My master said that she was not allowed to intervene during the mission unless she encountered a Nascent Soul stage expert.
But.
If this Fang Qingyu was truly Ye Zhaozhao, then this was outside the scope of the mission!
Ye Zhaozhao had been lurking in the Sword Sect for so many years, and even escaped from the encirclement of so many powerful experts. Such a demonic cultivator must be eliminated!
"Senior Sister Luo, what do you want to do!" Sheng Yuan couldn't help but stand in front of Ye Zhaozhao. He looked at Luo Mingyue with a mix of shock and anger: "What 'borrowing a corpse to revive a soul'? This is complete nonsense! Just because of a single word from Li Shuang, you're going to indiscriminately kill an innocent person? Our Sword Sect is a righteous sect. If you act like this, how are you any different from a demonic cultivator? If you want to kill her, then kill me first!"
"I would rather die than let the reputation of my Sword Sect be tarnished!"
Sheng Yuan spoke with righteous indignation, and the Chenshui Sword in his hand once again pointed at Li Shuang: "Senior Sister Li! I can accept that you're once bitten, twice shy, but there's only one Ye Zhaozhao. You can't implicate other innocent people because of Ye Zhaozhao."
Li Shuang looked indifferently at the sharp tip of the Chenshui Sword, her heart unusually calm.
She couldn't be bothered with Sheng Yuan at all, her gaze passing over him and settling on Ye Zhaozhao.
The matter of borrowing a corpse to revive a soul might not happen twice.
If they could eliminate Ye Zhaozhao here, perhaps they could force out the true body of this demonic seed.
However.
This possibility was not great.
The demonic seed was already completely bound to Ye Zhaozhao. If they forcefully acted, the most likely outcome was that the demonic seed would escape with Ye Zhaozhao, and then she would hide even deeper, not showing her face easily again.
To kill Ye Zhaozhao, the few of them were not enough.
"Fellow Daoist Li." Ye Zhaozhao's face was pale: "I truly don't understand why you insist on believing that I am Ye Zhaozhao. I don't care about you hurting me, you don't have to pin a crime on me."
Li Shuang narrowed her eyes: "You personally admitted your identity to me, and now you're denying it?"
Ye Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment, her face full of disbelief: "Fellow Daoist Li, what are you talking about? How could I admit to something that didn't happen at all! I can overlook you hurting me, but you slandering me as a demonic cultivator is a great humiliation! Please provide evidence!"
Ye Zhaozhao looked indignant.
Li Shuang's eyes flickered.
She had been wary of Ye Zhaozhao for a long time and had used a recording stone throughout.
But a recording stone wasn't omnipotent.
Many methods could block the effects of a recording stone.
Seeing Ye Zhaozhao's reaction, Li Shuang already guessed that her recording stone likely failed to record successfully.
This was a trap Ye Zhaozhao had planned long ago.
She deliberately showed a flaw, deliberately making herself believe the recording was successful.
When she couldn't produce the recording, her plan would be complete.
But Li Shuang was not anxious.
She wasn't afraid of anything else now, only that Ye Zhaozhao would slip away early.
It was best to let Ye Zhaozhao think she had the upper hand.
So, Li Shuang calmly said: "You want evidence, do you? Coincidentally, I recorded everything with a recording stone."
A barely perceptible hint of triumph flashed in Ye Zhaozhao's eyes, but her face still showed a wronged expression: "I don't know what you're talking about!"
Under everyone's gaze, Li Shuang took out the recording stone.
Sheng Yuan couldn't help but be stunned.
Could it be that Li Shuang really had evidence? His expression became hesitant again.
Li Shuang injected spiritual power into the recording stone, but for one second, two seconds, the recording stone showed no reaction.
Ye Zhaozhao couldn't help but ask: "Fellow Daoist Li, where is the evidence you promised?"
Li Shuang looked at her: "I didn't expect you to be so well-prepared."
Ye Zhaozhao still looked puzzled: "Fellow Daoist Li, I truly don't know what you're talking about. We are merely strangers meeting by chance, why must you target me?"
Sheng Yuan once again stood in front of Ye Zhaozhao: "Senior Sister Li, there's no evidence at all, is there? Don't you think you should apologize to Fellow Daoist Fang?"
Luo Mingyue frowned and stood in front of Li Shuang: "Don't you know what kind of person Li Shuang is? If she wasn't absolutely certain, how could she make such an accusation! This Fang Qingyu was originally a rogue cultivator, and after meeting, she deliberately led you into a pack of wolf demons, almost causing your deaths. In such a situation, you still choose to believe her?"
Luo Mingyue now felt that.
Everyone from Lingxu Peak must be fools!
"I don't believe her, I believe my own judgment!" Sheng Yuan said, sticking out his neck.
He believed in himself.
He made one mistake, he couldn't possibly make a second!
Did they really think he was a fool!
Shen Yue looked from one side to the other, his expression hesitant.
Seeing this, Ye Zhaozhao's eyes reddened slightly. With tears in her eyes, she softly said: "I know, I'm just an outsider. It's normal for you not to believe me. But I'm really not Ye Zhaozhao! You say I'm borrowing a corpse to revive a soul, right? Fine, then I'll prove it to you!"
Ye Zhaozhao looked steadily at Luo Mingyue: "Fellow Daoist Luo, among everyone here, your cultivation is the highest. The power of your soul and mine are vastly different. If I were borrowing a corpse to revive a soul, my soul and body would definitely not be 100% compatible. You can try to use your soul power to shake me!"
"If I am borrowing a corpse to revive a soul, under the shaking of soul power, I will inevitably reveal a flaw, and then you can just kill me.
"If I am not borrowing a corpse to revive a soul, and my soul and body are perfectly compatible, then naturally there will be no abnormality."
"To prove my innocence, I am willing to accept such a test."
Ye Zhaozhao said resolutely.
Sheng Yuan was startled and immediately said: "Fellow Daoist Fang, no! Regardless of the final outcome, under the shaking of your soul, you yourself will inevitably suffer damage."
"To prove my innocence, this is the only way I have." Ye Zhaozhao showed a tragic smile.
A hint of triumph welled up in her heart.
Yes.
Her true killing move was here.
Her ultimate goal was to make Luo Mingyue and the others slowly side with her.
Therefore.
She first let them suspect her along with Li Shuang.
Ultimately.
She would use extreme methods to prove her innocence.
Such a reversal would be able to shake even steadfast people like Luo Mingyue, making them truly side with her!
After all.
Her borrowing a corpse to revive a soul was different from others; with the system, she would never reveal any flaws.
Her self-exposure as Ye Zhaozhao was precisely for this moment.
The more Li Shuang suspected her, the more she targeted her.
When she finally proved her innocence, it would be even more shocking, and it would instantly shake the resolve of Luo Mingyue and the others!
Now.
Everything was proceeding as she had envisioned.
The moment she proved her "innocence" would be the moment she took everything from Li Shuang, the moment Li Shuang erupted with negative emotions!
This move!
Is called retreating to advance.