With Yun Yun's intervention, the entire competition came to a conclusion.
People began to descend the mountain, and Hai Bodong also followed Xiao Yan down. His task today was to stay by Xiao Yan's side.
As the spectators dispersed, Yun Yun led the despondent Nalan Yanran back to the pavilion, but before she could console her,
Yun Ling suddenly stood up and declared loudly,
"Sect Master, I have something to say."
"What is it, Great Elder?"
Yun Yun looked down at Yun Ling standing in the square from the pavilion.
"Sect Master, I need Xiao Jietian to cooperate in verifying something. Is that convenient?"
Yun Ling's calm voice resounded.
Xiao Jietian, bored as he sat in his chair, saw that Yun Ling wanted his cooperation and probably guessed what it was about.
His eyes began to gleam with great interest. He had long wanted to deal with this old man but never had the chance. Now that Yun Ling had stepped forward, Xiao Jietian's hands were itching.
This old man was the most troublesome, full of dirty tricks, and the biggest tumor in the entire Cloud Mist Sect. Relying on his seniority in the sect, he even contradicted Yun Yun at times and opposed her.
Seeing how Xiao Yan had humiliated him today, he was filled with considerable resentment.
"Might I ask what the Great Elder needs my cooperation for?"
Xiao Jietian looked calmly at Yun Ling.
"Sir Xiao Jietian, have you heard about the death of Mo Cheng, the outer sect deacon of the Cloud Mist Sect, and his family a few months ago?"
Yun Ling stared at Xiao Jietian with sinister eyes, trying to detect a trace of guilt on his face.
"I have heard of it. Is the Great Elder asking me this because you suspect I did it?"
Xiao Jietian's face held a hint of amusement, his voice as light as a breeze.
"That's right, it was you."
Yun Ling suddenly shouted sternly.
"Are you joking? I know you and Mo Cheng had an 'unbreakable' bond, but that doesn't mean you can casually slander others. If you suspect me, then show me the evidence. Otherwise, I'd very much like to test your strength, Yun Ling."
Xiao Jietian stood up, crossed his arms, and looked at Yun Ling with indifferent eyes. Yun Ling's heart faltered under his gaze.
"Yun Ling, if you have no evidence and slander Xiao Jietian at will, according to sect rules, I can strip you of your position as Great Elder and punish you."
Yun Yun knew that Xiao Jietian was the one who took action against the Mo family. She had also asked Xiao Jietian for the reason, and he hadn't hidden anything, explaining everything.
She had even gathered intelligence that Yun Ling and Mo Cheng had been colluding—one providing protection, the other offering benefits.
Regarding Mo Cheng's actions against her sister, and even his inhumane experiments, Yun Yun herself wished she could have personally eradicated them.
Xiao Jietian patted Yun Yun's shoulder, signaling that he would handle it.
"Evidence? Of course, there is. Mo Linglin, come out. As for punishing me, let's discuss that after it's proven that I am indeed involved."
Yun Ling originally wanted to use this opportunity to damage Yun Yun's image in the sect and thereby gain greater authority.
"Mo Linglin, come here."
Mo Linglin, the Second Young Miss of the Mo family, stood up from the crowd and came behind Yun Ling.
"Then bring out your so-called evidence for me. I'm quite interested."
Xiao Jietian flashed onto the square, standing not far in front of Yun Ling.
"This is Mo Linglin, the surviving Second Young Miss of the Mo family. She once said she saw you in Yan City, and Mo Cheng's last destination was Stone Desert City. But after he went to Stone Desert City, there was no more news from him. According to the sect's investigation, you were also in Stone Desert City at that time, and afterward, the Mo family was annihilated."
"How do you explain this? Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?"
Yun Ling pointed at Mo Linglin, speaking eloquently, his words already very close to the truth.
Xiao Jietian smiled disdainfully and said coldly, "Yun Ling, don't you think you're being ridiculous? Just because I was in those two places, you conclude that I annihilated the Mo family? Isn't that too absurd? Your evidence is far-fetched."
"I highly doubt your competence as Great Elder. Or do you usually make judgments based solely on intuition?"
