Supreme Emptiness

The special envoy from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion came specifically to demand justice.

If she wasn't treated well, how did she get provoked instead?

However, this matter had nothing to do with him.

He only needed to be a bystander, watching from the sidelines.

So, he arrived at the square in front of the Sect Master Hall with a relaxed face.

The place was packed with people.

Besides people from Sect Master Peak, there were elders and disciples from various peaks.

Even those Deacons who were rarely seen were all gathered here.

Other than during the disciple ranking, it was Jiang Fan's first time seeing so many people from Green Cloud Sect gathered.

One could sense the seriousness of the situation.

He stood on tiptoe, looking towards the center of the square.

He saw a well-maintained woman in palace attire sitting with dignity.

Liu Wuchen and several elders accompanied her, constantly putting on flattering smiles.

Without a doubt, this was the special envoy from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

In front of the woman in palace attire stood a tall and familiar figure, comparing each Deacon standing in a row before her.

She wore a lightweight silk dress with ink wash designs, her posture tall and slender, with a graceful and charming figure.

Her jade face was white as snow, with delicate and rosy skin.

A high nose and piercing eyes.

She was a beautiful woman with a decent appearance.

At this moment, she was intently scrutinizing several Deacons.

After carefully looking them over, she slightly shook her head and turned to the woman in palace attire and said, "Master, no."

Lin Yuheng gently sipped her tea and calmly said, "Switch to another batch."

Liu Wuchen rubbed his temples and said, "Commissioner Lin, these are already the last of the Deacons."

"Are you certain your disciple confirmed that the perpetrator is from our Green Cloud Sect?"

Lin Yuheng put down her tea cup.

Her eyebrows slightly lifted as she said, "Are you sure not a single Deacon has been missed?"

Several elders had already been identified by Ruan Qingsu last night.

There was only this large number of Deacons, who she had been recognizing till now.

Liu Wuchen said, "All the Deacons in the sect are here."

"Those not in the sect are out on missions; it's impossible for them to be involved."

He was quite puzzled.

Who exactly was it that injured Ruan Qingsu so badly?

Last night when he saw those injuries, his mouth couldn't stop twitching.

The person was really ruthless!

Had Ruan Qingsu not escaped quickly, she might have lost her life.

But who would be insane enough to bully a disciple from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion?

Even Feng Guchan wouldn't dare to trouble him by targeting Lin Yuheng's disciple.

Because if it was discovered, the consequences for Feng Guchan would be unbearable.

Lin Yuheng frowned deeply, asking Ruan Qingsu, "Are you sure you've recognized everyone?"

After working tirelessly since midnight, Ruan Qingsu, whose head was a bit dizzy, had long been wanting to give up.

Now, having recognized all the Deacons, she breathed a long sigh of relief, shaking her head, she said, "No."

"That person's appearance is very easy to recognize."

"If they appeared, I could recognize them instantly."

Though she had only seen the face for a moment under a flash of lightning, she couldn't forget it.

She already had a psychological shadow regarding that face.

Lin Yuheng, greatly dissatisfied, questioned Liu Wuchen,

"Sect Master Liu, besides elders and Deacons, do you have any other masters in your sect?"

Liu Wuchen gave a bitter smile, "Our sect has only Supreme Elders, Sect Master, elders, Deacons, and disciples."

"Commissioner Lin, are you suggesting it might be one of our Supreme Elders or disciples?"

Lin Yuheng's expression froze.

She had met several of the Supreme Elders of Green Cloud Sect.

They didn't match Ruan Qingsu's description at all.

As for the disciples,

If her disciple, trained meticulously with the resources of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, was beaten up like this by a disciple of Green Cloud Sect,

she might as well die from shame right there!

Sparing herself from returning to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and dying of embarrassment from the ridicule!

However, despite thoroughly searching Green Cloud Sect, the person they were looking for was nowhere to be found.

Even Lin Yuheng began to doubt, saying, "Qingsu, are you sure that person is from Green Cloud Sect?"

She started to believe Liu Wuchen's judgment a bit.

It might be an outsider trying to frame Green Cloud Sect by deliberately creating trouble.

