Chapter 459: Abandoned 1
"Fellow Daoist Su, what do you mean?" Zhao Yufeng asked.
"Isn’t letting disciple Shen and disciple Zhen guard more than one plot too high profile? The other sects will not stand by and watch us divide such a large piece of the pie." Su Bingbing said and the others immediately understood.
"This..." Zhao Yufeng muttered with a conflicted expression.
"We should be more cautious." Xuanyuan Feng nodded, not wanting to thrust Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan into the spotlight.
"I think we shouldn’t waste this opportunity." Chu Huan suddenly said and the others turned to look at him.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, do you have an idea?" Zhao Yufeng asked and Chu Huan nodded.
"Disciple Zhen and Disciple Shen are a mystery. We are not sure of their background and capabilities. I think we should take this chance to test their limits." The man said and Xuanyuan Feng narrowed his eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, disciple Zhen and disciple Shen saved your life." He reminded but Chu Huan sneered.
"My life was never in danger." The elder said and quickly continued.
"We are Tianxuan sect’s grand elders. It is our responsibility to eliminate any hidden dangers that may threaten the sect." The man said in a self-righteous voice.
However, no one was a fool.
Although no one said it, they knew the motivation behind Chu Huan’s words were greed and fear.
On one hand, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan had countless treasures. If they used a borrowed knife to kill the two, wouldn’t some of the treasures fall to them?
As for fear..., Zhen Yuan was a Mahayana realm cultivator but he had effortlessly killed several tribulation transcending realm cultivators. Wasn’t it too dangerous to keep such a heaven-defying person beside them?
After all, their strength wasn’t much different from the group that Zhen Yuan had killed. Since Zhen Yuan could kill those people, couldn’t he also kill them?
"What does fellow Daoist Luo think?" Xuanyuan Feng asked but Luo Jianfeng didn’t immediately answer.
Instead, he fell silent with a thoughtful expression.
Luo Jianfeng was the first elder to interact with Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan.
He originally didn’t take the two seriously and thought of them as an interesting distraction.
However, the two had become unfathomable entities and Luo Jianfeng could no longer dismiss them as talented juniors.
’Brats, don’t blame me for this. You are the tallest trees in the forest and you are bound to catch the most wind.’ He thought and sighed with a melancholic expression.
"They should be able to handle the fallout if they are really who we think they are." Luo Jianfeng said with an expressionless face.
"What if they aren’t?" Xuanyuan Feng asked.
"Countless geniuses rise and fall every year." Luo Jianfeng shrugged with an unconcerned face.
Hearing this, Xuanyuan Feng took turns looking at the others and finally sighed but didn’t say more.
’Disciple Zhen, Disciple Shen, your light is too bright and it’s obscuring everyone else. I won’t conspire with your enemies but I won’t help you either. Take care of yourselves.’ He thought and listened to Chu Huan’s plan.
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In another cabin, Lin Hua, Xuanyuan Yan, Xuanyuan Ze, Lin Hong, Xuanyuan Fei, Xuanyuan Fang, Lin Li, Lin Ruyan, and Lin Fan also met to discuss Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan.
"It’s been more than a month but we still haven’t found a witness." Lin Li said, his eyes narrowed into slits.
Everyone focused on detoxifying and recovering their strength after the ambush.
However, after everything calmed down, they began to ponder the events of the attack.
"How did Zhen Yuan deal with those ancestors?" He asked with a frustrated expression.
"He must have used a weapon." Xuanyuan Fei suggested.
"A weapon? What weapon is so powerful?" Lin Hong asked and the room fell silent.
Ten breaths later, Xuanyuan Yan raised her head with a thoughtful expression.
"Could it be an immortal weapon?" She asked and several people gasped.
"An immortal weapon would explain it but can Zhen Yuan use it? He is a Mahayana realm cultivator after all." Lin Fan said.
"Even a tribulation transcending realm cultivator would find it difficult to use an immortal weapon." Xuanyuan Fang added.
"The main reason that mortal cultivators can’t use immortal weapons is because they lack enough qi. However, we saw it during the challenges, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu have uncommonly large qi reserves." Lin Hong said.
"Those two people’s identities are becoming more and more unfathomable." Lin Ruyan said and a trace of greed flashed in her eyes.
"They have completely offended the Ten Evils sect. I am afraid they won’t be able to return from this trip." Xuanyuan Yan stated with a meaningful expression.
"The Ten Evils sect is proficient in poisons but Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan seem to be immune." Xuanyuan Fei said but Xuanyuan Fang sneered before speaking.
"Poisons is just the first branch of the Ten Evils sect. Since poisons are useless, the Ten Evils sect will find other ways to deal with those two." He said.
"Won’t our sect’s reputation be ruined if we allow the Ten Evils sect to kill our one in ten billion years prodigies?" Lin Hong asked and the others fell silent.
This was indeed a possibility.
After all, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were the kind of prodigies that sects would protect with their lives.
If something happened to the two, the sect’s reputation would take a hit and future geniuses may choose to join other sects instead of the Tianxuan sect.
"Our Lin and Xuanyuan families have formed a feud with Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan. We can’t let them return to the sect no matter what." Lin Li said and the others nodded.
"There will be many opportunities to deal with them during the competition." Lin Ruyan began and quickly continued.
"We just need to make sure that the benefits don’t flow to outsiders." She said.
"What about Mo Ling and the triplets?" Xuanyuan Ze asked and everyone turned to look at him.
"Brother Ze, are you certain that Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan have something to do with the disappearances?" Lin Ruyan asked and Xuanyuan Ze nodded.