A quarter of an hour later, all the guests were invited back to the square in front of Taiyi Palace.
They thought the dinner would continue, but they received news that the dinner was suspended.
Not only that, a famous Bagua Sect disciple also formed a circle in the square, faintly surrounding the guests.
This criminal-like treatment instantly aroused dissatisfaction among the guests.
"Master Sima, what do you mean?"
Sima Zhengming sat on a brought wooden chair and said expressionlessly: "I'm sorry to disturb you all.
Just because our sect’s forbidden treasure hidden behind the triple gate—the Bagua Dao Zang volume—has been stolen!
And just now you were the only ones on the mountain road to the triple gate! "
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the guests changed.
"Taoist Priest, how could we do such a thing?"
"That's right, Taoist priest, you are slandering a good person!"
Faced with the noisy accusations, Sima Zhengming remained unmoved.
He said solemnly: "Everyone is innocent, but you can't have the final say!"
Sima Zhengming ignored the anger of the guests and shouted to a group of Bagua sect disciples in front of him: "Explain what exactly happened!"
The group of Bagua Sect disciples were naturally the ones guarding the third level gate.
They were kneeling on the ground at this moment, looking ashamed and not daring to raise their heads to look at Sima Zhengming.
"Reporting to the boss, we were stunned by a psychedelic drug."
"When we woke up, we saw that the mountain gate was wide open, and the Bagua Daozang in the forbidden area had disappeared."
"What a bunch of trash!"
Sima Zhengming rebuked angrily and asked with a sullen face: "Did you see any suspicious people approaching the triple gate?"
"Suspicious person?"
The disciples raised their heads in confusion and glanced around at the faces of the guests.
But when they glanced at Ye Hong's face, their eyes lit up.
They all pointed at Ye Hong and reported: "Reporting to the leader, this person, Junior Brother Chong Ting and Junior Sister approached the third level gate last night, but no one else approached."
As soon as these words came out, Ye Hong suddenly became the center of attention of the crowd again.
"Hey! Don't talk nonsense! How could Senior Brother Ye steal Bagua Daozang?"
Sima Chongting stood up with an angry look.
Sima Lu also helped: "Yes, and Senior Brother Ye was just competing with the Longhu Dao Sect in this square, so how can he have time to go to the third level gate!"
These words made many Bagua Sect disciples nod their heads.
There is only one exception.
"Who said he had to go to the forbidden area to steal books just now?"
A strange voice sounded from the Bagua Sect disciples.
Everyone heard the news and went away, only to find Sima An with a strange smile on his face.
He glanced around the crowd and said eloquently: "This must be Ye Hong's trajectory of crossing the sea.
Bagua Daozang seemed to have just disappeared, but in fact he had already succeeded yesterday.
And Junior Brother Chong Ting and Junior Sister Lu are his accomplices! "
These words were full of murderous intent, and they actually included Ye Hong, Sima Chongting and Sima Lu at once.
"You fart!"
Sima Chongting roared at Sima An: "Brother, you can't spit on someone without evidence!"
"Evidence? Haha." Sima An sneered, pointed at Ye Hong and shouted: "The evidence is on him."
The disciples of the Bagua Sect looked at Ye Hong in confusion.
Sima An kept that weird smile on his face and said pitifully to Ye Hong: "If you hadn't stolen the Bagua Daozang, how could you have used the Bagua Daozang when you fought Zhang Baizhan just now?!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was shocked!
(End of chapter)