A disciple stumbled upon Nie Xingqing’s corpse when passing by the rockery.
When Luo Changhe arrived at the rockery with everyone, Elder Fanyun went pale at the sight before him.
"It’s too late," Luo Changhe, after checking Nie Xingqing’s condition, said with a heavy tone, shaking his head.
"Sect Master Luo, this happened at your Holy Spring Sect, shouldn’t you give an explanation?" Elder Fanyun spoke in a cold tone.
"Please be assured, Elder Fanyun, I have already ordered the sect gate to be sealed, and no one is allowed to leave the sect," Luo Changhe nodded, "Once the inner gate competition is over, I will thoroughly investigate every disciple."
Xu Zii glanced at Luo Changhe and felt sothing was off. Logically, with a sect’s saintess dead in their own sect,
shouldn’t they be conducting a thorough investigation imdiately? The inner gate competition could be delayed and pushed back.
But judging by Luo Changhe’s attitude, it seed that the relationship between the Holy Spring Sect and the Immortal Spirit Sect wasn’t as good as imagined.
"Sect Master Luo, are you planning to shield the murderer, waiting until after the inner gate competition ends, by which ti everything would have already been decided?" Elder Fanyun said with an embarrassed look.
"Elder Fanyun, you should speak with evidence," Luo Changhe snorted, "Just because soone died in our Holy Spring Sect doesn’t an it’s entirely our fault.
Maybe it was soone you offended, and they were pursued here," Luo Changhe continued, "We also have a responsibility for this matter, but I’m not shirking it. I said we would investigate imdiately after the inner gate competition is over."
"Luo Changhe, are you taking revenge on our Immortal Spirit Sect for the incident that year?" Elder Fanyun, angered, directly called out his na.
One must know that Nie Xingqing’s death was not just a complete waste of the sect’s many years of cultivation.
Moreover, she carried the inheritance of the Ancestor of Wind. If the inheritance were lost, she would be the sinner of the Immortal Spirit Sect.
"I’m not that petty. But as to who is behind this, it’s too early to jump to conclusions," Luo Changhe spoke indifferently, "While our Holy Spring Sect admits its own responsibility, I ask Elder Fanyun not to bla everything on us without evidence."
"You want evidence, right? I will give it to you now," Elder Fanyun’s gaze fixed, and the aura of the Emperor Pulse Realm surged around her.
The spiritual energy around her began to condense, and a faint blue swirl appeared behind her.
As the vortex appeared, Elder Fanyun slightly drew her hands apart in midair.
In that instant, in everyone’s eyes, Elder Fanyun’s hands seed to embody a special aning, as if transcending ti and space.
A white curtain appeared before her.
"What is this?" Lu Ang asked Xu Zii who was at his side.
"I don’t know," Xu Zii shook his head.
"Ti reversal, this is the ability of Elder Fanyun’s True Fate Ergence," Elder Tianzhen elaborated from the side, "As long as it’s within twenty-four hours, Elder Fanyun can use ti reversal to see what the deceased experienced in the hour before death."
"That’s a nice ability," Lu Ang comnted with interest.
Martial artists could condense their True Fate while in the Empty Vein Realm, and once they reached the Emperor Pulse Realm, they could manifest their True Fate.
Since everyone’s condensation of True Fate is different, the abilities upon True Fate Ergence naturally vary.
...…
As Elder Fanyun’s hands moved over the curtain, images shockingly appeared in the previously blank space.
Everyone watched the unfolding images with rapt attention.
On a night with a black moon and high winds, Nie Xingqing lay motionless behind the rockery, with two n in black sitting beside her.
The pair sat in silence for nearly an hour, while Elder Fanyun wore a sowhat unsightly expression to one side.
She didn’t know if these people had co prepared, knowing her abilities, they deliberately dressed in black and masked their faces, then spent an hour to ensure she couldn’t find out anything.
As the scene was about to end, one of the figures clad in black suddenly stood up, reached out, and grasped Nie Xingqing’s neck.
A deep voice ca forth.
"I’m not afraid to tell you before you die, it wasn’t I who slaughtered the Heavenly Sword Sect, but a guy nad Chu Yang. Even though he hails from a small village known as Qingyang Village, his luck is anything but small.
......…"
After the man in black finished those words, he ended Nie Xingqing’s life.
The crowd watched as the two people headed in the direction of the Holy Spring Sect’s gate.
"Chu Yang, Qingyang Village," Elder Fanyun uttered these words through clenched teeth as she watched the content on the screen.
The aura of the Emperor Pulse Realm burst forth from her, reaching the sky and shaking the surrounding space.
"Elder Fanyun, please calm down," Luo Changhe hurriedly interjected.
"It’s not your Holy Spring Sect’s Saintess who died, of course you’re not in a hurry," Elder Fanyun said with an embarrassed and displeased expression. "Sect Master Luo, due to the matter concerning our Sect’s Saintess, I must attend to it as soon as possible.
As for the Internal Sect Competition of your Sect, I shall abstain for now."
"It’s fine, the matter concerning the Saintess is more important. I will also conduct a thorough investigation within the Holy Spring Sect," Luo Changhe replied indifferently.
"I hope this matter has nothing to do with your Holy Spring Sect," Elder Fanyun said, and then she promptly left with the other disciples from the Immortal Spirit Sect.
...…
Watching the imposing back of Elder Fanyun as she left, Luo Changhe smiled and said to Elder Tianzhen, "Brother Tianzhen, don’t mind this, no one wanted such a thing to happen."
"It’s not a problem," Elder Tianzhen shook his head and smiled.
Afterwards, Elder Tianzhen led Xu Zii and a few others towards the site of the Inner Gate Competition of the Holy Spring Sect.
anwhile, Luo Changhe secretly gathered so of the Holy Spring Sect’s elders and issued an order, "Aside from those Inner Sect Disciples currently in competition, conduct a thorough search of every other place in the Sect.
Especially any disciple acting suspiciously, capture first then interrogate."
...…
"Brother Lu, is there so story between Sect Master Luo and Elder Fanyun?" Along the way, Xu Zii asked curiously.
"I’ve only heard about it myself. I’ll tell you more when we get back," Lu Ang whispered in response.
On the other hand, Elder Fanyun rode the Monster Beast Cang Luan at full speed back to the Immortal Spirit Sect. She had to start her investigation with Qingyang Village and this crucial figure, Chu Yang.
...
At this mont in the True Martial Holy Sect, Baili Xiao had been restless since returning from Goose Southern Peak.
She didn’t know how Xu Zii ca to learn of Chu Yang’s situation, but leaving Chu Yang to stay in Qingyang Village indefinitely would eventually lead to danger.
And Xu Zii could continue to use this matter to blackmail her.
Therefore, she called Xue Qianxue over, instructing her to take Chu Yang away from Qingyang Village or find a place to settle him down, so she could have peace of mind.
In case Xu Zii one day insists on killing Chu Yang, she would not be able to stop him.
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