Chapter 561 - Manipulating the Truth (1/2)

White Tiger City: the imperial capital of the Sky-Scorching Ancient Kingdom where the royal family and the headquarters of the Trading Alliance were located. Strict rules were applied to the residents of the city, thus no one dared to cause a disturbance there.

Despite that, a third-layer Martial Highness Realm expert had just unleashed his strongest attack to assassinate someone on the street. It served as a huge explosion on a calm lake.

Countless rays of Divine Sense were unleashed, scanning the scene.

Meanwhile, cultivators swiftly made their way to the street. Over three thousand people had arrived in just less than three breaths’ time.

At that instant, a figure unleashed his aura and descended from the sky.

The person was a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and a stern look, giving him an imperious appearance. He was wearing a white robe, which had the symbol of a bloody saber at its center.

“Law-Enforcement Team! The Law-Enforcement Team is here!”

“What’s going on here? Was there an assassination?”

“Tsk tsk!”

The eyes of the crowd glistened.

“Silence!” The middle-aged man frowned and uttered a roar using his cultivation of the fifth-layer Martial Highness Realm, which felt like an explosion in the ears of the crowd.

Although there were a few peak Martial Highness Realm cultivators among the crowd, they all chose to shut their mouths and keep quiet.

The place instantly fell into a dead silence.

The Law-Enforcement Team was in charge of maintaining the public order of White Tiger City, thus they were granted superior authority. The cultivators would not dare to offend them.

“Mm?” The middle-aged man took a glance at Qin Nan and asked, “Are you Duan Qing?”

The words caused an uproar in the surroundings.

Duan Qing, the newly recruited successor of Zhou Bihua, how could they not know about him?

Was someone trying to assassinate Duan Qing?

“Yes, I am,” Qin Nan wore a calm expression and pointed at the corpse, “This guy was trying to kill me all of a sudden, so I attacked to protect myself. However, before I could detain him, he chose to commit suicide.”

The cultivators nodded their heads in agreement. They had witnessed the entire incident too.

“He’s lying!”

A scream could be heard all of a sudden, as a young man walked out from the crowd with a cold grin.

This man was one of the White Tiger Platoon geniuses who had been knocked back by Qin Nan with a cup at the Third Prince’s residence—Yin Cheng!”

Under the crowd’s gaze, Yin Cheng pointed at Qin Nan and blurted out, “Senior, I was right here when it happened, and I saw it with my own eyes. This Duan Qing suddenly attacked and killed the humpbacked old man! The old man only possessed a cultivation of the third-layer Martial Highness Realm, thus he was no match against Duan Qing, and died a merciless death!”

“That’s right!”

“I saw that too!”

Following Yin Cheng’s words, one cultivator after another stepped forward and pointed at Qin Nan.

In just a brief period, over thirty cultivators had accused Qin Nan to be the murderer as if it was the truth instead.

The cultivators who had witnessed the truth were startled, but soon came to a realization and chose to remain silent.

“Duan Qing, what you said was different than the crowd’s testimonies! According to the rules of the Law-Enforcement Team, we must put you into custody for three days! Within this period, my team will investigate the truth! By then, we will know whether you’re guilty or innocent!” The middle-aged man stepped forward and came up to Qin Nan while unleashing his aura of the fifth-layer Martial Highness Realm.

Qin Nan wore an icy grin.

Kept in custody for three days?

How smart of you!