Ji Shiyou turned around, about to lead everyone on their way.
He was pondering how to make Mingyue fall in love with him by some means before reaching Sifang Mountain.
Suddenly, a force attacked him from behind, and he immediately mobilized his cultivation to resist.
He heard a startled cry from behind, and turning back, he saw Jun Shuxue, who had been sent flying over five zhang by him.
Her back hit a large rock by the pond and she slid to the ground.
Her right arm hung limply, and he didn't know if it was broken or dislocated.
"It's her, the one who pushed me down yesterday!
I smelled the fragrance, the same fragrance I smelled before I fell yesterday."
Seeing her detested Jun Shuxue go mad and attack Ji Shiyou, only to be sent flying.
Mingyue took a step back, not wanting to get involved.
It was an internal matter of the Golden Crow Palace, nothing to do with her.
Even if they beat each other to a pulp, she wouldn't participate.
There was no money to be made, so why waste her energy?
But a strange fragrance drifted into her nose. Mingyue immediately walked up to Ji Shiyou and said in a low voice.
She didn't want to question Jun Shuxue herself.
But now their bodies had been swapped back. In the eyes of Tian Jian and the others,
it was Ji Shiyou who was pushed down yesterday, so she had no standing to pursue the matter.
Therefore, she could only report it, hoping Ji Shiyou would help her.
Upon hearing that Mingyue smelled the same fragrance before falling yesterday,
Ji Shiyou immediately understood that Jun Shuxue had framed Mingyue, and the evidence was conclusive.
This was because Jun Shuxue had used the Fragrant Palm technique to attack him just now.
Jun Shuxue had always considered herself superior since childhood, so the cultivation techniques she practiced naturally had to be extraordinary.
They had to be noble and stunning, befitting her status.
Thus, the Grand Elder of the Golden Crow Palace went to great lengths to find her a set of techniques.
It was called the Fragrant Palm. This palm technique was not only powerful but also had a characteristic.
When used, it emitted a strange fragrance, making one feel as if they were in a garden of a hundred flowers.
Mingyue said she smelled the fragrance before being pushed down yesterday.
Naturally, it was unintentionally emitted by Jun Shuxue when she was channeling her energy before pushing her.
"Jun Shuxue, you took advantage of my carelessness yesterday and pushed me into the Blue Wave Pond.
Considering our fellow disciple relationship and the Grand Elder's face, I did not pursue it.
Today, you attacked me again in broad daylight. According to the rules of the Golden Crow Palace,
you have committed insubordination and harmed a fellow disciple. With all these crimes combined,
as the Senior Disciple of the Golden Crow Palace, I have the right to immediately punish you and kill you."
Ji Shiyou stepped forward and said sinisterly.
He did not beat around the bush or present evidence, but directly pronounced judgment.
It was as if he had already determined Jun Shuxue's guilt and did not want to hear her excuses.
"Why, why are you unharmed?
You are just the demoness Mingyue, not the real Senior Disciple.
Why can you block my Fragrant Palm? This is impossible.
Yesterday, you were no match for my Fragrant Palm and were directly pushed into the Blue Wave Pond by me. Why can you send me flying today?"
Jun Shuxue's face was filled with disbelief, unable to understand how Mingyue's cultivation had become so high.
In her mumbling, she also admitted.
That she was the one who pushed Mingyue into the water yesterday.
"Junior Sister Jun, you are foolish!
Attempting to murder the Senior Disciple is a capital offense.
Are you tired of living? Quickly apologize to Senior Brother.
Senior Brother will deal with you leniently on account of the Grand Elder."
Tian Jian saw that the situation was not good and quickly came to mediate.
He wasn't doing it for Jun Shuxue, but for Ji Shiyou.
He was afraid that if Ji Shiyou killed Jun Shuxue in anger, it would cause him trouble.
The Grand Elder of the Golden Crow Palace was vindictive and petty.
If Ji Shiyou killed his most beloved granddaughter, he would surely retaliate against Ji Shiyou openly and covertly.
"Second Senior Brother, you have all been deceived by him.
He is not Senior Brother. He has been possessed by that demoness.
Quickly kill him and avenge Senior Brother."
Seeing Ji Shiyou's imposing aura, about to punish her,
Jun Shuxue shouted, convinced that the Ji Shiyou before her was Mingyue.
