I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch-Chapter 547 - 515. Inside the house

In Beiqiu Abyss, murder was not prohibited.

However, the methods of murder were restricted.

As for normal duels, the Empire’s laws could not intervene, as long as the murderer was willing to bear the wrath of the deceased’s backing forces—a murder was just a murder.

But if the method of murder was abnormal, such as destroying a teleportation array point, it would be a blatant provocation of the Empire’s laws.

After all, the teleportation array points were fundamental to accessing Beiqiu Abyss in the future, and if they were allowed to be destroyed, resulting in the inability to open Beiqiu Abyss again, it would be an immeasurable loss for the Empire.

Therefore, regarding the act of destroying teleportation array points, all factions of the Empire showed zero tolerance.

Xia Feng had never expected to encounter such a vexing situation.

The situation was now clear—someone impersonating Theresa had attempted to harm Yeli Kong, and had been seen secretly sabotaging the teleportation array point, leading to the crime being framed on Theresa.

Logically speaking, undergoing normal inspection, the three great Church Courts would certainly have means to reveal the truth, and clearing the suspicion would not be a difficult task.

However, unfortunately, Miss Mu could not possibly submit to an investigation honestly because she really was not Theresa.

Simply put, the two Theresas that appeared in Beiqiu Abyss were both fake, each with their own agenda.

The first Theresa was Miss Mu.

Then who might the second Theresa be? Xia Feng’s dark pupils slightly squinted as he glanced sideways at the distant sky, where the woman in the red cloak stood at the very back of the crowd, watching the surrounded Elemental nun calmly.

Tang Ruyan...

No wonder this woman had been acting so suspiciously, originally verifying her choice of whom to frame.

Tang Ruyan continued to pursue Jiang Qiue at the time because she was likely confirming whether Jiang Qiue and Theresa were away from the crowd before she felt relieved to return and impersonate Theresa to commit the crime.

It was utterly ridiculous. Xia Feng had initially thought this woman was Miss Mu, but it turned out she was the one trying to harm Miss Mu.

Regrettably, even though Xia Feng guessed the true mastermind, there was nothing he could do.

Directly pointing out that Tang Ruyan was problematic would indeed help the Church Court catch the real culprit, but Miss Mu, as the suspect, would still need to undergo investigation.

It was utterly a deadlock.

As Xia Feng rapidly pondered, the entire Church Court square had already been surrounded, leaving no way out.

Mu Qingtong, dressed in a nun’s garment, stood at the very center, her holy white cowl lifted over her jaw as she calmly surveyed her surroundings.

Three Red Bishops, Justice Saint, Yan Si, Jin Jili, and several orderly knight formations.

There were six individuals at the Venerable Realm alone—escape was impossible.

Seeing this situation, Xia Feng’s expression gradually turned solemn, his mind racing furiously with thoughts. What should he do? How could he break this deadlock?

"Theresa, are you still resisting?" Obrian stood on high ground, his aged voice indifferent.

But no sooner had he spoken,

In the center of the square, the floor beneath the nun, covered by the holy white cowl, suddenly displayed a pitch-black Array that spread out swiftly.

Ancient, mysterious ink lines on the ground traced into a giant Black Moon symbol, sacred and secretive starlight suddenly flared, and the nun transformed into specks of Spiritual Light within these star beams, disappearing from the spot.

Obrian’s aged eyes narrowed.

"A Moon Holy Skill domain." The Elemental Red Archbishop beside him chuckled lowly, "Obrian, seems like there are traitors within your Black Moon Church."

Initially, when a problem arose with Theresa, the Elemental Bishop had felt somewhat troubled, but now, it seemed that it wasn’t just their Elemental Church’s fault.

The Black Moon Church internal affair was also problematic.

Obrian furrowed his brows.

The Moon Holy Skill Domain was a kind of super-sized Divine Grace Spiritual Clothes, requiring a Sage Level to construct the Legendary A-Level Spiritual Clothes.

Within the domain, authorized individuals possessed the ability to teleport instantly to designated locations.

At the Black Moon Church, nearly every believer who had been part of the church for over ten years was granted this ability, though with restrictions on usage for ordinary believers, such as one or two times, whereas high-ranking members like bishops, even archbishops, could have hundreds or thousands of permissions.

They could almost instantaneously arrive at any public area within the church’s confines.

As for the three Holy Daughters, they could use this feature without limits.

The reason the 20th District’s Black Moon Church set up this domain was that during past wars when raided by the Elemental Church, they relied on the mobility of the Moon Holy Skill Domain to drive the invaders into a hasty retreat.

Therefore, to commemorate the victory of those days, the 20th District Black Moon Church spared no expense maintaining the operation of this domain every year.

Of course, another reason was that this church branch was vast, practically a small town, making the domain extremely convenient and practical in daily life.

Nonetheless, to gain access to the domain’s permissions, only Obrian, the Red Bishop, could grant such authority to believers.

Could Theresa still be a Black Moon believer? Obrian couldn’t figure out what this woman was up to.

But now wasn’t the time to think about such things.

"Send orders, immediately lock down the Church Court, impose a full martial law!"

His expression slightly somber, he instructed a knight beside him before he turned to look at the group of guests, "I deeply apologize, this might cause some delays for everyone."

"Though I hold no fondness for the Yeli family, for the sake of a fair truth, I can wait here for three days," stated the Justice Saint Heir expressionlessly, his voice calm. "I hope your Excellency can provide a satisfactory answer."

With that, he slowly walked away.

Not far, Jin Jili clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction: "Old man, our Golden Sparrow is about to hold the ’Sparrow God Mountain Ceremony’. You’d better speed things up."

Obrian’s aged eyes slightly squinted, quietly watching the departing figures of the group.

Once everyone had left, he slowly turned around; Jiang Qiue Nai Xue, and Olivia, the three Holy Daughters standing in the distance,

"Theresa might be disguised as a Black Moon believer, so I would trouble the three Holy Daughters to help inspect the internal affairs of the Church during this time."

"Naturally." Nai Xue offered a slight smile before turning to leave.

Olivia and Jiang Qiue, their expressions cold, didn’t say a word, merely nodding lightly before they too left.

Xia Feng followed behind Jiang Qiue down a tree-lined path, his dark pupils fixated on the elegantly walking woman ahead in a snow robe, contemplating.

Nai Xue was of course aware of the almost imperceptible gaze behind her, her lips curving in a barely noticeable smirk, ignoring it.

She first went to the Church Main Hall to handle a few matters, then half an hour later, used the Moon Holy Skill Domain to teleport to the entrance of her castle.

She walked through the garden, the hall, the spiral staircase, and headed to the living room on the second floor.

In the low-key elegant room, a silver-haired woman in a sanctified nun’s outfit now stood by a floor-to-ceiling window, her golden beautiful eyes lost in thought, quietly gazing outside.

Nai Xue walked over and joined her in quietly looking out at the moonlight for a while.

The half-moon hung slanted in the dark sky, surprisingly studded with stars tonight, the moonlight was beautiful.

After a long while, the silver-haired woman turned her head to look over, her eyes calm.

Nai Xue smiled lightly, "Miss Mu, I thought you wouldn’t care at all."

Mu Qingtong frowned, "Speak."

Nai Xue felt displeased by the commanding tone, yet she suppressed her irritation and smiled lightly, "Don’t worry, he’ll come looking for you shortly."