Chapter 2554 Soul Searching
Yun Zhu smiled gently. "Everyone, wouldn"t it be ridiculous if you"re certain that Su Zimo is a dragon just because of a few secret skills of the Dragon race?"
"I believe that many of the cultivators present possess divine powers and secret skills of other races. In fact, some of us from the Immortal Domain have even cultivated cultivation techniques of the fiend Dao. Could they all be from other races or are all fiends?"
That logic was extremely simple.
However, when it came from the Book Immortal, there was a convincing power.
The initially noisy crowd gradually calmed down.
In fact, many cultivators began to reflect if they would be considered as other races according to those standards.
The Perfected Immortals of Flying Immortal Sect, the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom and Imperial Wind Temple frowned slightly in confusion.
Their target this time round was Su Zimo and he was the opponent of Yun Ting as well.
Logically speaking, Yun Ting should be on their side.
To think that Yun Ting would speak up for Su Zimo.
That alone was fine. After all, Prince Yun Ting had always been fearless and would always do shocking things.
However, why would Book Immortal Yun Zhu stand out and express that stance as well?
"Second brother, can you help to say something?"
On the side of the Yan Yang Immortal Kingdom, Xie Qingcheng could not help but feel worried when he saw Su Zimo surrounded by a few major factions and sent a voice transmission to Xie Ling.
Xie Ling shook his head gently without saying anything.
The current situation was gradually becoming clearer. Immortal King Qing Yang of Divine Firmament Palace clearly wanted to stay out of things and watch by the sidelines.
Among the seven heaven-grade factions, only Book Immortal Yun Zhu of the Zi Xuan Immortal Kingdom stood on Su Zimo"s side for the time being.
On the side of Zither Immortal Meng Yao, there were three great factions—Flying Immortal Sect, the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom and Imperial Wind Temple. Furthermore, Perfected Immortal Mu Feng of Mountain Sea Immortal Sect seemed like he wanted to hit Su Zimo while he was down as well.
This meant that among the seven heaven-grade factions, Flying Immortal Sect, the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom, Imperial Wind Temple and Mountain Sea Immortal Sect had already formed an alliance!
Even if he stood on the side of Heaven and Earth Academy, it was useless.
That was because Zither Immortal Meng Yao had clearly come prepared for this attack. There were more than 30 Perfected Immortals from the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom and Flying Immortal Sect alone!
If the situation was out of control and both parties fought, Heaven and Earth Academy would not be able to gain any advantage!
Furthermore, although Book Immortal Yun Zhu spoke up for him, there was no way she would fight against the four heaven-grade factions for the sake of an inner sect disciple of the academy.
In other words, the four Perfected Immortals of Heaven and Earth Academy would have to face dozens of Perfected Immortals from Flying Immortal Sect, the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom, Imperial Wind Temple and Mountain Sea Immortal Sect!
Among them were top-tier Perfected Immortal experts such as the Shadowless Sword, Chunfeng Jian, Zither Immortal Meng Yao and Perfected Immortal Wu Feng.
More importantly, Xie Ling heard that Sword Immortal Yue Hua did not seem to have a harmonious relations.h.i.+p with Su Zimo.
If that was true, there would be no one who could protect Su Zimo and it would be difficult for him to escape this calamity!
"This is no small matter."
Perfected Immortal Wu Feng said in a deep voice, "If an outsider has infiltrated the Divine Firmament Immortal Domain and we even let him take part in the fight for the Heaven Ranking, this will be an insult for Divine Firmament Palace."
Perfected Immortal Wu Feng"s words were even more vicious and dragged Divine Firmament Palace into it!
The expression of Immortal King Qing Yang was unchanged and he remained silent.
Yang Ruoxu said, "You guys have said so much but there"s no definite evidence at all. It"s just your own guess."
Meng Yao chuckled and glared at Su Zimo, saying slowly, "It"s simple if you want evidence. As long as we search his soul, the truth will be revealed!"
"No!"
Mo Qing stood up and hollered.
She was not good with words and did not like to argue with others. Therefore, she did not say anything earlier on.
But now that Meng Yao and the others were pus.h.i.+ng their luck and even wanted to search Su Zimo"s soul, that was too much!
Before the Divine Firmament Immortal Meet began, the three fairies were in a stand-off!
Yun Zhu sneered, "Meng Yao, you want to search the soul of others just because of a groundless guess? You"re quite the character, huh?"
