The man is an imposter?
"You're talking nonsense!" the man exclaimed, his face flushing with agitation.
"I'm She Shi. I've never changed my name, and three generations of my family have carried the She surname. You can look it up."
"An imposter?"
"Definitely not."
"If that's the case, when I sparred with you earlier, I checked your spiritual root. Why does it bear the mark of the An family?"
The man asked, "Are you an alchemist?"
Then he added, "The spell you just used...?"
"The Fire Fox Curse, something even a second - rank alchemist can use."
"You, you—"
"If what you've said is true, let me sort out the situation. Those of you listening from the upper floors, please think about whether I'm right or not."
"She Shi, initially, you were probably an inner - sect disciple of the An family. I've inquired since I came here. The An family and Shuiyunsheng have always been at odds. It would be difficult for you to join Shuiyunsheng. So, the An family must have come up with a plan. They pretended to expel you from the family. Then you made Shuiyunsheng think you had an irreconcilable conflict with the An family and joined Shuiyunsheng smoothly. Am I right?"
"You're spouting nonsense."
"Otherwise, why did you claim I was slandering the An family when I mentioned them? You only admitted to being a member of Shuiyunsheng. When it came to doing evil, you also only admitted to being from Shuiyunsheng. Tell me, based on all these signs, are you from the An family or Shuiyunsheng?"
Otherwise, why would he defend so quickly when the An family was mentioned?
"What evidence do you have?"
"Of course, I have evidence. There's spiritual energy planted by the An family on your spiritual root. I just need to take you to the An family and confront them. She Shi, don't forget, I'm also an alchemist. I just need to compare the spiritual energy of the An family members. The result will be clear at a glance."
She Shi struggled. He pounded the air wall in front of him with both hands.
The woman in front of him was so powerful that he had no chance of defeating her.
People on the upper floors started discussing.
"Isn't the An family always a renowned and upright clan?"
"I once had the privilege of meeting An Susu, the head of the An family. She was dressed in white and seemed so kind. A family like that shouldn't do such sneaky and frame - up things."
"Appearances can be deceiving. Who knows what the truth is? Look at this girl. She's so confident and makes a lot of sense. And look at She Shi's expression. He's clearly enraged."
"However, one - sided words can't be trusted."
"The girl said that there's spiritual energy planted by the An family on She Shi's spiritual root. If that's true, taking She Shi to the An family for comparison will reveal the truth."
"If there's no spiritual energy of the An family on She Shi's spiritual root, it means that She Shi is indeed from Shuiyunsheng. Cough, cough. It also means that the members of Shuiyunsheng are probably like this. Their involved industries are mostly shady, just like us."
That is to say, Shuiyunsheng indulged its subordinates to do evil for its own interests.
"But if the spiritual energy matches?"
Everyone looked around and then lowered their heads silently.
If that were the case, the image of the An family as a renowned and upright clan in the eyes of the world would collapse.
Downstairs, She Shi must have known the consequences of this.
He looked at Zhao Shuning and said, "Do you really have to be so ruthless?"
"Yes, I do."
"What's your relationship with Shuiyunsheng?"
"It's not a big deal, but I can't stand you slandering Shuiyunsheng's reputation."
"What's in it for you?"
"Nothing. I just can't stand people like you who eat others' flesh, boil their bones, and then blame others."
"One can't help oneself in the martial world."
"I understand, but that's not an excuse to hurt others."
She Shi said, "Do you know that if you really do this, you'll provoke two major forces."
One is a family force, and the other is a gang force.
To be honest, Shuiyunsheng has risen very powerfully in recent years. But the An family hasn't collapsed under Shuiyunsheng's impact because there's a mysterious force behind the An family.
"Do you know that Shuiyunsheng is not to be trifled with, and the An family is not someone a crazy woman like you can afford to offend."
Zhao Shuning said, "Maybe you don't know that compared to the An family and Shuiyunsheng, the person you can't afford to offend the most is me."
When the woman said this, the danger in her eyes was too intense to look at directly.
"You have a big mouth."
"She Shi, I'm not killing you now because I'm keeping you to expose the true face of the hypocrites in the An family."
"I want the world to see what a venomous heart lies beneath the gentle and kind - looking An Susu."
"You know the head of the An family?" She Shi was shocked.
Zhao Shuning didn't answer.
Of course, she not only knew but also had an irreconcilable conflict with An Susu.
When the four major families joined hands to hurt her back then, they never thought that she, Ye Ling, would make a comeback.
Zhao Shuning made hand seals with her fair hands. She wanted to abolish all of She Shi's spiritual power so that he couldn't continue to do harm and could also temporarily save his life. He would be very useful for future confrontations.
"Seal!"
Just as the seal Zhao Shuning made was about to bind She Shi, a huge shield appeared in front of She Shi.
Zhao Shuning immediately sensed a strange and familiar aura in the air. She quickly clasped her hands together and exerted all her spiritual energy, trying to hold back that familiar and dangerous force.
But that force didn't seem to be targeting Zhao Shuning.
By the time Zhao Shuning reacted, She Shi's eyes were wide - open, his body suddenly stiffened, and then a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out of his mouth.
The next moment, hundreds of small holes suddenly appeared on She Shi's body, and the blood immediately gushed out from them.
His tendons and veins were all shattered, his intestines were in pieces, and all his bones were broken instantly.
In just an instant, She Shi died a gruesome death under that mysterious and powerful force.
"Want to run!" Zhao Shuning snorted coldly. She soared into the air, and the divine beast soul of her contract appeared behind her.
With a phoenix cry, the phoenix took off.
The next moment, a muffled groan came from not far away.
Just as Zhao Shuning was about to chase after it, someone at the entrance of the black market shouted nervously, "It's bad! Yanyulou is under siege. Now the owner of Yanyulou is standing alone on the building wall, resisting the suddenly attacking beasts!"
Zhao Shuning's heart skipped a beat.
There was a loophole in her subordinates' defense.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, that mysterious force immediately concealed its trace.