AWB Chapter 14: Is the Grand Elder a spy for the Shadow Moon Sect?
Chapter 14: Is the Grand Elder a spy for the Shadow Moon Sect?
The fifth person, who was considered to be hiding his true identity, was now standing nervously before the third elder of the Yin Ghost Sect, waiting for a reply.
"So Gao Huohuo said that Zhang Yitian tried to assassinate her today?"
"That's right. They want our Yin Ghost Sect to hand over the person, otherwise... otherwise they'll wipe out... our Yin Ghost Sect."
"Hmph, a little girl like her dares to spout such nonsense."
"Alright, you've done a good job today. You may leave."
The man quickly turned and left; he didn't want to be targeted by the Third Elder.
It is said that few people who are targeted by the Third Elder will have a good end.
Ever since Gao Huohuo came and scolded them, everyone in the Yin Gui Sect has noticed that Zhang Yitian is missing.
As a result, the disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect began to discuss it privately.
After all, Gao Huohuo made a huge scene when he came to cause trouble today, and they still remember the insults he hurled at them.
One of the disciples spoke up, saying, "Do you think Zhang Yitian ran away? Or is he already dead outside?"
"What does it matter to me whether he lives or dies? Zhang Yitian isn't my father."
Another disciple, with a wicked grin, whispered:
"I heard he used to spend all his time with the Third Elder. Do you think he couldn't stand the Third Elder's sexuality and that's why he ran away?"
The other disciples, seeing that this person was so reckless as to openly discuss this matter, automatically kept their distance from him.
I'm afraid that when these idiots die, their blood will splatter all over their faces and dirty their clothes.
After discussing it for a while, they stopped, since a mere Qi Refining stage disciple was not of much concern to them.
Only the few Qi Refining disciples who had previously helped him redeem himself looked ashen-faced.
The debt hasn't been paid off yet. Whether he runs away or dies, they've all lost out.
Small cultivators like them don't have many cultivation resources to begin with.
Now that the entire loss has been borne by Zhang Yitian, how can they possibly swallow this insult?
Someone was urging them to go find their senior brother, but who dared to go?
The eldest brother was not only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but he also lost three low-grade spirit stones at the time.
What these Qi Refining cultivators didn't know was that Zhang Yitian went to the Third Elder's place that same day after returning, took something, and used it to pay off his senior brother's debt.
They are the only ones who are suffering now. The two cultivators who took out the pills back then were among the three who were poisoned the first time, and they are already dead.
No one cared about their few spirit stones; they could only accept their bad luck.
The Third Elder was still infatuated with Zhang Yitian, and now that he was missing, he naturally wanted to go look for him.
Whether he is dead or has escaped, the sect must be given an explanation.
Otherwise, the sect leader will cause him trouble. Although they are both Golden Core cultivators, the Third Elder is only at the first level of the Golden Core stage.
The sect leader of the Yin Ghost Sect is already at the ninth level of the Golden Core stage.
Once outside the Yin Ghost Sect's territory, the Third Elder took something out of his storage bag.
He muttered incantations, and the thing moved in one direction, with the Third Elder following behind it.
Before long, they arrived at the place where Zhang Yitian had died, but there was nothing around and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
The Third Elder casually swung his palm across the ground before him, quickly revealing two corpses.
One of them was Zhang Yitian, who was already dead. The Third Elder stepped forward to examine his body.
They discovered that he had no obvious wounds, making it seem like he had committed suicide.
Could it be that he finally couldn't take it anymore, so he ran out to assassinate Gao Huohuo, and then committed suicide after failing to hit him?
But regardless of whether it was suicide or homicide, Zhang Yitian's cause of death must be distanced from him.
Only in this way can he continue to be valued by the sect leader; otherwise, if this matter blows up, he will not be able to stay in the Yin Ghost Sect.
But when he thought of the person who started this, the Third Elder's eyes narrowed.
What was once a slight appreciation for Gao Huohuo has now turned into murderous intent.
If she hadn't caused this scene today, no one would care whether Zhang Yitian lived or died.
