"After all, we can't let our own people suffer injustice." Hua Wujiang chuckled.
"If the sect is one happy family, we'll uphold it and defend it."
"But if the sect refuses to uphold justice, I'll be the first to rebel against it!"
As Hua Wujiang spoke, he turned, shielding Lin Ke behind him, and looked at the other Grand Elder before them.
"True Lord Dry Ant, what do you think?"
True Lord Dry Ant?
Hearing that name, Lin Ke could not help secretly sizing up this Grand Elder.
Dry ants were among the Five Poisons and Six Evils-one of the Six Evils.
They were fairly common, ordinary insects whose bites inflicted a fiery, searing pain.
Those with stronger venom or higher cultivation could inject even more powerful toxins, burning people into charcoal. This was fire poison.
However, the Five Poisons and Six Evils were mostly used by Qi Refining Stage disciples. He wondered what sorts of spirit insects this True Lord Dry Ant commanded.
"Don't get worked up, Wujiang."
Unexpectedly, True Lord Dry Ant did not speak as though opposing Hua Wujiang. Instead, caught between laughter and tears, he said,
"I know you're protecting this boy, but as you said, we ought to deliver a fair judgment!"
"We can't assume Lin Ke is in the right simply because he's the weaker party. We still need to investigate properly!"
"Well, you've investigated. What now?" Hua Wujiang folded his arms. "Rain Spider True Person asked the questions exactly as you requested, without a single word out of place."
"You questioned the Purple-Flame Kui Ox too. It was indeed one of his subordinates who accidentally hacked Blood-Devouring True Person's corpse apart. The evidence is conclusive!"
"But those disciples..." True Lord Dry Ant tried helplessly to object.
Hua Wujiang immediately glared. "Oh, so True