'' But now he won''t be able to escape, even if both of us can''t ever be together, I will never let anyone near my Wang Jia. '' the woman standing at the back thought, and observed everything with a grin.


    " If I had an arm or two missing, then would you have believed I''m innocent or if I had a few holes in my belly or would you have preferred that only my corpse returned? " Jayden asked, with a chilly expression.


    " Don''t try to change the topic, all of us have gathered here to- " Dong immediately refuted his words.


    *SLAAAP*


    Without another word, Jayden stepped forward andnded a hard p on Dong''s face. Although he hadn''t used much strength since Jayden didn''t want to reveal his true strength in front of everyone.


    Still, Dong''s cheek immediately became red and a mark appeared on his skin, the entire ce turned silent. Holding his cheek, Dong looked at Jayden in a daze, he couldn''t believe that Jayden had the courage to do this in front of everyone.


    He red at Jayden and after a few seconds shouted: " How dare you? Don''t you know who I am, I was thinking of at least giving you a painless death, but now I''m going to torture you to death. "


    " Humph, so to make you all bunch believe, I should have at leaste so badly injured that no one would recognise me OR DO YOU WISH ME TO DIE?


    So, you want the Matriarch''s son to die, should I think of it as a treason against the Matriarch or the entire sect, since she is the main pir of this sect? " Jayden used him in a raised tone, giving no time for him to reply.


    " No... Uh- wait... "


    " Are the people standing behind you also working with you or are they all fools to just blindly follow your words? You must have received orders from someone inside the sect or some other sect to target me and through me indirectly target the Matriarch. " Jayden added.


    Dong was getting angry, '' Who did he think he is to p me in front of everyone? How dare he talk down to me? Now, no one can save you. '' he thought and said out loud.


    " Whether you live or die neither will the sect be affected nor will be the Matriarch, so your ims that I''m doing this to betray the sect ispletely invalid... r- right? Matriarch? " He said with confidence but in the end sensing Wang Jia''s killing intent, his blood turned cold.


    Jia had heard enough, she couldn''t let these wretched people bully her Jin, ring at Dong she spoke:


    " So, you''re saying MY SON is a traitor, MY SON is here as a spy from the bandits, MY SON killed a disciple? Is that all you want to say? " Jia asked, her tone sending shivers down his spine.


    " Y- Yeah, that''s what everyone h- here believes, right? " Dong asked stutteringly and looked behind only to find the disciple behind him slowly moving away from him, with some even trying to leave in haste.


    '' Fuck Fuck, who said that Wang Jia doesn''t care about her son and instead hates him? Just from the killing intent, I can easily tell that all those rumours were false, I just need to get out of here as soon as possible, as for this Wang Jin I''ll deal with himter. '' he thought and tried to find ways to escape the ce.


    He looked back at the third elder, only to find him looking away and talking to his grandson as if he were just out for a casual walk. He felt betrayed and wanted nothing more than to run away.


    " I care about my son, a lot more than I care about anything in this world, so that proves my Jin ims were right and you are a traitor. So, what kind of punishment do you deserve? " Jia asked and took out the ice sword she had just received from Jayden.


    *GULP*


    Dong trembled in fear and gulped down his saliva, the aura emanating from the sword alone, instilled fear in his heart, he regretted ever agreeing to the third elder, but he still tried to get out of this situation.


    " I- I think this is all a misunderstanding, Matriarch, I think I haven''t investigated enough and made a rash decision, and now that I think carefully, I believe that there is no way he could be a traitor, he is after all your son. " Dong tried to ease the situation a little.


    " Okay, I''ll forgive you if you tell me who put you on the task of harming my son. " Wang Jia asked, she had some ideas but still wanted to confirm her doubts.


    The third elder looked vigntly at the scene, he was afraid that Dong might really sell him out, and he was ready to kill him if he even said a single word.


    " I- I don''t know what you''re talking about, there is no one who asked me to do this, it was just all just a misunderstanding- " Dong knew he couldn''t say the third elder''s name, since he could feel the killing intenting from behind.


    " If that''s the case, I guess there''s nothing to discuss any further, there''s no ce for anyone who wants to harm my son in this world. " Jia said and lightly raised her sword, without removing the scabbard.


    " Nooooooo Matriarch, please spare me i- it was the third- " Dong threw caution to the wind and shouted, but it was already toote, a thickyer of ice appeared all over his body, and within an instant he had be an ice sculpture.


    Within theyer of ice, Dong tried to move he felt his blood freezing and then the coldness extended to his organs. Without even being able to scream, he died a miserable death.


    The third elder heaved a sigh of relief, his body rxed if Wang Jia had frozen him a secondter, Dong would havepleted his sentence and told everyone who was behind the entire incident.


    Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, Wang Jia have always been decisive but never had she acted so cruelly.


    It was the first time she had killed someone just like that. She looked like a cold blooded leader, who wouldn''t hesitate to kill any one among them if they were to go against her words.


    Jia then directed her icy re towards the rest of the Justice Hall members, who shivered under her intense gaze. Narrowing her eyes, she spoke:


    " So any of you have anything to say in your defence? "


    There were over a dozen disciples, and all of them were aware of the deal their vice leader had made with the third elder, but now just like Dong they were stuck, if they told everything, the third elder will kill them but if they stayed silent then Wang Jia will kill them.


    " M- Matriarch we were j- just following the vice leader, he told us that he had f- found some evidence that Wang J- Jin is a traitor. " One of them spoke, his legs were trembling uncontrobly.


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