Gu Yuanqing fixed his gaze on Qin Wentian's eyes and said, "I agreed to come out because I have always been on peaceful terms with the Divine Court and wished to avoid misunderstandings. But that does not mean I am obliged to submit to its interrogation. Have I made myself clear?"
Zhao Chengyun could not help snapping coldly, "Gu Yuanqing, do you have something to hide? If your conscience is clear, why fear questioning under heavenly law?"
"So the Divine Court intends to treat me as a suspect?" Gu Yuanqing laughed. Even a clay figurine had a temper. He had agreed to meet them only out of regard for his reasonably good past relations with the Divine Court.
Before becoming a Golden Immortal, he had also relied on Jun Tian God King's power to see Guixu in Heaven Beyond Heaven. That counted as a karmic connection with the Divine Court, and he had no desire to shoulder someone else's blame.
But that did not mean Gu Yuanqing would swallow humiliation for the sake of so-called innocence!
Qin Wentian said slowly, "You put it too strongly, Daoist Friend. The Boundary Gate's seal collapsed, a Heavenly God of our Divine Court was killed, and the aura of the Way of Creation has yet to disperse. Since you have always been on peaceful terms with us, please understand my predicament! Without getting to the bottom of this, I cannot give the Divine Court an explanation, and a rift will likewise remain between us. If your innocence is proven, I will naturally apologize."
Gu Yuanqing clasped his hands behind his back. "Some time ago, I lost a supreme treasure in the Fuyuan Mountain Range. I rather suspect you took it, Daoist Friend Qin. After all, you are the only true God King in this