Granny Bizhu’s accusation left everyone on Tianya Stage dumbfounded, completely unsure what drama Fishing Sea Tower was putting on today.

A duty elder accusing a guardian elder? Disregarding the sacred meaning of the sea sacrifice? Accepting bribes?

Only the dying Zhu Biqiong, the last glimmer of light in her eyes, dimmed with Granny Bizhu’s words.

The granny who raised her from childhood, taught her the arts, and nurtured her into talent, wanted her dead the most.

Such pain.

Who else could understand it besides herself?

Hai Jingping was enraged, stepping forward and shouting, “What are you saying!”

As a guardian elder, he undoubtedly held sway over the duty elder.

But Granny Bizhu didn’t even look at him, only addressing Chongguang True Immortal, “This old woman has sufficient witnesses and evidence to prove that in the days before the sea sacrifice, this Jiang Wang from Qi State entered Hai Jingping’s residence multiple times, presenting valuable bribes!”

“Every time before going to Hai Jingping’s residence, Jiang Wang would buy a new storage box from Hundred Treasures Pavilion, filled with countless treasures. What did he need so many storage boxes for? What did he need so many precious materials that he couldn’t use himself for?”

She took out a ledger from her bosom, “It’s all recorded clearly here, item by item, all can be proven!”

The Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s ledger wasn’t easy to obtain. Especially records of valuable item transactions, which were the most closely guarded secrets of every merchant guild. One could only imagine how much effort and cost Granny Bizhu had spent.

As the largest merchant organization in the Near Sea Islands, Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s business even reached Linzi. It wasn’t easily manipulated.

This showed how thoroughly prepared she was for today.

From the very beginning, letting Jiang Wang go to Hai Jingping was a trap. She had no intention of saving Zhu Biqiong; she wanted to drag Hai Jingping down with her.

“Granny Bizhu! How could you do this?” Jiang Wang acted like a rash, hot-blooded youth, angrily saying, “You told me to seek Hai Elder’s help, saying it could help save Zhu Biqiong together!”

“This old woman doesn’t know what you’re talking about!”

Granny Bizhu retorted, “A sect has its laws, a family has its rules. Biqiong committed an unforgivable crime and should be punished. No matter how much I love her, I wouldn’t disregard sect law. I endured the heartache, personally crippling her cultivation, shedding tears as I personally sent her to the Sea Imprisonment Prison! Could it be that at the last moment, I would pervert justice for her sake?”

“You begged me bitterly, saying you wanted to see Biqiong one last time. I softened and arranged for you to meet. Only to let Biqiong have fewer regrets before she left…”

Her voice was sorrowful at first, then turned to anger, “Who knew you were so ambitious and unrepentant! You even secretly colluded with my Fishing Sea Tower’s Guardian Elder, attempting to disrupt the Sea Sacrifice Grand Ceremony! Now you even try to slander me, turning around and biting me!”

She even trembled with anger, “How could a young person be so wicked?”

She looked at Chongguang True Immortal, “True Immortal Chongguang, I request to personally handle this person to prove my innocence!”

Her anger was so real, so real that even Jiang Wang couldn’t help but doubt himself, whether he was truly so malicious.

And her wanting to personally deal with Jiang Wang was nothing more than to achieve one of the purposes of this scheme – to possess the good things on Jiang Wang that Hai Zongming coveted. Of course, this matter was of a lower priority than taking down Hai Jingping.

She was more greedy than Jiang Wang had imagined.

Hai Jingping, however, calmed down, coldly saying, “As a duty elder, you should know what crime false accusation is. Have you thought it through?”

“You still dare to threaten me at this time? Still so rampant in front of the First Elder?”

Granny Bizhu retorted angrily, then turned to Chongguang True Immortal, “Biqiong was raised under this old woman’s care, with a pure and kind nature. That she has committed such a great crime today must be due to being seduced by villains. Considering the collusion between Hai Jingping and Jiang Wang, this old woman has enough reason to suspect that the death of Elder Hai Zongming might also be related to him! If he can sell a lenient act at today’s Sea Sacrifice Grand Ceremony, he might not have been able to… sell a fellow elder before!”

This accusation directly aimed to completely absolve herself from the Hai Zongming incident.

But Jiang Wang had already restrained his anger, becoming calm, because he had heard what he wanted to hear.

That was enough.

He walked directly up to the old crone, looking at her and saying, “Granny Bizhu, I have something I don’t understand. You did get the ledger from Hundred Treasures Pavilion, and it can indeed prove that I bought those treasures, and in fact, I really did buy several new storage boxes. But how does that prove that I bribed Elder Hai Jingping?”

How to prove it? I personally instructed you to bribe him, you also brought gifts, and in the end, Hai Jingping did help. Is there still a need to prove it?

Granny Bizhu felt a hint of foreboding in the absurdity, but now that things had come to this, there was no turning back. She immediately sneered, “Even now, you still want to deny it? I saw through your ill intentions long ago. I have witnesses here who can prove that you went to Hai Jingping’s residence several times, when you went, and how long you stayed! Do you want me to bring them up now?”

“There’s no need for witnesses.” Jiang Wang waved his hand, “I admit that I did visit Elder Hai Jingping. I also admit that I earnestly requested him to save my friend Zhu Biqiong, whose crime didn’t deserve death. But that old man… rejected me.”

“Just let you speak with your red mouth and white teeth?” Granny Bizhu said fiercely, “Do you think this old woman…”

A phoenix-tail entwined flower bead fell to the ground.

Then a cloud-obscured brocade.

Then a clear dream gauze…

One by one, the treasures were thrown to the ground by Jiang Wang, displayed in front of everyone.

He stretched out his hand to Granny Bizhu, “You might as well compare them with your ledger to see if the treasures I bought match, and if anything is missing?”

“Ridiculous!” He shook his head, “I bought some local specialties in the Near Sea Islands to bring back to Qi to give to relatives and friends. After passing through your mouth, it became a bribe out of thin air? I’m keeping them safe in my hands, not even giving one away, how did it become a bribe! Am I bribing myself? You old hag! Tell me, how much of what you say is true, and how much is false?”

He stepped over the treasures, approaching Granny Bizhu, “How long will you continue to deceive the world with lies!”

He and Chong Xuansheng had never truly trusted Granny Bizhu.

He did go to Hai Jingping’s residence, and did make a request, and did buy treasures for bribery, some of which Granny Bizhu pointed out that Hai Jingping needed.

But he never bribed Hai Jingping. The treasures he bought were always safely in the newly bought storage boxes, safely in his hands.

And at this moment, when Granny Bizhu revealed her fox tail, a backhand slap stunned her!

But Granny Bizhu immediately screamed, “There’s a traitor in my midst!”

She reacted extremely quickly, ignoring Jiang Wang and pointing at Hai Jingping, “You Hai Jingping, you planted spies around me long ago. Discovering that I was going to accuse you today, you returned the bribes you received in advance! Turning around and trapping this old woman in injustice! Good, good, very good!”

A sure thing was overturned at once. Anyone would be stunned.

But this old woman reacted amazingly fast, muddying the waters at the first moment, still putting herself in the position of the victim. Whether there were really Hai Jingping’s spies around her was something that couldn’t be clarified at the moment, so it could never be said that she falsely accused Hai Jingping.

Hai Jingping laughed in anger, “Even at this time, you still have something to say, I really underestimated you.”

He was really shaking with anger, gritting his teeth and saying, “Who gave you the courage, you might as well call him…”

“Enough.” Chongguang True Immortal, who had been watching coldly, spoke.

Stopping Hai Jingping from saying that name.