Chương 369: Denying everything

"It's him!" Zhou Zheng snarled, glaring at Long Feng with glaring killing intent in his eyes. Among everyone here, he undoubtedly hated Long Feng the most. Of course, his hatred was about to be surpassed. All eyes in the hall uniformly followed Zhou Zheng's finger and landed on Long Feng. For a few seconds, the hall drowned in silence again. But this time, the silence was a bit... The head warden's ferocious eyes subtly narrowed as he stared at Long Feng.

Even in his current state where he couldn't think logically, the thought of a single person was enough to force clarity back to his mind. Everyone gazed upon Long Feng and failed to hide their confusion. Was this supposed a joke? This kid? He looked so pale and fragile that a heavy wind might sweep the remaining life out of him. They were supposed to believe that this was the kid who killed Bai Zijun? Had Zhou Zheng gone nuts, or was he just messing with them?

The head warden turned to Zhou Zheng with savage eyes, unleashing slightly more intense pressure.

"Are you messing with me?!" He questioned through gritted teeth. If it wasn't for the fact that not even he could randomly harm any of the top hundred disciples without a valid reason, he would have already torn Zhou Zheng apart in his rage. Zhou Zheng's face turned purple under the heightening pressure as he realized that no one believed him. To be honest, they weren't wrong. If he hadn't witnessed it himself, he absolutely wouldn't believe what he was saying himself.

"I'm saying the truth! He really did kill Bai Zijun! And he cut off my arm! You can ask Fang Feichen! I'm not lying!" He roared desperately, realizing in fear that the head warden might lose it completely and kill him in a fit of rage. Long Feng watched all this unfold without reacting. If it was just Zhou Zheng, then perhaps no one would believe his words and Long Feng would escape. Unfortunately, there was the metal Dao youth as well as Situ Hong.

And it just so happened that both of them were staring right at him. The head warden gritted his teeth forcefully. He didn't believe Zhou Zheng's words and took it as him saying nonsense. As a Dao realm master, he could sense the energy within Long Feng's body. Although he was slightly shocked that he couldn't accurately pinpoint the latter's actual cultivation, he was positive that Long Feng was merely an Imperial. That was all the confirmation he needed to be sure that Zhou Zheng was spitting nonsense.

How could an Imperial kill a powerful deity like Bai Zijun? In fact, it seemed to him that Zhou Zheng was subtly mocking Bai Zijun, further worsening his rage.

"You want to die?!" His voice sounded terrifying as he glared at Zhou Zheng with brewing killing intent. Zhou Zheng was beside himself with fear and frustration as he sensed the air fading away from his lungs. At this rate, the head warden would certainly kill him! Why wouldn't they believe him? He was saying the truth!

"He's saying the truth! Bai Zijun was killed by Long Feng! It happened before my eyes!" The metal Dao youth whose name was Fang Feichen couldn't stay silent any longer. If they delayed any more, then Zhou Zheng might die today. The Head warden sharply turned to glare at Fang Feichen, startling the latter into stepping back. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author's preferred platform and support their work!

"Do you two take me for a fool?" The glaring voice echoed throughout the hall, seething with clear killing intent. All he wanted was to find the person responsible for Bai Zijun's death... even slightly responsible. He would instantly kill whoever that was to soothe his rage. If he could, he wouldn't mind burying every single one of these geniuses along with Bai Zijun. Why did they have the right to survive while Bai Zijun died? Why didn't they all die in the realm?

He would have felt much better if that had happened. To him, Bai Zijun's life was worth more than everyone else's here. But no. Bai Zijun was the only one who didn't come back alive... anyone responsible for his death would die by his hands!

"Head warden, we aren't lying or making false statements. Long Feng didn't just kill Bai Zijun and cut off Zhou Zheng's arm. He also took the Dao heart!" Fang Feichen coughed up blood under the head warden's rising aura as he explained. His words caused the air to freeze. The head warden's pupils shrank as a whirlpool of flames began burning in his eyes.

"Took the Dao heart?!" The little bit of clarity be had began to crumble as he stiffly turned to glare at Long Feng. Long Feng met those veins filled eyes and felt his heart sinking.

"Head warden, you should calm down. That kid is clearly just an Imperial, and he's not even at the peak. Are we really going to believe their words?" One of the other wardens quickly stepped forward and tried to diffuse the tension.

"Indeed. We all feel pained at the death of a genius like Bai Zijun, but their words aren't making sense. How can an Imperial take the Dao heart from several deities like them?" Another warden agreed. The head warden's killing intent that was about to explode slowly calmed down as he turned back to Fang Feichen. Everyone else also gazed at him strangely. While most of them didn't know what the Dao heart was, it was certainly a rare treasure. How would an Imperial take it from them and even kill a deity?