Yun Ling's actions this time were not only due to Mo Cheng's death, which deprived him of the vast resources from the Mo family, but also to drag Yun Yun down, causing her to lose more authority. He could even curry favor with Gu He, as Xiao Jietian had taken Yun Yun, whom Gu He admired.
"According to Mo Linglin, the leader who destroyed the Mo family had a pair of peculiar wings, likely a flying Dou Technique. Rumor has it you also possess a flying Dou Technique. Do you dare to reveal your wings and let her identify them?"
Yun Ling remembered Mo Linglin once saying that one of the people who destroyed her family had very distinctive wings.
"You tell me to show them, and I show them? Have you lived so long you've become a Magical Beast?"
Xiao Jietian looked at Yun Ling coldly, his tone laced with disdain.
Yun Yun saw Yun Ling relentlessly targeting Xiao Jietian and was about to intervene, but Little Doctor Immortal stopped her.
"Don't go. Xiao Jietian just told me he has his own plan. Don't disturb him."
Yun Ling was so angered by Xiao Jietian's words that his nose almost twisted with rage.
"I think you're guilty, that's why you're making excuses. If you had nothing to hide, why would you act like this?"
"I can show them, but if it's not me, then what?"
Xiao Jietian crossed his arms, looking at Yun Ling with a smile. Just kidding, his wings had evolved and looked completely different.
"I will naturally apologize to you and clear your name."
Yun Ling saw Xiao Jietian constantly making excuses and couldn't help but become overconfident, believing Xiao Jietian was guilty.
"Are you joking? I won't say much more. If I show them and she confirms it's not me, then you will kowtow to me three times here and apologize."
Xiao Jietian directly laid out his conditions. He really wanted to see if Yun Ling would agree. If he didn't fulfill them later, then it would be Xiao Jietian's turn to legitimately lose his temper.
Tang San, Ning Fengzhi: Losing temper? I'm familiar with this.
If you don't give me face, I'm really going to lose my temper.
"What, is the dignified Great Elder lacking confidence in himself? So you were just making things up earlier? Now you're scared?"
Xiao Jietian saw Yun Ling's changing expression and decided to provoke the old man a bit more.
"What is there to be afraid of? I agree to your terms. If you are indeed the murderer, even for the Sect Master's sake, I will apprehend you and bring justice to our sect's outer sect deacon."
Yun Ling, a naturally arrogant person holding a high position, how could he tolerate such insolence from a junior?
Within the sect, apart from the Old Sect Master, he respected no one. Contradicting Yun Yun and ignoring Nalan Yanran were, in his eyes, perfectly normal and expected.
Xiao Jietian chuckled softly, and with a thought, a pair of enormous golden wings appeared behind him—the Golden Feathered Sky Wings.
"Linglin, is this it?"
Yun Ling turned to Mo Linglin behind him and asked.
"No, that person's were blue, and not this big. The appearance wasn't like this either."
Mo Linglin didn't dare to lie. Trapped in this situation, if she lied, it would quickly be found out, as there were many witnesses at the time.
These two people were the Cloud Mist Sect's Great Elder and the Sect Master's future husband.
Yun Ling's face instantly turned pale, and he felt utterly dismayed.
"Yun Ling, you can now fulfill your promise. All the sect's disciples are watching. Backing out will damage your image."
Xiao Jietian retracted his Golden Feathered Sky Wings and said with a smile.
Yun Ling was now caught between a rock and a hard place. Whether he fulfilled his promise or not, his image would be ruined.
However, seeing his reluctance to fulfill it, Xiao Jietian immediately decided to secretly add a strong dose of medicine.
"Yun Old Dog, I did indeed annihilate the Mo family, but there's no evidence to prove I did it. Even if it were proven, you couldn't do anything to me. Just give up. Even if you speak out, no one will believe you."
A voice echoed in Yun Ling's mind, carrying a hint of disdain and mockery. It was Xiao Jietian using soul encapsulation to transmit it silently. No one present noticed, because no one had higher soul power than him, not even Gu He.
Upon hearing this, Yun Ling's eyes were bloodshot, and he clenched his fists tightly, then made a move that surprised everyone present.