Before the former Jimo City Lord finished the ceremony, Erlang of the Tao family shouted impatiently: "City Lord, tell them quickly, the Tao family was wiped out by Tao Yao!"
"Ahem." The former Jimo City Lord's saluting hand still awkwardly stopped in mid-air. He rolled up his sleeves and glanced past Xu Xiuyuan without leaving a trace.
Xu Xiuyuan nodded slightly to the former Jimo City Lord as a gesture of greeting: "The City Lord is old and in poor health. I'm afraid he won't be able to stand here for a long time. Why don't we skip the customary etiquette and get to the point?"
The city lord smiled and nodded: "But it's up to you."
Xu Xiuyuan put away his smile and asked seriously: "City Lord, according to what the two Tao family brothers said, the Tao family was exterminated because of Taoyao's death. They also said that the City Lord can prove it for them."
The city lord nodded again: "Yes, I can prove it."
"oh?"
"Fifty years ago, when the Tao family was in trouble, I happened to go to the Tao family to find my son. At that time, Tao Xianzun personally admitted to the old man that she was the most responsible for the destruction of the Tao family."
After hearing this, Xu Xiuyuan looked horrified and asked in shock: "You said that Taoyao had personally admitted to you that she did not kill everyone in the Tao family?!"
"yes."
Xu Xiuyuan immediately raised his eyebrows: "City Lord, the Tao family's crime of exterminating the family is not a trivial matter. If you don't have proof, you must not make false claims. Otherwise, the people here may not be willing to do good."
The former Jimo City Lord was very calm. He took out a crumpled yellow talisman paper from his sleeve and said, "Elder Xu is joking. How can I not know that this is not a trivial statement and should not be made in vain?"
As he spoke, he raised the talisman paper, and the word "kill" on the yellow paper flashed, and words rang out from the paper. The voice was Tao Yao's!
"This time I return to the Tao family, and I will fight with the Tao family until death. I can explain to the Lord of the City that the Tao family will die today, and I owe you the most."
Then, the city lord held up his hands and said loudly: "Elder Xu, this is the proof of old age."
Xu Xiuyuan neither spoke nor showed any expression. He immediately turned sideways and looked at the second senior brother. However, the second senior brother could not laugh at this moment.
The second senior brother couldn't laugh, so Xu Xiuyuan laughed. He asked politely: "Senior Brother Guannan, whether the talisman in the city lord's hand is true or false, do you want to step forward to confirm?"
"..." The second senior brother raised his lips and did not answer.
Therefore, Xu Xiuyuan suggested in good faith: "Brother Guannan, it is better to confirm, otherwise there will be people up and down the Kunlun Mountains who have doubts in their minds, thinking that the elderly city lord traveled all the way to Kunlun just to slander him and have nothing to do with him.
The familiar Taoyao."
Xu Xiuyuan's words seemed to be for Kunlun, but the meaning inside was full of ridicule. If the second senior brother really dared to say that he wanted to confirm, then he would be exposed when he questioned the two brothers of the Tao family.
The second senior brother has always been very smart, so how could he be so confused now?
He immediately came back to his senses, his eyes filled with disbelief and great sadness: "Little junior sister, what on earth is going on? Could it be that the Tao family was wiped out because of you?!"
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Taoyao, whether it was the 30,000 cultivators still standing at the end of Kunlun, or the million cultivators standing opposite them.
Master Cen finally showed a little worry and whispered to Taoyao: "Little apprentice, don't be afraid."
Tao Yao curled her lips and shook her head calmly towards the Master: "Master is joking, how could I be afraid?"
She might be afraid, but not now, because the second senior brother, who seemed distressed, asked about the tragedy of the Tao family's destruction, but not whether she was a monster.
Even if the Tao family is destroyed, it's all because of her, and that doesn't mean she's a monster.
"Master, didn't you say that? Right and wrong are often just words on the tip of a person's tongue. Who can claim the truth often has nothing to do with the facts."
After saying that, Tao Yao raised her feet and tried to get around the fourth senior brother who was protecting her. However, the fourth senior brother was so arrogant that when he saw that she was about to go out, he grabbed her collar and refused to let her go forward.
"Little junior sister, your voice is never quiet. If you say it here, it's no different than if you say it out."
"……"ha?
The fourth senior brother slightly shifted his body and very considerately allowed Tao Yao to reveal half of her body.
Shen: "Okay, you can talk now."
Tao Yao couldn't help but laugh or cry. The relationship between her and her fourth senior brother was really not good. Moreover, her fourth senior brother had a jealous temper. Today, even if he stood opposite and waved his sword at her, she felt it was normal.
The fourth senior brother saw Tao Yao dumbfounded and scolded him displeasedly: "Little junior sister, you are always good at talking. No one in Kunlun Mountain can defeat you. I hope you are not that kind of person who only knows how to be a quarrel."
Tao Yao came back to her senses, slightly raised her lips, and said with a smile: "Four senior brothers, don't worry, when I want to kill everyone, I never care where I am."
Then, Taoyao came forward and handed over the Lord of Jimo City: "Lord, I haven't seen you for fifty years. How are you?"
The city lord took half a step back, flexibly lowered his eyes and bowed, avoiding eye contact with Tao Yao: "Tao Xianzun is polite. I am no longer the Lord of Jimo City, and I cannot deserve to be called Xianzun."
Tao Yao curled her lips and said, "I'm used to it."
"..." The city lord shook his hand and said urgently, "Peach Immortal Lord is joking. I have only met the Immortal Lord once in total. How can I call the Immortal Lord such a habit?"
