Chapter 769: Satisfying
Instead of growing angry, the man pointed at the disciple and shouted even louder. “Look, everyone, look! He’s rattled. He’s rattled! This obviously proves they mean to arrest my junior sister and execute her! Why else would you be so quick to defend yourself?”
He held the woman close, his sharp eyes scanning their surroundings. Several people in the crowd murmured in agreement.
A sect master from one of the other sects stepped forward, frowning. “Don’t jump to conclusions! The only reason we’re still alive is that the Daxia Sword Sect’s cultivators came to help us. Without them, all of us would likely have died at the hands of the Abyssal Demons.”
Many people nodded in agreement.
“That’s right. The Daxia Sword Sect wouldn’t stoop to something like that.”
“Yeah! If they wanted to wipe us out, they could easily do so.”
“The Daxia Sword Sect could have simply stood aside and done nothing.”
Sensing the tide turning against him, the man spoke up quickly. “Where are all the people who were taken away, then? Why hasn’t even one of them come back yet? The way I see it—“
Boom!