Chapter 1150: We Didn’t See Anything
Honestly, Jiang Cheng didn’t have much animosity toward Nan Zhuo before.
After all, the gap in power was too large, so who really cares about a falling leaf drifting away from them?
She seemed indifferent, standing her ground just as others did.
But at this moment, he couldn’t help but feel a bit of dislike.
He wondered if this woman was too eager?
Didn’t we have no grievances?
"Yes, we have witnesses!"
Nan Zhuo, stepping out to testify, immediately made the Divine Thunder Bureau feel justified and confident.
"We have so many witnesses, the evidence is irrefutable!"
"Why does your Law Enforcement Department say we’re falsely accusing?"
"Hmph, we must take this matter to the Divine Monarch to get an explanation!"
"Yes, we can’t let it go like this."
"Now you want to release people, we won’t let you, we’re not finished with you!"
Their stance made the Immortal Officials from the Law Enforcement Department, including Venerable Cang Luo, very troubled.
Randomly arresting people is hard to handle!
However, Daoist Venerable Feng Lin wasn’t worried at all.
He just shook his head at Nan Zhuo with a mocking expression.
"A pack of lies!"
"You said Jiang Cheng killed Venerable Shang Lian?"
"He’s only Emperor Realm Ninth Layer, how could he kill a Daoist Venerable? Can you tell me?"
Well...
Previously, when Jiang Cheng voluntarily claimed guilt, Hei Ting Daoist Venerable mocked him for not being capable, because he absolutely didn’t believe Jiang Cheng could do it.
But now, he suddenly shouted.
"He said so himself!"
"He admitted it, it was clearly him who killed!"
Nan Zhuo quickly agreed.
"Exactly, this person’s power is extraordinarily strong, it’s not just the surface realm, he killed Venerable Shang Lian in less than half a breath."
As he said this, the Supreme beings from both the Divine Thunder Bureau and the Law Enforcement Department twitched their mouths.
How is it possible?
This guy, even if he can challenge across levels, couldn’t kill a Supreme that easily, right?
They somewhat suspected Nan Zhuo of lying.
"Less than half a breath?"
"A Venerable killed a Supreme?"
Daoist Venerable Feng Lin coldly laughed: "Is that possible? Do you think we’re fools, to be deceived by you at will?"
Nan Zhuo vehemently retorted.
"But it was clearly him who killed Venerable Shang Lian!"
"Oh right, he has the Origin, and his Origin is even thicker than that of a Supreme..."
Daoist Venerable Feng Lin interrupted him coldly.
"Are you kidding?"
"Just a Venerable, how could he have the Origin?"
"And it’s thicker than a Supreme’s Origin, are you saying he’s a Daoist Venerable?"
"Do you think we are blind?"
At this point, even Hei Ting Daoist Venerable and others were a bit shaken.
They started suspecting that Nan Zhuo might have lost her mind; there should be limits to nonsensical talk, right?
Cross-level combating should follow basic rules, shouldn’t it?
A Venerable having the Origin thicker than a Supreme’s, isn’t that nonsense?
"It’s simply an utter lie, ridiculous to the extreme!"
In his heart, Venerable Feng Lin actually believed Nan Zhuo was telling the truth.
Just like when Jiang Cheng once killed Celestial Venerable Ming Jue with the Emperor Realm Sixth Layer, inexplicably.
But to cover up for the ’Future Ice God,’ he was willing to distort truth and confuse facts.
"Venerable Shang Lian... it was definitely not Jiang Cheng who killed him!"
As he finished saying this, he couldn’t resist glancing at Lady Jiang Bing, hoping to earn his elder’s approval or even gratitude.
Look, how hard I’m working to clear your name?
If you really become the Ice God in the future, don’t forget to promote me!
Then he heard Sect Leader Jiang’s voice transmission.
With strong dissatisfaction.
"What’s going on, clearly I killed that guy, you want to snatch my glory?"
"This act is mine alone, no one can touch it!"
Daoist Venerable Feng Lin nearly spit blood.
Old brother, why is your thinking always so different from others?
Such a serious crime and others avoid it like the plague, while you actively embrace it.
He could only continue appealing earnestly through voice transmission.
"This accusation is too serious, really can’t admit it!"
"Just count it as a reunion, give me, your old acquaintance, some face, can we not blow it up?"
"If it is determined that you did it, then not just me, even my superior, the Chief of the Law Enforcement Department, can’t settle it."
"When the Divine Monarch intervenes, it won’t be simple..."
Brother Cheng thought to himself, even if the Divine Monarch intervenes, so what, I just negotiated conditions with a few Divine Monarchs not long ago.
"Merely a false accusation charge, can it kill these few people?"
Feng Lin looked dumbfounded: "Of course it won’t kill them, their accusation doesn’t stand up, after Divine Thunder Bureau executives intervene they’ll be released..."
Brother Cheng sneered: "So you’re saying you can’t do this."
Feng Lin almost burst with anger.
"You..."
Seeing him about to lose his temper, Jiang Cheng decided to rein in his arrogance for the sake of the other’s heart.
"Fine, I’ll give you some face then."
"I really appreciate it!"
Daoist Venerable Feng Lin felt this was absurd.
Clearly, I’m helping you smooth out the trouble, but it ends up feeling like I owe you a favor.
"Since Venerable Shang Lian wasn’t killed by Jiang Cheng, then Divine Thunder Bureau is heavily accused of false accusations!"
"The accusation of framing, irrefutable evidence!"
He coldly glanced at Hei Ting Daoist Venerable, thinking do you think only you can say the words irrefutable evidence?
Immediately, he also focused his gaze on Nan Zhuo.
"As for you, causing trouble without reason, instigating Venerable Shang Lian, your intention is unforgivable!"
"I have serious suspicions that your Celestial Micro Army is involved in this matter!"
Of course, Feng Lin knew there was no involvement from the Celestial Micro Army behind this, but right now his goal was to make the situation more complicated.
Only by doing this could he smoothly pull Jiang Cheng out of the mess.
Nan Zhuo’s face changed dramatically.
She couldn’t believe in her wildest dreams that her accusation would be this severe.
"No, I refuse, it was clearly him who killed Venerable Shang Lian!"
"Oh right, and they..."
Like grasping at a lifeline, she looked toward the distant spectators.
"They were also present at the time, they all saw it!"
"They are all witnesses!"
The Immortal Officials being watched by her had unsettling gazes.
And before Hei Ting Daoist Venerable and others opened their mouths, Daoist Venerable Feng Lin started questioning those spectators preemptively.
"How about you all falsely accuse Jiang Cheng too?"
Under his gaze, almost like a verdict, the surrounding Immortal Officials hurriedly expressed they didn’t dare.
Where do you find someone questioning witnesses like this, immediately casting a false accusation charge?
How should we answer?
Is there any choice?
"No, no."
"This woman is just talking nonsense, we didn’t see a thing at the time."
"Exactly, we didn’t see Jiang Cheng kill Venerable Shang Lian, it was all her fabrication."
Nan Zhuo’s situation was clear right before them.
These people attained the rank of Immortal Officials through cleverness; they knew how to respond correctly.
At this point, they completely understood.
This Daoist Venerable Feng Lin likely has personal ties with Jiang Cheng.
And the ties are deeply rooted, far beyond the nodding acquaintances like those in Divine Thunder Bureau.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t reverse truth to favor Jiang Cheng so blatantly.
This left them stunned and amazed internally.
The lofty Divine Thunder Bureau, in terms of networking, actually lost to a Venerable?