She stopped thinking about why Mingyue's cultivation had suddenly become so strong.
She began to instigate Tian Jian and the others to kill Ji Shiyou first.
As long as everyone believed that Ji Shiyou had been possessed,
then her crime of harming the Senior Disciple of the Golden Crow Palace would not be established.
"Junior Sister Jun, are you crazy? Or have you been scared silly?
Senior Brother has been with us the entire way since we left Sifang Mountain. How could he be someone else?
Don't spout nonsense to escape punishment. Hurry up and apologize."
Tian Jian was getting impatient. He had offered a ladder,
but this fool Jun Shuxue wouldn't come down.
She was even provoking Senior Brother more, was she tired of living?
Truly, good advice is hard to give to a stubborn fool. He had it tough!
"Believe me, the person before you is definitely not Senior Brother.
Think about it, since we left the valley of Sifang Mountain,
hasn't Senior Brother been acting strange? Talking too much, being greedy for food.
And during the battle with the vengeful demon, he was also not normal.
Don't be deceived by him. He is not Senior Brother at all.
If he were Senior Brother, with his cultivation,
how could I have easily pushed him into the Blue Wave Pond yesterday?"
Seeing that they didn't believe her, Jun Shuxue listed the anomalies of the past few days.
She wanted to solidify the idea of possession in front of everyone.
As long as they believed her, even if the Ji Shiyou before them was real,
they couldn't punish her, and she might even be ostracized.
After hearing Jun Shuxue's words, Tian Jian and the others looked at Ji Shiyou with doubtful eyes.
Before Jun Shuxue mentioned it, they hadn't felt it.
Now that she mentioned it, they did feel that Senior Brother had been a bit abnormal these past few days.
"Nonsense."
Ji Shiyou saw everyone looking at him with suspicion on their faces.
Without arguing, he reached out and summoned the Moon Reflection Sword from behind him.
With a casual wave, a sword light flashed.
In the air, a giant phantom of a Golden Crow appeared.
The Golden Crow spread its wings in the sky, as large as a mountain.
Flames billowed from its body, and the heat was oppressive.
With a flap of its two wings towards the summit of Mount Kongming, the water level of the Blue Wave Pond dropped by half.
The water in the pond instantly evaporated, revealing the rugged, moss-covered rocks along its edge.
"Am I fake?"
Ji Shiyou sheathed his sword, and the Golden Crow disappeared. His face was calm and composed.
However, his gaze swept across the surroundings like a king.
His sharp eyes scanned everyone's faces.
He lingered on Mingyue for a few extra seconds.
Mingyue's eyes were now full of stars, looking at Ji Shiyou with admiration.
Watching Ji Shiyou draw his sword, she realized how handsome this man was.
Not only handsome, but also rich!
Mingyue silently added in her heart, "If only I could marry him!"
But she immediately dismissed the thought. Ji Shiyou would never look at her.
The gap between them was too great: different races, different cultivation levels, different backgrounds.
Ji Shiyou was too outstanding; they were worlds apart.
Zhu Ji had said that marriages where the families were not well-matched would not be happy.
Mingyue sighed inwardly, silently.
She blew out the small flame of love that had just ignited, and then stomped on it fiercely a few times.
"Speak."
Everyone was stunned by the scene Ji Shiyou had created, standing like wooden statues.
They had forgotten to answer. Ji Shiyou said the two words coldly.
"No, oh, yes.
You are our Senior Brother, not fake.
We have never doubted you, nor will we."
Ji Shiyou's aura was too strong. Tian Jian quickly declared his stance.
He thought, Junior Sister Jun was being meddlesome and had angered Senior Brother.
This move, Golden Crow Burning Heaven, was a secret technique of Palace Master Golden Crow Fairy, not to be passed down.
In the entire Moon Bright Realm, only Golden Crow Fairy and Senior Brother could perform it.
If one were to say that Senior Brother had been possessed, then it could only be by the Palace Master.
Senior Brother using Golden Crow Burning Heaven was to prove that Jun Shuxue's words were false.
It seemed Senior Brother was determined to punish Jun Shuxue.
He should not say any more, lest he incur Senior Brother's displeasure.
Thinking this, Tian Jian took a few steps back and said no more.
Ji Shiyou raised his foot and walked in front of Jun Shuxue.