"Because... I couldn't accept it."
Zhao Layue raised her head, looked bravely into his eyes, and said, "I just want to know who was responsible for Great-Uncle Master's failed ascension."
Jing Jiu said, "Back in Chaonan City, I told you that Lei Poyun secretly sent the Thunder Soulwood into the Sword Prison to rescue that person. It had nothing to do with the ascension."
Zuo Yi belonged to Jade Lake Peak and had probably taken part in this.
Zhao Layue had investigated the matter through the Curtain Rollers. After Lin Huangyan learned of it and informed Zuo Yi, Zuo Yi had naturally wanted to kill her, only to be killed instead by her and Jing Jiu on Sword Peak.
The trail leading through Jade Lake Peak had ended at that moment.
Zhao Layue said, "I don't understand."
Jing Jiu said, "Lei Poyun died in the end anyway. This sort of thing doesn't require evidence."
Zhao Layue said, "Couldn't this trail lead us to Fang Jingtian?"
Jing Jiu said, "Fang Jingtian might have been involved, but no one could possibly know what he and Lei Poyun discussed."
A conspiracy between two Green Mountain Peak Masters could not possibly have left any evidence.
As Jing Jiu had said before, and had just said a moment earlier, there was simply no evidence with which to investigate these matters. They could only ask directly.
Only those who had done it knew whose hearts truly harbored ghosts.
A streak of sword light flew swiftly among the peaks of Twofold Forgetting Peak.
People were astonished to discover that the person riding the sword was Jian Ruyun. Fourth Senior Brother had always acted steadily; why did he seem so agitated today?
The sword light landed somewhere, and the nearby disciples hurried over. Jian Ruyun's black