Sang Ying Colluded with Devils!
The Discipline Hall is located on Discipline Peak, an important location not under the control of the sect leader.
The current head of the Discipline Hall is Elder Jingsu, who is known throughout the Flowing Light Sword Sect for his uprightness and incorruptibility.
At this moment, he was sitting in the head seat, and even the sect leader had to be subordinate to him.
Surprisingly, Gu Huaiwei, who rarely makes an appearance, was also sitting to the lower left of Elder Jingsu.
The three people's expressions were more serious than ever before, especially the sect leader's gaze, which carried an indescribable complexity.
Is this a joint trial involving three judges? Sang Ying raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Sang Ying, do you know why I summoned you to the Discipline Hall today?" The sect leader did not speak, but Elder Jingsu asked first.
Although Sang Ying guessed it was related to her injuring Su Fuyun, seeing that the expressions of the others were not quite right, she had no choice but to say, "This disciple does not know, please explain, Elder."
Elder Jingsu did not answer, but instead called out loudly towards the door, "Bring the men up!"
With his command, Su Fuyun, pale-faced and wearing a veil, stepped into the Discipline Hall.
Without even glancing at Sang Ying, she knelt down as soon as she entered. "Disciple Su Fuyun greets the Sect Master, Elders, and Master."
"Su Fuyun, you came to the Discipline Hall this morning to file a complaint, saying that your junior sister Sang Ying colluded with the Devil Race and framed you on Gleaming Gold Island. Is that true?" Elder Jingsu asked in a deep voice.
His imposing presence was so overwhelming that a timid person would likely have been terrified on the spot.
But Su Fuyun remained unaffected and replied, "Everything the elder said is true!"
Sang Ying looked down at her, a cold smile playing on her lips. She'd thought this person had some brilliant plan, but it turned out she was just trying to frame her for colluding with the Devil Race?
"Sang Ying, what do you have to say about this?" Having given Su Fuyun a chance to speak, Elder Jingsu naturally wanted to ask Sang Ying's opinion as well.
Sang Ying: "This is slander. I have never colluded with the Devil Race, nor have I framed my fellow disciples. On the contrary, it is Su Fuyun has repeatedly tried to harm me. The jade pendant on her chest is inextricably linked to the Devil Race."
"Junior sister, you don't need to make up such a lie to deceive the elder. This jade pendant is the only keepsake my mother left me. I am willing to hand it over to the elder for inspection!" As soon as Sang Ying finished speaking, Su Fuyun snatched off her jade pendant and handed it to the black-robed disciple standing to the side with righteous indignation.
After receiving Elder Jingsu's approval, the disciple in black showed him the jade pendant.
Elder Jingsu cultivates the Devil-Exterminating Sword technique because several of his important relatives died at the hands of Devil Race in his early years, so he has the deepest hatred for Devil Race. His Spiritual Qi is extremely pure and strong, and he can tell at a glance whether the jade pendant is tainted by Demonic Qi.
But it is clear that this jade pendant is perfectly clean.
"You changed the jade pendant!" Sang Ying confirmed.
Su Fuyun seemed to have anticipated her response and immediately retorted, "Junior sister, don't make false accusations against me just because the result didn't meet your expectations. Many people have seen this jade pendant, and it even has a crack that I accidentally dropped; it's impossible for it to be fake."
Upon hearing this, Elder Jingsu immediately located the crack on the jade pendant.
Seeing this, Sang Ying knew that Su Fuyun had come prepared this time, so she stopped worrying about the jade pendant.
"I can also have the elders examine me. If I were colluding with the Devil Race, I would definitely be tainted with Demonic Qi. However, Elder Jingsu should be able to tell at a glance whether I have been tainted with Demonic Qi."
Elder Jingsu continued to shake his head, "Sang Ying's body is filled with pure Spiritual Qi."
Moreover, the aura of her Golden Core was very stable, showing that her cultivation had been achieved step by step. It's likely that she will advance to the next level soon.
"That's not necessarily true. What if the Devil Race my junior sister encounters is exceptionally powerful and can suppress her Demonic Qi?" Su Fuyun persisted.
