Chapter 426: News From The Yu Family (II)
Master Lu quickly returned with the severed head and handed it to that elder.
"The Jade Smoke Mountain is too heavy for me to lift. It is still at the foot of the mountain," he informed.
The elder examined the severed head closely. Yu Mugao, now over eighty years old, had graying hair and his cunning eyes were slightly open. His hair and beard was long, and his face was all bruised and bloodied from the devil cultivator's attacks.
Those eyes locked onto the elder's greedy and gleeful gaze, causing the elder to gasp and throw Yu Mugao's head away, his face paling in shock.
Another member of the group picked up the head, still unable to believe that Yu Mugao was truly dead. The elders exchanged uneasy glances, and one of them spoke with a tremble in his voice, "Although this man was cruel and unkind, he wasn't much of a fighter... It was no surprise he got killed…"
"Yes, but... Yu Muxian is still in the sect. I-If… If he finds out that we have secretly erased the seal from the formation plate... Master Lu! What should we do now?!"
It turned out that several of the elders were brothers of Yu Xiaogui. During his lifetime, Yu Xiaogui had feared that his eldest son, Yu Mugao, might slaughter the clan after his death, so he used various means to secretly protect them.
Yu Mugao had been aware of this but was concerned that any rash actions might expose news of Yu Xiaogui's death. He had planned to frame and eliminate them one by one.
However, these elders were shrewd and had been feigning ignorance.