Chapter 118: He is the Real Murderer

"Xu, Xu Xiaoshou?"

Zhao Xidong rushed to the scene of the crime and completely froze when he saw the perpetrator.

He had spotted the Xian Tian Jian Qi while he was having fun in the grove and assumed Su Qianqian was using it to summon him again. He didn't expect it to be Xu Xiaoshou!

He was so angry his entire body was shaking.

It was because of this fellow that he had canceled his afternoon rendezvous with Mimi Baby, and according to the plan, tonight he should have been able to...

Not only had he ruined his grand plan, but every time there was chaos in Tian Sang Ling Gong, this person was always involved.

Once last night, once this afternoon, and again now...

Couldn't he just stay quiet for a day?!

The crowd of onlookers had already gathered, and the fireworks exploding in the night sky had shocked everyone. Zhao Xidong's shout made things even more astonishing for all.

"Xu Xiaoshou? He's Xu Xiaoshou?"

"Isn't that guy just an outer court disciple? What's he doing in the inner court... killing someone?"

"Damn, he's bold!"

"I can't wait to see how he dies next, heh heh..."

If you were talking about the real-time celebrity rankings in Tian Sang Ling Gong, Xu Xiaoshou would absolutely be at the top right now. It wasn't for nothing—his string of bizarre stories was simply too much.

The champion who was rejected from the inner court, one of the suspected centers of the Ling Gong manhunt plan, the man behind Su Qianqian...

Everyone stared at the blood-soaked figure in the battlefield, swallowing hard. Now they had one more thing to add...

"If I'm not mistaken, that firework that shot into the sky was Chao Shu."

"That's one of the new inner court Thirty-Three, right..."

For the first time, someone seriously doubted whether they even qualified to be an ordinary inner court disciple.

Xu Xiaoshou was just at Lian Ling Nine Realm, just an outer court disciple!

"This world has gone mad, it must be a dream!"

"Smack!"

"What the hell, why'd you hit me?"

"It hurts? So it's not a dream..."

"Received suspicion, passive value +22."

"Received awe, passive value +33."

Xu Xiaoshou glanced at his passive value and saw that after this fight, the total had already exceeded two thousand.

The biggest contributor was that final move—the high-frequency ice spear attack that didn't deal much damage but gave him over a hundred passive points per second.

Under the effects of various passive skills, his condition had recovered to more than half. If he had to keep fighting, he still had some confidence.

But that clearly wasn't possible now, as more and more enforcers were rushing in from a distance.

He shifted his gaze from Yuan Tou and looked toward Zhao Xidong, his face turning pitiful.

"Referee sir, you have to uphold justice! They were trying to kill me!" Xu Xiaoshou pointed at Yuan Tou.

Everyone: ???

Who was killing whom here?

Playing the victim first?

"Received suspicion, passive value +52."

Zhao Xidong wasn't in the mood for jokes. Killing someone off the life-and-death arena was a serious offense.

"Don't say another word. Let's head to the Ling Fa Ge for a trial. The punishment platform is waiting for you."

Yuan Tou wore a smug, watch-the-show expression. Once this guy went to the punishment platform, he was as good as dead. Did that mean his mission was indirectly complete?

But Lan Xinzi's order was to take Xu Xiaoshou's head within a day...

He shook his head. With this guy's strength, the mission was impossible. Give him a month to prepare, maybe.

Xu Xiaoshou hadn't expected Zhao Xidong to become so uncompromising after just one afternoon apart.

He dropped his playful smile and said seriously, "I couldn't sleep, so I went out for a walk. Some inner court disciple just landed and tried to kill me. Was I supposed to sit there and wait to die?"

"I shouted 'stop'!" Zhao Xidong said sternly.

No one could undermine the enforcers' authority, not even Xu Xiaoshou, who seemed to have some connection with Sang Lao.

Xu Xiaoshou sneered, "You didn't show up when I was almost done for, but when I turned the tables, you tell me to stop?

Pathetic!"

"If it were someone else, do you believe you'd never see him tonight—just get a message tomorrow about a Ling Gong disciple's death?"

Zhao Xidong fell silent. He knew Xu Xiaoshou was probably right.

But...

"It's procedure. Go explain it to the trial elders at Ling Fa Ge!"

"Fine!" Xu Xiaoshou surprisingly didn't argue back. He pointed at Yuan Tou again. "But this guy has to come with me."

Yuan Tou: ???

What's this got to do with me?

Did you even see me make a move? I was just watching the whole time!

Zhao Xidong looked at Yuan Tou, furrowed his brow, and connected the dots. "Zhang Jia, Zhang Xin Xiong?"

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned, then put on a look that said, "Just as I thought." "So you really were sent by them?"

"Nice one. First Feng Kong and Shao Yi, and now another one... Chao Shu, right!"

"Why don't they come themselves? Afraid of getting caught? Or scared of me, Xu Xiaoshou?"

The onlookers fell silent. Once certain things were exposed, no one could save face.

Sure, this kind of thing happened occasionally in the inner court, but that was the inner court!

Now, some so-called veteran Thirty-Three members were repeatedly sending people to assassinate an outer court disciple...

Could they still hold their heads up?

More importantly, they failed the assassination!

Didn't that mean inner court disciples were no match for a mere outer court one?

Yuan Tou saw the public opinion turning against him and panicked.

"This has nothing to do with anyone else. It's just their personal grudge. Chao Shu lost the Tian Xuan Gate spot to Xu Xiaoshou and acted out of desperation, that's all. He didn't expect..."

He couldn't finish his sentence. Who could've thought a new Thirty-Three member would fall to an ant like that?

But as soon as he said it, everyone was stunned.

"The Tian Xuan Gate spot?"

"Xu Xiaoshou got the Tian Xuan Gate spot, so Chao Shu went after him?"

"Damn, that makes sense... But how did Xu Xiaoshou get the Tian Xuan Gate spot? That's insane—so many in the inner court are waiting, and he gets it?"

"Heh, can you kill Chao Shu?"

"Shut up!"

The Tian Xuan Gate spot had only been announced tonight, so not many knew about it. Now, everyone was piecing it together.

Xu Xiaoshou was completely dumbfounded. He thought Sang Lao had easily arranged a Tian Xuan Gate spot for him.

He never imagined that while he gained this opportunity, someone else had lost it...

"That old man didn't even explain it clearly to me?"

"Hmm, as if he would..."

In less than a second, Xu Xiaoshou let it go, but he decided to track down that old man and get the full story.

This was all so confusing—he felt lost.

If this kept happening, he'd be making enemies everywhere. He, Xu Xiaoshou, wanted to live a long life!

Seeing Zhao Xidong about to side with him, Xu Xiaoshou quickly spoke up: "Even if Chao Shu came after me for the Tian Xuan Gate spot, this guy is still involved."

He glanced at Yuan Tou.

"They came together earlier. One came down to kill me, and the other was keeping watch from afar. Don't think I didn't notice."

Zhao Xidong was about to respond, but Xu Xiaoshou cut him off: "Don't ask—there's no evidence."

"But back then, I didn't know Chao Shu was that weak. My first instinct when I saw someone trying to kill me was to run."

Xu Xiaoshou angrily pointed at Yuan Tou. "It was him!"

"He blocked my escape route. If I'd gotten away then, Chao Shu wouldn't have died!"

"He's the real killer!"