Chapter 411: Can't Find a Reason to Believe

"It's not me!"

Yu Die said gravely.

"Not you?"

Wei Yuan's face was full of oddity as he said, "Yu Die, you really know how to joke. Just now didn't you unleash a sword formation around Tang Imperial Attendant? Now Tang Imperial Attendant is facing attack after attack of Sword Apparatus, and you say it wasn't you—how are we to believe?"

He actually hoped that Tang Anzhi, that beast, would die at Yu Die's hands, that he could kill this ungrateful wretch, vent his anger, and also use the incident to extort some benefit from Yu Die.

How could he know.

Yu Die actually refused to admit it, treating him like a three‑year‑old, and this matter could not be denied by Yu Die, otherwise extorting any benefit from Yu Die would be very difficult.

If he weren't so cautious, he would have told Yu Die that a beast like Tang Anzhi deserves to die, so Yu Die wouldn't have any psychological shadow.

"You don't believe me?"

Yu Die said expressionlessly.

Wei Yuan and Dai Zhishang exchanged a glance, their faces full of awkwardness. It couldn't be said that both harbored the same thoughts; at least they wanted to believe Yu Die, but the clear, obvious facts before them made it impossible even if they tried to believe her.

Wei Yuan spoke first, "Yu Die, look at how you phrase it. If it were anyone else, even a close friend, I wouldn't believe them. But you're the Hundred Household of the Demon Suppressing Department; even if I didn't trust you, I must trust the Department. Yu Die, as the Hundred Household, I believe you won't deceive me. What do you think, Young Master Dai?"

"I—I—I…"

Dai Zhishang cast a resentful glance at Wei Yuan, his words sounding smooth yet inhuman, dragging him in, and said with an awkward laugh:

"County Magistrate Wei, you know I'm unlearned, can't even read books, let alone cultivation matters. Now, with the countless roaming dragons besieging Tang Imperial Attendant, how could I tell whose hand wrote this?"

Wei Yuan couldn't help muttering, "Dai Zhishang, this dandy still has a bit of sense."

He had originally hoped that Dai Zhishang would expose Yu Die's lie.

Yu Die sneered, "How could you not understand Wei Yuan's false pretenses and Dai Zhishang's feigned ignorance? Look again carefully, and you'll see who struck at Tang Imperial Attendant!"

"No problem!"

Wei Yuan and Dai Zhishang hurriedly replied, and instinctively looked up, seeing the great cauldron above Tang Anzhi shattered. In the next instant, countless roaming dragons attacked recklessly, spraying wave after wave of blood, his body covered with one horrific wound after another. If Tang Anzhi weren't somewhat skilled, he would have perished under those assaults.

He would have lost his life long ago!

"Ah! Tang Imperial Attendant, are you about to die?"

Wei Yuan exclaimed, suppressing the excitement that almost showed in his eyes, and quickly changed the subject:

"Yu Die, rest assured. Though I don't know what Tang Imperial Attendant did to offend you, since you have taken lethal action, I am convinced he deserves ten thousand deaths. I will cover for you and ensure no one knows the assassin was you, Yu Die!"

"I've said it, it's not me!"

Yu Die's face turned a steely blue, and she said in an unfriendly tone.

Wei Yuan chuckled, seeming about to say something, but Dai Zhishang cut in, "County Magistrate Wei, I think you must have misunderstood; the attack on Tang Imperial Attendant was definitely not by Yu Die. Even if Tang Imperial Attendant dies, it won't be at Yu Die's hands!"

Wei Yuan looked at Dai Zhishang with a mocking tone; his words surprised him a bit, but not at all unexpectedly.

What sort of scum is Dai Zhishang, could he not know?

Lecherous ghoul! To say such a thing, nine times out of ten he's been dazzled by Yu Die's looks.

Not ashamed to admit, when he first saw Yu Die he also reacted, but after years of crawling through the bureaucracy, having heard and witnessed countless cruel facts, he knew clearly.

Some things can be touched, some things not even a glance should be given.

He didn't know Yu Die's identity, but knowing she is a Hundred Household of the Demon Suppressing Department and came from the Capital City was enough for him to realize that, even if he were brazenly lecherous, he couldn't make a move on Yu Die.

Otherwise.

How could one not even know how they died!

Although Dai Zhishang claims to have a good younger brother, he's not Dai Tianli; if he truly can't let go and makes a move on Yu Die, even the Dai family would be implicated.

"After returning, report this matter to the head of the Dai family!"

Wei Yuan decided privately.

He knew the head of the Dai family was a first‑rate good person.

If he learned his own child had done such a foolish act, he would be very grateful, and couldn't help offering benefits; the Dai family head never relied on his son being a disciple of the Supreme Elder of the Jiutian Sword Sect to flaunt power in Qingyang County.

This novel you…

Furthermore, it admonishes the Dai family youths not to bully others with their power.

Dai Zhishang looked at Wei Yuan's demeanor; though he didn't know what scheme he was plotting, he knew he wouldn't believe his own words, and said, "County Magistrate Wei, you don't believe what I say?"

Wei Yuan glanced at Dai Zhishang, seeing he truly was blinded by lust; otherwise he wouldn't speak that way. He sighed lightly, "Young Master Dai, I would very much like to believe you, and I want to say that this matter is 100% not done by Yu Die, but I simply cannot convince myself!"

"County Magistrate Wei, you just said otherwise a moment ago!"

Dai Zhishang replied discontentedly.

"That's not… that's not…"

Wei Yuan wore a mocking smile, about to speak but stopped.

Though the rest of his words were unsaid, both Dai Zhishang and Yu Die knew what he intended to say.

Yu Die sneered, "County Magistrate Wei, your words just now sounded so pleasant; I thought you truly believed me, but I never imagined you were only placating me to ease your conscience!"

Wei Yuan didn't rush to answer Yu Die's question, but looked up toward the distance. Under the onslaught of countless roaming dragons, even a full‑strength resistance couldn't hold for long, and the near‑dead Tang Anzhi's face could no longer conceal his joy, pretending sorrow, he sighed:

"Yu Die, I would very much like to believe you, but the problem is I don't know how to believe you. Please forgive me, Yu Die!"

"You don't know how to believe me?"

Yu Die snorted coldly, "I told you to look again carefully—did you? If you look again carefully, I won't believe you, yet you still say you don't know how to believe me!"

"Yu Die, that's unnecessary!"

Wei Yuan let out a slight sigh, wanting to say more, but under Yu Die's angry gaze he instinctively looked up, examined closely, and his complexion changed dramatically as he exclaimed in shock, "How—how—how is this possible?"

He then realized that around Tang Anzhi there was a faint great net—more precisely, a sword formation—absorbing the after‑effects of Tang Anzhi's battle with the countless roaming dragons, preventing those remnants from harming the nearby civilians.

(End of Chapter)