old Man froze, then his gaze turned sinister. He hadn't known about this. To contradict the presiding judge's ruling was to openly defy him.
Quite a few people around them looked at Immortal Old Man as if he were an idiot. His scalp prickled. He saw many amused expressions, along with plenty of sympathetic ones. Gritting his teeth, he decided that since he'd already said it, he couldn't take it back. He raised his voice. "The Interstellar Arbitration Court's ruling was based on whether there was a crime at the time. Cultivating death energy isn't a crime in itself, but death energy has a particular trait: those who cultivate it can easily be suppressed by higher-ranking members of the Death God Race and even made to obey them. Everyone knows this. If Lu Yin were an ordinary cultivator, it wouldn't matter. But he is the leader of the Eastern Frontier Alliance in the Outer Universe, effectively its ruler. If someone like him cultivates death energy, doesn't that mean the entire Outer Universe could easily fall under the New Human Alliance's control?"
"Who can guarantee that he won't be controlled by the Death God Race? Who can guarantee that he'll