Therefore, he had rushed to the 36 Layer Heavenly Gate Array, hoping to find a way out of his predicament.
The Punishing Law Bureau was largely staffed by Aristocratic Young Masters who had been merely filling their posts for years; they wouldn't pay much mind to the grievances of Bottom-level Cultivators.
However, if the injured party was Xu Xing, who was suspected of being from an Aristocratic Family, then things would be uncertain.
When it came to protecting their shared interests, the Aristocratic Families wouldn't listen to the excuses of a Commoner Ascetic Monk like him. They would likely spend considerable resources to find any Trace Clues that he had hired assassins.
With the methods available in the Cultivation World, no matter how carefully he covered his tracks, it would be difficult to evade the scrutiny of those determined to investigate.
If an investigation failed, a higher-level Bewitching Heart Array could still force him to confess.
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