Yang Che's eyes were icy cold.
He had originally intended to flee towards the Sect's main hall.
But then he reconsidered: if the Sect also insisted on questioning him about Liu Yuan and Leng Feiyun, and forcefully demanded to check his Storage Pouch, then he would definitely be exposed.
Yang Che also felt extremely aggrieved.
At that time, he had merely been passing by and truly had no intention of getting involved in Liu Yuan and Leng Feiyun's affair.
But who knew that Liu Yuan stubbornly refused to let him leave, and as a result, courted death and was killed by Yang Che.
'Bang'
Yang Che's back took a severe hit from a green mist attack.
He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his body lunged forward.
"Oh? You can even withstand several of my blows; it seems you're not simple."
Liu Hanyan was somewhat surprised.
She had genuinely entered the Foundation Establishment Stage Early Phase many years ago, and she hadn't expected that this Qi Refining eleventh-layer youth could endure several consecutive attacks.
"It seems my Yuan'er didn't die in vain at your hands. You indeed have the ability to kill him."
Liu Hanyan's eyes grew even colder.
Although she had no concrete evidence to prove that Liu Yuan had died at the hands of this youth before her.
But this youth, facing her pursuit, dared not flee towards the Sect's main hall, instead constantly hiding deeper into the mountains.
This indicated that the youth felt guilty.
Moreover, judging by the tracking traces, this youth must possess something belonging to Yuan'er.
"It must be this person. I must skin him alive."
As Liu Hanyan thought of this, she prepared to deliver a fatal blow.
She possessed Mutated Dual Immortal Roots and primarily cultivated the Demonic Path, so after a vicious look flashed in her eyes, a wrinkled green Talisman appeared in her hand.
"Die!"
The Talisman, activated by Liu Hanyan, transformed into an incredibly massive poisonous python, fiercely lunging to swallow the already heavily injured Yang Che.
A ruthless glint flashed in Yang Che's eyes, he gritted his teeth, quickly threw out several Elementary Middle Stage defensive Talismans, and then turned to flee towards the Sect's main hall.
The disparity in strength was simply too great.
If he blindly fled deeper into the mountains, there would definitely be no way out.
Fleeing to the Sect's main hall, with the Sect stepping in, he might still have a glimmer of hope.
'Boom' went a sound.
The poisonous python shattered the spiritual energy wall formed by the defensive Talismans, instantly biting into Yang Che's body.
"Ah!"
Yang Che let out a muffled groan.
But he still did not take out the Flying Fire Needles to activate the Tai Xuan Hidden Light Formation.
The Tai Xuan Hidden Light Formation, composed of three hundred and twenty-four Flying Fire Needles, was his only reliable last resort, and he could not expose it too early.
Moreover, even if he activated it, it might not necessarily turn the tide.
Flee!
Yang Che, covered in blood and with countless broken bones, now had only this one word in his mind.
Various complex emotions intertwined, causing Yang Che's head to swell and buzz.
He wanted to take out Liu Yuan and Leng Feiyun's Talismans and quickly use them, but he was afraid that doing so would leave a permanent handle and no chance of recovery. So he activated all his remaining Elementary Talismans and threw them out frantically.
With his vision somewhat blurry, Yang Che, by consuming numerous Talismans, finally saw the Sect's main hall in the distance.
Liu Hanyan, who had been following leisurely behind, harboring thoughts of tormenting Yang Che, saw that Yang Che truly dared to flee towards the Sect's main hall, and a hint of mockery appeared on her face instead.
The commotion caused by a Foundation Establishment Stage pursuing a Qi Refinement Stage had already caused many Cultivators in the main hall to fly out.
Leading them was the white-robed Old Ancestor who had tested the Immortal Roots of the new Disciples, an Immortal with an ethereal aura.
Yang Che now knew that this white-robed Old Ancestor was Chen Liansheng, one of Wulong Valley's two Vice Valley Masters, a Foundation Establishment Stage Middle Phase Cultivator.
The so-called 'Vice Valley Masters' merely assisted the Valley Master in managing and coordinating affairs within the Valley; true power lay with the dozens of Core Formation Cultivators, the few Nascent Soul Old Ancestors, and the 'Supreme Old Ancestor' who truly held the power of life and death in Wulong Valley.
