The members of the Zong Family also felt utterly humiliated. For Fang Yun to say such a thing in public was the most absolute contempt he could show them. After all their efforts, all the forces they had mobilized, even exposing Saint Zong's plans, all they had earned in the end was Fang Yun's disdain.
The Qing Lord gripped the armrests of his chair so tightly that his face nearly twisted out of shape.
The officials of the Qing Kingdom were both furious and ashamed.
Ge Yiming suddenly used Tongue Blossoms Thunder and burst into laughter.
"Ha ha ha... Did you hear that? Fang Yun confessed! He admitted he killed Lei Zhongmo, the head of the Lei Family! He's dead! Dead!"
Yet many Great Scholars and Grand Academicians looked at Ge Yiming with disgust or pity. Everyone knew that Lei Zhongmo's death no longer mattered.
Fang Yun watched Ge Yiming quietly, as though watching the tides rise and fall, the clouds gather and unfurl. Once Ge Yiming had laughed his fill, Fang Yun slowly used Tongue Blossoms Thunder.
"Ge Yiming colluded with the Qing Kingdom to bring disaster upon Xiang Prefecture, a crime equivalent to treason. Furthermore, when this sage was in peril, he aided the Flood Dragon Sage and sowed discord in the hearts of our Human Race, committing the crime of a Rebel Species. For these two crimes combined, he shall be executed!"
Alarm appeared on Ge Yiming's face. Then he glanced at the Qing Lord and the Great Scholars of the Zong and Lei Families present and shouted angrily, "You wouldn't dare! Even as governor-general of two prefectures, you cannot convict me of treason! Even as a Void Sage, you cannot condemn me as a Rebel Species! I am a Metropolitan Graduate of the Human Race, a