Now that everyone knows about this, the sect leader will definitely come looking for him.
Everyone in the Yin Ghost Sect knew that the two of them had been spending time together.
Although Zhang Yitian sought his help willingly, a closer look reveals that it was Zhang Yitian who had planned it first.
Gao Huohuo, who was being targeted by the Third Elder again, was wondering who Li Erniu, the newcomer to her honor roll, was.
Judging from the energy bar, he should still be a Golden Core cultivator, but isn't the name a bit too casual?
When did she ever offend such an unassuming Golden Core cultivator?
However, considering that so many people are now on the honor roll, Gao Huohuo felt that his cultivation was progressing rather slowly.
He took out the pills he had seized last time, then immediately attacked all the members of the Yin Ghost Sect on the list, allowing the one named Xiong Lu to rest for the night.
With the addition of the Golden Core cultivator, Gao Huohuo's previously injured dantian and meridians were fully restored overnight.
It seems that not only are his meridians wider now than before the injury, but the capacity of his dantian has also increased.
In this way, Gao Huohuo's cultivation speed will only be faster than before.
When Gao Huohuo left the courtyard the next day, her cultivation level had reached the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage.
However, the situation in the Yin Gui Sect's council hall early this morning did not look good.
Li Si, the sect leader of the Yin Ghost Sect, looked at the three corpses lying on the ground, Xiao Tai, who was pale-faced beside him, and the Third Elder, who was sitting there listlessly.
"What exactly is going on?
How come one or two of my Yin Ghost Sect members have been poisoned?
Could it be that some other sect is trying to take over my Yin Ghost Sect?
Did the Shadowmoon Faction do this?
The First Elder spoke up, “Sect Master, I heard from others that four people had already been poisoned, including the missing Zhang Yitian.”
Now, five more people have been poisoned, and all five of them are related to Zhang Yitian.
I believe it was another sect that deliberately sent him to poison my Yin Ghost Sect.
Now that the poison has spread, Zhang Yitian took the opportunity to run away.
Before leaving, he deliberately assassinated the Shadow Moon Sect's newly recruited disciple, hoping to frame our Yin Ghost Sect and incite conflict between the two sects.
Upon hearing this, the sect leader of the Yin Ghost Sect thought that the Grand Elder's analysis made a lot of sense!
If Gao Huohuo knew they would think this way, he would only think that the Grand Elder of the Yin Ghost Sect was actually a spy for their Shadow Moon Sect!
This would eliminate the suspicion of the Shadow Moon Faction, since Zhang Yitian had clashed with the Shadow Moon Faction several times.
Now it seems that Zhang Yitian deliberately provoked the conflict between their Yin Gui Sect and Ying Yue Sect from the very beginning.
They wanted the sects behind the scenes to take advantage of the situation and reap the benefits.
The Third Elder was then forced to reveal that he had discovered Zhang Yitian's body the day before.
Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder made a decisive decision: Zhang Yitian had been used by the sect behind the scenes and, seeing that he was no longer of any value, they would simply discard him after he had served his purpose.
Upon hearing this, the leader of the Yin Gui Sect realized that it made perfect sense and felt that he had to find out who was behind it all.
So he consulted with the elders below:
"Right now, there are only five small forces like ours in this area. Why don't we talk to the higher-ups and move the Foundation Establishment Pill competition up a little each year?"
"Let's see which force is sabotaging us during the competition!"
The Third Elder coughed and said weakly:
"Sect Master, I'm afraid the person behind this wants to see us and the Shadow Moon Sect kill each other. Should we inform the Shadow Moon Sect in advance?"
After a moment's thought, the leader of the Yin Gui Sect decided that it was necessary to communicate in advance to avoid being attacked from both sides.
“What you say makes a lot of sense. Here’s what we’ll do: I’ll write a letter first, and you can send someone to deliver it to the Shadow Moon Sect Leader, saying that we have something to discuss.”
The Shadowmoon Sect members, who were preparing to go out on a mission early in the morning, found a letter left at the entrance of their sect.