Chapter 73

Before long, Jiang Lingzhu stopped and turned to look at Nie Tian.

After drinking a pot of clear water, Jiang Lingzhu had recovered a lot of her energy, and her bright eyes sparkled with a captivating light.

The way she looked at Nie Tian was somewhat scrutinizing, which made him feel somewhat puzzled.

Nie Tian stopped, turned his head to look, and found that the trial participants from Xuanwu Palace on the other side of the mountain had already disappeared from his sight.

"That... " Jiang Lingzhu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yuan Feng and Yun Song, were they killed by you?"

Nie Tian's heart skipped a beat, but he did not show it on his face. He said in surprise, "Senior Sister, don't scare me. How could I possibly kill Yuan Feng and Yun Song?"

Jiang Lingzhu was the beloved daughter of Jiang Zhisu, the head of Lingyun Sect, and a core disciple of the sect. The Nie family was a vassal family of Lingyun Sect. After he was taken up the mountain by Lingyun Sect in the future, due to his late entry, he would definitely have to call Jiang Lingzhu Senior Sister.

He was very confident that he would definitely become a disciple of Lingyun Sect before he turned fifteen, so he called her that in advance.

"You are really bold!" Jiang Lingzhu glared at him fiercely and said, "Yun Song is one thing, his death is not a big deal. But Yuan Feng... has already been regarded as a seed by Huigou. Many of the elders in Huigou are very optimistic about him."

"Once the news of you killing him is exposed, even Lingyun Sect cannot protect you."

Nie Tian looked aggrieved, "I didn't do it."

"You can fool Zheng Bin, but you can't fool me!" Jiang Lingzhu was somewhat angry.

"What evidence do you have?" Nie Tian's expression remained unchanged.

Jiang Lingzhu looked at him deeply, then suddenly laughed softly and said, "You are really calm. Regardless of whether you were injured because of Yuan Feng and Yun Song, your realm is lower than his. The fact that you could kill a seed of Huigou, I still admire you."

"I didn't." Nie Tian continued to argue.

"Stubborn!" Jiang Lingzhu huffed and said, "Yuan Feng had a banner, which is now in the cloth bag at your waist, right?"

Nie Tian was stunned and suddenly fell silent.

"That banner is a fourth-grade intermediate spirit artifact. When we were attacked by the Blood Sect and Ghost Sect, he used that banner in battle. The spiritual energy fluctuations from the banner left a deep impression on me, and I definitely won't be wrong."

Jiang Lingzhu glared at him, cursed him as a "fool," and continued, "A fourth-grade intermediate spirit artifact is extraordinary. Even without being activated by spiritual energy, as long as it is not covered by a special item, it will emit a faint fluctuation."

"The spiritual technique I practice is a bit special, and I can detect extremely subtle spiritual energy fluctuations. It was only after I finished talking with Zheng Bin and got closer to you that I felt the faint movement from the banner."

Without giving Nie Tian a chance to explain, Jiang Lingzhu continued her analysis, "According to your previous statement, if it was Yu Tong who killed Yuan Feng and Yun Song, you would not have had the opportunity to take the banner from Yuan Feng's body. If you took it before Yu Tong came, since Yuan Feng was still alive, how could he give you a fourth-grade intermediate spirit artifact?"

"Unless he was dead, you could only take the banner from a dead person."

"So, before you met that demoness Yu Tong, you had already killed Yuan Feng and looted his belongings."

After saying this, Jiang Lingzhu looked at him triumphantly, as if daring him to argue further.

Nie Tian smiled bitterly, seeing through his lie by Jiang Lingzhu, and said, "Senior Sister is indeed impressive."

"Of course!" Jiang Lingzhu raised her head.

"Yuan Feng and Yun Song attacked me like mad dogs, insisting on killing me. I had no choice but to... " Nie Tian tried to explain.

"Enough, enough!" Jiang Lingzhu waved her hand to stop him, "Who cares about the reason? I didn't like those two guys either. If you killed them, just be careful not to expose yourself. Remember, you must insist that it was the demoness Yu Tong from the Blood Sect who killed them."

"Okay." Nie Tian nodded.

