When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 265 General, Desperate Measures

"Yaoguang..."

Dean Yun looked at Mu Yaoguang with a complicated expression.

It's like guessing that a huge rock might fall from the edge of a cliff, but you haven't seen it fall yet, and you still feel a sense of unease.

And now, the boulder has finally fallen.

"You really did it on purpose." Dean Yun let out a long sigh.

"Yes."

Mu Yaoguang said indifferently, "Right after you received the news of Yun Shu's serious injury and left the headquarters, I presented evidence to the directors to prove my innocence. You should be receiving the news soon, Teacher."

As soon as he finished speaking, a notification sound came from Dean Yun's body.

Everyone present also received the news.

Ye Weiyang took out a communication terminal, turned it on, and placed it on the table in the middle of the conference room.

A projection lit up, showing the appearance of a surprisingly vigorous old man, Zhang Huayang, the vice president of Yujing Martial Arts University.

As soon as Zhang Huayang's projection appeared, he saw the crowd looking down at the information, and the complex expressions on their faces, including surprise, shock, and joy.

His gaze swept around the room before finally settling on Dean Yun. He said, "As you all know, according to the investigation by the three directors of the Martial Arts Association, it has now been confirmed that Mu Yaoguang did not accept the Great Freedom Demon Blood."

"As for her other-emanation Great Freedom Dharmakaya..."

A hint of disbelief also appeared on Zhang Huayang's face. "She figured it out on her own. It's essentially similar to the tangible and intangible Great Freedom Dharma Body of the Great Freedom Demonic Sect, but they are not the same."

"By observing the blood of the Great Freedom Demon, I comprehended the power of the Dharma Body..." Dean Yun murmured as he read the information he had seen, filling in the gaps in Zhang Huayang's words.

Mu Yaoguang replied calmly, "Without the Azure Heaven Golden Pill, I had no choice but to find a way out on my own, and fortunately I have found one."

For five years, the Great Freedom Demon Blood remained before her eyes, and as long as she was willing to accept it, she could be reborn.

But she ultimately did not accept the Great Freedom Demon Blood, and instead found another path within the Demon Blood.

“I’ve actually told you about this path before, teacher,” Mu Yaoguang said meaningfully.

Back then, when Yun Yan was crippled, Dean Yun contacted Mu Yaoguang, hoping to obtain the method for reshaping Mu Yaoguang's body.

Mu Yaoguang replied to Dean Yun that as long as Yun Yan could resist the temptation of the Great Freedom Demon Blood for five years, she would give him the method of reshaping.

At that time, Mu Yaoguang had already revealed a bit of the answer.

Later, Qu Jingxuan raised suspicions that Mu Yaoguang had fallen into demonic possession. After investigation, he found many suspicious points about Mu Yaoguang, which gradually convinced the Yun family that Mu Yaoguang had actually received the blood of the Great Freedom Demon to restore her body.

Only now that Mu Yaoguang has revealed the truth have the people present realized that the method of recovery is so... simple.
...What the hell!
By observing the blood of the Great Freedom Demon, I comprehended a technique similar to the Great Freedom Dharma Body... I understand every word you said, but I just can't understand it when put together.

Five years? Let alone five years, even if someone looked at it for fifty or five hundred years, they still wouldn't understand.

Not to mention those present, even Bai Ze, the genius known as the "second Mu Yaoguang," was dumbfounded.

Don't call me "the second Mu Yaoguang" anymore. I'm not worthy of trying to piggyback on Mu Yaoguang's fame because I rely on cheat codes.

"Cough-cough-"

Zhang Huayang coughed tactically, then said, "Mu Yaoguang submitted part of the cultivation technique to the council. After verification, although the cultivation technique is difficult, it is not impossible. Furthermore, after this period of examination, Mu Yaoguang does not have the Great Freedom Demon Blood in her body. She is innocent."

"As for Bai Ze's secret infiltration of Yingzhou Secret Realm and attack on Yun Shu and others, our school is already aware of it. After investigation, it has been found that Bai Ze has not left the school for nearly half a month, and he had already entered semi-seclusion a few days ago. Although he met with others during this period, he could not possibly have come to the East Sea to infiltrate Yingzhou Secret Realm."

Upon hearing this, Yun Shu suddenly stood up. "Impossible!"

“However, that is the truth,” Bai Ze said calmly. “I agreed to step back for the sake of the school, and as compensation, the vice principal allowed me to choose a chapter of the Cantong Qi to cultivate. I chose the Chapter on the Chaos of the Four Elements, and I have been cultivating it in seclusion for the past few days.”

