"Half of the Eight Great Sects have encountered problems, and some neighboring families have also been affected. In such a situation, do you think there's any other way, Lord He?" From the very beginning, Situ Zihan had planned to make He Cheng take the blame if things went wrong.
He Cheng never thought of this.
After all, he trusted Situ Zihan.
He was also loyal to her.
He Cheng thought that when Situ Zihan asked him to do such a thing, she must have already thought of a way out.
After all, he was the lord of a branch hall.
With such an identity, the Starfall Hall would not easily let him be sacrificed.
If it were Situ Ming, the lord of the Starfall Hall, he indeed would not have done this.
Unfortunately, the one standing here was not Situ Ming, but his daughter.
Situ Zihan had been spoiled since childhood and didn't know how difficult it was to cultivate a branch - hall lord.
Moreover, Situ Zihan thought that with the status of the Starfall Hall, if one He Cheng was gone, there would be another.
As for whether the next He Cheng would be as loyal as the current one, that was not something Situ Zihan would consider.
"Miss Zihan, please give me another chance. We can think of other ways. I don't necessarily have to take the blame for this. Trust me, I will definitely create more value for the Starfall Hall." He Cheng didn't want to be abandoned like this.
"If you can come up with a way on your own, then go ahead and solve it." Situ Zihan's eyes were full of cruelty. "But if you drag me into this, with my father around, I may be fine, but what will happen to your He family..."
Seeing Situ Zihan's heartless look, He Cheng subconsciously took a step back.
Situ Zihan cast a cold look at He Cheng and then turned around and walked out.
Since the Tianxia Alliance already had some evidence in hand, after arriving at the branch hall of the Starfall Hall, they immediately came looking for him.
The mastermind behind this was Situ Zihan, but she didn't participate directly, so all the evidence pointed to He Cheng.
After He Cheng followed Situ Zihan out, before they even reached the main gate, they ran into the vice - leader of the Tianxia Alliance who had rushed in.
Since there were a large number of people poisoned by the Gu worms, the vice - leader didn't waste any words and directly threw out the evidence. "He Cheng, you deliberately led the brain - eating Gu worms to various major forces, causing heavy casualties. What else do you have to say?"
"Vice - leader, this... maybe there's a mistake. Lord He would never do such a thing." Situ Zihan pretended to be innocent and spoke.
"The final evidence points to your branch hall of the Starfall Hall in the Earth Flame Continent, and it clearly points to He Cheng. If Miss Situ thinks it's not He Cheng, then he must have been acting on someone's orders." The vice - leader paused for a moment and then continued. "Or is it that the person behind this is Miss Situ?"
Situ Zihan's face changed, and she quickly retorted, "How is that possible? I would never do such a thing."
"Really?" The vice - leader's eyes darkened. "But He Cheng is the lord of your branch hall of the Starfall Hall in the Earth Flame Continent and obeys your Starfall Hall. As the future young mistress of the Starfall Hall, it's not surprising that he would follow your orders."
Situ Zihan didn't expect the vice - leader to be right. A moment of panic flashed through her heart.
However, she quickly calmed down. "Vice - leader, you're joking. I rarely come to the Earth Flame Continent, and I don't have much interaction with He Cheng. If I really wanted to do such a thing, I wouldn't choose a branch - hall lord I'm not very familiar with. I would find someone more trustworthy. Besides, I have no motive to do such a thing. After all, our Starfall Hall has a pretty good relationship with other major forces."
If it were the former Situ Zihan, she really wouldn't have had a motive.
But now, because of Feng Yuqin, Situ Zihan had become an uncontrollable factor.
The vice - leader didn't know her feelings towards Feng Yuqin, so he couldn't be sure how much this had to do with Situ Zihan.
However, He Cheng's guilt was conclusive, and he couldn't escape.
Although this incident was done by He Cheng, since he was the lord of the branch hall of the Starfall Hall, the Starfall Hall was definitely not blameless.
For now, the news about He Cheng hadn't spread. If those forces found out, God knows what would happen.
As it turned out, just as the vice - leader was taking He Cheng away, some people from the major forces had already found out that the incident was related to the Starfall Hall and came directly to block the door.
"He Cheng, get out!"
"He Cheng, get out!"
"Starfall Hall, give us an explanation!"
"Starfall Hall, give us an explanation!"
The people from the major forces outside roared one after another. Some of them had lost family members or friends.
These people were extremely excited.
The outside of the Starfall Hall was now as chaotic as a vegetable market.
If it were just a single force, no one would dare to challenge the people of the Starfall Hall.
But now that so many forces had gathered together, they didn't care anymore.
They were determined to get an explanation from the Starfall Hall.
The news of this incident quickly reached the headquarters of the Starfall Hall in the Divine Moon Continent.
Situ Ming didn't expect the branch hall to cause such a thing and immediately arranged for people to handle it.
Seeing how chaotic it was outside, Situ Zihan didn't dare to go out at all.
Finally, she sent Situ Lin out, and Situ Lin was seriously injured by the crowd.
If it weren't for the people of the Tianxia Alliance who happened to be there and stopped these forces, the Starfall Hall might have been flattened today.
...
Three days later, just after the Tianxia Alliance had resolved the issues between the Starfall Hall and the major forces, the weapon - refining competition was held again.
As a result, a large number of Gu worms appeared both inside and outside the city again.
This time, the Gu worms had mutated.
That meant the previously effective antidote had become ineffective again.
The vice - leader immediately contacted the Alchemy Union and alchemists from other forces to conduct research.
"Vice - leader, we're helpless..." The elders of the Alchemy Union were also at a loss when it came to such Gu worms.
For the non - mutated Gu worms before, the formula for the blocking pill was provided by Feng Yuqin.
"It seems we have to trouble Divine Doctor Feng again." A look of shame flashed across the faces of these alchemists.
Their alchemy skills, after decades or even hundreds of years, were actually not as good as that of a young woman in her twenties.
"Are you really out of ideas?" The vice - leader looked at these old guys helplessly and asked.
All the alchemists shook their heads in unison. "We've tried. These mutated Gu worms are more troublesome than before."
The vice - leader sighed. "Fine, then I have to go and find Lady Mo again..."
This time, when the vice - leader came, he first met Mo Xuanye.
How could Mo Xuanye not know about the mutation of the Gu worms?
"Why are you here again?" Mo Xuanye said indifferently. "Did those alchemists from the Alchemy Union buy their titles?"