Jiang Tian met his master's gaze and slowly shook his head, his tone still calm.
"Your disciple... doesn't know."
The words "doesn't know" fell like a stone tossed into a deep pool.
The anger on Zhu Tiangang's face froze. His heart sank, and he looked at Ji Fuyao in bewilderment.
When Jiang Tian became a True Disciple at the Qi Gathering Realm, you didn't care about sect rules. Now that your disciple has caused a huge disaster, you suddenly want to enforce them?
Sect Master, what exactly are you trying to do?!
Zhu Tiangang's heart was already churning with turbulent waves.
Ji Fuyao, you couldn't really be planning to punish Jiang Tian severely, could you?
At that thought, he turned his gaze to Jiang Tian. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he asked gravely, "Jiang Tian, from what you just said, Song Baizhou was the one who redirected the danger toward you first, intending to take your life by the hands of the White Lotus Sect's demonic cultivators. Is that true?"
"That's right." Jiang Tian's expression was calm as still water, and his voice was steady as he confirmed it.
"What...?" Song Huntian, standing nearby, was instantly dumbfounded. His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Zhu Tiangang?!
What do you mean by this?! Aren't you a True Lord of our Six Lords Lineage?!
I'm not asking you to show favoritism toward the Song Clan. Even a few words of fairness would've been nice... but this?!
Ignoring Song Huntian's astonishment, Jiang Tian clearly recounted the facts once more. "Every word your disciple said is true. At the time, the four of us were surrounded by five demonic cultivators from the White Lotus Sect. Song Baizhou, he..."
His gaze swept over Zhao Qingyun. "Zhao Qingyun and Zhu Jantai can