Bai Yushan's expression was equally grim.
This gathering had originally been intended to unite the strength of two provinces against the Heavenly Demon.
Who could have expected it to descend into such a mess?
"Please calm your anger, Human Emperor. There is a reason for this. It certainly isn't that we cultivators of Prison Suppression hold the Human Emperor Manor in contempt."
"Why not let Sect Master Tongtian explain first? If he isn't a Heavenly Demon cultivator, how did he use demonic qi to seal Bai Zeyu's cultivation?"
Hearing Bai Yushan say this, Shi Zhan found himself in a difficult position.
Brahma Heaven Province could insist on protecting Tongtian, but the price would inevitably be a falling-out with Prison Suppression!
At any other time, that might have been tolerable. But Heavenly Venerable Indra had only recently fallen, and the Heavenly Demon was throwing the world into chaos. The entire Shiva Holy Land was in turmoil.
Needlessly making an enemy of Prison Suppression at such a juncture was hardly wise.
"Well..."
"The situation in the secret realm back then was so complicated. Two hundred years have passed-how could anyone explain it clearly now?"
Shi Zhan was merely trying to muddy the waters.
After all, Prison Suppression currently had no evidence that Tongtian was a demonic cultivator, while everyone recognized him as a Dao cultivator. Moreover, the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion had unilaterally acknowledged him as its Sixth Elder.
Even if Prison Suppression wanted to make unreasonable trouble, it could not ignore the strength of both the Human Emperor Manor and the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion.
Chi Ya suddenly sneered.
"There may be no evidence left of what happened back then, but better to kill an innocent than let a guilty man escape!"
"Which of you has ever seen a Great Dao cultivator advance