And the Deity in question was Bai Zijun?! Fang Feichen's blood ran cold as he sensed a terrifying killing intent locking unto him. Before he could react, the head warden appeared before him and grabbed his neck with an arm before lifting him up like a ragdoll. Several cries of alarm instantly filled the hall as all the disciples retreated in shock. The feeling the head warden was currently giving off was nothing like the usual calm head warden they knew.

He was suddenly extremely savage, surrounded by an intense pressure and killing intent as he tightened his fingers around Fang Feichen's neck. Fang Feichen's words were forced down to his stomach as his face rapidly turned red. His breathing was completely stopped and his neck was slowly being crushed while he watched helplessly. The head warden was going to kill him! The other four wardens instantly reacted, rushing forward at once.

"Head warden, you're not in the right state of mind! If you kill him, the discipline hall won't let you off! Let us talk this through."

"That's right, you need to calm down and let us handle this! We will find the person responsible and punish them accordingly!" They couldn't make a move to stop him out of fear that their energy would instantly kill everyone in the hall. Most importantly... he was the head warden for a reason. None of them were a match for him. The head warden glanced at them coldly.

"Punish? No. I will personally dig out his heart and crush it while he dies. I will answer to whoever comes asking!" He uttered in a bone chilling tone that sent shivers up the spine of everyone in the hall. The head warden was completely insane! He was no longer thinking at all. Forget about the discipline hall... not even an inner peak elder would cause him to fear right now. Fang Feichen's eyes were already bulging outwards as his body shivered repeatedly while he stared at death in the eyes.

"Head warden! I can also testify that everything they said is true! I personally watched Bai Zijun getting killed just as I arrived!" Situ Hong roared, causing the head warden's arm to freeze. Situ Hong quickly became the focus of attention as his words planted seeds of doubts in everyone's minds. What exactly was going on? If only Zhou Zheng was speaking, it would be taken as a joke. Even when Fang Feichen supported him, no one believed them. It just didn't make sense no matter how they thought about it.

But now, even Situ Hong was saying the same thing!... What exactly happened within the mystic realm? Even the head warden was beginning to have doubts. Three deities all saying the same thing... and it was impossible that they would be working together. They were all rivals and wouldn't support each other in a lie without a reason. In this case... that reason could be that they were speaking the truth!

"They're right! I wasn't there when Bai Zijun died and I arrived after it, but I was there when he took the Dao heart!"

"That's right! The Dao heart is with him! We all watched him take it!" Among the deities, only Qiu Yushi and Yang Qian were still silent. All the others said the exact same thing, plunging the hall into an eerie silence. No one was still taking their words as a joke. Instead, they were still trying to digest what they were all saying. If it was unlikely that three deities would work together to say the same lie, then it was outright impossible for seven of them to do so.

The head warden's arm shivered as his grip loosened, causing Fang Feichen to fall to the ground, gasping heavily. Long Feng once again sensed himself becoming the center of attention, and he knew he had to do something. The head warden was so unstable right now that he might kill Long Feng before he could escape.

"What're you all saying? I'm only a rank five Imperial realm warrior. Couldn't you all think of a better lie to make?" He shouted, releasing some of his aura. His energy was already extremely weak due to his injuries and burning of his cultivation. To others, it appeared like he had just recently reached rank five Imperial realm. Coupled with his pale face and fragile appearance... everyone began to doubt the words of the deities again, not knowing what to believe.

"You...!" Zhou Zheng roared at Long Feng, unable to believe that he could be so shameless. He didn't realize that in this situation, shame had already packed it's luggage and fled. Long Feng glared back at Zhou Zheng with an aggrieved expression.

"I what? I've always respected you all as deities, but I didn't know that you could all be so shameless!" He glanced around and continued.

"Luckily, no one here is a fool. How can I, a mere rank five Imperial possibly kill someone as powerful as Bai Zijun, cut off your arm and take the so called Dao heart from under your noses? Does that make any sense?" Some disciples nodded faintly, agreeing with his words. His argument was straightforward and his proof was clear; no matter what they said, his cultivation proved otherwise. As he said, they should have thought of a better lie.

The head warden's rage was about to explode after being played back and forth by these deities. They were telling him that a mere rank five Imperial had killed his nephew?! They were all courting death! Just then, Qiu Yushi took a step forward and stared directly at the head warden. Before anyone could react, he touched his void ring and brought out something no one would have ever expected.

Long Feng's pupils shrank to needle points as a nearly unrecognizable body landed on the floor, sending a dull sound that echoed through the silence of the hall. The head warden's face turned extremely pale as he staggered towards the corpse. Looking at it, most people in the hall struggled to make out the appearance of the corpse due to how mangled it was. But Long Feng could never forget that corpse, nor the injuries on it. They were his own handwork, after all.

The head warden could also recognize the body with a glance. It was none other than Bai Zijun's corpse!