Chapter 460: Abandoned 2
"There is no evidence but I am sure of it." Xuanyuan Ze said and the others exchanged a glance before nodding.
Instinct was a powerful tool for cultivators.
Since Xuanyuan Ze was convinced, the others didn’t casually dismiss his instinct.
"Let’s use this year to figure out what is going on." Lin Hua said and the others nodded.
.....
Thousands of kilometres away, a man sat on a throne chair and stared down at several people who were kneeling before him.
"What have you found out?" The man asked.
"Sect master, the deaths of grand elder He, grand elder Jing, and grand elder Tan are related to a cultivator named Zhen Yuan." One of the kneeling people raised his head and said.
"Zhen Yuan..., I have never heard this name. Who is he?" The sect master asked with a confused expression.
After all, the three grand elders were not weaklings.
They were veterans of his Ten Evils sect and had killed countless people including tribulation transcending realm cultivators.
Considering that, he didn’t understand how such veterans fell at the hands of an unknown person.
"Is he a hidden master of the Tianxuan sect?" He asked and the kneeling people exchanged a glance but shook their heads.
"Zhen Yuan joined the Tianxuan sect a little over three hundred years ago." One of the people said and quickly continued.
"He and his Taoist partner accepted ten challenges from famous masters and defeated all of them. After the challenges, they entered the Thunder secret realm and didn’t come out until several months ago."
"Such a thing happened? Why didn’t I know?" Ximen Cheng, the sect master of the Ten Evils sect, asked with an annoyed expression.
"Sect master, the information is in one of the jade records that we gave you after you came out of seclusion." A female cultivator said and Ximen Cheng frowned.
A moment later, he searched his storage ring and took out a jade square.
Soon after, he used his spiritual sense to read the information before turning to his subordinates.
"Sit." He said.
"Thank you, sect master." The people said, stood, and walked to seats on either side but below the throne chair.
"Zhen Yuan is a Mahayana realm cultivator and Shen Xu is a fusion realm cultivator. How can they kill tribulation transcending realm cultivators?" He asked but the elders were at a loss.
"Sect master, we have been investigating for more than one month but we still don’t know how Zhen Yuan killed the grand elders." One of the elders said.
"What did our spies say?" Ximen Cheng asked.
"The Tianxuan sect’s grand elders were originally fighting grand elder He and the others. However, they suddenly changed places with Zhen Yuan."
"Zhen Yuan somehow controlled three grand elders, a level nine sea beast, and others. Soon after, elder He’s contracted monster – the pink hair jellyfish, suddenly exploded and killed its master and the surrounding people."
Ximen Cheng frowned when he heard this.
Ten breaths later, he looked at the elders.
"What do you suspect?" He asked.
"Sect master, we suspect that Zhen Yuan used an immortal weapon." A female elder said and Ximen Cheng narrowed his eyes.
"An immortal weapon..." He muttered with a thoughtful expression.
"What has supreme elder Kuang been doing lately?" He asked and the elders gasped.
"Sect master..., you mean..." One of the elders started and Ximen Cheng nodded before speaking.
"Let supreme elder Kuang handle this matter." He said and the elders couldn’t help but be excited.
"Supreme elder Kuang is just right to avenge our Ten Evils sect." One of the elders said and the others agreed.
.....
Time passed and on this day, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu were sitting on the deck when they saw the shadow of an island on the horizon.
"I see it." Shen Xu excitedly said and clutched Zhen Yuan’s hand.
"Mmh." Zhen Yuan nodded.
The island looked like a gold mountain from a distance. It glowed with golden light and was a little difficult to look at when the sun rays hit it at certain angles.
[Ayuan, do you see any law pillars?] Shen Xu asked and Zhen Yuan nodded.
[Quite a few.] The man said and the double smiled.
"All the other forces have already arrived." A voice interrupted the two people’s silent conversation.
"Dongfang Jing, Chen Yi, ..., I haven’t seen you in a few days." Shen Xu said, looking at the two.
"We were practising in our cabin." Dongfang Jing said but the tips of his ears were a little red.
Seeing this, Shen Xu chuckled but didn’t tease the two.
"Are you ready?" He asked and Chen Yi nodded.
"We have prepared well." He said.
The ship arrived at the edge of the island half an hour later and everyone came to the deck to look out.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, why does your Tianxuan sect’s ship look a little empty?" A voice resounded in the surroundings.
Hearing the voice, Luo Jianfeng narrowed his eyes and a trace of murderous intent leaked from his body but he soon suppressed his emotions.
"Elder Wang, is it true that your sect recently lost four fellow daoists?" Luo Jianfeng asked and Wang Haiwen clenched his hands in anger.
"Luo Jianfeng, don’t be arrogant. Your Tianxuan sect is not what it used to be." The man sneered but Luo Jianfeng smiled.
"Our Tianxuan sect is indeed not what it used to be but we can still crush the little bugs that don’t know their places."
"You..." Wang Haiwen started but a female voice interrupted his words.
"We should get down to business since we are all here." The voice said and everyone turned to look at the speaker.
The person was a beautiful female cultivator that appeared to be in her twenties.
However, her cultivation was the late-stage of the tribulation transcending realm and her aura was not inferior to Luo Jianfeng and Wang Haiwen.
’She should be the group leader of the Snow Mountain sect.’ Shen Xu thought, his gaze shifting to the other ships.