Chapter 68

The Heavenly Evil Pearl emitted an evil force. If it were on Zibi, it would be impossible to hide it from Ling Sanshi’s eyes, unless Zibi had a magical treasure that could completely mask the aura of the Heavenly Evil Pearl.

Such a magical treasure definitely existed.

"That’s right, absolutely right. I should have noticed it earlier. Yifeng has always kept Zibi by his side from the beginning, which is unreasonable. He and Yixia, oh no, if Yifeng..."

Ling Sanshi’s mind raced, and the situation before him seemed to be clarified in an instant.

Ren Wuyou was not as thoroughly informed about the sect’s affairs as Ling Sanshi, but he could easily see that a great disaster seemed to be imminent.

The most important thing at the moment was to personally question Zibi. Ling Sanshi injected a stream of primordial energy into Zibi’s body, and she immediately woke up, looking at Ren Wuyou and Ling Sanshi with confusion.

"Zibi, tell me the truth. Did you follow Yifeng’s orders and hide the Heavenly Evil Pearl?"

Ling Sanshi didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly. Zibi had never seen Ling Sanshi so fierce before, and she was immediately filled with fear when asked about this matter.

"Speak quickly!"

Zibi was terrified, looking at Gu Xuyao, who was reluctant to see her suffer, with tears welling up in her eyes.

Gu Xuyao glanced at the furious Ling Sanshi and bit his lower lip. "Zibi, do you know anything? If you do, speak up quickly. The situation is very serious and concerns the fate of the entire Taiheng Sect."

In such a situation, even Gu Xuyao didn’t support her. Tears streamed down her face as she looked at Ling Sanshi and Ren Wuyou with a sense of injustice, remaining silent.

At that moment, a gust of wind blew into the Daoist chamber, and a person, a swift attacker, appeared!

The target was Ling Sanshi!

Ling Sanshi reacted extremely quickly. With a low shout, his figure darted away, and the Daoist chamber was torn to pieces by the surging primordial energy. Gu Xuyao, holding Zibi, jumped up and stood on the other side of the Daoist chamber, while Ren Wuyou stood with Ling Sanshi.

Everyone recognized the attacker. It wasn’t Yifeng, but the head of the Speed Academy, Tu Ye!

"Tu Ye, what are you doing? Could it be that you are behind all of this!"

Tu Ye and Tu Ru were Ling Sanshi’s juniors, and their cultivation techniques were taught by Ling Sanshi. After the incident in the Great Wild Forest, there was no one left in the sect, so Ling Sanshi had to cultivate the two most talented cultivators to help him manage the Taiheng Sect.

"Hmph, Old Man Ling, you only realized this now, it’s too late." Tu Ye said, lowering his offensive stance.

"Monster, you monster! I raised you for so many years, and I never thought you would be such a beast!" Ling Sanshi said, coughing violently. After all, he was old, and such excitement inevitably caused discomfort.

Tu Ye sneered. "That’s right, you did raise me. I lived in your shadow, serving you, managing this dilapidated Taiheng Sect for you, and I got nothing in return. You kept everything from me. If I hadn’t accidentally discovered the existence of the Heavenly Evil Pearl, you probably wouldn’t have let me know about it. I wouldn’t have known that the Heavenly Evil Pearl, with the help of the Death Grass, could enhance a cultivator’s cultivation. Ling Sanshi, you sent Yifeng to secretly investigate the traces of the Death Grass on the other side of the Great Wild Forest. It seems you intended to monopolize this power. You knew your lifespan was limited, and you planned to break through and dominate the Taiheng Sect for a while longer, didn’t you?"

Yifeng was Ling Sanshi’s most trusted disciple, and he handled all the secret matters for Ling Sanshi. If Yifeng betrayed Ling Sanshi, then Ling Sanshi would have no secrets left.

"I never thought, I never thought Yifeng would be convinced by you to do such a thing." Ling Sanshi continued to cough. "But you’ve forgotten, this is the Taiheng Sect. How many cultivators do you think will stand by you? Your cultivation techniques were taught by me. I can cultivate you, and I can also kill you!"

As he spoke, Ling Sanshi’s figure suddenly grew larger. Although his lifespan was nearly over, his cultivation was still there, at the third stage of the Root Birth Realm, which was far superior to a second-stage Root Birth Realm cultivator.

"Is that so? Ling Sanshi, you’ve always been hiding, afraid that I would reach the third stage of the Root Birth Realm. That’s right, I am now at the peak of the second stage of the Root Birth Realm, not as strong as you, but so what?"

As he spoke, a parabolic object fell from a distance, landing between Ling Sanshi and Tu Ye.

It was a human head, Tu Ru’s head!

Then, two figures jumped down and stood beside Tu Ye.

"Long time no see, Ling Sanshi." The newcomer was someone Gu Xuyao recognized, the True Man Qiming from the Landon Pavilion, and the other person was naturally Yifeng.

"You, you actually colluded with the Landon Pavilion..." Qiming’s cultivation had reached the Source Transformation Realm, and killing a Root Birth Realm cultivator was as easy as turning over one’s hand. "And you, you traitor, I told you so many secrets and prepared to make you the next sect leader, but you actually, you actually colluded with outsiders!" Ling Sanshi pointed at Yifeng, out of breath.

