"Reporting to the Valley Master, it was indeed this boy who did the killing." Master Li Rui answered.
"But with his level of cultivation, how could he possibly possess the strength to kill Chu Luyang?" The Valley Master of Luoxia Valley looked perplexed.
"Reporting to the Valley Master, this boy used despicable means to murder Chu Luyang," Master Li Rui said.
Hearing those words, Chu Feng wanted nothing more than to spit a great gob of saliva right in Master Li Rui's face.
He thought to himself, this old man truly had the nerve to say anything — he was actually pinning the label of "despicable" on Chu Feng.
"Did you really kill Chu Luyang?" The Valley Master of Luoxia Valley asked Chu Feng.
It wasn't merely a question. He was also observing Chu Feng, trying to see whether Master Li Rui had used any special martial means to forcibly restrain him.
If Master Li Rui had indeed employed any such force, the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley would have been able to tell at a glance.
But this was precisely what made Master Li Rui clever. He seemed to understand this Valley Master well, knowing that the man would observe Chu Feng to check whether he had been bound.
So, he had refrained from suppressing Chu Feng with martial force and instead gone to great lengths to feed him that medicinal pill.
As for the result, it unfolded exactly as Master Li Rui had anticipated — the Valley Master had not detected the existence of that pill.
"I am asking you again — did you kill Chu Luyang?" the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley pressed.
Seeing this, Master Li Rui was about to open his mouth and cement Chu Feng's guilt, but to his surprise, Chu Feng simply nodded.
He was confessing?
Seeing Chu Feng actually nod, Master Li Rui was quite taken aback. He had assumed that even if Chu Feng couldn't speak, he would never admit guilt.
Yet now Chu Feng had actually confessed, and Master Li Rui truly couldn't figure out what kind of game he was playing.
"Sigh — Chu Luyang was, after all, a member of the Chu Heavenly Clan. He took shelter under my Luoxia Valley, and there must be an accounting for his death." Seeing Chu Feng nod, the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley finally spoke.
"Then this subordinate requests that the Valley Master pass judgment on him," Master Li Rui implored.
"Does that even require me to pass judgment? According to the laws of my Luoxia Valley, anyone who dares to kill those of Luoxia Valley shall be..."
The Valley Master had not finished speaking when an elderly woman rushed out from deep within the hall and said, "Valley Master, it's bad — Lady Yan's illness has flared up again!"
"My mother's illness has flared up again?" Hearing this, the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley stood up in alarm.
The man who had previously seemed so calm and composed now had a look of barely concealed panic on his face.
From this, one could see that the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley was in fact a filial son — otherwise he would not have been so flustered upon learning that his mother was ill.
"Elder Tuoba, I ordered you to invite a Robed Spirit World Master. Have you succeeded?" the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley asked Master Li Rui.
"Valley Master, this… Robed Spirit World Masters are truly difficult to invite. Forgive this subordinate's incompetence — I have not yet been able to find one." Master Li Rui said with a face full of guilt.
But no one noticed that as he spoke, he secretly stole a glance at Chu Feng.
And Chu Feng noticed his gaze. In those eyes, Chu Feng saw a cold, sinister smile.
The man was gloating.
After all, Chu Feng could see it now. Setting aside the fact that the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley already appreciated talent, the man was desperately in need of a Robed Spirit World Master to treat his mother's illness.
Under these circumstances, if the Valley Master were to learn that Chu Feng himself was in fact a Robed Spirit World Master, Chu Feng would surely be saved.
Yet Chu Feng was unable to speak. He could only watch helplessly as this chance to survive slipped away, powerless to grasp it.
That was why Master Li Rui was gloating — proud of his own cunning.
"Keep searching — search again for me. You must find one, no matter what," the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley declared. With that, he followed the elderly woman deeper into the hall. His mother, it seemed, was somewhere within.