Was it you that night?

At this time, Shen Qinghe and Nan Sheng were unaware that Elder Qiu had already perished, and furthermore, during the time of their contest.

For this competition, Elder Qiu led the team from Thousand Mechanisms Sect, and his disciples received a Sound Transmission Talisman from the sect immediately upon Elder Qiu’s death.

Each sect has a Soul Lamp for its disciples; the extinguishing of a Soul Lamp signifies the demise of that disciple.

By the time all the Golden Core cultivators descended the mountain after the competition, the news of Elder Qiu’s death had spread throughout Yuheng Mountain. Coupled with Nan Sheng’s earlier allegation that Shen Qinghe had gravely injured Elder Qiu, Shen Qinghe was quickly surrounded by the disciples of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect as soon as she appeared.

Shen Zhiyao, seeing this scene, became furious and shouted loudly, "You claim that Elder Qiu’s death was caused by Qinghe, do you have any evidence?!"

As soon as she spoke, the scene fell silent for a moment.

At that moment, a female cultivator from the Thousand Mechanisms Sect surnamed He stepped forward and said, "The Golden Core cultivators had just finished the second round of the contest when Nan Sheng accused Shen Qinghe of gravely injuring Elder Qiu. At that time, no one knew of Elder Qiu’s demise. How can there be such a coincidence? If Shen Qinghe wasn’t responsible for harming Elder Qiu, why would Nan Sheng accuse Shen Qinghe?"

"When did Elder Qiu’s Soul Lamp go out? When was the last time anyone saw Elder Qiu alive?" Shen Qinghe asked in an indifferent voice.

At this, quite a few cultivators stepped forward, saying they saw Elder Qiu two shichen ago, looking vigorous without any signs of injury.

As for when Elder Qiu’s Soul Lamp went out, it was two quarters of an hour ago.

Indeed, at that point in time, Shen Qinghe was still competing in the contest; logically, Shen Qinghe wouldn’t have had the time to kill Elder Qiu.