"Your Royal Highness, the Star Luo Princess, why would you suddenly investigate Yuwen Tuo's information?" Zhou Yi and the others were startled. And listening to Xu Jiujiu's words just now, she seemed willing to believe Yuwen Tuo. Could she have some connection with Yuwen Tuo?
Fortunately, as a princess, she couldn't take sides based on personal inclination; everything had to be based on facts.
Now that she had produced this document, it would perfectly substantiate Yuwen Tuo's "lie!"
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for clearing Shrek's name!" Zhou Yi feigned gratitude. "Yuwen Tuo, with the Princess's evidence right here, what more can you, an innate Level 9, say?"
Yuwen Tuo smiled faintly, "Your Royal Highness is right, I cannot prove that this document was tampered with. However, someone can. Why don't you send someone to that small city to fetch the person in charge of my awakening and the City Lord? We can confront them in a few days."
"There's no need for such trouble; we've already arrived." Just then, two figures stood up from the spectator stands and leaped over together. These two were Su Yunlang and Ma Sinuo.
"Ma Sinuo, why are you here?" Gong Changlong asked in surprise.
He didn't know the weakling Su Yunlang, but Ma Sinuo was a graduate of their Academy's Inner Court. Of course, he wouldn't fail to recognize him.
"We… we came specifically to watch the finals of the Soul Dueling Grand Competition. We thought it was just a private matter, so we didn't report it to our teachers and elders." Ma Sinuo's expression was off; his voice trembled as he spoke.
Unfortunately, Gong Changlong, with his muscle-bound brain, couldn't tell.
"Since you're here, then you should answer the Princess's questions properly."
"Yes, we bear witness. The awakening data in the Princess's hand is… is indeed tampered with." Ma Sinuo hesitated for a moment, then finally made up his mind and shouted loudly, "I did this under the orders of Dean Yan Shaozhe. Yuwen Tuo awakened under my subordinate Su Yunlang, with Innate Level 20 Soul Power. To send this talent to Shrek Academy, I disregarded his wishes and forcibly detained him. After that, Yuwen Tuo was confined in the Inner Court for six years, using his Pure Fire Martial Soul to help Ma Xiaotao resolve her Evil Fire. He only regained his freedom about a year ago, when Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire was mostly cleared."
"Ma Sinuo, what nonsense are you spouting?" Xuan Zi was greatly alarmed. It was one thing for Yuwen Tuo to betray the Academy, but Ma Sinuo was a graduate of their Inner Court. How could he suddenly pull a stunt like this?
He quickly realized what was wrong.
First, Ma Sinuo spoke unwillingly, clearly under duress.
Second, he should only know about Yuwen Tuo's awakening record being tampered with. Pure Fire cleansing Evil Fire was an Inner Court secret. In the entire Inner Court, besides a few teachers, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen, not even Dai Yueheng knew about it. Where did he hear this from?
Suddenly remembering something, Xuan Zi looked at Yuwen Tuo in disbelief. Seeing the smile on Yuwen Tuo's face, could it be that everything was his doing, meticulously planned?
He guessed correctly. Yuwen Tuo had entrusted Du Busi with many tasks previously, and Ma Sinuo and Su Yunlang were among them.
Shrek could use its power and influence to basely tamper with his awakening record. Would he not respond with even baser means?
Don't forget, although Ma Sinuo was a Shrek Inner Court graduate, he was also a nobleman of the Tianhun Empire, the City Lord of a domestic city. And here, Princess Weina of the Tianhun Empire was present.
With a single imperial decree from her, Ma Sinuo dared not disobey.
Perhaps Ma Sinuo hadn't thought about directly committing treason and returning to Shrek. But Weina was a step ahead of him; she had already taken control of his family.
Weina was originally considered a fairly kind princess, but this time, she was truly angered.
Yuwen Tuo came for his awakening, with Innate Level 20 Soul Power. Such a talent, as a nobleman of the Tianhun Empire, Ma Sinuo did not prioritize recommending him to the Tianhun Imperial Family, but instead sent him to Shrek.
He held an official position and received a salary from Tianhun, yet his loyalty lay elsewhere.
And he even caused Yuwen Tuo to be incapacitated for six years. He had no choice but to bear this responsibility. No, this was no longer just responsibility; it was a solid crime.
"Elder Xuan, I wasn't speaking nonsense. Awakening records can be faked, but there's also a recording from when Yuwen Tuo awakened. Su Yunlang, bring it out immediately." Ma Sinuo mustered his courage and commanded.
He truly didn't want to betray Shrek, but he had no choice. Princess Weina's actions were simply too ruthless; she even sent the Lightning Douluo to completely wipe out his City Lord's Mansion. His wife, children, father, and elderly mother were all in Princess Weina's hands.
No matter how important Shrek was, it couldn't be more important than his entire family.
"Yes, City Lord!" Su Yunlang immediately produced the recording soul tool from that time.
A projection screen was cast in the center of the plaza. Xuan Zi and Gong Changlong secretly prepared, thinking of destroying this soul tool.
However, Yu Yuancheng and Elder Ma on the side, and even the four Protector Douluo of the Star Luo Empire, were all watching intently, giving them no opportunity to act.
Moreover, as the saying goes, "innocent until proven guilty, guilty if evidence is destroyed." Destroying the recording soul tool at this moment would be tantamount to a confession.
Soon, the screen began to play. It was a scene of Yuwen Tuo's awakening: he awakened a Fire Element Martial Soul, and when testing his innate soul power, it caused the testing stone to explode. Ultimately, they had to switch to a Soul Venerate-level testing stone to accurately measure his Innate Level 20 full soul power.
Paper awakening records could be faked, but how could a recording soul tool be faked?
Yuwen Tuo truly had Innate Level 20 full soul power, yet now he was only in his thirties. With his talent, his cultivation speed couldn't possibly be this slow.
Could it truly be that he was harmed by Shrek?
In an instant, everyone's gaze towards Shrek changed. How could the supposedly righteous Shrek have such a hidden scandal?
"This only proves that Yuwen Tuo indeed has Innate Level 20 soul power. What makes you say he was harmed by our Shrek? Perhaps he was just lazy in his cultivation. Throughout history, how many geniuses have been ruined by laziness? He's making up such a hoax and framing our Shrek for his own reasons." Zhou Yi still refused to give up. Indeed, the evidence presented so far only proved that Yuwen Tuo had Innate Level 20 soul power.
Although Ma Sinuo claimed he was harmed by Ma Xiaotao, that was merely his side of the story. He had long since left the Inner Court, so how could he be intimately familiar with its affairs?
Elder Ma stepped forward and said, "I heard that your esteemed Academy's Ma Xiaotao has always suffered from Evil Fire, hasn't she? Yet, her recent appearance shows her having evolved to Ultimate Fire. This old man originally thought she had obtained some Fire-attribute Immortal Herb. But now that I think about it, a Soul Master with an Evil Fire Martial Soul whose Evil Fire has been purified, and coincidentally, there's also a Pure Fire Martial Soul Master whose soul power was incapacitated for six years, and Pure Fire can purify Evil Fire. Haha, what a coincidence, what a coincidence!"
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