Cultivation Online novel Chapter 2248

Chapter 2248: Portrait of the Culprit(2)

"An Outsider, you say?" Commander Wong nearly burst out laughing at Xu Jiaqi’s response, but managed to hold it in.

"While the Outsiders were given assistance by the Celestial Emperor to help with their growth, there’s no way any of them could defeat a single soldier of Heaven’s Mandate at this time, much less slaughter thousands using Void Manipulation at the advanced level!"

"Void Manipulation? And even at the advanced level?" The others expressed shock after learning this information for the first time.

Xu Jiaqi calmly replied, "I don’t know anything about that. I am merely telling you what I know about the man you claim to be the culprit."

Commander Wang then asked, "You also claimed that this individual had already left the faction, correct? In that case, why did his actions affect your faction’s karma? If he’d truly left the faction as you’d claimed, your karma wouldn’t have declined as a result."

Xu Jiaqi shook her head and sighed, "Unfortunately, I am just as confused as you."

"You’ll need more than that to convince me," Commander Wong said.

"Then don’t believe me. I already told you what I know about the culprit."

"If you continue to make this difficult for us, we’ll have to use more forceful methods."

"Oh? I would love to see such methods." Xu Jiaqi narrowed her eyes and stared at him with a provocative gaze.

The atmosphere in the room shifted instantly. Those aligned with Xu Jiaqi rose to their feet, their auras flaring, making it abundantly clear they were ready for battle at a moment’s notice.

"This is outright defiance," Commander Wong said with a deep frown. "And since I’m acting under the Celestial Emperor’s orders, your resistance is no different from defying the Celestial Emperor himself."

As much as he wanted to pressure Xu Jiaqi into revealing everything, he was clearly at a disadvantage in numbers. Moreover, even if her behavior was undeniably suspicious, he couldn’t simply arrest her, as she was an enormously influential figure in the Nine Heavens, and doing so would provoke outrage from countless individuals.

Commander Wong suddenly shifted his focus to Senior Bai and spoke, "And you, Bai Ling? Do you also intend to defy the Celestial Emperor? Someone as highly respected and righteous as you wouldn’t be foolish enough to lie for a criminal... would you?"

Senior Bai responded calmly, without the slightest hesitation, "I was present with Celestial Overlord Xu during both the recruitment of that individual and his departure. I will corroborate her statement."

"Then would you be willing to let us read your memories?" Commander Wong suddenly asked.

"I refuse," Xu Jiaqi rejected without hesitation.

"Why not? Because you’re guilty?"

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