After Being Possessed By A Witch, I Became An Outlaw

Chapter 37: The Evidence You Wanted Has Arrived

When picking persimmons, you should choose the soft ones to squeeze, and pulling out a radish will bring out the mud.

This time, Chong Xu shouldn't think it will be so easy to escape.

When Zhang Chi firmly stated that he would report the collusion between Zhou You and the thieves, the climax of this spectacle was reached.

"Do you know what you're saying? Without any basis, you're questioning the elder and slandering your fellow disciples. I can strip you of your cultivation and expel you from the sect!" Chong Xu's eyes were filled with anger, and his threat was very clear.

Zhang Chi, of course, was fearless. He calmly said, "Elder Chong Xu, rest assured, since I dare to say such things in front of so many people, how could I not have any basis? Master Zhou, do you dare to confront me?"

In the midst of the crowd's anger and the elder's threats, Zhang Chi still maintained his composure. The fangirls in the crowd were already starry-eyed.

This is the big senior brother we imagined!

Zhou You was feeling anxious at this moment, but he couldn't back down.

With so many people watching, if he didn't go over to confront Zhang Chi, it would be equivalent to admitting guilt.

But with his own intelligence, could he outsmart Zhang Chi?

He was feeling anxious until Chong Xu's voice sounded in his ear, which calmed him down a bit.

"Go with peace of mind. As long as you don't admit anything, he can't do anything to you."

After hearing this, Zhou You thought about it.

No matter what Zhang Chi said, as long as he didn't admit anything, it couldn't be pinned on him.

During this conversation between father and son, Zhang Chi had quietly moved closer to Jiang Qingyun.

If Zhou You and his son were to suddenly attack, Jiang Qingyun could also help him.

He couldn't trust anyone else.

"Master Zhou, on the second morning of my investigation, even if there were problems with the account books, and I told you about it, can you admit it?"

"Nonsense, everyone knows that you and I have a grudge against each other. How could you tell me about something you found?"

Zhou You's statement was reasonable, and the onlookers were more inclined to believe him.

Could it be that Zhang Chi is a saint, who likes to repay grievances with kindness?

"I wanted to cooperate with you to find the stolen spirit stones. At that time, I also explained to you that the spirit stones in the Spirit Stone Cave are related to the interests of the Left River League and the Sword Sect. For the greater good, we should put aside our previous minor conflicts and work together."

"You're making yourself sound so noble, but there's no such thing. Why deceive everyone and give yourself a good name?"

Zhang Chi's words were indeed not convincing enough.

But at this moment, Tang Feng spoke loudly, "I believe! If someone else said this, I might doubt it, but coming from Zhang Chi, I have complete faith. Have you all forgotten? Not long ago, I promised that whoever found Ruoliang could take half of the Spiritual Medicine Valley's assets. How many people did disgusting things for this benefit? I won't say anymore. Only Zhang Chi, he worked tirelessly without any personal gain, and helped me find Ruoliang. Moreover, he didn't ask for any of the rewards promised to him. This just happened, and you all have forgotten?"

Zhang Chi looked at his father-in-law with particularly moved eyes.

This person, Tang Feng, can handle things. When there's a problem, he really steps up!

Tang Ruoling, who was standing beside him, was grinding her teeth.

Father Tang, can't you be a bit more discerning?

Don't you know how much humiliation your daughter has suffered?

Everyone else can believe him, why can't you?

Unfortunately, Tang Ruoling couldn't explain it to her father, she could only grit her teeth and let the tears flow into her heart.

After Tang Feng's statement, many people also recalled Zhang Chi's previous actions.

Most people didn't blindly join in the criticism of Zhang Chi, and there were quite a few who believed in him. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been a fight.

But the previous situation was very unfavorable, and most people were in a state of silence.

They didn't unconditionally trust Zhang Chi like his true fans, nor did they believe everything they heard like the other group of people.

At this moment, the scales in the hearts of these people were tilting towards Zhang Chi.

Because Zhang Chi's reputation was already quite good, and everyone hadn't forgotten the actions of the elder.

Who should they believe? It was obvious.

And true fans like Chen Runyu had already responded.

"We believe in Big Senior Brother!"

This voice was lonely at first, but soon it became a chorus.

Zhang Chi smiled faintly, these were my brainless fans.

In this situation, Zhou You's face looked very ugly.

Because he was truly guilty, and seeing others believe in Zhang Chi, he had no confidence.

Seeing this, Chong Xu voiced his support, "Let's make a judgment. Do we believe Zhang Chi just because you all believe him? Do you think what Zhang Chi says is the truth?"

Qinghui also joined in the charge, "I've witnessed the prestige of the sect's disciple. He's only at the Qi Condensation stage, but I guess he has more influence in the sect than the sect leader."

Qinghui was also playing a divisive role, not only creating a rift between Zhang Chi and Jiang Qingyun, but also putting them in a weak position, arousing sympathy from the audience.

