Chapter 596: I Am Not the Murderer!

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse!

The city guards of White Paper Xiancheng surrounded the Listening Ghost Pavilion heavily.

The Listening Ghost Pavilion's grand array had been activated, and Sun and Ning could not escape into the void, becoming birds in a cage and turtles in a jar!

"My Lady!!!" The city guards rushed into the pavilion and discovered the corpse of the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden, unable to help but cry out in grief in unison.

"Impossible, this is fake."

"Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden is skilled in divination; how could she perish so easily?"

"Catch him, he is the murderer, the murderer who killed Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden!!"

Many people were in disbelief, many were panicked, and many were hateful and angry, vowing to kill Unlike Ning Zhuo.

"I am not the murderer!! I am a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator; how could I kill a Jin Dan cultivator, and someone like Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden at that?!" Unlike Ning Zhuo shouted loudly.

At this moment, his face was pale, showing signs of terror and anger. There was an element of performance, but it was also a true expression of his feelings.

Heaven have mercy!

He was just preparing to take out the white candle to reveal his true identity and explain his need for divination. He had finally waited for this moment of meeting today, never expecting that the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden would be dead.

She was perfectly fine in the morning, constantly meeting male concubines to be promoted. She ate lunch, and by the afternoon, she was like this?!

The city guards naturally would not stand by and watch because of Unlike Ning Zhuo's self-defense.

They rushed toward Unlike Ning Zhuo one after another.

Unlike Ning Zhuo retreated directly to the side of the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's corpse: "Stop! Whoever comes near me, I will destroy her remains."

"Whoever among you wants to provoke me, bear the responsibility of desecrating the corpse of a hero of White Paper Xiancheng."

The city guards stopped immediately, looking at Unlike Ning Zhuo with shock and anger, scolding him for having such great audacity!

Unlike Ning Zhuo looked up, laughed loudly, and then, with a ruthless expression, said viciously: "I'm going to Zhao Die anyway. If you dare to attack me and frame me, then I might as well Zhao Die, but I'll drag you down with me before I Zhao Die. I, Hemp-face, mean what I say!"

The city guards were stunned, looking at each other, then cursed Unlike Ning Zhuo loudly, but ultimately stopped in their tracks.

Unlike Ning Zhuo did not stop, but pointed at the crowd: "You bunch of idiots, why don't you report this immediately. Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden has been killed, and the enemy will surely take the opportunity to launch an offensive. Military intelligence is like fire; if you are a step too slow, leading to internal and external distress and the immortal city being broken, you will all be sinners!"

As soon as Unlike Ning Zhuo finished speaking, he heard several explosions; fire rose in a corner of the city, and at the same time, the outside of the city shook, and countless ghost wails and howls sounded, clearly the ghost tide had risen again, launching a fierce attack on White Paper Xiancheng.

The city guards changed color one after another.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's words had been fulfilled too quickly!

And just looking at this momentum, the intensity of the enemy's attack was stronger than ever before.

"What are you still stunned for? I couldn't escape before, do you think I can escape now? By comparison, White Paper Xiancheng is ten thousand"

"times more important than me!" Unlike Ning Zhuo continued to scold, "You bunch of idiots!!"

The city guards wavered again.

Just then, a figure descended rapidly to the scene: "Yellow-faced brat, shut up!"

The person who came was none other than Wen Wen Ruanyu.

It turned out that this group of city guards had discovered the fact that the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden was dead and had reported it immediately.

Wen Wen Ruanyu rushed into the Listening Ghost Pavilion, his eyes fixed on the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's corpse, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart completely dissipated.

His face turned extremely gloomy, his gaze like a sharp blade, staring fixedly at Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo placed one hand on the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's neck and immediately snorted: "Lord Wen, I did not kill her!"

"Outside the city, you saw me. I was sent by Commander Qing Yan; I am a local."

"But if you don't care about any evidence and judge me as the murderer, then there is only one possibility—you are the spy! All the city guards present, you can all testify!"

Wen Wen Ruanyu's pupils shrank, his momentum stalling.

The city guards were dumbfounded; Unlike Ning Zhuo had just scolded them, and now he was asking them to testify; he was simply a rascal.

But thinking about it, hey, it made some sense.

Some city guards secretly sized up Wen Wen Ruanyu.

Feeling these subtle gazes, Wen Wen Ruanyu was so angry that killing intent filled the air: "Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden has died, and you are the closest person; you should have been interrogated under torture, yet now you are threatening me?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Lord Wen, I am also forced"

"by circumstances. Any hesitation or cowardice would have made me a prisoner."

"I am not afraid of death, but I worry that when death comes, I will never have held my fate in my own hands."

"Besides, I am also a victim. Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden was indeed not killed by me; I have walked straight and sat upright!"

"Lord Wen, I also advise you not to be foolish."

"If you want to force a confession and frame me as the murderer in a short time, wanting to find a scapegoat to stabilize the morale in the city, you will fall into the enemy's trap."

"Because as long as the enemy takes the initiative to expose the evidence of their actions, your crime will be doubled, and the immortal city will realize that even high-level figures like you were easily deceived, and morale will inevitably suffer a greater blow."

Wen Wen Ruanyu's face was like the bottom of a pot: "Sharp-tongued rascal. I won't make things difficult for you anymore; stick this on yourself. If you really make me take action, the scene won't be so pretty."

As he said this, he threw out a red jade-sealed talisman and shot it at Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo snorted, spread his palm, and revealed his natal magic treasure.

