Chapter 258 Adding fuel to the flames
"Palace Master Qin, what qualifications do you have to ask for the 'Xuan Shui Lower Volume'?"

Before Qin Ming finished speaking, Luo Tianjin suddenly asked, "In the Shaolin battle, the Pan family clearly had the upper hand. Therefore, the 'Xuan Shui Xia Juan' should belong to the Pan family. What does it have to do with your Qin family?"

Luo Tianjin's "righteous words" made Liu Xunyi's heart sink to the bottom in an instant. He knew that Luo Tianjin's real purpose was not to help Shaolin out of trouble, but to follow Long Yu's words and wait for an opportunity to fan the flames and stir up trouble.

Now, Shaolin and the Qin family were at loggerheads, neither of them giving in, and the situation was going smoothly. According to Luo Tianjin's usual habits, he would not easily step forward to wade into this muddy water. He was eager to speak at this time, as if he did it on purpose.

"Lord Luo!" Qin Ming turned his cold eyes away from Xuanming and looked directly at Luo Tianjin, saying word by word, "Who is right and who is wrong in the Shaolin battle? You and I know it tacitly. Do you really want to force me to make your ugly deeds public?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

After saying that, Qin Ming looked at Liu Xunyi meaningfully, and asked with a smile: "Master Liu, may I ask where your wife is?"

"I……"

"Why are you hesitating?" Before Liu Xunyi could try to make excuses, Qin Ming suddenly sneered, "I have already sent people to investigate everything you did in Yingchuan. You and Pan Yuyin's 'good show' can be concealed for a while, but not forever. What do you think? Do you want me to tell your ugly deeds in public today?"

Looking at the hesitant Liu Xunyi, Qin Ming smiled coldly, then turned his interested eyes to Luo Tianjin again and said bluntly: "Lord Luo, you and I are both well-known figures. If we really have to fight to the death, I will die ugly, and you will not be happy either."

Qin Ming's arrogant attitude immediately aroused the indignation of everyone in the Xianwang Mansion. Murong Bai said coldly: "Master Qin, everything must be based on real evidence. Do not make unwarranted assumptions. Please respect yourself!"

"Of course my master has to respect himself." Qin Tianjiu said in a hoarse voice, "But the Northern Sage King also has to respect himself."

After that, Qin Tianjiu turned his gloomy eyes to Liu Xunyi and said in a deep voice: "Liu Xunyi, I don't know what tricks you used to last so long in my hands in the back mountain of Shaolin. But I am sure that you must have done something in secret. Today, in front of all the heroes in the world, do you dare to fight me again openly?"

"I……"

"No!" Before Liu Xunyi could speak, Luo Tianjin had already rejected him righteously, "This is ridiculous! The Shaolin competition has already been decided, how can you go back on your word? According to what you said, if you lose again today, can't you fight again in the future? If you are fickle and never-ending, what's the point of the original ten-year agreement?"

"Luo Tianjin!" Qin Ming's eyes turned cold and he said angrily, "Qin has been courteous to you many times, you should not refuse my toast and drink a forfeit!"

Luo Tianjin raised his eyebrows, snorted coldly, and sneered: "The purpose of our coming to the Qin Mansion today is to seek justice, not to drink! Putting aside the grudges of Shaolin, just talking about the bloody case in Chenzhou, Chen Yong died tragically and Xu Heng was seriously injured. Luo also wants to ask your Qin family for an explanation for this matter!"

Luo Tianjin's words were tantamount to provoking a war. Liu Xunyi could not help but feel desperate, and at the same time, the other people in the martial arts field were secretly surprised.

After all, right now it's just a personal grudge between Shaolin and the Qin family, and the others are still hesitating and don't want to make their positions clear so quickly.

For a moment, the whole audience was silent.

"Mansion Master Luo is right!"

In the silence, Kunlun Sect's head, Yin Baimei, was the first to break the silence and said faintly, "Our Kunlun Sect's fourth elder, Lu Tai, died tragically in Chenzhou not long ago. The Qin family must make an explanation for this matter to comfort Junior Brother Lu's spirit in heaven!"

