Lu Qingshan controlled his sword and flew towards the exposed Qing Luo Sect.
Due to the sect’s great formation being broken, the Qing Luo Sect had increased its vigilance during this period, sending disciples to patrol outside the sect in turns.
A young patrolling disciple, upon seeing an outsider approaching, thought it was a suspicious intruder and was about to step forward to intercept, when an older senior brother with deeper cultivation stopped him.
"Senior Brother?" The young disciple was puzzled.
"You better see clearly who that is..." The senior brother’s voice trembled slightly.
Lu Qingshan’s escape technique was exceedingly fast, and by this ti, the young disciple could already clearly see the figure in the sword light.
"It’s him... How is he back again?!" The young disciple shuddered, and the eagerness to intercept imdiately subsided, not daring to bring it up again.
——Even soone their own ancestor couldn’t intercept, how could he dare to?
With no one intercepting him, Lu Qingshan proceeded straight into the sect.
......
Qing Luo Sect, main hall of the sect.
Nothing deserves a trip to the Three Treasures Hall.
After Lu Qingshan explained his purpose, Sect Master Pu Ze let out a sigh of relief, took a sip of tea, and looked at the expressionless Lu Qingshan, slowly saying, "Your timing is unfortunate; the ancestor said there are urgent matters to attend to and left this sect just three days ago, destination unknown."
"Left?" Lu Qingshan exhaled a breath and murmured.
Sotis silence is more expressive than words.
Even though no answers were obtained, Lu Qingshan had already gotten an answer.
The ancestor of Qing Luo had sealed himself underground in the Qing Luo Sect for thousands of years, leaving neither early nor late, but chose precisely this mont to leave; the implications are self-explanatory.
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Heavenly Secret Pavilion.
Lu Qingshan returned with a heavy heart.
This trip to the Qing Luo Sect cannot be said to be fruitless, but neither can it be said to have significant gains.
At the very least, it served to further confirm his suspicions, but offered little in terms of practical value.
At the mont, he had little energy to spend on investigating the person behind the scenes.
The Blood Slaughter by Qing King was the most important issue at hand.
However, Lu Qingshan also understood that unless one reached the realm of Li Qiubai, individual strength appeared too feeble in such matters, and ultimately, the power of the Taoist Sect would be needed.
He now hoped that Shui Yue Pavilion Master’s trip to Heavenly River City would yield results.
Upon entering Lotus Peak, Lu Qingshan first inquired, "Has Shui Yue Pavilion Master returned?"
"She returned not long ago; the Peak Master also instructed that if Young Master Lu returns, he can go directly to her," a young nun from Lotus Peak replied respectfully.
Lu Qingshan nodded in acknowledgnt and headed to Shui Yue Pavilion Master’s Dao Field.
Inside the pavilion.
Present besides Shui Yue Pavilion Master was also a male cultivator.
Jing Hu Pavilion Master.
"You’re here," Shui Yue Pavilion Master nodded to Lu Qingshan upon his entrance and asked, "So, what were your findings at the Qing Luo Sect?"
Lu Qingshan shook his head and briefly explained the situation.
"I see..." Shui Yue Pavilion Master raised an eyebrow and murmured softly.
"Did the Pavilion Master discover anything? Is the Blood Slaughter by Qing King real...?" Lu Qingshan hesitated for a mont before deciding to get straight to the point.
Shui Yue Pavilion Master shook her head, "The situation is rather complex...."
She explained in detail: "I made a special trip to Heavenly River City to inform the Pavilion Master; he took this matter very seriously and imdiately used the Heavenly Secret Mirror to ticulously survey the situation within Qing King’s fiefdom in Qing State."
"The result was....?" Lu Qingshan asked.
"Everything is normal; there is no turmoil or anything amiss in Qing King’s fiefdom. In fact, Qing King could even be considered a good marquis; under his governance, there is rarely any unrest within Qing State.
The north of Qing State once was a wilderness, with demon beasts rampant, often harassing nearby cities, causing great distress to the residents of North Qing.
It was due to Qing King’s large-scale operations that North Qing’s demon beast troubles were pacified, and a Zhenbei City was established on that very ground, with great expense incurred each year to send many cultivators to garrison and suppress the demon beasts.
Since then, no demon beast invasion events have occurred in North Qing; thus, Qing King’s prestige is extrely high within Qing State, revered by many sects and common people as a guardian god.
Such a person, by all appearances, wouldn’t cruelly commit acts of blood slaughter....
In previous lives, many who were great philanthropists in the public eye were indulging in unspeakable acts behind the scenes... Lu Qingshan would not simply believe in Qing King because of his reputation in Qing State.
However....
If a blood slaughter were truly being prepared, Qing King would inevitably need to carve out a large area well in advance; it’s impossible that he would decide the location on the spur of the mont.
Given prior preparations, logically, traces would have existed.
Moreover, for soone of Qing King’s noble status, with his own fiefdom, drawing this Land of Blood Slaughter into his feudal land Qing State would be most fitting.
After all, such a horrific undertaking, once discovered, would make him the target of universal condemnation.
Thus, to deceive everyone successfully, execution within his completely controlled territory—Qing State—would provide the only plausible room for maneuver.
If it were in other states, rely sending people over would arouse the local state master’s vigilance and suspicion, let alone making extensive arrangents.
Another crucial point is that, despite avoiding suspicion, Heavenly Secret Pavilion had not dispatched supervisory disciples to Qing State.
But in other states, there roughly are disciples present, thoroughly aware of their state’s situations.
As Lu Qingshan ntioned before, the disciples of Heavenly Secret Pavilion monitor the world in the na of guardianship; their complete lack of information on Qing King’s Blood Slaughter cos down to two main possibilities.
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