"Not talk about other things?"
Lu Li put on a mocking smile. He was certain that this Patriarch Yang sided with the four forces. He said nothing about what happened in the small battlefield and only about Lu Li challenging the Demon-slaying Hall, avoiding the important ones and dwelling on the trivial. This was evidently an effort to give unprincipled protection to Ji Mengtian, Yang Xuan and the rest.
Lu Li glared at Patriarch Yang and asked, "Why not? Should I not tell others which crimes I have committed?"
Before Patriarch Yang could answer, Lu Li continued in a loud voice, "I have willfully slaughtered the innocent and killed hundreds of fellow human warriors. I imprisoned Ji Mengtian, young lady from the Samsara Palace, Yang Xuan, future Family Patriarch of the Hades Society, Lu Suan and Lu Ni, the young masters of the Lu Family and Die Feiyu, young lady of the Pavilion of Blossoms. I have tortured and abused them for several days and have humiliated the four forces."
"I have no powerful backgrounds or connections. I am a minor warrior and yet I have the audacity to challenge the four forces and the Demon-slaying Hall, the guardian of human race. I really deserve to be hacked into pieces."
"But—"
Suddenly, Lu Li raised his voice in indignation, "I did kill people from the Samsara Palace, the Pavilion of Blossoms, Lu Family and the Hades Society. But Yang Xuan, Ji Mengtian, Lu Suan, Lu Ni and Die Feiyu also killed warriors from the Pavilion of Delicacy and other fellow human warriors. They tried to kill me on several occasions as well. If you want to kill me, then sentence those five to death as well. Or…I will not be convinced by your decisions!"
Lu Li increased his voice for the last three words and stressed them. His voice resounded in the hall, making some patriarchs feel uncomfortable.
Lu Li made concessions in order to gain advantages. He wanted to drag Ji Mengtian, Yang Xuan, Lu Suan and the other two down with him.
Lu Li did kill some human warriors. When Ji Nu and Yang Qi were trying to take down Jiang Qiling, Lu Li killed the more than 200 warriors. That being said, the dozen warriors with Jiang Qiling and Jiang Hu were killed by Ji Nu as well. What was more, Ji Mengtian and Lu Suan plotted against Lu Li and Jiang Qiling on two occasions. Ye Luo and Lu Hongyu both knew about this. There was not a chance that this matter was confusing.
According to the rules of the Demon-slaying Hall, Lu Li should be punished with death but so should Ji Mengtian, Lu Suan and the other three. Lu Li was happy if he could bring those to the nether world with him.
Lu Li"s words caused another round of commotion in the hall. Maybe some were really ignorant of the fact. Some might be trying to kick up the fuss and make it worse.
A glint of coldness flashed through Deputy Master"s eyes as he asked Patriarch Yang, "Have you got to the bottom of this?"
Patriarch Yang cupped his fists and said to Deputy Master with no emotional change, "Yes, I have. Lu Li and Ji Mengtian, Lu Suan, Lu Ni, Die Feiyu and Yang Xuan had some disputes in the small battlefield. Lu Li put them away into the Ding of Barbarian G.o.d for one month until they are rescued by Patriarch Long just now. Well…when their conflict broke out, both sides have casualties."
Patriarch Yang"s understatement were clearly an effort to exonerate Ji Mengtian and the gang.
"Bullsh*t!"
Lu Li was flew into a great rage. Pointing at Patriarch Yang, he said, "Patriarch, you call this investigation? You fail to distinguish right from wrong. Today, in the presence of so many lords and seniors, should we…get everyone here and let us confront each other? Do you have the guts?"
"How dare you!"
Patriarch Yang shouted coldly and said, "Lu Li, how dare you speak rudely and verbally abuse a patriarch? Believe me I will kill you right now."
"Enough!"
Right at that moment, Law Enforcement Patriarch who hadn"t said anything spoke. He looked over coldly and said, "Since there are some doubts, then we shall straighten the fact out. Today, we are all here. We can carry out the trial right now. We can convict them after we find out the facts."
