Price of greed (9)

"Miss Hua Ying, you can start whenever you're ready.." said Yang Qing as he motioned for Hua Ying who had already calmed down, though one could still see she was slightly unnerved by Yang Qing, despite Yang Qing's attempt to seem as unassuming as possible.

"I am a supreme elder of my clan, and when the red pine flame porcupine and the tricolored white-eyed tortoise made an appearance, I was the one deployed to handle the tricolored white-eyed tortoise.."

"Pardon me for a moment, but how many supreme elders do you have?" asked Yang Qing as he raised his palm in interjection.

"Four.." answered Hua Ying slightly baffled on why she was the one interrupted during her testimony.

Yang Qing as if reading her thoughts, smiled slightly as he said,

"The account of the fight with the tricolored white-eyed tortoise would be the same for all of you. The differences show up in the symptoms of the poisoning, and your accounts before you met up.