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Guo Yuyun, although saying so, but Su Zhanze was not appreciative. He felt he had been played and to a great degree humiliated. To be defeated in full view of an audience as a way to clear his name—only a fool would believe such talk.
Guo Yuyun then said, "At that time, Ye Chen wanted everyone to thoroughly investigate the matter. However, some people from the Immortal City Sect came by boat to the thirty-six islands. They didn't want you to get assistance and were determined to act prematurely. Ye Chen couldn't stop them so he came up with the idea of deciding the outcome through battle. As long as it was proven that the Sacred Spirit Stone was not in your possession, it would show you were innocent."
"At that time, you didn't believe I was truly innocent, did you?" The rumors about Ren Xiongbei had been flying everywhere, and the prestige he had built up for a while appeared to have been severely undermined once again.