This scene is like Zhang Chi using his influence to maliciously frame Zhou You and Qinghui.

The sense of justice in some people's hearts was invoked.

Zhang Chi did not interrupt their performance, and even patiently waited for them to finish before responding, "Of course I have evidence.

At that time, I and Master Zhou had planned a fishing trip and I personally saw Master Zhou write a letter.

The fishing plan was formulated by me after confirming the problem with the account book and suspecting Elder Qinghui of embezzlement, in order to find the spirit stones."

"Wait, you just said that the account book cannot prove Qinghui's guilt, so why are you now saying that you can confirm it?"

Thinking he had found a clear loophole in Zhang Chi's argument, Zhou You excitedly refuted him.

This loophole was too obvious, wasn't it just waiting to be exposed?

The onlookers also thought the same.

In fact, Zhang Chi dared not say there was a problem earlier because he was too close to Qinghui and would be killed.

But at this moment, Zhang Chi had already entered the range protected by Jiang Qingyun, so there was no need to conceal anymore.

He could naturally explain the two different statements.

"When I was formulating the plan, I suspected Elder Qinghui because I didn't know about the existence of the spiritual energy tide. So when I discovered a significant decrease in the production of spirit stones, I rashly suspected Elder Qinghui.

Later, I heard the disciples of the spirit stone cave chatting about the spiritual energy tide, and I realized that it was not enough to rely solely on production to convict someone. So I wanted to collect more account books to verify the existence of the spiritual energy tide.

If not for this, I would have discovered the problem with the account book on the first night, so why would I need to look at it for another day?"

The spiritual energy tide is a special phenomenon where the spiritual energy in the mine suddenly increases or decreases, resulting in a significant increase or decrease in the production of spirit stones.

Therefore, Zhang Chi's explanation is reasonable. It also explains why Zhang Chi went to great lengths to protect the account book but claimed that it was not enough to prove Qinghui's embezzlement.

The spiritual energy tide is extremely rare, occurring once every fifty years.

If Qinghui really had the misfortune of encountering it, it is not impossible.

"However, where there is an ebb, there is also a flow. If we observe for another month and the production of spirit stones in the spirit stone cave is still significantly lower than the average annual production or increases significantly, it will prove Elder Qinghui's innocence."

Qinghui's face turned pale when he heard this.

How could he not know about the spiritual energy tide?

Indeed, Zhang Chi could not prove his innocence within three days, but sooner or later he would be able to.

If he had known earlier, he would have killed Zhang Chi when he was defenseless.

But now he had no chance. Zhang Chi had unknowingly walked into a safe zone.

Gu Youyou witnessed all of Zhang Chi's actions and was truly impressed.

When Qinghui revealed his murderous intent earlier, she had already prepared to expose herself to protect Zhang Chi.

Who would have thought that Zhang Chi would cleverly avoid it?

Now was the time to go all out!

"According to the original fishing plan, we were supposed to send someone to pretend to fish for spirit stones in the river and pass the message to Elder Qinghui. Then, when Elder Qinghui tried to move the spirit stones, we would catch him in the act.

I also read the plea letter written to the Grand Elder, but I never expected that before the plan could be implemented, the account book would be burned in the evening.

And today, I haven't heard any news of Elder Qinghui being caught, but I learned that Master Zhou really found spirit stones in the river. How can I not suspect Master Zhou's collusion with the thief?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of Zhou You and Chong Xu seemed off.

According to Zhang Chi, Chong Xu was clearly involved in the plan.

But Chong Xu didn't say a word, as if this matter had never happened.

Zhang Chi had been focusing only on Zhou You, could it be that Chong Xu was innocent?

Chong Xu sneered at this remark.

If Zhang Chi only had these tricks up his sleeve, he would still be in trouble today.

He could think of ways to scheme against Zhang Chi, but could he think of Zhang Chi exposing everything?

Again, there was no evidence!

"I wondered why you framed Zhou You, turns out you were jealous of his achievements."

As soon as Chong Xu spoke, he smeared Zhang Chi with dirty water, making it seem like Zhang Chi had impure motives.

Then he calmly said, "I have never seen any fishing plan, but this child Zhou You is indeed lucky.

I just didn't expect that he would find spirit stones by chance and be slandered.

All the premises of your suspicion of him are based on your initial lie. How can you convict someone based on a lie?"

The onlookers were once again shaken.

Elder Chong Xu's words seemed to make sense.

If there was no fishing plan to begin with and Zhou You just got lucky and stumbled upon the spirit stones, then Zhang Chi was just trying to take credit and slander him.

The pressure once again fell on Zhang Chi's side.

Whoever makes the claim must provide evidence. Even if Zhang Chi made a real-name report, without other evidence, it would be impossible to convict Zhou You based solely on his words. Elder Chong Xu would not agree to that.

However, under this pressure, Zhang Chi smiled.

He took out a stone from his pocket.

Chong Xu's whole body trembled.

This was a photo stone. Did Zhang Chi record something...?

(End of this chapter)