A Candidate to Probe the Truth

Stealing medicine was a grave crime, and stealing His Eminence's medicine compounded the offense.

But that also depended on who the thief was.

The Golden Toad Dharma King was a long-established powerhouse of the Xieluosi River Holy Land, while Kong Ning was a top expert of the younger generation and had an important backer.

If the two demons were executed for stealing medicine, Zhang Xuezhou would have to wonder whether His Eminence had gone mad.

Hearing the white crane demon Feiyu say that the Golden Toad Dharma King had not been executed, Zhang Xuezhou relaxed.

The outcome would not differ much from what he had guessed. As long as they had not been executed on the spot, His Eminence would surely give them thieves a light punishment and a stern warning.

A reprimand was unavoidable, and a minor punishment was inevitable too.

But it would all be within acceptable bounds.

The azure Demon Power covering his body flashed and vanished, and a thick cloud of rising steam rushed toward him.

The white crane demon Feiyu landed lightly. He released his grip with both hands and immediately bowed.

"Reporting to Your Eminence, the last human and demon in Tolkien and Kong Ning's group have been brought here!"

"You may leave!"

His Eminence's familiar voice rang out.

Compared with the angry voice Zhang Xuezhou had heard when he first entered the Xieluosi River Holy Land, and the thunderous sound His Eminence had made while casting a spell in Lingnan, his voice was undeniably gentle now.

As His Eminence spoke, the steam blanketing the mountaintop dispersed, revealing a hot spring a little over ten square meters in size.

Great billows of steam poured constantly from the spring, rushing against a long-faced old man sitting in the water.

The mist cleared, and sunlight fell