"Give me the banner and all the items from Yuan Feng's body. You must not keep them on you." Jiang Lingzhu extended her hand to ask.

Knowing that the banner would always emit a faint fluctuation, which could put him in danger, Nie Tian did not hesitate to hand over the banner and the map he obtained from Yuan Feng to her.

Jiang Lingzhu took the banner and the map, pressed them against the jade bracelet on her wrist, and they disappeared.

Nie Tian's eyes lit up slightly.

"This is a much more advanced treasure than your cloth bag. If it weren't for my good father, I wouldn't have a storage bracelet." Jiang Lingzhu explained casually, "Your cloth bag for storing the banner and the map cannot prevent the faint fluctuations from the banner from leaking out. Once you leave the Qinghuan World, the Huigou recruiters will instantly sense the banner in your cloth bag, and you won't be able to explain yourself."

Nie Tian's face changed, and he said earnestly, "Thank you, Senior Sister."

"You will eventually be one of us in Lingyun Sect, so it's my duty to help you." Jiang Lingzhu smiled and added, "Also, you actually killed Yuan Feng! How many secrets do you have? Tell me honestly."

"No!" Nie Tian shook his head quickly.

"Hmph! Do you think I don't know?" Jiang Lingzhu rolled her eyes and said angrily, "That day, my father came back from your Nie family and said there was a bold little boy who dared to lie to his face. Later, I learned from Uncle Fan that the guy was you!"

"Heaven and earth, how could I dare to lie to the Sect Head? I was just so scared that I couldn't remember anything!" Nie Tian shrank back.

"Don't try to fool me, I can see through you. In your Nie family, you are the worst!" Jiang Lingzhu seemed angry, but she wasn't really. In her view, Nie Tian, who could kill the Huigou seed Yuan Feng, being a member of the Nie family, was a disciple of Lingyun Sect.

For Lingyun Sect to have such a bold, ruthless, and only ten-year-old disciple was a great fortune for the sect!

She had already decided that if they could survive this trip from the Qinghuan World, she would beg her father to break the rules and bring Nie Tian up the mountain early.

She vaguely felt that An Shiyi from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, as well as An Ying and Pan Tao, seemed to highly value Nie Tian.

—She was afraid that the Spirit Treasure Pavilion would get there first.

"Spirit Treasure Pavilion! The people from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion are here!" At this moment, Han Xin from Xuanwu Palace on the other side of the mountain screamed.

"Let's leave it at that. When you get to Lingyun Sect, I'll return the banner to you." Jiang Lingzhu whispered.

"Thank you, Senior Sister." Nie Tian said sincerely.

He knew that if it weren't for Jiang Lingzhu storing the banner in her storage bracelet, once they left the Qinghuan World, he might have been exposed by Huigou, leading to a life-threatening situation.

Although he was already smart enough, due to his lack of knowledge about high-grade spirit artifacts and not having a special container, he didn't realize that powerful spirit artifacts could continuously emit faint fluctuations, almost leading to a major setback.

Jiang Lingzhu, knowing that he had killed Yuan Feng and Yun Song, not only did not blame him but also helped him cover it up, which he deeply appreciated.

"Let's go see who has returned." Jiang Lingzhu said.

Nie Tian nodded, and the two of them quickly returned to where the group had gathered.

"Nie Tian! You are still alive!"

Pan Tao from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, upon seeing him, immediately rushed over with joy and punched him hard on the chest, "I thought you were already dead!" Pan Tao's eyes were slightly red, clearly very excited.

In the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, he was the one who most recognized Nie Tian. He knew Nie Tian's extraordinary qualities and had already considered him a comrade in arms.

When Nie Tian was determined to leave, he was the one who tried his best to retain him, genuinely not wanting anything to happen to Nie Tian.

"Ha ha, it's good that everyone is safe." Nie Tian smiled brightly, noticing that besides Pan Tao, An Ying, Zheng Rui, and Jiang Miao were also unharmed.

"Not everyone is safe." An Ying from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion's eyes darkened, "Only the four of us are still alive. Tong Hao, Guo Qi, and the others are all dead."

Hearing this, Nie Tian sighed and fell silent.

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