Supreme Emptiness-Chapter 472 - Dare to Shift the Blame to Jiang Fan

“You need to live up to the title of the number one prodigy of the Nine-Sect!”

Uh—

Xia Chaoge blinked her eyes, stunned, “But it was really Shishu who killed them!”

“Alright, I did kill one of them.”

“But the others were all slain by Shishu.”

Lu Xiunian got a bit angry,

and reprimanded, “Did my words go in one ear and out the other for you?”

“You tell me, who would believe that Jiang Fan alone killed four Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciples without you?”

“Even if you want to shift responsibility, you should find a more plausible reason, right?”

Xia Chaoge was speechless,

and said, “But it was really Shishu…”

“Shut up!” Lu Xiunian was truly enraged.

What was wrong with Xia Chaoge today?

She was like a completely different person than usual.

He wasn’t even blaming Xia Chaoge for killing the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciples, so there was no need to push all the blame onto Jiang Fan, right?

Liang Feiyan said in astonishment, “Elder Lu, you’re mistaken.”

“They were indeed killed by Junior Brother Jiang.”

“Even the one at the Fifth Level of Core Formation had the assistance of Junior Brother Jiang.”

No sooner had the words left her mouth,

when Elder Lu glared angrily, “You shut up too!”

“Though I’m not from your Myriad Swords Sect, I still need to say something as an elder!”

“Look at yourselves, how disgraceful you are!”

“Two well-known senior brothers and sisters teaming up to frame a junior brother!”

“Shame on you, being the Chief of Myriad Swords Sect!”

I…

I really meant what I said!

Liang Feiyan felt like spitting blood.

How had he framed Jiang Fan?

Li Qingfeng wore a stern expression and let out a light snort, “Elder Lu has already reprimanded you, so I won’t say more.”

“But there better not be a next time.”

“Jiang Fan doesn’t have your powerful abilities or background and can’t afford your way of messing around.”

Then,

he patted Jiang Fan’s shoulder comfortingly and said, “Don’t be afraid.”

“With Elder Lu and me here, you don’t need to wrong yourself and take the blame alone.”

Jiang Fan covered his mouth and stole a laugh.

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He nodded and said, “Thank you, Elder Li, and thank you, Elder Lu.”

“Thank you both for speaking up for me.”

Liang Feiyan clenched his fists in frustration.

This guy!

He was vicious outside but behaved like a good boy in front of the elders.

He got the best of both worlds!

Even Xia Chaoge couldn’t help stomping her feet lightly.

She felt both annoyed and amused.

Her attempt to tease Shishu backfired and resulted in a scolding.

Fu Chaohun, Xie Liushu, and Ouyang Jun exchanged glances.

You live long enough and you’ll see everything!

Obviously, Jiang Fan was the one who led.

Yet the elders stubbornly refused to believe it?

But come to think of it, if they hadn’t witnessed Jiang Fan’s terrifying combat skills firsthand,

it would indeed be hard for them to believe he did all this.

“Alright, you all continue,” Lu Xiunian looked around and said,

“There were just quite a few people leaving, better check if they left any hidden dangers.”

Li Qingfeng glanced at the scattered bodies and said,

“These… bandits deserved to die.”

“Burn all the bodies, don’t search them, just burn everything.”

With a meaningful reminder, he then disappeared.

The group immediately got busy.

They piled the bodies together.

Ouyang Jun discovered the black-robed leader had a bulging chest and said,

“They seem to have a lot of demon cores on them.”

Fu Chaohun and Xie Liushu’s eyes lit up simultaneously.

They didn’t dare to act rashly but looked at Jiang Fan, who was holding a torch.

“Don’t even think about it,” Jiang Fan gave the three a look.

“Have you not figured out why Elder Li specifically told us not to search the bodies?”

“Without searching the bodies, they’re unidentified bandits and robbers. Their deaths are justified.”

“If we find Tianji Pavilion disciples’ tokens, then we’d be the ones who killed Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciples!”

Boundary Mountain was full of disciples.

Who could guarantee someone wasn’t watching their actions?

Ouyang Jun shivered.

He then realized the consequence.

If no tokens were found, their elders could deny everything to the Nine-Sect, claiming they only killed some bandits and robbers and not admitting to having killed Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciples.

If the tokens were found, there would be no excuses.

So, to avoid trouble, they had to burn everything directly.

Fu Chaohun and Xie Liushu also clicked their tongues.

There were indeed such serious implications.

Luckily, Jiang Fan understood Li Qingfeng’s implied message.

Otherwise, they would have been in deep trouble.

They looked around and noticed some scattered human figures.

If they had searched the bodies just now, they would have surely been seen.

Liang Feiyan felt a chill down his spine, realizing how troublesome these bodies were, and said, “Burn them, Junior Brother.”

Xia Chaoge walked over and snatched the torch.

“Let me do it,” she said.

“Otherwise, if the elders hear about this, it would again be me and Senior Brother Liang teaming up to bully Shishu and do bad deeds.”

She glanced sideways at Jiang Fan and gave him a resentful look,

then set fire to the bodies.

Jiang Fan chuckled, “Who told you not to stick up for each other…”

As he spoke,

his expression changed slightly.

Because,

the long-dormant Black Mirror Evil Spirit suddenly spoke without warning.

“Be careful, boy.”

“Something unclean is nearby.”

Ever since he returned to the Green Cloud Sect,

perhaps fearing being discovered by the sect’s experts, the Black Mirror Evil Spirit had not shown itself again.

Now, it suddenly spoke in a low voice, startling Jiang Fan.

“I’m going to rest; you guys clean up the battlefield,” he said, then turned and walked to a snowdrift some distance away.

He took out the black mirror from his chest.

The black mirror was among the few items not put into the Heavenly Thunder Stone.

The reason being,

he had to be cautious of the evil spirit inside.

“I thought you were dead,” Jiang Fan remarked, “you’ve kept silent for so long.”

The evil spirit laughed bitterly, “You’re eager for me to disappear so you can take over the black mirror, aren’t you?”

“Wishful thinking, I can stick around for another ten years or so.”

Jiang Fan scoffed and said, “What do you mean by something unclean?”

“You’d better explain clearly; don’t let me get into danger and die here.”

“It’s freezing here; if you’re buried with me, no one will ever find you.”

The evil spirit grumbled internally.

This kid had the nerve to bring it up.

If it hadn’t been for him, the black mirror would have long absorbed enough human blood to restore its Yuan Energy.

“If I wanted you to die here, I wouldn’t have warned you,”

the evil spirit said seriously,

“I sensed some dead energy just now.”

“It seemed to be coming from those corpses.”

“This place isn’t safe; you should leave immediately.”

Corpses?

Jiang Fan looked back at the snowfield behind him.

Weren’t those the corpses of demon beasts?

“What danger do corpses pose?” Jiang Fan asked, puzzled.

The evil spirit chuckled, “Corpses themselves aren’t dangerous.”

“But, what if those corpses could move?”