A Demon's Path Chapter 58

"Master!" The disciples from the Everlasting Pool Sect bitterly cried out. But even so, they couldn't preserve Qian Gui's corpse.

A green light slowly dwindled down in mid-air before gently landing in Ling Xiao's palm. Qian Gui's inheritance! It was his soul chain with a green ranked Strength Soul stone on it.

Qian Gui's blood splattered on Ling Xiao's face. The warmth of his blood paired with the stench reminded him of his promise to Qian Gui and the responsibility that rested on his shoulders from here on out.

A silk handkerchief with a faint aroma on it appeared in front of Ling Xiao. "Here. Wipe yourself clean."

Ling Xiao casually accepted it and wiped his face clean. After which he kept the handkerchief in his chain depository.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" came Cheng Yu's slightly furious voice from beside him.

"I dirtied Senior Sister's possession. I wouldn't dare return it before properly washing it," said Ling Xiao in an incomparable serious manner.

Cheng Yu helplessly snorted, showing her discontentment.

Ling Xiao stood up and shot a gaze at Luo Shang. He knew Luo Shang's next target would be the Northern Jade Sect.

After the crowd fell silent watching Qian Gui's death, Luo Shang spoke up as expected. "Valley Master, something else arose along the way too. Please, take a look."

He took out another soul stone and pinched it to smithereens. A new scene showed above the arena. It was Qian Gui and Cheng Qiantai's big fight against You Songxi, along with the massacre of the Moon River Sect led by Ling Xiao and Li Yuanhuan.

Everyone was taken aback by this scene. This was an ice cold extermination of the Moon River Sect!

Luo Shang added some extra details to make it more interesting when he saw the serious expressions on the faces of everyone present. "The Moon River Sect welcomed Qian Gui and Cheng Qiantai with open arms and good intentions. Who would've thought these two would be deranged and force the Moon River Sect to form an alliance with them? After Sect Master You turned them down, he was faced with such an unexpected calamity. Qian Gui has a Soul Stone Plate, so Cheng Qiantai surely can't strip himself from suspicions of colluding with the demonic sect either!"

Cheng Qiantai, Li Yuanhuan, Cheng Yu, and the rest of the Northern Jade Sect were seething with anger. Luo Shang really knew no shame! This wasn't what happened at all, he was inverting the truth! But what could they do? This fragmented proof was detrimental to the Northern Jade Sect. They didn't have any convincing evidence to refute Luo Shang's claims either. Even if more accusations were flung their way, there wasn't a damned thing they could do about it!

Ling Xiao caught everyone off guard as he erupted in laughter. "Everyone, I have a story to tell in defence of the Northern Jade Sect. Will you give me this chance and listen to me?"

Everyone had a rather good impression of Ling Xiao.

Even though Shen Nanfeng was enraged about Ling Xiao's attitude toward him, he didn't want to be openly biased against him. "If you have anything to say, spill it."

Ling Xiao slowly started his narration, "It's said that there was once a bachelor who had a hole down the middle of his trousers. The neighbour's wife really couldn't put up with it any longer and helped him mend it. But she always felt embarrassed to ask him to take his pants off for her to mend it. As a result, she asked him to stand still so she could sew it up while he still had it on."

Ling Xiao had a natural gift for storytelling. As the suspense started building up, he took a well timed pause.

Luo Shang believed Ling Xiao couldn't produce any evidence to prove his innocence and was only spouting a meaningless and feeble explanation. As such, he wasn't anxious and let Ling Xiao continue.

"She'd almost finished mending his trousers, but she couldn't retrieve her needle if she didn't break the thread off. She knelt down and moved her mouth close to bite the thread. At this very moment, her husband returned. His eyes were wide with anger when he was greeted with this scene and he had every intention of committing murder."

Ling Xiao cleared his throat before continuing, "That bachelor quickly explained himself, She's stitching my trousers. Do you believe me?"

Shen Mingfang pursed her lips and smiled at this short extract, the meaning behind it was somewhat obvious. She put in a little effort for her response. "It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Either way, I do."

Shen Nanfeng was shocked at why Shen Mingfang was partial toward Ling Xiao who had no proof on hand. Along with that came a hint of anger. But Shen Mingfang was his aunt, how could he dare do anything?

Ling Xiao's comical explanation evoked laughter from the crowd. Some people understood what he was trying to say.

Cheng Shi was undoubtedly an expert in such things. After she heard his story, she too burst out in brilliant laughter.

Strangely enough, only Cheng Yu was blushing. She clearly knew Ling Xiao was being indecent, but she just couldn't wrap her head around the meaning behind his words. She could only ruthlessly spit out, "Hoodlum!"

But in the end, there'd be no evidence to support purported claims of mending the man's trousers, right? As expected, Luo Shang pinpointed this matter. "Ling Xiao, cut the chit chat. Show me evidence of your innocence. If you can't, I'm afraid you can't run from the responsibility of the conflict of souls when you fought my disciple, Wang Daotian."

