Lin Qingzhu opened the first Ledger and looked straight toward the Extreme Aperture Sect.
"The two mines under the Extreme Aperture Sect, West Mountain and Blackwater, reported thirty thousand jin of waste ore last month. But I checked the warehouse receipts. Only eighteen thousand jin actually reached the warehouses in Jade Dragon City. Where did the remaining twelve thousand go?"
The Extreme Aperture Sect elder's expression stiffened. Just as he was about to offer an explanation, Lin Qingzhu opened the second Ledger and turned to the Extreme Defense Sect elder who had challenged her earlier.
"The military supply warehouse managed by the Extreme Defense Sect requisitioned five thousand second-tier Explosion Talismans in the first ten days of this month. The books list them as frontline expenditure, but I cross-checked Commander Yang Zhen's battle records. The front lines never encountered a large-scale devil tide during those days. Did you burn those five thousand talismans yourselves just to hear them pop?"
Before the Extreme Defense Sect elder could object, Lin Qingzhu had already pressed her finger onto the third Ledger.
"And then there's the Extreme Speed Sect. You reported that three thousand low-tier Protective Talismans in storage had been ruined by damp and requested replacements from the Alliance."
"What a coincidence. The day before yesterday, a Cloud Pavilion caravan intercepted a batch of Protective Talismans in pristine condition at the Black Market outside the city. Their hidden markings were unmistakably the Extreme Speed Sect's handiwork."
The hall fell silent as the grave.
Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the elders she had named.
Lin Qingzhu's voice was not loud, but every syllable was sharply enunciated, every word striking these Nascent Soul old monsters across the face.
"You all scorn my low cultivation and my unknown background. Then let me ask