"Elder Black Dragon, was there truly nothing wrong with that punch of his?"
Jin Hezhi did not answer Xu Taiping. Instead, unwilling to give up, he looked toward Elder Black Dragon beside him.
At that moment, Elder Black Dragon was staring at Xu Taiping with eyes full of astonishment.
So much so that he failed to react when Jin Hezhi called to him.
"Elder Black Dragon?"
Left with no choice, Jin Hezhi called to Elder Black Dragon again.
"Hmm? Oh."
Only then did Elder Black Dragon come to his senses, reluctantly drawing his gaze away from Xu Taiping's physique, which seemed nearly perfect to him.
"This Old Man can confirm that Xu Taiping used only the power of his qi and blood in that punch just now. However..."
As Elder Black Dragon spoke, he turned to glance at Elder Lu Zimu, who was clambering out of the pool in the distance in a thoroughly bedraggled state.
Lu Zimu appeared uninjured on the surface, but he was still vomiting great mouthfuls of blood. Only after several disciples helped him take healing pills did he bring his injuries under control.
"However, what?"
Thinking there was still a chance to turn things around, Jin Hezhi immediately stepped forward and looked expectantly at Elder Black Dragon.
"There was nothing wrong with using that punch to prove his innocence, but since he threw only a single punch, This Old Man cannot be one hundred percent certain. So if you still have doubts, you can take a punch from him as well, allowing This Old Man to confirm it once more."
Elder Black Dragon answered in all seriousness.
"Well..."
Jin Hezhi froze at those words.
Seeing his hesitation, the disciples watching from the surrounding Cloud Tower stands began to jeer, particularly the disciples of the Seventh