Chapter 551: Eliminating Suspicion (1/2)
Chapter 551: Eliminating Suspicion
On the island where the Greater Heaven stage human Qi warriors were gathered.
A number of stone columns that were carved with detailed patterns were planted into the ground in a circle, with lightning flashing across them every once in a while.
At the center of the circle of stone columns, numerous glittering spirit stones filled a slender hole in the ground, along with wooden slips. Together, they seemed to be forming a special spell formation.
This was the main defense they had set up to ward off the outsiders’ attacks once they came.
Disciples of various sects were still bustling to add stronger and more complicated defensive spells to them.
As Dong Li took out her Sound Stone and once again attempted to contact Nie Tian, the young leaders all put their work on hold and gathered around her.
Holding the Sound Stone to her ear, Dong Li smiled like a blossoming flower as she said to the so-called chosen ones, “He just killed another three outsiders. It’s only been two days since he started, and he’s already taken out thirteen fourth grade outsiders. A bit shocking, isn’t it?”
Complicated expressions appeared on those gathered before her. None of them said a word.
After a moment of silence, Liao Yan from the Thunder Mountain Sect said, “I wonder if the guy is telling the truth.”
He had heard about Nie Tian’s deed of slaying multiple Thunder Mountain Sect and Heaven Expanse Sect disciples while protecting Dong Li while she had refined the eighth grade black phoenix.
However, he hadn’t seen it himself, and thus was somewhat suspicious.
He wondered whether Nie Tian’s reports were truthful, that he had indeed killed thirteen powerful outsiders within merely two days.
He wasn’t the only one. Yu Yang from the Heaven Expanse Sect, Zhang Jiu from the Poison Sect, and a few others were also rather suspicious.
They were worried that Nie Tian would provide them with false information for his own benefit.
After all, they were nothing but words. They hadn’t seen any of his battle results with their own eyes.
Dong Li glanced over the people before her and immediately realized what they were thinking. She pursed her lips into a smile and said, “You don’t seem to quite believe him, do you? It’s too bad that we’re not there and you can’t see the outsiders he’s killed for yourself. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have anything to say.”
Yu Yang let out a soft snort and said, “Well, I’ve got to admit that I have doubts. What if he’s lying to us? How would we tell? What if there actually isn’t a single outsider on that island, and he’s just roaming the island and gathering precious spiritual materials?”
A few people nodded along, and chimed in, saying that was a possibility.
“If you really think that’s the case, you might as well go over there and take a look for yourself,” Dong Li said coldly.
At this moment, Xuan Ke from the Ice Pavilion Sect jumped in and said, “Miss Dong, I’ve got a method that will answer everyone’s questions and eliminate their doubts.”
“I’m all ears.” Dong Li looked intrigued.
Xuan Ke summoned a piece of crystal-clear ice from within his ring of holding. It was the size of a table, sparkling, and exuding a frigid cold aura.
“This piece of ice is a spiritual tool forged by powerful experts from my sect. It’ll allow us to have a peek of what others are seeing.” Xuan Ke placed the ice on the ground and continued, “All you need to do is place your Sound Stone on the ice and then tell Nie Tian to concentrate on the image he was looking at before closing his eyes.
“This ice crystal will process the message from him and reproduce what he has last seen. The image will exist for three to five seconds.”
“That’s great!” Lu Jian from the Spirit God Sect exclaimed in admiration. “That way we’ll be able to tell whether Nie Tian is telling us the truth!”
Everyone else nodded in assent.
Even Su Lin, Yang Kan, and a few others who believed in Nie Tian’s strength nodded repeatedly, urging Dong Li to do as Xuan Ke had said.
Dong Li, who had unwavering faith in Nie Tian, gave a hearty smile and said, “Alright.”
She had confidence that not a single word of Nie Tian’s report was false, and she had nothing to worry about.
Thus, after informing Nie Tian of their decision through her Sound Stone, she placed it at the center of the table-sized ice.
As soon as the Sound Stone made contact with the ice, wisps of frosty aura that carried faint traces of soul power slowly rose from the ice and wreathed the small Sound Stone.
The soul power from the ice seemed to have unlocked the Sound Stone, and was decoding the messages from it.
Soon, the Sound Stone started to flicker with a faint light, as if the messages were being transformed.
At the same time, the sparkling and crystal-clear ice started to shine brightly as an image quietly appeared in the ice, like a reflection in a silent well.
All of the young leaders leaned over to have a close look. They soon saw the corpses of two bulky outsiders.
They were covered in black scales, and seemed to have had their hearts pierced through by some sharp weapon.