"In fact, I only killed three Senior Immortals who abused me along with their majestic beings . Nothing else . They also kept forcing me to say that I was acting murderously under my master's commands, which was not the truth . I was only there to hunt . I refused to admit the accusations, so they tortured me . "

Gu Xijiu's eyes darkened . Gently, she patted its sh.e.l.ls to comfort it . "I understand the whole situation now . You may rest . "

The mussel thought that she was going to give it a good scolding, but she did not . Instead, she remained gentle on it . "Master, are you not mad at me?" The mussel asked while trembling in fear .

Gu Xijiu gave it a half smile and said, "What is there to be mad about? Should I be mad at you because of your wild, violent temper as a result of some wicked spell? Is it about the three majestic beings that came to provoke you first? Mussel, I have told you not to kill any majestic beings of level seven and above, but it does not mean that I do not allow you to kill them when you are clearly defending yourself . "

Astonished, the mussel finally realized that the whole scenario was rather strange when the killing spree happened . It could barely control its violent temper . After being greeted by the three Senior Immortals with a stream of abuse, it could no longer hold itself back .

It could not help but wonder how Gu Xijiu found out that it was poisoned and under siege .

Gu Xijiu gave it a tight smile . "Silly, I have checked on the signs that you left behind at the place where you encountered with the three Senior Immortals . "

Experienced, she could roughly get a picture of how the fight went on based solely on the signs and traces . Also, she could tell that there was an ambush .

Every move that the three Senior Immortals aimed at the mussel was lethal . Every single strike was deadly . If the mussel had not swallowed them, it would be dead . Even without the wicked spell, the mussel would still have to give it all in the fight, without letting the enemies off lightly .

She told the mussel not to kill the innocent, not that it was not allowed to defend itself .

"Mussel, I will always return kindness tenfold, same goes for humiliation . This is my principle of life . Have you forgotten about it?"

The mussel's eyes opened widely in admiration . It repeatedly nodded in approval .

"Good . You may take a rest now . I shall take over from here and get revenge on your behalf . " Gu Xijiu rea.s.sured the mussel .

The mussel's blood burned with righteous ardor . It nodded eagerly in response .

Gu Xijiu finally turned to look at Tie Liu and the other three men . "It is your turn now, all four of you . "

Her voice was calm, but the look in her eyes was lethal . "You have to pay the price for the evil plan that you have plotted against me!"

All four of them were utterly shocked .

Tie Zheng responded quickly, "Don't you try to make slanderous accusations against us! You are the one who supports the malign nature of the monstrous mussel . We were only acting under orders . How is that a plot? If you had not shown up, we would never know that you were the master of the mussel . "

"Acting under orders? If those were really your orders, why didn't you send it back to the ninth heaven for a proper joint hearing? Why did you come here to torture it privately without a legal trial? "

"About that . . . we are here because we have other matters to attend to . We have to stay for two days, so we might as well interrogate the mussel here to ease the emperor's mind about the ma.s.sacre . "

"How was it an interrogation when everything was scripted, even with the involvement of brutal torments?"

"We… We have to . It has killed so many innocent majestic beings, messing the order of the Saha World . It behaved so violently . There is absolutely no wrong with the use of torture . "

Gu Xijiu gave them a threatening look . "You have been saying that it is the killer of the majestic beings . Where is the proof?"

"We saw it fighting against three majestic beings with our own eyes . It even swallowed them . "

"How did you know that it was not defending itself? How did you make sure that it was also the killer of other majestic beings?"