"Are you wronged? Then where did you get so many spiritual stones?"
In his storage bag, there were not only countless spirit stones, but also several medicine bottles. The medicine bottles contained different kinds of strange medicines, including several that he bought from Gu Xijiu.
The elder of the Punishment Hall said in a colder voice: "Where did the spiritual stones you bought these medicines come from?"
Qian Lingtian was speechless and looked like death—
…
Before dawn.
The lights in Lingfeng Pavilion were brightly lit.
There are many people in Lingfeng Pavilion at the moment, and they are all the elites of Tianjutang.
The instructors of each class, the elders of each hall, Yan Chen, Yun Qingluo, and other Ziyun class disciples were also allowed to come and observe.
Most people didn't know what was going on and were still confused when they were called.
Later, the four elders of the Punishment Hall escorted Qian Lingtian in. Everyone looked at each other and continued to be trapped.
After a while, several more people were brought in by the punishment hall disciples. These people were all students of Ziyun class and Qian Lingtian's friends. They often played with Qian Lingtian.
It wasn't until Gu Canmo showed up and started interrogating that everyone roughly understood what happened during those questions and answers.
Qian Lingtian actually had several opportunities to commit suicide and die with others on the road, but who would want to take that step when a person is at his most desperate
He began to think about the origin of the spirit stone on the way, and after being taken to Lingfeng Pavilion, he had already made up a lie.
When Gu Canmo asked, he immediately started telling his story.
He said that he accidentally discovered these spiritual stones in a cave when he was out on a mission. He became greedy and took all the spiritual stones for himself without reporting them to the superiors.
Then he cried bitterly and said that he really had nothing to do with the stolen spiritual stones from Tianjutang. If the hall master didn't believe it, he could check the spiritual stones. There was still a slight difference in the appearance of the spiritual stones on his body and those from Tianjutang...
For example, Tianjutang's spiritual stones all have unique snowflake-shaped marks, but the marks on his spiritual stones are all plum blossoms.
Of course, because the marks are too small and the two patterns are very similar, you can't tell the difference without looking carefully with a magnifying glass.
Originally, Qian Lingtian was afraid that others would see these differences, but now he is trying his best to explain them.
Because he didn't report the spiritual stones he brought back privately, at most he would be guilty of not reporting the knowledge. He would not be executed, or even kicked out of Tianjutang. He might only be imprisoned for a few days, and the punishment would be Just returning to the cloud class...
Other crimes can directly kill him!
Naturally, he could clearly distinguish what was light and what was serious, so he would not let go of it until it was bitten to death.
He even recruited witnesses, such as the two Ziyun Class classmates who went on the mission with him.
His rhetoric sounded very true. If Gu Canmo and others had not been informed in advance, they might have believed his nonsense.
His two companions were also present. They came out and testified, but they could only prove that the three of them had indeed gone to the mountain to do tasks together. As for the pile of spiritual stones in the cave, they did not know about it...
Qian Lingtian is very talented in acting. After the two companions testified for him, he said with shame that he did not share the pile of spiritual stones with them, saying that he was temporarily obsessed with ghosts -
Gu Canmo's bearded face remained expressionless, sitting there watching him "sing",
The other four elders of the Punishment Hall were also unmoved, and they didn't know whether to believe his rhetoric.
(End of chapter)