This muddy water cannot be waded into.
Su Lingfeng, beneath his rationality, still planned to refuse. Qin Hao shouted loudly, "Senior Brother, you’re so just and noble, are you really going to just watch me get killed by this old man?"
"I..." Su Lingfeng was even more speechless, but the Vice Sect Leader retorted angrily, "You little pest, watch your mouth!"
"Old man! Kill me then! Anyway, I’m going to die regardless!"
The more crisis Qin Hao faced, the more reckless he became. He shouted, "I want to see if anyone will deal with you for killing people indiscriminately like this!"
"You dare threaten me?"
The Vice Sect Leader’s face twisted.
Qin Hao’s words had hit his heart.
Indeed, as the Vice Alliance Leader, his power was immense.
But that didn’t mean he could act without restraint.
Within the Inner Sect, there were numerous factions, and he did have formidable rivals.
This time, he intended to kill two Outer Disciples to establish his authority.
Political adversaries might give him trouble, but since the people killed were not important, it wouldn’t pose much of a threat to him.
But killing Qin Hao was different.
The whole matter started because of Qin Hao. Even if he wanted to kill, he needed a reason.
Only by standing on the moral high ground to kill Qin Hao would the matter present a justified reason.
Then, the affair of killing He Fang and Duanmu Kui would become insignificant.
"Enough! Su Lingfeng, you come in too!"
The Vice Sect Leader decided to call in Su Lingfeng first, and if there was no other way, he would threaten or bribe Su Lingfeng inside.
Anyway, Qin Hao had to die.
"Alas." Su Lingfeng sighed bitterly in his heart and could only nod.
"Not just Su Lingfeng, you need to bring other disciples as witnesses too!"
At this moment, Qin Hao appropriately shouted again.
"Are you challenging my patience?" The Vice Sect Leader almost got furious on the spot. Would this Qin Hao ever end?
"Not bringing? Then kill me!"
Qin Hao decisively closed his eyes, seemingly really waiting for death.
"You!"
The Vice Sect Leader looked angrily at Qin Hao, genuinely frustrated.
"What? Won’t kill, yet unwilling to bring? Are you guilty?"
Qin Hao opened his eyes, full of mockery.
"Fine, I’ll bring them!"
The Vice Sect Leader had no choice and just wanted to enter the Dream Stone quickly, leaving other matters for later.
Thus, he waved his hand broadly, forming a gust of strange wind.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The gust blew, making it impossible for them to open their eyes, their bodies chilled.
After an unknown amount of time, the strange wind vanished, and many disciples on-site opened their eyes to find themselves in a desolate and barren plain.
Before them stood a rather majestic valley.
"Is this the Dream Stone’s world?"
"Seems very bleak and terrifying?"
"Is Master Kong really still in this world?"
As the disciples whispered amongst themselves, the Vice Sect Leader ahead yelled, "Follow me inside!"
With that, he seized Qin Hao and led the way into the valley.
The rest saw this and hurriedly followed behind.
Skulls, broken bones, severed arms.
Inside the valley, terrifying objects were everywhere.
The disciples grew more frightened as they looked around; what kind of ghostly place was this?
Not long after, the Vice Sect Leader stopped in front of a cage, his eyes slightly open, shouting, "Brother!"
The people followed the sound and discovered, unexpectedly, a "corpse!" inside the cage ahead of the Vice Sect Leader.
Called a corpse, because the person was incredibly skinny, merely skin and bones, cheeks sunken, completely resembling a dead body.
However, from the person’s facial features, everyone vaguely remembered this was Master Kong’s appearance!
Just as everyone was puzzled, that corpse opened his eyes, indifferent gray pupils sizing up the crowd.
When his gaze fell upon the Vice Sect Leader, the corpse’s eyes lit up, speaking in an extremely hoarse voice, "Big... Brother?"
"It’s me!"
Vice Sect Leader Kong nodded fiercely, then slapped the iron bars.
Bang!
The bars bent, creating a huge opening.
Vice Sect Leader Kong hoisted Qin Hao, stepped into the cage, grabbed the corpse with his other hand, and carried it out on his shoulder.
People quickly backed away, allowing Vice Sect Leader Kong to reach an open area in the valley.
Laying the corpse on the soft ground, Vice Sect Leader Kong asked, "Brother, what exactly happened?"
The corpse wasn’t in a hurry to speak. In fact, ever since discovering Qin Hao’s presence, his eyes hadn’t left him.
"Little beast..." The corpse glared at Qin Hao, a resentful look on his face, as if seeing an old enemy not met for ten years.
Seeing this, the Vice Sect Leader asked urgently, "Brother, were you imprisoned here because of that little beast?"
"Correct..." The corpse, that is, Master Kong, said, voice trembling.
"The wounds on your forehead and body, were they also inflicted by him?" The Vice Sect Leader noticed many wounds on Master Kong, especially on his forehead, branded with the word ’crime,’ very shocking.
"Correct..." Master Kong nodded slightly, looking as if he wanted to tear Qin Hao apart on the spot.
"Little pest! Now, you can die!"
The Vice Sect Leader eyed Qin Hao at these words, killing intent surging.
"Wait!"
Everyone thought Qin Hao was going to die when he shouted, "He said I hurt him; does saying it make it true? Where’s the evidence?"
"Evidence?"
The Vice Sect Leader laughed furiously, "My brother said so; what more evidence do we need?"
"Haha! So sentencing a person to death is based on a single testimony, huh!"
Qin Hao chuckled disdainfully, "I could say he gave me a concussion and internal injuries! Will you deal with him then?"
"Little pest! You’re still being stubborn!"
The Vice Sect Leader grew exceedingly furious.
Now, he understood. This Qin Hao was simply sharp-tongued and full of cunning tricks.
"Brother! Quickly kill him! I’m begging you!"
Master Kong was shaking with anger.
During these days, left alone in prison, he had suffered mental and physical torment.
But Qin Hao, doing nothing but endless banter at this place? He’s despicable!
"Come on! Kill me! You vile and contemptible, colluding brothers!"
Qin Hao’s words followed, and the Vice Sect Leader nearly fainted from rage. This again? Couldn’t he change his lines?
Invariably, Qin Hao started yelling loudly, "A sect without justice! What nonsense rules and laws!"
"Silence!" The Vice Sect Leader shouted coldly, turning to Master Kong, "Brother, where’s Yingzi? Let him come out and testify for you!"
Yingzi hadn’t appeared yet, undoubtedly strange.
But the Vice Sect Leader didn’t think much of it; he was confident that once Yingzi came out to testify, Qin Hao would have no reason to be pretentious.
After all, Yingzi was the Artifact Spirit created by Kong Denghui!
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