Zhong Xuansheng had invited Zhong Xuanminghe to come forward precisely for the sake of ascending the Edge of the World Platform.

If Jiang Wang failed to secure permission for a witness to ascend the platform, with Zhong Xuanminghe’s status as the Lord of No-Winter Island, he could observe the proceedings from the platform at any time, bringing a few people along would be a simple matter.

It could be said that this corpulent fellow had considered every aspect.

The Sublime Light Perfected One did not express any particular attitude towards Zhong Xuanminghe’s arrival, but instead cast a few glances at Zhong Xuansheng: “Are you a son of Floating Crest?”

“Junior Zhong Xuansheng, my ancestor’s name is Yunbo.” Zhong Xuansheng did not deny it, but was unwilling to mention his father, and simply offered a courteous bow: “Greetings, Sublime Perfected One.”

The Sublime Light Perfected One did not pursue the matter further, but looked back at Jiang Wang: “The person you wished to invite has already arrived. It is best that you can truly prove yourself.”

“Please, Perfected One, keep a close watch.”

Jiang Wang surveyed the surroundings: “I would like to ask the esteemed members of the Fishing Sea Pavilion a question first. Do any of you know why Hai Zongming traveled thousands of miles to kill me?”

No one responded.

It wasn’t that no one knew the answer, but that no one paid him any attention.

Jiang Wang showed no embarrassment and directly called out: “Brother Liu, do you know?”

“My surname is Yang.” Yang Liu replied indifferently, before saying: “Perhaps it was a personal feud.”

“Brother Yang speaks correctly!” Jiang Wang explained: “My grievance with Hai Zongming lies in the fact that I killed his disciple, Hu Shaomeng! Does anyone here know what Hu Shaomeng did?”

He looked around, still only able to look at Yang Liu: “Brother Yang, what do you say?”

Yang Liu was already cursing in his heart. These mainlanders are truly vile!

One, with a high forehead, stole his beloved using extremely despicable means.

The other, Jiang Wang, kept badgering him with questions, as if he, Yang, was disloyal and aligned with them.

He had to show some attitude, so he said with dissatisfaction: “Hu Shaomeng was posthumously stripped of his name for that matter. Everyone within the Fishing Sea Pavilion knows this. Why are you spouting nonsense?”

“After all, it was a matter between junior disciples. I was worried that the Sublime Perfected One might be too busy with affairs to notice.” Jiang Wang briefly explained: “Hu Shaomeng first trifled with the emotions of Granny Bixia’s disciple, Zhu Suyao, and then secretly sabotaged her cultivation, directly leading to Zhu Suyao’s demise in the Heavenly Mansion Secret Realm, her corpse lost forever. This matter has already been publicly acknowledged within the Fishing Sea Pavilion.”

He then asked: “I would like to ask everyone present. As Zhu Biqiong is Zhu Suyao’s only younger sister, was she right to kill Hu Shaomeng?”

“She should have killed him!” It was Jiang WuYou who spoke, without anyone responding, she championed the cause: “A heartless and ungrateful wretch deserves nothing less than death!”

Yan Fu quietly shifted his buttocks, feeling that the chair wasn’t very comfortable.

“An enemy deserves to be killed. But what if…” Jiang Wang didn’t care who answered, and continued: “What if they are not an equal match?”

This time he answered himself: “Therefore, Fellow Daoist Zhu found me and asked me to help her kill Hu Shaomeng, to avenge her sister. And I, fulfilling my promise, personally severed the head of the treacherous dog, Hu Shaomeng! This matter is entirely justified, and Hu Shaomeng deserved to die without complaint.”

“I must still ask everyone, do I owe Zhu Biqiong a debt of gratitude? Should kindness be repaid?”

“When she learned of Hai Zongming’s intention to kill me, she immediately notified me to flee. Is this reasonable? Is it a normal choice for a normal person with a conscience to make?”

Jiang Wang’s series of questions were met with silence.

It was a public consensus that Hu Shaomeng deserved to die, and it was wrong for Hai Zongming to kill Jiang Wang because of Hu Shaomeng’s actions. Being killed… could be considered deserved.

It was just that not many people dared to say so in front of the Fishing Sea Pavilion.

“The result is, Elder Hai died.” The Sublime Light Perfected One said: “Regardless of Zhu Biqiong’s reasons for reporting, she disregarded the bonds of her fellow disciples and directly led to the death of Elder Hai. She cannot escape her guilt.”

“I do not deny it, Perfected One. But this is the second thing I want to say.” Jiang Wang spoke eloquently: “I would like to ask the Perfected One, and everyone here. If you were Zhu Biqiong, what would you have thought when you tried to send me a message?”

