"If you are willing, Senior!"
Immortal Zhong Yue of Mount Kunwu added, "Regardless of whether this man killed our Mount Kunwu disciples, from this day forward, we will no longer trouble your Red Lotus Immortal Valley. We will simply deal with him ourselves!"
Immortal Zhong Yue pointed at He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng shrank back.
At that moment, almost all seven or eight Elders in the Great Hall felt a surge of joy.
What they feared most was Mount Kunwu using this as a pretext to launch a war between the two sects.
If sacrificing a single Outer Disciple could buy peace now, that would truly be wonderful.
"What do you all think?" Patriarch Red Lotus looked down at them.
Most of these Elders were her disciples; of course, two or three were her fellow martial brothers!
"I think that works!" someone said. "Patriarch, since he is a suspect, we should let them put him on trial. As for the outcome, we can discuss that once Mount Kunwu has reached a verdict!"
"Yes, yes, I think that is reasonable too!"
"Reasonable. Nothing wrong with it!"
Almost everyone agreed.
However, a relatively young-looking cultivator stepped forward, stood before Patriarch Red Lotus, and said, "Master, you must not!"
"Oh?" Red Lotus looked at the young Immortal and asked, "Su Nian, why do you think we must not?"
The cultivator named Su Nian said, "If they can prove that He Pingsheng killed Mount Kunwu's disciples, then a life for a life. We would have nothing to say and would let them take He Pingsheng away!"
"But right now, at this very moment, Mount Kunwu has no evidence whatsoever proving that He Pingsheng killed their prodigies. If we simply let him take our man away, how is that an investigation or questioning?"
"They have clearly