Witnessing Luo Shang's attitude in framing Ling Xiao, everyone understood they couldn't call Ling Xiao shameless. He was crafty at most. The most shameless person here was none other than Luo Shang!

Only the blind and retarded might not be aware that it was impossible for Chain Soul Masters to die of a clash between souls if they didn't cultivate both celestial and demonic souls. But Luo Shang was also correct. Wang Daotian's clash between souls was caused by the dirty tricks Ling Xiao pulled. And he didn't plan on letting matters end just like this. If Ling Xiao and the Northern Jade Sect didn't provide evidence supporting their innocence, weren't they guilty?

Even though it became all the more apparent Luo Shang was framing them, he didn't seem to care in the slightest. It was as though he was telling the audience, "They don't have the evidence, but I do. I can frame them however I please!"

Shen Nanfeng's gaze was like a sword pointed at Ling Xiao. "Boy, reveal your evidence."

"Do you want proof? I'll give you proof!" Ling Xiao suddenly raised his voice and startled everyone.

Boy, do you really have proof? Luo Shang didn't believe Ling Xiao did even if he was beaten to death. He coldly smiled and said, "Sure, I'll admit to it as long as you can back your defamatory claims."

Ling Xiao's gaze turned cold all of a sudden as he slowly retrieved a red soul stone from his chain depository.

The fluctuation of soulforce emitting from the soul stone was different from the rest. When the spectators saw it, they cried out, "That's an Image Soul Stone too!"

An Image Soul Stone was the type of soul stone Luo Shang used a moment ago to make the scenes appear. There were two kinds of Image Soul Stones. The first was to strip it off a Chain Soul Master who'd just died. This type of soul stone would record the scene just before their death. However, this type of soul stone required a special method of processing to become an Image Soul Stone. Only then could it display the events prior to the owner's death. This was likely how Luo Shang acquired his Image Soul Stones.

The second was to use ready-made Image Soul Stones like the ones the three Elders used to study Ling Xiao. One only had to carry this kind of Image Soul Stone with them and pour their spiritual power into it if they wanted to record something during a crucial moment. The Image Soul Stone would reveal everything the owner saw and smelled from beginning to end without tampering its contents.

No one had any doubts in acknowledging that the soul stone in Ling Xiao's hands was of the second kind.

Luo Shang's heart sank. His eyeballs were protruding out of their sockets like a dead fish's.

Ling Xiao sinisterly drew his lips back in a smile. "I'll let everyone see what really happened that night!" Pop! Ling Xiao pinched the soul stone into pieces and another disturbing scene appeared over the arena.

This scene started from when Ling Xiao was saving everyone in the Moon River Sect. After which was where You Songxi threatened Cheng Qiantai after having his Prime Disciple kidnap Cheng Shi. Ling Xiao and Li Yuanhuan then braved the dangers and saved Cheng Shi. Finally came the fragment Luo Shang displayed for everyone to see. It all ended with You Songxi fleeing after uttering his venomous words.

With the front half of the situation as his bedding, even the Celestial Soul Masters who were widely known as being pleasant and peaceful couldn't help but feel indignant at the injustice. All of them started shouting out that the Northern Jade Sect had every right to exterminate the Moon River Sect.

Luo Shang gritted his teeth so hard they were about to shatter. Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao, it's you again! Ling Xiao! How was it possible he always had something to protect him beforehand. He was like a rolled up hedgehog, preventing anyone from attacking him at any angle!

Cheng Qiantai and the rest of the disciples from the Northern Jade Sect finally felt relieved. They looked at Ling Xiao with a somewhat reverent gaze.

Cheng Yu's maidenly heart skipped a beat. Even she didn't know just what good points this boy had that agitated her heart so.

"Sect Master Luo, do you have anything to say?" Shen Nanfeng coldly asked.

"Humph!" Luo Shang looked as though he wasn't going to own up to his crimes even in death. "You Songxi gave me this soul stone and asked me to demand for justice on his behalf. This has nothing to do with me."

How shameless! Even if everyone saw through Luo Shang's facade, he still alleged that You Songxi was the one who gave him the Image Soul Stone. He even conveniently forgot the words he spoke only moments ago.

Ling Xiao chuckled mischievously. "Sect Master Luo, I still have a soul stone here if the last one wasn't enough. I wonder whether this counts as evidence."

He still has proof? Everyone couldn't help but feel puzzled. Is Luo Shang plotting against Ling Xiao or is Ling Xiao plotting against Luo Shang?

"If you have strong evidence against me, I have nothing to say!" Luo Shang vehemently proclaimed.

"Alright!" Ling Xiao loudly called out. "You won't be able to renege on your words this time!" As he said these words, he took out another Image Soul Stone.

Chapter end