Chapter 2256 - The Biggest Joke in the World
The atmosphere within the grand hall was stifled and tense. A long time passed, but no one agreed to accept this mission.
This mission was a hot potato; touching it would burn their fingers. None of them wanted to accept it.
The reason for this was simple.
Only a few months had passed since Xiao Jian had joined Qingwu Divine Court, but numerous strange, unsettling deaths had already occurred around him.
When the former Vice Palace Master Huang Changting took Xiao Jian on a mission outside the sect, the Human-Faced Bluebird, Hui Qing, followed them in secret.
In the end, both of them died.
Then, Third Elder Ku Zhen and High Elder Yuan Shan brought Xiao Jian on yet another mission, only for both of them to perish inexplicably, too!
Given the circumstances, the elders saw Xiao Jian as a god of plague. None of them wanted to bring misfortune onto themselves.
When he saw that the sect leader’s expression was increasingly unsightly, a golden-robed old man coughed dryly and broke the silence. “Sect Leader, Xiao Jian has left the sect to carry out a mission, and we don’t know his true goals. If we attack him without sufficient grounds, and if it’s discovered... how could the grand elder possibly let it pass?
The others nodded. It was true. Xiao Jian had accepted a mission properly and openly. On what basis were they supposed to go after him?
Besides, the grand elder was watching them!
Someone sighed, “Besides, if there really is a problem with Xiao Jian’s identity, I’m afraid that with our power, we cannot possibly take him down."