Ling Ya stepped forward at just the right moment and said coldly, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I can testify. I participated in the entire hunt for the hundred-thousand-year Abyssal Ice Prison Tiger, and I helped Youheng kill it. When he absorbed its Soul Ring, his own soul power was pure, with no evil energy arising from within. Every abnormal trace came from remnants in the Soul Ring. Three months have passed now. Judging by his condition, he should have completely refined and mastered that residual evil energy."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Zhu Man's shrill voice suddenly rang out. She struggled to stand, only to collapse back into her chair from weakness. All she could do was rasp, "How could Dean Yan's Bright Phoenix Martial Soul perceive it incorrectly? He must have hidden the evil energy. He must be examined more thoroughly! Inject the purest light soul power into his body. Once stimulated by it, any sinister power will reveal its true form!"
Yan Shaozhe's eyes flashed at her words. Finding the method feasible, he said gravely, "Indeed. Your Majesty, to ensure fairness and dispel all doubts, I propose personally examining his meridians and Soul Core with my light soul power. If he is innocent, he will naturally be unharmed. If his body harbors filth and corruption, it will have nowhere to hide!"
Xu Jiawei looked at Dai Youheng. "Youheng, what do you think?"
Dai Youheng smiled proudly. "A clear conscience needs no defense. I am willing to submit to any examination. However..."
His tone shifted as he fixed Yan Shaozhe with a sharp gaze. "I, Dai Youheng, am not someone anyone can casually twist around their fingers! Outside Maple Leaf City, Dean Yan tried to take my life without distinguishing right from wrong. Had Senior Ling Ya not intervened, I would