"It's an illusion! You used an illusion to deceive the person you met!" Yun Shu shouted.

"Bai Ze's illusions could not possibly deceive people far away in Yujing."

Zhang Huayang interrupted Yun Shu's rebuttal, saying, "His illusion magic is different from those spiritual mystical arts. It must be calculated in real time on-site to ensure that there are no flaws. Moreover, apart from meeting the Astronomy Club members once, Bai Ze has always met with people on the Star Network."

"The data from StarNet cannot be fake."

The final sentence sealed the deal.

Logging into the StarNet requires a body scan, including a pupil scan, to be successful; it is impossible for anyone other than the account holder to log in.

This is the first impossibility.

The second impossibility: Even if illusions are used to deceive others on the StarNet, the illusion is only fake, not one's own data.

You might be able to fool everyone on the StarNet, but you can never fool the host that controls Baiyujing—Luoshu.

Data from the StarNet proves that Bai Ze has definitely always been at Yujing Martial Arts University.

Compared to Bai Ze's testimony, Yun Shu's accusations seemed rather weak.

What he said was entirely his own account; there was no physical evidence, let alone witness testimony...
"Minister, Zhang Shaoming has returned from the Yingzhou Secret Realm, along with Chu Xingyun and Wan Zhao from Yujing Martial Arts University."

An agent dressed in the black uniform of the Martial Arts Association hurriedly walked out of the meeting room and reported to the open door.

When you ask for a witness, the witness arrives.

Upon hearing this, Yun Shu first showed joy, then suddenly clenched her fist.

Having a witness is a good thing, but the witness may not only be referring to Bai Ze, but also to Yun Shu.

"Bring him here quickly."

A middle-aged man with a square face stood up and said loudly.

This is Xue Hengchuan, the minister of the executive department of the Martial Arts Association, who is in charge of this trip to Yingzhou Secret Realm.

"Yes."

The reporting operative left quickly, and a short while later, hurried footsteps could be heard.

Zhang Shaoming and Chu Xingyun walked in, their steps unsteady, their special combat uniforms tattered and stained with blood.

However, their complexions were not bad, suggesting they had received some treatment.

The two had just entered the conference room when they immediately fixed their gazes on Yun Shu, their wide eyes burning with barely suppressed anger and hatred.

"Junior Brother Yun Shu, you've finally come out! That's great!"

Zhang Shaoming gritted his teeth and said, "It seems our lives weren't sacrificed in vain."

To be sacrificed?
"It seems we can learn about the situation from another perspective through another party involved."

Mu Yaoguang said calmly, looking at Zhang Shaoming, "Tell me the whole story of the attack, and I, in my capacity as the Martial Arts Association Inspector, guarantee to uphold justice for you."

“Senior Zhang, I’ve asked myself if I’ve done anything to wrong you,” Yun Shu immediately said.

He emphasized his words, clearly implying a warning.

However, Zhang Shaoming was clearly enraged. Upon hearing Yun Shu's words, he immediately sneered and said, "Go say those words to Qiao Yuexuan, whom you abandoned. After being abandoned by you, she accepted the Great Freedom Demon Blood and became a demon. Do you dare say you did right by her?" The Great Freedom Demon Blood again!

Recent events seem to revolve around the Great Freedom, and now the Great Freedom Demon Blood has appeared.

“We formed a battle formation together to fight against that mysterious man in black robes, but you withdrew from the Big Dipper Formation at the crucial moment, using us as a shield and running away yourself.”

"But you didn't expect that the mysterious man had also given his all. After we blocked that attack, he was almost completely exhausted. At this time, Qiao Yuexuan was possessed by a demon because you abandoned her to escape. She took the opportunity to drain the blood of Wei Changqing and the others, and fought with him. Although she died at his hands, she also pushed him to his limit and forced him to retreat."

“Yun Shu, you could have led us to victory if you had just stayed, but you chose to run away.”

As Zhang Shaoming spoke, his voice became increasingly stern.

Upon hearing these words, everyone present looked at Yun Shu with suspicion.

In Yun Shu's account, this part is not included. He says that he and the others fought with all their might but were still defeated, and only he survived.

Yun Shu clenched his fists and shouted, "Impossible! How could Bai Ze's 'Cantongqi' be exhausted! You're lying!"

"Well, I need to defend myself."

Bai Ze quickly coughed lightly and said, "Even if I had cultivated the 'Cantongqi', it would have been impossible for me to surpass a six-star cultivator when I was only at the four-star level."