Seeing that Luo Tianjin and Yin Baimei had made their positions clear, Zuo Hongxuan, the head of the Qingcheng Sect, no longer hesitated and echoed in a cold voice: "I, the Qingcheng Right Envoy Xu Zhun, was injured by whom among you? You'd better stand up and die, so that I don't kill innocent people by mistake!"

"Tang Yuan!" The head of the Emei Sect, Master Miao'an, looked cold, pointed her sword at Tang Yuan, and said sternly, "Huichun died from the Tang Sect's hidden weapon 'Heavenly Girl's Clothes'. How are you going to explain this to me?"

Zhongli Mu shook the wine gourd in his hand and replied indifferently, "That's right! Several of my Kongtong disciples also lost their lives in Chenzhou. I wanted to wait until the grudge between Shaolin and the Qin family was settled before bringing up this matter. But now that I see that you and the Qin family are in cahoots, there is no need to hide it anymore. Let's settle all the new and old grudges today!"

Subsequently, Shaolin and Wudang also expressed their positions.

In a short moment, the Xianwang Mansion and the six major sects spoke with one voice, sharing the same hatred and a common enemy, and did not give Jinjianwu and the four major families any chance to argue.

Seeing this, Qin Ming and Jin Fuyu exchanged a glance, and both of them had an indescribable solemn look in their eyes. Then, they cast suspicious eyes on Lu Tingxiang, Teng Sanshi and Tang Yuan, only to see that the three of them also had frowns on their faces, with eyes full of astonishment.

Obviously, they were all a little confused about the inexplicable change in the personality of Luo Tianjin, who was always calm and composed.

"Palace Master..." Liu Xunyi came close to Luo Tianjin and reminded him in a low voice, "This matter..."

"No need to say more!" Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to persuade him, Luo Tianjin scolded in a low voice without even turning his head, "Back off!"

At this moment, Liu Xunyi's heart was in turmoil, with mixed feelings and unspeakable anxiety. Others did not know Luo Tianjin's intention, but he knew it clearly.

In order to save his daughter from danger, Luo Tianjin, who today calls on his friends and indulges in lust, is no longer the "Wise King of the North" who was honest, trustworthy and friendly.

He was stubborn and unruly. This kind of aura had not appeared in Luo Tianjin for more than ten years. For some reason, Teng Sanshi, who was always generous, had a very complicated look in his eyes when he looked at Luo Tianjin. It seemed like anger, hatred, regret, bitterness, and all kinds of feelings gathered in his heart, which looked very strange.

Teng Sanshi thought for a moment and said hesitantly: "Luo Tianjin, do you know what your words just now mean?"

Being questioned face to face by Teng Sanshi, the cold and arrogant Luo Tianjin couldn't help but be stunned. Then his expression became extremely complicated and his eyes were erratic, as if he didn't dare to look Teng Sanshi in the face.

"I would like to hear...the old hero's advice!"

The strange looks of Luo Tianjin and Teng Sanshi made Liu Xunyi curious. He guessed that there seemed to be an old grudge between Luo Tianjin and Teng Sanshi that was unknown to the public.

But he had no way of verifying what the truth was.

Teng Sanshi calmed down and said bluntly, "Based on what you just said, you all seem to have determined that we are the culprits of the Chenzhou incident?"

"Isn't it?" Master Miao'an asked back.

"Once the words are spoken, they can be spilled. You all must know that spilled water cannot be recovered." Teng Sanshi said in a deep voice, "Although our four great families' foundation in the martial arts world is not as strong as that of the Xianwang Mansion and the six major sects, we are at least upright and well-known. How can we allow you to confuse right and wrong and slander us at will? You should know that once the war between you and me starts, there will be a bloody storm in the martial arts world..."

"It is useless to talk to them, Patriarch Teng." Qin Ming said coldly, "They are obviously looking for trouble on purpose and have no intention of reconciliation. They first used Shaolin to frame my Qin family, and then when they saw that there were many loopholes and the false accusation failed, they made the first move to accuse Chenzhou and put the blame on others! It is clear that the Xianwang Mansion and the six major sects are not worthy of being called famous and upright sects. They are just a group of shameless villains!"