"Master, I’m truly sorry. You’ve been too good to me, so good that my cultivation is still only at the second stage of the Root Birth Realm. I thank you for your kindness, but I’d rather join the Landon Pavilion and become a Source Transformation Realm cultivator than be a third-stage Root Birth Realm sect leader!" Yifeng’s handsome lips curled up slightly, speaking of his betrayal as if it were nothing.

At this moment, Yixia also arrived at the scene, looking at the completely different Yifeng with disbelief.

"Senior Brother Yifeng, what did you just say? Why, why did you say that? You didn’t say that to me before..." Zibi, standing beside Gu Xuyao, trembled all over.

Yifeng burst out laughing. "Zibi, Zibi, don’t blame yourself too much. Yes, you were used by me, but you don’t need to be too sad. Even a smart woman like Yixia was used by me. What does that make you?"

Yifeng was quite proud of his schemes.

With Yifeng’s words, the situation quickly became clear. Yixia and Yifeng were the Taiheng Sect’s acknowledged best couple, a match made in heaven. Yixia had grown up watching Yifeng’s heroic figure, and despite her pride and special status, she had long harbored feelings for him. They had privately pledged their love, though it had never been made public.

As for Zibi, on that day in the Great Wild Forest, she saw Yifeng’s face as she was about to lose consciousness. When she woke up, the first person she saw was her savior. Zibi, though usually cheerful, became very feminine around Yifeng. After secretly expressing her feelings, Yifeng also agreed to her.

Thus, Yifeng used the pretext of "the sect’s greater good" to have Yixia secretly bring the Heavenly Evil Pearl to the martial arts competition. Later, he used the excuse of "protecting the Heavenly Evil Pearl" to have Zibi secretly hide it. Because Zibi was innocent, no one would suspect her. Finally, he used the reason of "temporarily keeping the Heavenly Evil Pearl" to smoothly obtain it.

"Senior Brother Yifeng, this isn’t true, this isn’t true..." Zibi collapsed weakly, and Gu Xuyao supported her, his eyes fixed on Yifeng.

Yixia remained silent. She was always a decisive person. Since the situation had already occurred, she wouldn’t say anything. She would reflect and clear away the past that had brought her shame!

However, just as Yixia was about to act, a loud boom echoed from the sky, and an invisible force spread over the entire upper level of the Taiheng Sect. The clouds were blown away, and the defensive array of the upper level of the Taiheng Sect was also dispersed.

"The defensive array of the Taiheng Sect is nothing more than this!"

The clouds dispersed, and dozens of flying boats, with blue hulls, clearly from the Landon Pavilion, were floating in the sky!

Such a loud noise could not fail to alarm others. Cultivators from both the upper and lower levels of the Taiheng Sect came out of their Daoist chambers.

"Qiming, do you think the other sects won’t be dissatisfied with your actions and report to the higher-ups?" Instantly, the Taiheng Sect’s advantage was lost. Ling Sanshi, seeing this, couldn’t help but use his last resort to threaten True Man Qiming.

Although small sects were under the leadership of the Landon Pavilion and had to give face to the Landon Pavilion during the martial arts competition, if the Landon Pavilion dared to attack a small sect without reason, other sects like the Taiheng Sect would cause chaos, and the higher-ups would not ignore it. After all, the cultivation world needed order.

"Hmph, today’s operation is completely confidential, and I absolutely believe that no one can speak out about this!" Qiming sneered, glancing at the Taiheng Sect cultivators who were still unaware of the situation. "Attack!"

Following Qiming’s order, the flying boats began to descend, and the Daoist chambers were mercilessly crushed. Blue-robed cultivators quickly entered the Taiheng Sect and engaged in fierce battles with the cultivators who had just reacted.

This was not a battle, but a one-sided slaughter by the Landon Pavilion. The average cultivation of the Landon Pavilion cultivators was far higher than that of the Taiheng Sect, and Qiming’s goal today was to wipe out the entire sect!

"Brother, how long has it been since we fought side by side?" As the fires of war raged everywhere, Gu Xuyao was not in a hurry. The two former brightest stars of the Taiheng Sect still had things to say.

Ren Wuyou pushed back his dirty hair, looking at the sect members being slaughtered, and gave a bitter smile.

"I can’t remember, at least a hundred years, I think." He turned to look at Gu Xuyao. "After today, perhaps there will be no more Taiheng Sect."

Hearing this, Ling Sanshi laughed, looked at Ren Wuyou, and the two nodded slightly. A hundred years of grievances were instantly resolved, but the situation before them was regrettable.

"Fight!"

The battle erupted. Ling Sanshi, no, at this moment, he was no longer Ling Sanshi, but Ling Ao, and Ren Wuyou, faced off against True Man Qiming!

And Tu Ye and Yifeng also found their opponents.

"Zibi, rest here. This is not your fault." Gu Xuyao placed the weak Zibi on the ground, then walked to Yixia’s side, looking ahead, at the former senior brother with whom he had little interaction, at the benefactor who had saved him from the mortal world and brought him into the cultivation world!

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