Chapter 91: Conclusive Evidence

If all of this were truly as Lao Denuo claimed, then Yue Buqun’s hidden depths were far too profound, enough to chill everyone to the bone.

As the crowd drew in a sharp breath, Xie Xun also came to Yun Zhonghe’s side.

He looked at the latter with puzzlement. Hadn’t Yun Zhonghe always wanted to win over Yue Lingshan’s heart? Even to go further, and take both mother and daughter at once.

Yet if he insisted on breaking with Yue Buqun, the two sides would be locked in a struggle to the death, and then he and Yue Lingshan would have no chance left at all.

Given Yun Zhonghe’s nature, he could not possibly have failed to consider that.

Unless there was some special reason that forced him to do this.

If Yun Zhonghe had known what Xie Xun was thinking at that moment, he would have been astonished beyond measure.

Xie Xun might look rough and uncouth, but in truth his mind was so meticulous it was almost outrageous.

He was not wrong. Yun Zhonghe did indeed have an unavoidable reason.

And that reason was the system’s new quest.

System quest: ruin Yue Buqun’s reputation completely. Success will reward you with the manual for the Purple Mist Divine Art.

Otherwise, Yun Zhonghe would never let Yue Buqun off, no matter what.

But on second thought, ruining Yue Buqun’s name was even more unbearable than killing him.

The leader of Mount Hua, once celebrated throughout the martial world as the Gentleman Sword, would overnight become a public enemy everyone wanted to strike.

With such a tremendous fall, and with Yue Buqun’s fiercely strong self-esteem, he would likely go mad on the spot.

Yun Zhonghe had, in a sense, vented the anger in his chest.

As for Yue Lingshan and Ning Zhongze, the moment the system quest appeared, he had already had no choice.

After all, no matter how beautiful a woman was, she could not compare to the importance of his own life.

The great martial world was full of beauties waiting for Yun Zhonghe to pluck. There was no need to hang himself on one tree.

At that very moment, Yue Buqun fixed Yun Zhonghe with a venomous stare and said coldly, “You think that by colluding with that traitorous disciple, Lao Denuo, you can turn black into white and pin the massacre of the Lin family on Yue? Utter nonsense!”

“You keep insisting that I was the one who did it. Fine then. Produce your evidence!”

The older ginger was the fiercer indeed. Yue Buqun’s words struck straight at the heart of the matter.

No matter how eloquently Yun Zhonghe and Lao Denuo spoke, without solid evidence they would have no footing.

Nothing was more persuasive than proof.

More importantly, if Yun Zhonghe truly produced evidence, then before ironclad proof, Yue Buqun would never have a way back.

The crowd felt that this was unlikely.

If Yun Zhonghe really had evidence, he would have taken it out long ago. Why bother wasting so many words with Yue Buqun?

Even if one took a step back, if the destruction of the Lin family truly had been Yue Buqun’s doing, then he would surely have killed everyone who knew, destroyed all evidence, and preserved the reputation of his Gentleman Sword.

Not only him. Put anyone else here, standing in Yue Buqun’s shoes, and they would have taken things even further.

And Lao Denuo, as Yue Buqun’s confidant, knew too many secrets. There was no way Yue Buqun would have left such a man alive.

Yet he was still alive now, and had even openly betrayed Yue Buqun.

With Yue Buqun’s cunning, how could he not understand that the mouth of a dead man was forever the most reliable?

Even if some people believed Yun Zhonghe, without evidence they could do nothing to Yue Buqun.

The heads of the various sects had all regained consciousness from their earlier stupor. They looked at Yue Buqun with eyes full of wariness and caution.

They had thought their greatest rival was Zuo Lengchan of the Mount Song Sect.

They had never imagined that the most terrifying one of all would be Yue Buqun, the man who had always appeared so upright and righteous.

Yue Buqun also sensed the change in the surrounding gazes, and a wave of gloom surged in his heart.

He knew that after today, whatever the outcome, the good name of the Gentleman Sword would be utterly destroyed.

At the thought of this, killing intent flared violently in his eyes.

All of this had been caused by Yun Zhonghe. He wished he could tear the man limb from limb to vent the hatred burning in his chest.

Still, there was one fortunate thing: Zuo Lengchan had become a cripple.

Among the seven great sects, no one was now his match.

Given time, Yue Buqun would sweep away the other six sects, unify the martial world, and achieve unmatched supremacy.

Come to think of it, he even had Yun Zhonghe to thank for helping him with such a great task.

At this point, Yue Buqun was already certain of victory.

By the time he learned of the Lin family massacre and rushed over in haste, it was already too late.

Before he even made a move, the Fuwei Escort Agency had been reduced to a sea of fire, and the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual had vanished without a trace.

Seeing the crowd’s reaction below, Yun Zhonghe understood that Yue Buqun’s reputation in the martial world had already been ruined.

But the system’s prompt had not sounded yet, which meant the quest was still incomplete.

Just as Yue Buqun had said, Yun Zhonghe had no evidence in hand at all; everything had been nothing more than his own wild claims.

Still, the arrow was already nocked and had to be loosed. Since Yue Buqun’s name had now been smeared, with time, he could shift everything onto the truth later.

When that time came, Yun Zhonghe would have no place to stand in the martial world, and even if he had a hundred mouths, he would not be able to explain himself.

But how was he to turn the situation around now?

System, oh system.

You really know how to set a man an impossible task.

Just as Yun Zhonghe was at his wit’s end, the system’s voice rang out like a savior descending from heaven: Ding. The system has detected that the host is in a difficult situation, and is now issuing a prop to help the host complete the quest more effectively.

The system’s appearance gave him a powerful shot in the arm. The furrow in his brow slowly relaxed, and once again a confident smile appeared on Yun Zhonghe’s face.

Seeing that smile, Yue Buqun’s heart lurched.

At this point, could Yun Zhonghe still have some other trick up his sleeve?

No. They could not drag this out any longer. They had to eliminate Yun Zhonghe as quickly as possible and cut off all future trouble!

With that thought, Yue Buqun immediately ordered his disciples to attack Yun Zhonghe.

At that moment, Yun Zhonghe suddenly spoke. “Very well. Since you want evidence, I’ll give you evidence!”

As he spoke, his hand flashed, and the bodies of Lin Pingzhi’s parents appeared before everyone.

While the crowd was still marveling at Yun Zhonghe’s means, he pointed to one spot and said, “If I am not mistaken, this sword wound was caused by the Mount Hua sword technique known as Green Pine Welcoming Guests. The iron proof is right here. What else do you have to say?”

As soon as those words fell, everyone was stunned.

They had never imagined it really was Yue Buqun who had committed such a vile act.

Below the stage, Lin Pingzhi stared at his parents’ remains, his eyes wide and round.

Hadn’t his parents’ bodies been buried in the flames?

It seemed Yun Zhonghe had been secretly tracking him all along. Lin Pingzhi had always wondered how Yun Zhonghe had appeared in the ancient tomb, and now everything could be explained.

At that thought, Lin Pingzhi, who had been hiding in the shadows all along, leaped onto the stage and collapsed over his parents’ bodies, weeping bitterly.

“Yue Buqun, you killed my parents! Now the evidence is conclusive. What more do you have to deny?”

Yue Buqun stared blankly ahead, his lips trembling slightly, unable to utter a single word.

From this point on, no matter how he tried to explain himself, no one would believe him.