Sang Ying was too lazy to argue with her, and stated directly that she had witnesses who saw Su Fuyun being swept away by Demonic Qi, and even handed over her communication talisman so that Elder Jingsu could directly contact Hai Tingzhou and the others.
"The sect leader is aware of this matter; I informed him ten years ago. I don't know why the sect leader didn't deal with it, but instead, Su Fuyun is now falsely accusing me based solely on his words."
Su Fuyun smiled, showing no sign of nervousness. "Junior sister, you really know how to make up stories. It was clearly the Devil Race who colluded with you who kidnapped me to harm me, but I escaped by accident and spent many years training outside. In your mouth, it becomes that I colluded with the Devil Race? You say I have no evidence, but on the contrary, I have plenty of evidence!"
She handed over several Jade Slip along with an Image-Retaining Stone. Elder Jingsu looked through the Jade Slip, but his expression grew increasingly grim.
"I found these in my junior sister's cave abode a while ago. After returning to the sect, she went straight to Settled Frost Peak, and I wanted to help her pack up cave abode things so I could send them to her. Who would have thought I'd find these Jade Slip showing her interactions with the Devil Race!"
Su Fuyun's face was full of heartache. "At first, I couldn't believe it, so I took these things to find my junior sister to ask her what was going on. Who knew I would accidentally witness this scene and record it with the Image-Retaining Stone!"
Elder Jingsu then activated the Image-Retaining Stone, and the events of the previous night immediately appeared before everyone: a man dressed in black robes, whose appearance was obscured, sneaked out of Settled Frost Peak and then quickly disappeared in a cloud of black mist.
Sang Ying's pupils contracted as she looked at the silhouette in the Image-Retaining Stone.
She naturally recognized him; even from just his back, Sang Ying recognized him at a glance—the Demon Lord Fan Nanjun!
In the original book, the Beast God took her Spirit Root, while this Demon Lord severed her meridians when "Sang Ying" tried to attack Su Fuyun again.
That's why when "Sang Ying" later encountered that Beast God, she was completely powerless to fight back.
So, they had already been hooking up all along.
The Jade Slip was slammed down at Sang Ying's feet. Elder Jingsu, his face cold, asked her, "What else do you have to say?"
Sang Ying bent down and picked up the Jade Slip. The words on it seemed to be her handwriting. The owner of the jade slip wrote down how she met a friend who came on a black mist, as if she were writing a diary.
It's as if there really is a Sang Ying in this world, who befriends a wicked demon and uses him to harm her fellow disciples.
"I didn't write this. I didn't collude with the Devil Race." She threw the Jade Slip aside. "It was Su Fuyun who colluded with those Devil Race to stage a whole thing!"
Although she knew there was no evidence to support her claims and they weren't very convincing, Sang Ying still wanted to say a few words in her defense.
"I am the daughter of an elder of the Flowing Light Sword Sect, possessing extraordinary talent and a bright future. Befriending the Devil Race would bring me no benefit whatsoever, and I am not stupid; why would I do such a thankless task?"
Su Fuyun stepped forward again. "Because you are jealous of me, jealous that I am more favored by the master than you. But you don't want to break the sect rules, so you befriended the Devil Race and let them harm me! Besides, if it weren't for these Devil Race, how could your cultivation have increased so quickly?"
The longsword at Sang Ying's waist trembled slightly, as if it would break free from its master's control at any moment and plunge into Su Fuyun's throat.
But Sang Ying knew very well that if she dared to make a move at this moment, the spirit sword would probably be broken on the spot.
"This disciple may Heart Demon Oath..."
"You want to swear an oath again, Junior Sister? With so much evidence, do you think you can smooth things over by just swearing an oath?" Su Fuyun revealed such a sharp side for the first time, interrupting Sang Ying without regard for her feelings.
"Enough, no need for further arguing!" Elder Jingsu raised his hand, and the Discipline Hall instantly fell silent. "Today's events are fraught with doubt, and we need to investigate further. Sang Ying will be imprisoned in the water dungeon for now, and we will deal with her after the truth is revealed!"