The Peace Stone is in Su Lin's backpack!
Due to the game mechanics, players' backpacks cannot be detected or searched by NPCs; these items can only be stolen by survivors from the same faction!
Su Lin was utterly shocked at this moment. He couldn't understand how many more amazing tricks Xu Zhiyi had up her sleeve!
What he found even more unbelievable was that when this woman successfully seized the Peace Stone, she must have known about its incredible effects, right?
She didn't keep it all to herself?
She actually refused! She actually resisted the temptation of the peace stone!
What is this woman trying to do?!
Su Lin couldn't understand. He remained silent, staring at Xiao Linlin, and he also saw a trace of confusion in Xiao Linlin's eyes.
Could it be that this woman really only wants a "friendship"?
For this reason, he was willing to give up the peace stone that was within his grasp and to end his winning streak.
My friendship is so valuable? How come I didn't know!
Her prediction was so accurate; she could have easily taken the Peace Stone for herself at that very moment, even if it meant failing to escape, it would still have been a huge profit. Yet, she still chose to suffer a loss that would maximize her own interests.
Outrageous!
Su Lin had to admit that he couldn't understand Xu Zhiyi's behavior, just as he couldn't understand why this woman had chosen to stop him in the first place, simply to allow a small number of people to survive.
While Su Lin remained silent, Xu Zhenshu was on the verge of going crazy!
"You surnamed Bai! You must give me an explanation! Does the Shuyu Heavenly Palace intend to fight my Sword Pavilion?"
"This woman arrived so conveniently! And that Floating Life Drunken Guest suddenly went after Thousand Machine Poison Lord... I know! The Peace Stone must be on Floating Life Drunken Guest!"
"Very well, you really aren't afraid of my Sword Pavilion's wrath! For a mere Peace Stone, the Jade Palace has disregarded the centuries-old friendship between our two sects!"
Xu Zhenshu pressed her for answers, and Bai Xianzi, already flustered, murmured, unsure how to explain.
Heaven knows why things turned out this way. Fortunately, the Grand Elder of the Sword Pavilion still maintained his composure and rebuked Xu Zhenshu: "What you're saying is absurd! What kind of person is Fusheng Zuike? How could he care about this stone!"
"Initially, Sword Gentleman intended to hand over the Peace Stone to the Jade Heavenly Palace, but their sect leader refused it! So he gave it to my Sword Pavilion!"
"They already had the opportunity to take the Peace Stone, so why go to the trouble of forcibly taking it now!"
The Grand Elder reprimanded Xu Zhenshu, telling her to calm down, then looked at the White Fairy, and finally swept his gaze over the players who had returned with Xu Zhiyi.
"search!"
The Grand Elder sternly ordered, "Search them on the spot! Take them away and interrogate them severely! They returned with Xu Zhiyi, so they must know the secret!"
"No! I...I don't know anything!"
"Elder, you are wise! I am a disciple of the Sword Pavilion, how could I possibly harm the interests of the sect!"
"This has nothing to do with me! I just happened to run into this woman on the way!"
The disciples who had miraculously survived were immediately terrified, shouting their grievances and their expressions filled with extreme fear.
If they were to bear this blame, the entire martial arts world would be powerless to save them; they would surely meet a gruesome end!
But the Grand Elder wouldn't listen to these explanations. Once someone in such a high position has doubts, he will definitely investigate thoroughly and won't let the guilty go unpunished, even if it means killing the wrong person.
"And this woman's corpse, too..."
Before the Grand Elder could give orders on how to dispose of Xu Zhiyi's body, the blood-soaked corpse on the ground began to melt rapidly, turning into a pool of blood in the blink of an eye.
"Self-melting corpse!"
The Grand Elder narrowed his eyes slightly: "What a strange method. Whose technique is this?"
The only murderer didn't even leave a body. Where would there be any way or clues to hunt down Ping An Shi? The Grand Elder also knew that the surviving disciples probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of them.
Thinking of this, the Grand Elder couldn't help but feel irritated, and his anger grew.
To put it bluntly, the loss of a single Peace Stone is at most a loss of profit, but it doesn't seriously harm the Sword Pavilion and is hardly a crippling blow.
But when this happens, it's a very embarrassing thing.
If the truth cannot be found out, how can Jian Ge remain the leader in the martial arts world?
For a moment, everyone in the convoy fell silent, filled with unease.
Now that things have come to this, there's no point in them rushing on. The most valuable thing has been taken away, and the remaining gold, silver, and valuables are no longer of great importance.
Furthermore, if this matter were to be brewing for too long, everyone present would be suspected of treason!
After all, the disappearance of the Peace Stone was too mysterious, and no one could say for sure whether there were any new traitors in the righteous path.
While everyone was silent and lost in their own thoughts, Xiao Linlin suddenly tugged at Su Lin's sleeve. Su Lin understood and spoke up.
"Elder, I feel something is amiss."
"Um?"
The Grand Elder looked at Su Lin, and Xu Zhenshu and the others also looked at Su Lin.
Of all the people in the team, Su Lin is undoubtedly the least suspicious.
After all, the final recipient of the Peace Stone will definitely be Su Lin, and he is the least likely person to try to take it.
"Although I haven't had much interaction with Junior Sister Xu, I can say that I know her fairly well... She's just a junior disciple of the Heavenly Palace, an inner disciple, but not someone important, and her strength is weak. How could she dare to snatch the Peace Stone from us?"
"In the end, this stone is just a material for creation. Is Xu Zhiyi really willing to risk her life to get it? What benefits will she gain from it?"
Su Lin paused, then said slowly, "Moreover, her methods of robbery were very strange. They were neither the methods of the Heavenly Palace nor the techniques of evil sects... So, in my guess, she was either doing someone else's bidding or she faked her own death to secretly profit from it."
"There are only two possibilities. Either way, it means that Ping An Shi is definitely not in our convoy, and the others may not know the truth either."
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