They were not as hot - tempered as Qi Ruyi. Instead, they greeted Shen Wenkai. Then Elder Lin took the lead and said, "Hall Master Shen, if this matter is really related to us, we will never shirk our responsibility. We'll accept whatever punishment is due. But we really have no idea about the assassination of Elder Feng."
"That old man is so disgusting. He actually lies in public and acts so self - righteous," Xiaojin said angrily in the space after hearing Elder Lin's words.
"Isn't this a normal thing? If he had any integrity, how could he have tried to assassinate the master?" Xiaoying said.
"I've already arranged for people to investigate. So far, all the clues point to you. That's why I've invited you here," Shen Wenkai said. "If it's finally proven that you're not involved, I'll surely apologize to you all and see you off personally."
Since Shen Wenkai had said so much, Elder Lin and the others didn't know what else to say.
"Actually, it's quite easy to prove whether it was you elders who did it or not," Feng Yuqin suddenly spoke up.
Qi Ruyi had always been extremely dissatisfied with Feng Yuqin.
So when she heard Feng Yuqin's words, she immediately flew into a rage. "Feng Yuqin, don't be so pretentious. If it weren't for your spiritual pet, you would have died last night."
As soon as she said this, the whole place was in an uproar.
The incident today had caused quite a stir.
After all, it was unheard of in the guild for dozens of people to assassinate an elder.
So not only was the main hall of the Law Enforcement Hall full of people, but there were also people standing outside.
Qi Ruyi had roared out her words, so everyone inside and outside heard them clearly.
Elder Lin and Elder Zhao were really furious.
Because they had both wanted to embezzle this spiritual pet.
Now that Qi Ruyi had made it public, they wished they could strangle her on the spot.
"Really? You don't know what happened last night. How do you know I would have died? And you even know about my spiritual pet. Could it be that you were at the scene last night but didn't show up to help me?" Feng Yuqin said.
"Feng Yuqin, are you stupid? I wish you were dead. How could I help you?" Qi Ruyi said sarcastically, with a hint of disdain in her tone.
At this moment, Elder Lin suddenly felt something was wrong.
She immediately stepped forward and grabbed Qi Ruyi's wrist to feel her pulse. But Qi Ruyi just pushed Elder Lin away. "Elder Lin, what are you doing?"
Elder Lin looked at Qi Ruyi with a gloomy face. Then she turned to Shen Wenkai and said, "Hall Master Shen, Elder Qi may be a bit overwhelmed by these corpses, so she's a bit out of her mind. Could you let her go back and rest?"
Hearing this, a sarcastic smile curled up on Feng Yuqin's lips. She said mockingly, "Elder Qi is, after all, an elder of the guild. How can she be so easily frightened? She's not even as good as Xia Hao."
Xia Hao cooperated perfectly and said, "I was the one who arranged for people to move these corpses here. So Elder Qi is not only inferior to me but also to the other guild members who helped just now."
"This Xia Hao is really smart," Xiaoying said with a smile in the space.
Xiaojin also nodded. "Indeed. At least he can follow the master's lead."
"What did you say? You're saying I'm inferior to you?" Qi Ruyi exploded immediately. "Feng Yuqin, you bitch. If it weren't for your spiritual pet, you wouldn't have been able to deal with those people last night."
"Really?" Feng Yuqin chuckled. Then her gaze fell on Elder Chen. "Does Elder Chen think so too? Could it be that your people are just too weak?"
"Presumptuous! Our people can never be weak. It's because of your spiritual pet that our people were killed by you," Elder Chen's words left Elder Lin and the others stunned again.
"Elder Chen, what are you talking about?" Elder Lin roared.
Elder Chen was momentarily stunned by Elder Lin's roar and also realized what he had just said.
But Feng Yuqin's voice rang out again. "Elder Chen is just stating the facts. Elder Lin looks so flustered. Could it be that you're also involved in this?"
"Impossible. How could I be involved?" Elder Lin retorted instinctively. Then his next words left everyone present stunned.
They heard Elder Lin continue, "You deserve to die. Anyone who dares to provoke me deserves to die."
Shen Wenkai: "..."
Xia Hao: "..."
The on - lookers inside and outside the Law Enforcement Hall: "..."
Seeing this situation, Elder Zhao suddenly realized something was wrong. He looked at Feng Yuqin and asked, "What did you do to them?"
"What could I do?" Feng Yuqin squinted her eyes and looked at Elder Zhao. "Could it be that it's you who wants to do something to me?"
Hearing this, there seemed to be a voice in Elder Zhao's mind telling him to kill Feng Yuqin... kill Feng Yuqin.
"Of course I want to kill you..." As soon as Elder Zhao spoke, he suddenly regained his senses. "No, these weren't my words."
"Elder Zhao, we're not deaf yet," Shen Wenkai said angrily.
"It's her," Elder Zhao was brought back to his senses a bit by Shen Wenkai's voice. He pointed at Feng Yuqin in horror. "She used some evil spell to make us say things against our will."
"I made you say things against your will?" Feng Yuqin raised her eyebrows. "Could it be that these aren't your true thoughts?"
She had used the Truth - Revealing Illusion, which could make people speak their innermost thoughts.
She had only developed this after she was promoted to level seven.
She had originally just wanted to give it a try today, but unexpectedly, it had worked extremely well.
"No, it's not. It's not like this," Elder Zhao retorted.
Elder Lin and the others also reacted. "Hall Master Shen, there's something wrong with this Feng Yuqin. Such a person is not suitable to stay in the Alchemy Guild. Otherwise, our guild will surely be ruined by her sooner or later."
Just as Shen Wenkai was about to say something, he saw his confidant, Cai Jing, walk in.
Cai Jing told Shen Wenkai what he had found out with a solemn expression and also handed over some materials he had collected.
After Shen Wenkai read them, his face didn't look good either.
"Go and clear the place," Shen Wenkai said.
"Yes, Hall Master," Cai Jing said and then went out to ask the on - lookers to leave.
No one was allowed to stay around either.
This was the rule when the Law Enforcement Hall officially handled a case.
All the guild members knew this. Although they were very curious, they didn't dare to get any closer to the Law Enforcement Hall.
Finally, in the main hall of the Law Enforcement Hall, apart from the corpses on the ground, there were only Feng Yuqin, Xia Hao, Shen Wenkai, his confidant Cai Jing, and Elder Lin and the others.
Shen Wenkai didn't hold back and threw the investigated materials in front of Elder Lin and the others. "All the evidence is here. Take a look for yourselves."
Seeing this, Feng Yuqin quietly withdrew the spatial domain that she had used to control them before.
After all, her Truth - Revealing Illusion had required the spatial domain to work. Now that Shen Wenkai already knew that these people were involved, there was no need for her to continue using it.
Moreover, the Truth - Revealing Illusion consumed a great deal of mental energy. She had just controlled Elder Lin and the others all at once, which had left her unable to control five furnaces of pills simultaneously with her mental energy.
Elder Lin picked up the materials first. Everything was clearly written on them, including the relationship between the dead people and them and how they were connected. There were even portraits.
And it was obvious that the portraits weren't drawn recently because the rice paper was from twenty years ago and was no longer available.