The words of the Saintly Virtue Daoist naturally reached the ears of the fellow brothers present, and aside from Saintly Sea Daoist, everyone else criticized him harshly.
Only Sect Leader Master Guanghuai and Vice Sect Leader Master Guangmie remained silent and as composed as a mountain!
Master Guangmie appeared to be a man only in his middle age, but in fact, he was over eighty and only a few years younger than Sect Leader Master Guanghuai. His long black hair made him look far younger than Guanghuai.
Only the strands of white beard hanging on his chest indicated that his age was not as young as he appeared!
The breaking of the Five Elents Array was not worriso, but the Mountain Protection Array was considered a priceless treasure left by the sect’s founder for future generations. How could it have been destroyed so easily now?
"Sect Leader Brother, do you think Saintly Virtue is deliberately lying?"
Master Guanghuai glanced sideways at the person who asked, "What advantage would he gain from that?!"
"But could the Mountain Protection Array passed down from the patriarch be destroyed so easily?" The questioner voiced his doubt, "Could it be that Saintly Virtue has secretly stashed away the array..."
"You are spouting nonsense!" Saintly Sea Daoist stood out in fury to speak for Saintly Virtue Daoist, "How could Brother Saintly Virtue be such a person? Besides, what use is it for him to get the Mountain Protection Array alone? Don’t forget that the array can only be used at the mountain gate!"
After hearing Saintly Sea Daoist’s defense, everyone nodded in agreent; indeed, even if Saintly Virtue Daoist obtained the array, he couldn’t activate it by himself, and if he left the mountain gate, even if he had the ability to activate it, he couldn’t!
"Couldn’t he have allied with other sects?" persisted the person who initially questioned Saintly Virtue Daoist’s secret possession of the sect’s treasure, "Don’t forget, many people from other sects are interested in the Mountain Protection Array. If Saintly Virtue really colluded with them..."
"You..." Saintly Sea Daoist was so angry at this baseless speculation that he trembled all over, "Minghao, you’re simply unreasonable!"
"Oh, now I understand why you’re so protective of Saintly Virtue!" The man with the Daoist na Daoist Minghao showed a sudden realization on his face and said, "I initially thought it was because you were close brothers, and it was understandable for you to speak for him!"
"But now I see!" Daoist Minghao waved his large hand, drawing everyone’s attention, saying, "Everyone, let boldly speculate for a mont!"
"Previously, the five of you brothers enjoyed great favor within the sect, but now it’s just you and Saintly Virtue left, feeling isolated. Especially after Saintly Virtue’s recent appearance on TV, his prestige in the sect has plumted!"
"This ti, we left for a collective outing without Saintly Virtue because he was injured and needed rest, but it was misinterpreted as pushing and suppressing him within the sect."
"So, feeling that you couldn’t stay any longer, you conspired to betray the sect. During his guard duty, Saintly Virtue took advantage of his position to secretly take possession of the Mountain Protection Array, and then brought those who had been long-contacted fellow sect mbers into the sect."
"He then shifted the bla onto that Xiao Tian, turning our hatred toward him to lower our guard!"
"When we return to the mountain gate, Saintly Virtue will join forces with those he has already colluded with to activate the Mountain Protection Array, and with Saintly Sea from the inside and outside, we will all be..."
"Enough!" Saintly Sea Daoist’s shout was like a thunderclap exploding in everyone’s ears, stopping Daoist Minghao’s malicious conjecture.
"Minghao Brother, you are indeed bold in your speculations..."
Saintly Sea Daoist’s voice echoed ominously in everyone’s ears, causing them to shudder uncontrollably!
Seeing the two about to co to blows, Master Guanghuai tily spoke up, "You all should stop arguing about this matter. Saintly Sea Junior Brother is right, and as for Minghao Junior Brother’s conjecture, it is too absurd, which is not conducive to the unity within the sect, so let it not be ntioned again!"
Daoist Minghao’s speculations were refuted by Sect Leader Master Guanghuai, but he didn’t seem to care at all, in fact, he looked sowhat smug toward Saintly Sea, though it was unclear what he was smug about!
Saintly Sea Daoist understood Minghao’s personal vendetta; back when the five brothers were in the sect, Minghao suffered a lot from them.
Now that only two were left, Minghao’s act of kicking a man when he’s down was expected!
But despite that, Saintly Sea Daoist couldn’t help but begin to reminisce about the days when the five brothers worked together with one heart and one mind, which was his happiest ti in the Dao Yi Sect!
"Junior Brother Guangmie!"
Upon hearing Sect Leader Guanghuai call him, Master Guangmie, who was beside him, cupped his hands in response, "Brother!"
"There’s no ti to lose, you should choose personnel to head to Shanghai imdiately!"
With a deep understanding of the importance of the Life Seal, Sect Leader Guanghuai sternly instructed, "Rember! Retrieve it at all costs; it’s a treasure more important than even the Mountain Protection Array!"
With those words, a chorus of gasps imdiately erupted.
Even though everyone had an estimate of the importance of the Life Seal, hearing Sect Leader Guanghuai personally say it was more important than the Mountain Protection Array still caused a buzz of amazent.
"At the sa ti, release the information!"
The burning determination in Master Guanghuai’s eyes reignited as he ordered, "Since that Xiao Tian is trying to save his girlfriend, let’s help make him famous!"
Seeing the extrely dangerous smile on Master Guanghuai’s face, everyone couldn’t help but shiver.
This expression had not appeared on Master Guanghuai’s face for so many years; it seed that this ti, the one nad Xiao Tian had truly offended him!
However, amid their shock, everyone was also sowhat perplexed by Master Guanghuai’s statent about promoting Xiao Tian!
Fortunately, Master Guanghuai quickly revealed his plan!
"You all, through your respective channels, contact Xiao Tian’s forr enemies!" Master Guanghuai’s words were very calm, yet carried an undeniable authority that made people involuntarily heed him.
"Release the information that Xiao Tian needs all his True Qi to save his girlfriend, and even if he succeeds, his strength will plumt by at least two major levels, essentially making him a cripple!"
"By then, we’ll seize the opportunity to retrieve the Life Seal amidst the chaos..."
Everyone secretly gave a thumbs-up, considering the plan ingenious.
With this strategy, Xiao Tian would find himself in endless trouble, and even if they couldn’t kill him, they could exhaust his strength, especially since Lin Bingxuan’s situation would also consu a lot of his energy.
Faced with internal and external crises, even if he didn’t die, he’d be skinned alive, and they only needed to wait until both sides were deadlocked, then suddenly grab the Life Seal back!
A plan that promised huge gains for little cost, how could it not be applauded?!
"But Sect Leader Brother, how can we make them believe it?" soone couldn’t help but raise a doubt, "Even if Xiao Tian’s enemies all believe the authenticity of the ssage, what if it’s not the case at that ti, and those people target us instead..."
The crowd was suddenly awakened, that’s right, the ssage seed ingenious, but it was also built on the authenticity of the previous information.
Once Xiao Tian’s enemies discovered discrepancies in the information, wouldn’t they directly retreat, or even dig up the ones who released the wrong information and the forces behind them?
And this was sothing the Dao Yi Sect, with only one Saint Virtue Daoist guarding, definitely couldn’t handle!
Yet Master Guanghuai, under everyone’s gaze, revealed a confident smile...
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