Yang Che's magical power was almost exhausted.
With a 'thud', he fell from mid-air, crashing heavily onto the plaza ground.
He directly shattered several square feet of bluestone.
He tried to struggle to sit up, but found that too many bones were fractured, preventing him from getting up for a moment.
After directly swallowing several Nourishing Yuan Pills, Yang Che finally managed to twist and sit up with difficulty.
"What's going on?"
The white-robed Old Ancestor Chen Liansheng's face was solemn, and his voice was authoritative.
"Senior Martial Uncle Chen, Disciple..."
Yang Che endured his weakness, preparing to speak, but Liu Hanyan, who had arrived, spoke first, coldly saying:
"Senior Brother Chen, this person is simply unworthy of being a Disciple of our Wulong Valley. He actually walked the Demonic Path, secretly ambushing and killing my Disciple Liu Yuan, and taking my Disciple's Storage Pouch. Now I demand that the Sect execute him to uphold the Sect's rules."
As soon as Liu Hanyan uttered these words, countless jeers erupted from all around.
Within the Sect, secretly assassinating fellow Disciples to seize treasures was the most despicable act.
The Sect also had strict regulations regarding this; once investigated, one would indeed be executed.
Chen Liansheng frowned slightly and said sternly: "Junior Sister Liu, this matter is not trivial, do you have concrete evidence?"
Liu Hanyan said proudly: "Of course. Many of my Disciple Liu Yuan's Magical Artifacts and Talismans had tracking marks set by me. Otherwise, how could I have located this person?"
She walked in front of Yang Che, her gaze like one looking at a dead person, and said coldly: "The Magical Artifacts have already been sold by this person to the market, but his Storage Pouch should still contain my Disciple Liu Yuan's Talismans. Wouldn't everything be clear if we just opened his Storage Pouch?"
Chen Liansheng then gravely shifted his gaze to Yang Che.
"Oh, you seem to be..."
After Chen Liansheng clearly saw Yang Che, he vaguely felt that his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat familiar.
After the initial surprise, he immediately began to search his memory.
A moment later, he immediately asked: "You seem to be called Yang Che, right?"
Chen Liansheng could remember Yang Che, naturally because he had also heard of the 'Mutated Dual Immortal Roots' inability to Foundation Establishment for the first time back then, and it left a deep impression.
In the current Cultivation World, over ninety percent of Cultivators possess Five Elements attribute Immortal Roots, with less than one percent being Mutated Immortal Roots.
After the ancient cataclysm during the Cultivation era, there had almost never been anyone with two types of Mutated Immortal Roots simultaneously.
That's why Chen Liansheng was so surprised when he learned about Yang Che's Immortal Root from Junior Martial Uncle Mu back then.
"What a pity, what a true pity."
Chen Liansheng couldn't help but feel sorry for this Disciple when he thought that he was born in the wrong era.
"Yang Che, regarding what your Junior Martial Uncle Liu said, do you have anything to say?" Chen Liansheng asked.
This was him giving Yang Che a chance to speak, out of consideration for the deep impression Yang Che had left on him.
If it were any other ordinary Disciple, he would have already forcibly inspected his Storage Pouch.
Yang Che seized this opportunity and immediately spoke the explanation he had already prepared to the crowd.
He only said that on that day, Liu Yuan and Leng Feiyun had a dispute and fought fiercely, resulting in their mutual demise, and then he happened to stumble upon it and picked up both of their Storage Pouches.
As soon as he finished speaking, discussions immediately erupted all around again.
"This Yang Che's luck is too good, isn't it?"
"It really was a coincidence."
"It's hard to tell if it's true or false."
At this moment, Liu Hanyan suddenly sneered several times and loudly questioned Yang Che: "What evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true?"
Yang Che's heart immediately sank.
This was his biggest disadvantage!
No evidence.
Because Liu Yuan and Leng Feiyun were both dead, whatever he said would be considered baseless.
At this moment, Chen Liansheng narrowed his eyes slightly, as if seriously pondering for a moment, then said gravely: "Yang Che, if you have no evidence to prove that what you said is true, then I can only deal with you according to the Sect's rules."
Upon hearing this, Yang Che's heart suddenly sank.
"If I can't provide evidence, will I be executed?"
Yang Che gritted his teeth, asking coldly, one word at a time.