Chapter 73: You’re the Worst! (1/2)

Before long, Jiang Lingzhu stopped at a secluded location, and turned around to look at Nie Tian.

Hydrated, Jiang Lingzhu had finally restored most of her strength, and her bright eyes glittered with rays of intimidating light again.

Nie Tian was completely confused by the way she stared at him; it seemed that she was examining him from head to toe.

Nie Tian stopped and looked over his shoulder. He quickly realized that they had already reached the other side of the mountain, and that the trial takers from the Mystic Mist sect had disappeared from his sight.

“Well…” she said, then hesitated for a moment. “You killed Yuan Feng and Yun Song, didn’t you?”

Nie Tian’s heart skipped a beat, but his face didn’t change a bit, then he asked in a surprised tone, “You’re frightening me a bit, senior martial sister. Why would I possibly kill Yuan Feng and Yun Song?”

Jiang Lingzhu was the precious daughter of the Cloudsoaring sectmaster Jiang Zhisu, and a core disciple of the Cloudsoaring sect. Nie Tian, on the other hand, was from a subordinate clan, and might only possibly be accepted into the Cloudsoaring sect in the future. Therefore, due to seniority, he had to address Jiang Lingzhu as senior martial sister.

He had the confidence to become a disciple of the Cloudsoaring sect by the age of 15, and thus he addressed her as such in advance.

“How could you dare to do such a thing?!” Jiang Lingzhu said with a glare. “It wouldn’t be so bad if you only killed Yun Song, since he wasn’t a big deal. But that Yuan Feng was viewed as a seeded disciple of the Grayvale sect. Many elders from the Grayvale sect believed he’d have a promising future. Once they find out about you killing him, even the Cloudsoaring sect won’t be able to protect you.”

Nie Tian looked hurt. “I didn’t do it.”

“You can fool Zheng Bin, but you can’t fool me!” Jiang Lingzhu said, looking even more irritated.

“What proof do you have?” Nie Tian said with a composed expression.

Jiang Lingzhu stared meaningfully at him for a moment before bursting into laughter. “You… I can’t believe you can still act composed. Nevertheless, I do admire you for being able to kill Yuan Feng and Yun Song with a inferior cultivation base, whether they were injured or not.”

Nie Tian continued to quibble. “I really didn’t.”

“You still won’t admit it!?” Jiang Lingzhu said with a snort. “Yuan Feng had a banner on him which is now in your pouch, right?”

Flabbergasted, Nie Tian was struck speechless.

“That banner is of the fourth level of Medium grade. When we were besieged by the Blood sect and Ghost sect, he fought with it. To this day, I still have a deep impression of the spiritual power fluctuations that banner emanates. I can’t be wrong.” Eyes wide, Jiang Lingzhu cursed in a low voice, “Idiot… a spiritual tool at that grade is by no means ordinary. Even if they’re not activated by spiritual power, if not stored in special containers they will still give out faint fluctuations.

“I can cast a special incantation which allows me to perceive even the slightest fluctuations of spiritual power. It was when I got near you after my conversation with Zheng Bin that I was able to detect the faint fluctuations that came from the banner.”

Without giving Nie Tian time to explain, Jiang Lingzhu continued analyzing, “According to you, it was Yu Tong who killed Yuan Feng and Yun Song. If that was the case, it would have been impossible for you to obtain Yuan Feng’s banner. Furthermore, if you obtained it before Yu Tong arrived, Yuan Feng should have been alive, and how on earth would he be willing to give you that fourth level Medium grade spirit weapon?

“Only if he was already dead before Yu Tong appeared would you have been able to obtain that banner from him.

“So, you must have killed him before she showed up, and looted everything he owned and placed it into your pouch.”

With these words, Jiang Lingzhu looked at him with a complacent smile on her face, as if to say, Let’s see how you argue with that.

Realizing that Jiang Lingzhu had seen through his lies, Nie Tian put on a bitter smile. With a shrug, he said, “You’re good, senior martial sister.”

Jiang Lingzhu threw her head back. “Of course!”

Nie Tian tried to explain. “When Yuan Feng and Yun Song met me, they were like mad dogs, insistent on killing me. I had no other choice, so…”

“Alright, alright!” Jiang Lingzhu waved her hand to stop him and said, “I’m not interested in why you did it. I’m also tired of those two. You killed them. So be it. But you need to be careful and don’t expose it. Remember, you have to insist that it was Yu Tong from the Blood sect who killed them.”

Nie Tian nodded. “Oh, okay.”

Jiang Lingzhu reached out her hand and said, “Gimme that banner and all of Yuan Feng’s belongings. You can’t carry them on you.”