Lei Yantian reacted immediately, sweeping his hand out with a furious shout.
"Guards! Seize this demon!"
"Yes!"
Several elders' gazes darkened at once, and they charged straight at Elder Liu.
Liu Qingyang's heart jolted, and he shouted, "Sacred Lord, let me explain! I'm absolutely not a demon! This... I just picked this up at the gate!"
Chun Xiaobai was just about to speak when Mu Qinglan stepped forward again with a cold snort.
"Picking up a Demonic Artifact outside your own sect in the middle of the night? Never mind fooling us-would you believe that if you told it to yourself?!"
"No!"
The elders of the Cloudpeak Sacred Land shook their heads at once and darted toward Elder Liu.
Elder Liu was no pushover either. He shot backward, knowing that the entire Cloudpeak Sacred Land had already made him their sacrificial lamb to save their own skins.
Once he was caught, death was certain!
Mu Qinglan saw the Cloudpeak Sacred Land's heartless conduct for herself.
"When disaster strikes, every bird flies its own way?"
"I thought a sacred land would be so lofty and untouchable. This is it?"
Elder Liu was alone, after all, and hopelessly outnumbered. Within a few exchanges, four or five Grand Supreme Elders joined forces and pinned him to the ground.
"I'm not a Demon Cultivator-"
Before he could finish, two elders formed a spiritual seal, sealing his mouth and trussing him up tight.
After all, the more he said, the more could go wrong!
"Mmph! Mmph!"
Liu Qingyang opened his mouth but could not speak, and was brought before Chun Xiaobai and the others just like that.
"My lords, this is the demon's Demonic Artifact!" Lei Yantian took the demonic sword and offered it with both hands.
"Isn't this going a little too smoothly?" Chun