The Cannon Fodder Turns His Sister Into A Soaring Phoenix

"I..."

Seeing Zhuang Yan's fierce eyes, Xue Xinghai realized that if he said something he shouldn't, Zhuang Yan would definitely kill him on the spot.

"Somebody instructed me to do so. That person is... Yan Hai!! He is a wanted criminal from the realm frontier. He paid me spirit stones to help him kill twenty-eight disciples who offended him."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan pondered for a moment and quickly understood that he could still afford to lose some money to avoid trouble. Since Xue Xinghai said so, then all he needed to do was take some spirit stones as stolen goods and hand them over, and this matter would be covered up.

As for that person named Yan Hai, he could personally go and apprehend him. As long as he killed him immediately, there would be no evidence left.

"How many spirit stones did he give you?"

"Five hundred thousand."

Can't you say a little less?!... Zhuang Yan pouted and asked again, "Where are the spirit stones?"

"In... in the basement of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion."

"Well then..."

Zhuang Yan nodded, then turned to look at the three people listening beside him. "Young Lady, Elder Hu, it seems that it won't take long. I will send someone to the Heavenly Sword Pavilion to retrieve the money, and then this case can be closed. As for the culprit, the cultivator named Yan Hai, I will also send someone to arrest him."

Their poor acting skills made Ye Anping shake his head, but he didn't need to say anything. Hu Tianyue took the initiative to speak first. "Elder Zhuang, I have heard about this case. Killing twenty-eight inner disciples and two regular disciples is already an extremely serious murder case. Even if Pavilion Master Xue brought many benefits to the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, it is still a serious murder case. Even if we count past achievements and reduce the gravity of crime by some degree, it is still a capital crime. You really don't need to be merciful, just perform the soul-search method directly."

"This..."

Zhuang Yan had no way to refute for the moment. The soul-search technique was not commonly used due to its side effects and was generally only used for those who committed unforgivable crimes.

If a cultivator was subjected to the soul-search technique, it was essentially no different from being killed.

Although they would be left with their lives and cultivation level, their soul would be severely damaged.

When the divine soul was severely damaged, they would become a drooling fool with less intelligence than a baby. After all, babies would cry when they were in pain and laugh when they were full.

Xue Xinghai instantly panicked as well and hurriedly pleaded. "Elder Hu!! I have already confessed! Consider how I have been forging swords for the Sword Sect. How can you be so heartless..."

Ye Anping interrupted him. "Master Xue, you have taken the lives of thirty disciples of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, and among them, twenty-eight were direct descendants of the Yun family with outstanding talents. In the end, everyone dies. At least the soul search will make your death less painful."

"Less painful? Do you call having your soul shattered less painful?!"

"Your ultimate punishment will undoubtedly be the Three Flames Execution. If you become a fool beforehand, at least you won't feel any pain then, right?"

Zhuang Yan frowned and brought up etiquette to interrupt. "Young Master Ye, you haven't officially married into the Yun family yet, how dare you meddle in internal matters of the Sword Sect's interrogation?"

At this, Yun Yiyi also showed her dissatisfaction and supported Ye Anping. "Elder Zhuang, Young Master Ye is just speaking up for me. As the Eldest Young Lady of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, am I not allowed to have a say in this matter?"

"..."

Zhuang Yan pursed his lips, thinking hard about how to save Xue Xinghai. After all, he was considered a "general" under his command; he was proficient in refining weapons and swords, and his qualifications were also very good.

It would be a shame for such a person to die in such an absurd way.

But what could he do now? ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

How about giving up the charade and trying with Xue Xinghai to see if they could kill Hu Tianyue and the other two people in the room?

However, no matter how you think about it, this was just wishful thinking.

For cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, it was possible to kill each other in an instant, but above the Nascent Soul stage, as long as they were at the same cultivation level, basically no one could kill the other.

A fight could last even more than ten days with no result.

Was giving up on Xue Xinghai the only option?

Zhuang Yan frowned and finally made up his mind. He turned to look at Xue Xinghai with an apologetic look in his eyes as if to say: For the sake of the overall situation, I have to sacrifice you.

Seeing this, Xue Xinghai widened his eyes. This is not what we agreed upon!

Zhuang Yan promised him that after he used the inner disciple's organs to refine a body with the Yun family's bloodline so that Yun Kunwu, who was locked up in the forbidden land, would have his soul attached, he would be made the Chief Sword Master of the Sword Sect.

It was mainly for this reason that he agreed to do this for Zhuang Yan, and the secondary reason was that Yun Kunwu had been kind to him.

But he never expected that he would end up dying in Zhuang Yan's hands.

"Zhuang Yan!!! What the hell..."

"..."

Zhuang Yan condensed spiritual power at his fingertips, swiping in front of Xue Xinghai's neck, and instantly causing golden flames of burning soul to appear in his eyes. His features distorted and he desperately struggled with his arms bound on the rack.

Within ten breaths, a brilliant golden light emerged from Xue Xinghai's throat, floating in mid-air like a will-o'-the-wisp, and was then crushed in Zhuang Yan's hand.

Xue Xinghai's memories flashed through Zhuang Yan's consciousness one by one like a revolving lantern.

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