"What~"
Previously, the patriarchs in the hall were only murmuring their surprises and now they were making it more prominent.
Law Enforcement Patriarch was second only to the three masters. Under normal circ.u.mstances, Law Enforcement Patriarch was the one handling all the matters of the Demon-slaying Hall. His paramount position and power made his words worth noticing.
Today, many people actually already had a sense of what had happened. Lu Li had imprisoned young masters and young ladies from the four races and they are now trying to put Lu Li to death with their connections and influences.
Now the Law Enforcement Patriarch was trying to intervene. Was he…taking the side of Lu Li?
One of the four forces was the Lu Family. Lu Zhengtan was also the son of Law Enforcement Patriarch. Lu Ni and Lu Suan were legit delegates of the Lu Family. Lu Li, on the contrary, had been evicted from the Lu Family and had nothing to do with the family now.
Theoretically speaking, even if the Law Enforcement Patriarch were not to side with the Lu Family, he should have stayed out of it. He was in a dilemma. To help either side would both be wrong.
Deputy Master looked at Law Enforcement Patriarch and said with a nod, "We should get to the bottom of this. Patriarch Yang, summon those involved and the witnesses. We will have the trial here."
Patriarch Yang didn"t seem to be bothered. He cupped his fists and nodded to Deputy Mater to accept the order and said to another patriarch, "Go and bring them here."
A patriarch left soon. Lu Li looked at Patriarch Yang and then the other patriarchs in the hall. He saw they were all calm and showed no emotional change. Somehow, Lu Li felt unsettled.
Things might be going toward a direction unexpected by him. Were these people really trying to confuse right and wrong? Were the four forces really this powerful?
After an hour, a group of people were brought in. Lu Li looked toward them. His uneasy feeling deepened as he saw clearly who they were.
Ji Mengtian and the four were brought in, along with Ji Nu and Yang Qi. Other than that, there was only Jiang Hu. Ye Luo, Lu Hongyu, Lu Lin and Jiang Qiling were not here.
Ye Luo knew the complete picture of the event. Lu Lin, Lu Hongyu and Jiang Qiling all knew something.
But none of them were here. Jiang Hu was the only one brought over, which made Lu Li feel more anxious.
Ji Mengtian and Die Feiyu"s faces were still burnt. Their hair and eyebrows hadn"t grown back yet. They were embarra.s.sed to be seen so they have wrapped their heads and covered up their faces with scarves.
Lu Suan, Lu Ni and Yang Xuan were burnt as well. They had taken some time to heal but it was still evident that they had been struck by thunderbolts. With their hair and eyebrows burnt, they had weird looks.
After they came in, they could almost kill Lu Li with their looks. Only Die Feiyu was looking at Lu Li with no hatred. All she felt was fear and terror.
Fear had taken a deep root in her heart after the suffering. To her, Lu Li was no different from a devil. How could she have the guts to get back at him?
Many powerful warriors showed anger when they saw the miserable state this gang was in. Lu Li took one look and was able to tell that those warriors were from the four races or at least had some connections.
"Plop~"
Lu Suan took the lead and knelt. He said in a deep voice, "Greetings, Deputy Master and patriarchs. Lu Li imprisoned us for over a month and exposed us to inhumane abuse. He killed more than 10 of our fellow warriors. If it were not for the fact that we were lucky, we might have all been killed. I, Lu Suan, beg you, my lord, to make it right for us. We will be grateful."
"Bang, bang, bang~"
With that said, Lu Suan kowtowed. He did it such a force that the noises were loud. The remaining four did the same thing. They all looked wronged and fierce with hatred. Rain of tears ran down Ji Mengtian and Die Feiyu"s faces. They were acting like five kids who had been picked on and now they had come to their family to ask for help and to vent their anger.
"Such good actors…pff!"
Lu Li sneered and smiled coldly to himself. He didn"t say anything, waiting to see how the five were going to put on the show and call white black.