Berry and Sullivan loudly accepted the order and began inspecting. Examining 480 Negative Mountain Divine Apes took quite some effort, and it took them five to six Shichen (two hours) only to examine more than 300 of them. Tristin Benson was full of confidence since he knew he wasn't the traitor. Also, framing someone wasn't that easy; first of all, he had an Immortal Venerable supporting him. To accuse him of being an "internal traitor," there must be a reasonable excuse, right? They couldn't just randomly plant something on him and frame him as a dissent – that would be an insult to the wisdom of the Master Burgess.
Secondly, he was a Ninth Great Realm and the Negative Mountain Divine Apes were his Dao soldiers, which he had a solid grasp on. He knew all too well whether they had any problems or not. Also, attempting to tamper with a Ninth Great Realm person seemed impossible in today's Eight Desolations World.