“At that time, I was handling a case abroad, away from Qi State, without friends or superiors by my side. Would you have thought that I, who had only just opened a Mansion, could kill Hai Zongming, an Outer Pavilion Elder of the Fourth Realm? In your common sense, in your judgment, could this matter be possible? If you all think it was impossible, Zhu Biqiong, whose cultivation is far inferior to yours, would have thought the same.”

“Therefore!” Jiang Wang asked: “When Zhu Biqiong tried to send a message, was she hoping that her friend would escape, or that Hai Zongming would die? The answer is obvious! Who would entrust their murderous intent to an impossible matter?”

“Thus, Zhu Biqiong’s original intention in conveying the message was not to harm an Elder of the sect, but only to protect her friend with care. Zhu Biqiong is still guilty, but perhaps… not worthy of death!”

“Sophistry.” The Sublime Light Perfected One immediately found the flaw in this argument and said calmly: “Your words are not valid. I have already witnessed the resources you can mobilize today. Any family that supports you today could easily help you kill Elder Hai. How can this be considered entrusting murderous intent to an impossible matter?”

“Perfected One is wise.” Jiang Wang bowed again. He had bowed more times today than in the past few months.

But being on the Edge of the World Platform, he couldn’t help but bow to the Fishing Sea Pavilion. Moreover, bowing to a Perfected One of this era was by no means a disgrace.

He stretched out his hand, pointing to the silent Zhu Biqiong.

Her cultivation completely ruined, and having been tortured, she had been taken out of the Prisoner Sea Prison environment, and further wounded by this Edge of the World Platform, almost losing consciousness.

But for some reason, she was still… shaking her head extremely subtly!

She was denying what Granny Bixia had said before!

She was using her remaining will to express that her relationship with Jiang Wang was pure and innocent, not the kind of relationship Granny Bixia described, and that Jiang Wang was not the ruthless and venomous scoundrel in Granny Bixia’s words!

Jiang Wang took a deep breath, held back his emotions, and slowly said: “The scenery in Prisoner Sea Prison, the members of the Fishing Sea Pavilion know better than I. What secrets could a silly girl like Zhu Biqiong hide from you? Do you, the esteemed lords of the Fishing Sea Pavilion, truly not know how limited Zhu Biqiong’s understanding of me is? Does she really know that I can mobilize the power to kill Hai Zongming?”

No other evidence was needed. Zhu Biqiong’s current state was the most irrefutable evidence!

She had indeed answered everything in Prisoner Sea Prison, and the Fishing Sea Pavilion had indeed not obtained any useful information.

Because Zhu Biqiong’s understanding of Jiang Wang’s strength and influence was actually not that great. It was only after leaving Qingyang Town that Jiang Wang truly gained a certain influence in Qi State. She later knew that Jiang Wang had become a chosen one, but she might not know what connections Jiang Wang had.

“Even so,” the Sublime Light Perfected One said, “Sect laws have their own rules. Judging actions, not intentions, Zhu Biqiong is already guilty. As for whether the crime deserves death, it is not up to you to say.”

“Of course, I greatly respect the Fishing Sea Pavilion. It is a great sect with a glorious tradition.”

Jiang Wang first expressed his approval and respect, and then said: “But what if I said that the murderous intent towards Hai Zongming came from someone else? That Zhu Biqiong was guided to send me a message? If she had no murderous intent in her heart, and was guided in her actions, then should she still be a capital offender?”

Saying this, he paused, couldn’t help but glanced at Zhu Biqiong, and pleaded: “Please, Perfected One, give an order that Zhu Biqiong should not die before the truth is revealed.”

It was just that Zhu Biqiong’s current state was already too poor, almost only holding on to her last breath.

Jiang Wang’s request was not excessive.

The Sublime Light Perfected One pressed down slightly with his palm, and a ray of watery light penetrated into Zhu Biqiong’s body. Of course, it was impossible for him to heal Zhu Biqiong, but guaranteeing that Zhu Biqiong would live before the truth was revealed was also reasonable.

Zhu Biqiong opened her eyes and briefly regained consciousness.

And all she saw was that Jiang Daoyou, who said he would come to see her, had truly come to see her, and was confronting Granny Bixia aggressively.

It seemed like so many times since she was a child, the back figure standing in front of her with open arms…

Protecting her like her sister.

The voice was not as gentle as her sister’s, but more powerful. More impassioned: “Old hag! Even now, you still won’t admit your guilt?”