"This…" Ruan Qingsu also hesitated.

She saw the attire under the lightning flash, it was indeed from Green Cloud Sect.

But if the other party was really from Green Cloud Sect, why couldn't they be found?

As things had reached this point, she was also tired.

It was better to let it go.

Just consider it a loss suffered in silence.

After all, she had her own faults in the matter, getting beaten up wasn't entirely undeserved.

"Maybe I mistook the attire," she said.

Ruan Qingsu sighed and cupped her hands towards Liu Wuchen and several elders as well as the Deacons present.

"I apologize deeply for the trouble I've caused all the elders, senior brothers, and Deacons," she said.

Having lost track of which ones were the Deacons, she cupped her hands and turned around in a circle.

However,

When she turned at a certain angle,

out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a face with a nosy expression peering around.

She involuntarily shivered as if struck by lightning.

Quickly fixing her eyes on the face.

A nightmarish young face appeared before her!

Memories of her desperate escape last night flashed through her mind.

A chill ran up from her feet to her head.

Pointing at Jiang Fan, she cried out, "It's him! It's him!"

"Master! It's him!"

Lin Yuheng, who had just given up on the hunt for the culprit and was prepared to swallow her frustration, suddenly became spirited and said, "He indeed belongs to Green Cloud Sect!"

"Which one?"

But,

following Ruan Qingsu's pointing finger, she was slightly confused, "Are you sure you're pointing at the right person?"

She was pointing at a rather young-looking face, probably eighteen years old.

At this age, he should still be a new disciple of Green Cloud Sect, right?

Liu Wuchen was initially startled.

Was it really done by someone from his sect?

But upon seeing that it was Jiang Fan she was pointing at, he instead looked at Ruan Qingsu with a puzzled glance.

She appeared quite normal.

No matter what,

since she identified Jiang Fan, he must respond appropriately, gesturing for Jiang Fan to come over:

"Come over here for a moment."

The still somewhat clueless Jiang Fan, being called out suddenly, hesitated for a moment.

Confused, he parted the crowd and came to Liu Wuchen's side, "Master, did you call me?"

Liu Wuchen pointed at Jiang Fan and introduced him, "Commissioner Lin,"

"This is my young disciple."

"He joined the sect not long ago. Though he has no Spirit Root, he's diligent and eager to learn, and I value him highly."

"If he has offended your disciple, I, as his master, apologize on his behalf."

"However, he can't possibly be responsible for such a serious offense as injuring her."

"Please don't wrong him."

Knowing that he was indeed a new disciple, Lin Yuheng immediately excluded him from suspicion.

How could a newcomer possibly be so powerful?

Moreover, Liu Wuchen's slightly annoyed remarks made the accusing Lin Yuheng feel somewhat embarrassed.

She wore an apologetic expression and said, "Sect Master Liu, you're mistaken, my disciple has no intention of falsely accusing your disciple."

"She has identified the wrong person."

Saying so, she angrily glared at Ruan Qingsu and said, "Aren't you going to apologize to this junior brother?"

"How could you make such a mistake, what were you thinking?"

Falsely accusing a veteran disciple was one thing,

but falsely accusing a new disciple who had only joined for a few months, who would believe it wasn't a frame-up?

As her master, she felt quite embarrassed.

Apologize to him?

Ruan Qingsu immediately said, "Master, it is him! I didn't mistake him!"

Liu Wuchen, who was already somewhat annoyed,

now truly got a little angry.

Regardless of whether he favored Jiang Fan or not, he couldn't tolerate anyone smearing his disciple.

"Miss Ruan, you need to take responsibility for your words!"

"Are you meaning to say that a newly initiated disciple of our Green Cloud Sect heavily injured your greatly skilled disciple from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion?"

"According to you, my disciple is skilled in many Earth-level Techniques, and also proficient in the techniques of True Thunder Sect and Heavenly Sound Sect?"

"Even more amazingly, he mastered Xu Qingyang's Sword Control Technique?"

"Ha, my disciple is so extraordinarily talented, yet I, his master, am completely unaware?"