Tao Yao saw that the city lord was a little anxious, and the smile on her lips deepened: "The city lord is just joking. If I am not familiar with you, how can I admit to you the crime of murder and genocide?"
"..." The city lord's expression changed and he couldn't answer the question.
He couldn't answer the words, so Tao Yao continued: "Since the city lord has the ironclad evidence that I admit to killing the entire Tao family, I have nothing to hide from others."
Hearing this, Xu Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in a loud voice: "Taoyao, are you going to plead guilty?"
"If Elder Xu said that he was offended, he only meant that I destroyed the Tao family. I can admit it. But for other stupid things, such as saying that I am a demon, I can't admit it!"
Anger rose in Xu Xiuyuan's eyes, and he refuted Taoyao: "If you are not a demon, but a human being, and you are a member of the Tao family, then why did you commit the crime of deceiving your master and destroying your ancestors?"
Taoyao raised her hand and pointed her fingertips at the two Tao brothers: "Elder Xu should ask them this!"
"What?"
Tao Yao smiled faintly and replied: "Elder Xu, there are rules in Kunlun. Disciples in the mountain must not go down the mountain without permission. Fifty years ago, if my second brother had not come to the mountain to look for me, how could I have left Kunlun? If I could not leave Kunlun.
,How can I destroy the Tao family?!"
Xu Xiuyuan could not hide his surprise and was completely confused by Taoyao's unusual explanation.
Common sense? She disdains it.
Besides, the cause and effect she mentioned is not cause and effect, doesn’t it make sense?
"Fifty years ago, my second brother went up the mountain to seek help from me. However, as a disciple of Kunlun, I knew the rules of Kunlun and was unwilling to leave the mountain. However, my second brother cried, made trouble, and hanged himself in the Tumi Hall of Kunlun.
He scolded me for being cold-blooded, unfaithful and unfilial, and forced me to go down the mountain."
After saying this, Taoyao looked directly at the second brother of the Tao family: "Yes or no, second brother?"
"Well……"
The second brother of the Tao family did not dare to answer. He did not dare to answer, which instantly made the elder brother furious. He slapped his palm heavily in front of his sword. The sword could not bear the force and sank three inches into the soil: "Tao Erlang, come to Kunlun for help."
Not only the four of us heard everything clearly, but also one hundred thousand Kunlun disciples knew it!"
The second brother of the Tao family was so frightened by the elder brother's momentum that his legs went weak. He trembled and replied, "Yes... Taoyao Association... Shanxia, it is indeed me who went to Kunlun to invite..."
Tao Yao nodded: "As long as the second brother admits it, that's fine."
"..." The second brother of the Tao family clasped his hands and glanced at Xu Xiuyuan anxiously. He only glanced at Xu Xiuyuan for a breath, but Xu couldn't even see clearly, so he lowered his head in a hurry and hid behind the eldest brother of the Tao family.
Xu Xiuyuan frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Taoyao, even if you were invited down the mountain, it doesn't mean that you didn't deceive your master and destroy your ancestors! What's more, you have personally admitted that you destroyed the Tao family!"
Seeing Xu Xiuyuan's gloomy expression, Tao Yao felt much better. She slowly asked back: "Elder Xu, I dare to ask, have you ever killed anyone in your lifetime?"
"What?"
"Yes or no?"
Xu Xiuyuan's eyes darkened and he replied: "Of course there is."
"May I ask Elder Xu, why do you want to kill people?"
Xu Xiuyuan was impatient: "Taoyao, you don't have to think about him or her. I have killed people, and I have killed many people, but everyone I killed was a person full of evil."...
She didn't care at all about Xu Xiuyuan's impatience, or in other words, the more impatient the other party was, the happier she was.
Tao Yao asked more and more contentedly: "Then let me ask Elder Xu again, can you kill any of these people named Xu?"
"..." Xu Xiuyuan was silent.
Tao Yao curled her lips and poked the sky lightly with her finger: "Elder Xu, Huang Tian is above. It is impossible to say that gods are looking down on the world. With your gentlemanly character, you will not lie."
She said this simply to provoke Xu Xiuyuan, but to her surprise, Xu Xiuyuan actually glanced at the sky, his eyes full of respect.
Tao Yao looked at the sky, but the sky was dark, with nothing but dense black clouds.
What is he respecting?
"Taoyao, I did kill the Xu family."
"Since that person is from the Xu family, why did Elder Xu kill him? If you kill him, does it count as murdering a fellow sect member?"
Xu Xiuyuan stared solemnly and said righteously: "Taoyao, don't try to change your mind. I can make it clear that everyone I kill is a heinous person."
"Elder Xu is wrong." Tao Yao also looked serious, with a sharp look on his face, far better than Xu Xiuyuan, "As a member of the Tao family, I killed everyone in the Tao family because they deserved it!"
"..."
Tao Yao turned sideways, her eyes falling on the former Jimo City Lord: "City Lord, what I said to you fifty years ago is far more than that.
Since you wrote down what I said on the talisman, why did you only reveal part of it? Why didn't you reveal all the conversations we had in front of others?"
"..." The city lord couldn't answer, and his eyes secretly glanced at Xu Xiuyuan.
Tao Yao said sharply: "Lord City Lord, why do you want to look at Elder Xu? Could it be that Elder Xu is the one who doesn't want you to explain everything clearly?!"
The city lord hurriedly withdrew his gaze.
Xu Xiuyuan could not hold back when he was called out. He asked the city lord sternly: "City lord, what happened back then? Is it true that you have something to hide, as Tao Yao said?"