"That's because you've cultivated the 'Ascending Intent'!" Yun Shu said.

Upon hearing this, Yun Shu's body trembled violently.

He discovered a blind spot that he had overlooked.

"Dean Ye appreciates my work; I have indeed cultivated the 'Ascending Intent'."

Bai Ze slowly said, "But I can only unleash three consecutive palm strikes of Ascension Intent at most. Any more than that, and I will suffer a backlash."

As he spoke, he slowly rolled up his sleeves, revealing his perfectly intact arms.

When Yun Shu saw this scene, he was struck dumb.

"It's fake! This is fake!" Yun Shu said in disbelief.

Bai Ze's breathing remained steady, showing no signs of injury whatsoever.

Ascending Intent is a palm technique. If it suffers a backlash, the arm will definitely be the first part to be injured. Now that Bai Ze's arms are intact, it undoubtedly proves that he has not used Ascending Intent more than three times recently.

At least, he didn't do that in reality.

“We also didn’t discover the identity of that mysterious person. He never showed his face from beginning to end, and we didn’t find any connection between him and Bai Ze.” Zhang Shaoming then added insult to injury.

In other words, Yun Shu is lying!

What he said was 80% true, 10% false, and 10% concealed.

What he concealed was that he abandoned his companions and ran away on his own.

The one lying is naturally the identity of that mysterious person.

Because of the mysterious man's power, Yun Shu believed that he would kill everyone else, and no one would be able to expose his lie.

In order to provide strong evidence for her escape, Yun Shu framed Bai Ze.

If he doesn't do this, even if no one exposes Yun Shu's escape, his own utter defeat will plunge him to the lowest point in his life.

Since that's the case, why not create an even bigger pot and throw it on Bai Ze's head?

At the same time, it also proves that it's not that I'm incompetent, but that Bai Ze is too cunning and has laid out many schemes long ago.

You know what, this really does sound like something Yun Shu would do.

"That's it, I understand."

Bai Ze clapped his hands and looked at Yun Shu, "You deserted, Yun Shu."

Lu Qiudi also spoke up at the right time, saying, "The backlash caused by the Ascension Intent damages the meridians and flesh. Even Ye Liuyun, the creator of the technique, was bedridden for three months when he used the Ascension Intent at the Five Star level. Unless Bai Ze awakened an ability like super-fast regeneration, but according to the data he left on the Star Network and the calculations of the Luo Shu, what Bai Ze awakened was not a recovery ability, but a mental ability."

"He possesses extremely strong mental strength, computational ability, and outstanding comprehension. In the Yuan Realm's ancient texts, this type of person's physique is called the Innate Dao Embryo."

In other words, even the possibility of using awakened abilities to recover from injuries has been proven ineffective.

General.

"Boom!"

Yun Shu braced his fist against the table, feeling dizzy and almost falling over.

He thought he could send Bai Ze to his doom, but he never expected that it would be himself who fell into the abyss.

"Now, let's talk about Yun Shu's punishment."

Mu Yaoguang said indifferently, "Deserters should be punished as deserters should be."

Upon hearing this, Dean Yun closed his eyes in anguish.

But he only has one grandson.

"There are others in the Yingzhou Secret Realm who are being threatened by that mysterious person. Perhaps we could let Yun Shu atone for his crimes through meritorious service—"

Dean Yun tried to find a way out for Yun Shu.

"teacher."

Mu Yaoguang interrupted his excuse and said, "In the past five years, I have often thought about whether the outcome would have been completely different if I had not chosen to stay behind and become a cripple."

"Although I have abandoned others, I still have considerable strength. As long as I lie low for a while, I can rise again."

"Do you think I should regret my past decision?"

As she spoke, her gaze swept over the others, including Zhang Huayang.

If we treat this lightly now, it would be tantamount to saying that Mu Yaoguang's act of covering the rear was worthless.

Zhang Huayang dared not admit this, and neither did anyone else.

If Mu Yaoguang were still a cripple, there might still be people laughing at her behind the scenes, but she has now risen again.

Moreover, after this series of events, Dean Yun's own prestige is also on the verge of collapse.

Mu Yaoguang has been proven innocent, so Dean Yun, who attacked Mu Yaoguang, must take responsibility.

Yun Shu's background can no longer protect him.

“Of course,” Mu Yaoguang suddenly softened her tone, “Yun Shu is neither a member of the Martial Arts Association nor a soldier. Although he abandoned his comrades and is morally flawed, his crime does not warrant death. Therefore—”

"Let's cripple him."

Mu Yaoguang uttered four cold words.

(End of this chapter)