"Actually, this is also good for Heaven and Earth Academy."
Jue Wuying said, "If that lad is truly from another race, it"ll be good for Heaven and Earth Academy as well to kick him out earlier."
Sword Immortal Yue Hua frowned. "The Soul Searching Art is way too dangerous. If anything happens…"
"Don"t worry, Fellow Daoist Yue Hua."
Meng Yao said, "I invited a senior of the sect this time round, Old Man Soul Collector. He has a deep understanding of the Essence Spirit and soul. Even if he searches someone"s soul, the person"s Essence Spirit won"t be damaged."
Su Zimo sneered.
Notwithstanding the fact that he might be injured if he landed in the hands of Old Man Soul Collector…
Even if the Soul Searching Art would not cause him any harm, he would not let anyone search his soul!
That was his dignity and bottom line!
It was not that Su Zimo had not thought of summoning the Martial Dao Prime Body.
However, the Martial Dao Prime Body was in seclusion to deduce and perfect the Martial Dao—he did not want to disturb him.
Furthermore, this was Divine Firmament Palace and there was a high chance that Immortal Emperor Divine Firmament was holding down the fort here.
Once an Immortal Emperor was alarmed, even with the h.e.l.l Suppression Tripod, it would be difficult for the Martial Dao Prime Body to escape!
More importantly, if the Martial Dao Prime Body were to rush over right as he was in danger, it would be difficult to explain the relations.h.i.+p between the two of them.
Meng Yao and the others were confident.
No matter what choice Su Zimo made, he would definitely die!
If he dared to let Old Man Soul Collector search his soul, as long as Old Man Soul Collector played dirty, his Essence Spirit would be crippled!
At that time, Old Man Soul Collector could simply say that he made a mistake and no one could refute anything.
Given Meng Yao"s understanding of Su Zimo, he would definitely not let anyone search his soul.
Once Su Zimo rejected, they could claim that it was because he felt guilty and it would give them even more reason to attack!
Sword Immortal Yue Hua had a gratified expression. "That"s good. A soul search will also prove Junior Brother Su"s innocence and rea.s.sure everyone. Junior Brother Su, what do you think?"
The two of them exchanged glances.
Su Zimo caught a hint of smugness from the depths of Sword Immortal Yue Hua"s eyes!
"This is inappropriate!"
Mo Qing frowned and rejected once more.
However, any normal cultivator would agree to such a request!
Sword Immortal Yue Hua smiled gently and continued asking, "Junior Brother Su, if you have a clear conscience, there"s no need to be fearful of a soul search, right?"
Su Zimo raised his brow slightly. "Yue Hua, I suspect that you"re a spy from the Fiend Domain. Let that old man search your soul first to prove your innocence and rea.s.sure everyone."
"Bullsh*t!"
Sword Immortal Yue Hua hollered.
"Don"t get worked up. If you have a clear conscience, there"s no need to be fearful of a soul search, right?"
Su Zimo asked with a calm expression.
He returned the same words to Sword Immortal Yue Hua!
Sword Immortal Yue Hua was speechless for a moment. His eyes were sharp and his expression was terrible.
Jue Wuying said coldly, "He has a sharp tongue. I think he"s just feeling guilty!"
"That"s right."
Perfected Immortal Wu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. "In my opinion, the big picture is more important. We should capture him first and search his soul!"
"How dare you!"
Mo Qing took out her Destiny Painting Book and flipped it open, prepared to tear it off at any moment. "You guys have slandered us so unreasonably. Do you really think that Heaven and Earth Academy is weak?!"
Yang Ruoxu had a guarded expression as well. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Mo Qing and protected Su Zimo behind him.
Suddenly!
Sword Immortal Yue Hua attacked Mo Qing from behind and a few wisps of sword qi surged into her body, sealing her Dao Fruit. She was trapped on the spot and could not move at all.
Mo Qing had not expected that someone from the academy would attack her from behind. She was caught off guard and was restrained instantly!
At the same time, another Perfected Immortal of the academy, Chen Xuan, ambushed Yang Ruoxu as well. He summoned a rope and trapped the latter"s body, sealing his True Essence.
In the blink of an eye, Painting Immortal Mo Qing and Yang Ruoxu were restrained by Sword Immortal Yue Hua and Chen Xuan and the situation changed!