A mirror light flashed, and a huge body appeared out of thin air.

It was exactly the Heavy-Armored Blood Ape, Da Sheng!

Fang Yuan Dasheng stood in front of Unlike Ning Zhuo and reached out to catch the talisman.

In an instant, the city guards gasped in low voices.

"A Jin Dan-level mechanical puppet!" Wen Wen Ruanyu's expression changed, his vigilance rising.

The Listening Ghost Pavilion's array was fully activated, imprisoning the space, making it impossible for Unlike Ning Zhuo to escape into the void. But the space inside the pavilion was unified and not suppressed.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had just discovered this point and immediately released Fang Yuan Dasheng.

However, soon, Fang Yuan Dasheng's Jin Dan aura was heavily suppressed, falling directly to the Foundation Establishment stage.

This was White Paper Xiancheng, and the entire city was under the influence of the protective city array.

"Little Zhuo, there is no problem with the talisman." Inside the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon, Sun Sun Lingtong used his spirit eyes to observe and secretly transmitted his voice.

Fang Yuan Dasheng then transferred the sealing talisman to Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo took a look, put the sealing talisman into his bosom, and had no intention of self-sealing, but instead cupped his hands: "Thank you, Lord Wen, for the talisman."

Wen Wen Ruanyu laughed out of anger and finally lost his patience.

Just as he was about to take action, he heard a voice from behind: "Stop."

Wen Wen Ruanyu and the city guards all changed expressions, hurriedly turning around and bowing to the person who came: "Greetings, City Lord!"

The City Lord of White Paper Xiancheng was in a very poor state and had been in a sealed state; could she come out now?

Unlike Ning Zhuo was surprised and looked up, suddenly realizing.

He saw the person who spoke, two zhang tall, with a white face and ink-black lips. A long head of hair, twisted from 3,600 thin snow-paper strips, hung to her waist. Her neck and shoulders were delicate bone structures supported by bamboo strips, and thin-as-cicada-wings paper was stacked on her shoulders in complex pleated patterns.

The plain white dress was covered with runes, and as the hem dragged, it stirred up bursts of cold yin energy.

And at her waist, a piece of red rope was tied, which was the most eye-catching. At the end of the red rope hung a bronze bell, but no sound could be heard.

It was clearly a magic treasure-level paper puppet!

The paper puppet exuded a Nascent Soul-level aura, and she drifted into the Listening Ghost Pavilion like a white cloud, carrying rolling yin energy.

She didn't even look at Unlike Ning Zhuo, but kept her gaze on the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's corpse.

Although she was expressionless, in her long pause, a rich emotion of sorrow and grief permeated the air.

"Little Le, I didn't expect you to be lost in this internal and external distress." The White Paper City Lord's paper avatar said softly.

The whole place was silent, with only the sound of the ghost tide outside the city and the bombing of the chaos inside the city reaching here from time to time.

The paper avatar was silent for a long time before looking up at Unlike Ning Zhuo: "I am in a very bad mood, and I want to kill someone!"

"I will give you three breaths of time to prove that you have nothing to do with the death of the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden."

"After three breaths, you will be buried with Little Le."

Unlike Ning Zhuo was horrified, sweat dripping from his head.

He wanted to argue, but the paper avatar had already started counting: "Three."

"One."

Even Wen Wen Ruanyu's heart skipped a beat; the paper avatar didn't count two, skipping it directly, which revealed her impatience and killing intent.

"Little Zhuo, I will take action to cover your retreat; you go first!" Sun Sun Lingtong's hair stood on end, and he was about to rush out of the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was hanging by a thread, terrified, and suddenly stretched out his palm: "I can prove it!"

In a short time, he was already covered in cold sweat.

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Unlike Ning Zhuo stared fixedly at the white paper avatar: "Just cut open Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's belly, and you can prove that I am innocent."

Wen Wen Ruanyu immediately shouted angrily: "Bold! You still want to desecrate Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's corpse!"

The city guards also became irritable, but because the City Lord's avatar was present, they dared not speak.

The white paper avatar fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, she stretched out her finger and slashed abruptly.

Magic power like a knife directly cut open the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's belly and also cut open her stomach.

Seeing the large amount of spirit food remaining in her stomach, Unlike Ning Zhuo's guarded heartstrings relaxed.

He cupped his hands and said: "City Lord, Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden treated herself by eating underworld meals. And these underworld meals are difficult to digest, and one cannot use magic power to help digestion, otherwise, it's like eating for nothing."

"After lunch, according to the arrangement, I was the first male concubine to see Lady Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden."

"If I killed the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden, it must have been not long ago."

"But the undigested spirit food in the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's belly has already proven that she died earlier, not long after eating the underworld meal, and was attacked!"

Everyone was silent.

Everyone's gaze turned to the Mourning Music Ghostly Maiden's corpse, and then they all turned to Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Sun Sun Lingtong was happy: "Little Zhuo, that makes sense!"

Wen Wen Ruanyu frowned.

Unlike Ning Zhuo exhaled a breath of turbid air: "I have no time to commit the crime, because at that time, I was in the dining hall of the Hidden Yang Branch Mansion, eating the underworld meal on the spot. There are many people who saw this scene!"

The paper avatar snorted, killing intent still permeating: "The deduction is not bad. However, you cannot completely clear your suspicion. Who exactly are you?" ===== CHAPTER 597 =====