Since Qin Ming and Jin Fu Yu had already exchanged information last night, they were not polite when speaking today.

"Qin Ming, what did you say?" Yin Baimei asked angrily, "What do you mean by blaming someone else?"

"Humph!" Sikong Zhu said angrily, "It was you who colluded with Ye Tong in secret and used the 'willow leaf copper coins' to trick our people into coming to Chenzhou. After that, you set up a dragnet in Chenzhou and killed all of our people. Your original target was the owner of Jinwu and the heads of the four great families, but they didn't go there in person, so they luckily escaped. In this case, you are the culprit of the Chenzhou incident. What else is this if not turning the tables?"

"Nonsense!" Zuo Hongxuan scolded, "You said we colluded with Ye Tong, what evidence do you have?"

"We have witnesses!" Lu Tingxiang said quietly, "Lu Yao, Leng Yiyi, Teng Qin'er, and Tang Ren can all testify. When they were in Chenzhou, they were tricked out of Taohuawu by Ye Tong, and then Ye Tong told them everything in person, and asked them to pass on the message, saying that the Xianwang Mansion and the six major sects wanted to take this opportunity to crush the Hexi Qin family in one fell swoop, and threatened us not to help the Qin family out, otherwise we would follow in the Qin family's footsteps sooner or later."

Afterwards, Lu Yao and four others filed out, and under the surprised and astonished gazes of Xuan Ming and others, they narrated everything that had happened in Chenzhou in detail.

After hearing this, except for a few people who knew the inside story such as Luo Tianjin and Liu Xunyi, everyone else in the Xianwang Mansion and the six major sects were surprised and amazed.

You know, what Lu Yao and the other three said today are two completely different causes and effects from the "truth" they believed in before.

"Nonsense, don't believe it!" Yin Baimei snorted coldly, "The fourth elder of my Kunlun sect was shot by thousands of arrows and died tragically in Chenzhou. This is an indisputable fact. How can you quibble?"

"Master Yin, you are wrong!" Tang Yuan shook his head and said, "The death of Lu Tai, the death of Huichun of Emei Sect, and the death of Chen Yong of Xianwang Mansion are indisputable facts. Then the death of Tang Qian, a disciple of my Tang Sect, and the deaths of disciples of Jinjianwu, Teng Clan, and Lu Family, are they all false? Moreover, Ye Tong is the former master of Kunlun Sect. He has a thousand connections with you, and he is as close as a brother to the six major sects. Why is it impossible for him to come forward to help the six major sects deal with us? You said that Lu Yao and the other four only said one side of the story and cannot be trusted. Then wasn't the Shaolin disciple's story just now also one side of the story? Why do you believe it so firmly?"

Tang Yuan used his own method to treat the man, which made Yin Baimei speechless. When he turned his eyes to Xuanming, he saw Xuanming frowning and silently reciting scriptures, as if he was trying to control the waves in his heart.

In an instant, the martial arts field fell into an eerie silence.

Everyone has their own thoughts. While they are surprised at the other party's "lies", they are also secretly reflecting on their own "one-sided statements".

In fact, everyone was already wavering, but due to the current situation and their own face, no one was willing to be the first to give in. At this critical juncture, whoever gave in first would be labeled as "flinching" or "cowardly".

At this moment, compared to the "truth", the martial arts heroes need a "step" more.

"Everyone, please listen to me! This matter...maybe there is another traitor...hiding in the dark to sow discord."

In the silent martial arts arena, Liu Xunyi's hesitant voice suddenly sounded behind Luo Tianjin.

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Xunyi, who looked hesitant and anxious, immediately attracted the gazes of thousands of people.

Especially Luo Tianjin, Huang Yulang, and Lin Fangda who were beside him, the expressions they looked at him were extremely complicated. It seemed that besides being surprised and stunned, there was also a hint of loss, a hint of complaint, and even... a hint of anger.

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(End of this chapter)