Chapter 124
The news that the elder of Huanxiao Sect died in the inn room spread quickly. The ten-year competition was still going on, and the powerful monks had no time to watch it, so they were all crowded in the inn.
When Su Jinzhou and his party arrived, the monks waiting in the hall on the first floor immediately turned around to look.
Those who can cultivate to their level are not simple. The reason for Han Wei's death is still uncertain. Even if the rumors are spreading more fiercely, they will not offend the only immortal in the world of cultivation at this time.
Everyone bowed, "Immortal Venerable, fellow Taoists."
Gu Yan stepped forward and asked, "Didn't any of you go to watch the competition today?"
Everyone looked at each other, smiling awkwardly. "We heard that Elder Han was in trouble, so we came to see if we could help."
Gu Yan's smile was so intense that his eyes were not fully revealed. The polite words went in one ear and out the other to him.
"My dear friends, I will go upstairs with my brother to take a look."
The monks immediately made way, and after Su Jinzhou and his party went upstairs, they all followed them.
There were several people in Han Wei's room. Judging from their clothes, in addition to the people from the Huanxiao Sect, there were also two doctors.
They were whispering around the bed, and only looked back when they heard the sound.
Seeing that it was Su Jinzhou and his group, Huan Xiaozong and the two doctors hurriedly saluted, only a young disciple made a perfunctory gesture.
Ji Tang's gaze lingered on the young disciple, and he saw that his eyes were red and swollen, and it was obvious that he had just cried.
Several people made way for Su Jinzhou to check closer to the bed.
Jitang followed him and saw the person covered with a white sheet on the bed.
Su Jinzhou's spiritual power circulated at his fingertips, and the white cloth was gently lifted.
The moment it was revealed, the little disciple standing aside couldn't help but burst into tears.
Ji Tang glanced at the faces of several people inconspicuously. Except for the young disciple, the other members of the Huanxiao Sect had unhappy expressions at most. The sad emotions only stayed on their faces, and there was no ripple in their eyes.
She withdrew her gaze and looked at Han Wei.
Han Wei lay flat on the bed with a frown on his face.
Although his eyes were closed, there was a slight slit between them, and his lips were pursed, but it could be seen that they were not closed properly, and a layer of dark purple light floated on his body.
Looking at the unnatural expression, Jitang guessed that the people from Huanxiao Sect must have closed Han Wei's eyes and mouth artificially after discovering his death.
Han Wei might have witnessed something horrifying before his death, which is why his eyes and mouth were wide open. The dark purple light around him was indeed a nightmare aura, which led to rumors that Su Jinzhou was responsible.
The young disciple took the opportunity to slip under the elder's arm and rushed to Su Jinzhou, staring at him with red and swollen eyes, "Please enlighten me, Immortal Venerable!"
The Huanxiao Sect members were immediately horrified and hurriedly pulled the young disciple back, saying, "Immortal Venerable, he is Elder Han Kui's direct descendant. He has practiced with Elder Han since childhood and has a deep bond with him. He still can't accept Elder Han's sudden death. Please forgive him."
The young disciple was pulled back, speaking even faster, "The demon is dead! The Nightmare Clan has been missing for hundreds of years and has not appeared in the world of cultivation! But the dark purple light on my master's body is clearly the Nightmare Qi! My master just gave the demon's belt to the Immortal Venerable, and within a few days, he met with an accident!"
"Isn't this Immortal Venerable aware of this?! Please enlighten me, Immortal Venerable!"
He was pulled behind a few people, still wanting an answer, "Did the Immortal Master kill him? Did he?"
Several people's faces changed drastically. What's the difference between this and launching a military campaign to accuse someone?
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense. Why isn't the Immortal Venerable speaking? Is he feeling guilty?!"
"You! Take him out now!"
The young disciple was dragged away, the door opened and closed, and there was silence - no one dared to speak first.
Su Jinzhou didn't care about the strange silence in the room. He asked Ji Tang, "Same origin?"
Everyone was confused.
Just when they didn't know who the Immortal Master was talking to and what he meant, they heard the young disciple standing next to the Immortal Master speak.
Jitang: "Different origins."
Su Jinzhou then turned to the people from Huanxiao Sect and said, "This is not the nightmare energy of Nightmare Lord."
A member of the Huanxiao Sect stepped forward and said, "Immortal Venerable, I am Xue Shaoxiu, an outer sect elder of the Huanxiao Sect. My fellow disciples and I have investigated and found that the nightmare energy emanating from Elder Han is identical to the nightmare energy on the belt you... are wearing."
"It's different," Ji Tang added, "Although the nightmare energy on Elder Han's body is very similar to the one on the belt, the aura inside is turbid and does not come from the same source as the nightmare energy on the belt."
"How can a young disciple like you tell the difference between nightmare auras?" Xue Shaoxiu was a little angry. "Do you know what nightmare auras are better than us?"
The other person was quite friendly. "Isn't this the young disciple brought by the Immortal Venerable? He's still young, so it's normal that he can't tell them apart..."
The two men, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, were about to continue when they were suddenly strangled by the horrifying scene before them.
"Elder Xue! Manager Zeng!"
“This, this is…”
Han Wei, who had been lying flat on the bed and had stopped breathing, suddenly sat up with his upper body.
His eyes, which had been closed artificially, suddenly opened, and his eyes were filled with dark purple, with no white visible.
He turned his head stiffly, and the next moment, everyone heard the sound of his bones crackling.
Accompanied by these hair-raising sounds, he twisted his neck towards where everyone was standing.
"Heh...heh...nightmare...zun..."
The sight of a dead man moving was terrifying enough, but what was even more terrifying was the sound he made! It was a hoarse sound, like the rubbing of torn paper.
He raised his arms stiffly, trying to grab the person in front of him.
“Nightmare… Lord…” His arm also made a “crackling” sound, and his stiff body was forced to move. His fingers stretched forward, “Why… are you killing me…”
"Fake, fake corpse ah ah ah!!!"
Everyone was horrified, and the two doctors tried to escape by scrambling.
The Huanxiao Sect retreated repeatedly, and looked in the direction of Han Wei's forward-grabbing hand, and saw the little disciple beside the Immortal Venerable.
They were filled with shock and confusion, their eyes scanning Ji Tang from head to toe, their breathing subconsciously becoming lighter.
After the battle at Jiu Ming Yuan, no one used the name "Yan Zun" anymore. Whenever people mentioned Yan Zun, they would only call him "Demon" with disgust and fear.
The only sound in the room was Han Wei's cry, which sounded like a sharp blade slicing through his throat, "Yanzun... Yanzun... Why... did you... kill me..."
The doctor ran out of the house. The two wooden doors that were pushed open with great force were damaged and swayed. Many monks from the sects and palaces were crowded outside the doors.
"Is this person a demon?!"
"What nonsense! She's standing with the Immortal Lord!"
"The Immortal Venerable had previously reprimanded Elder Han on behalf of the Nightmare Venerable. Everyone saw it in full view! The Immortal Venerable even wore the belt tainted with the demon's nightmare aura!"
"Elder Han is dead. Who else could control him besides Nightmare Lord?"
"Don't lose your composure!"
The scene was chaotic, and a lot of discussion flooded into the room.
Shaqi extended the power of his soul and landed lightly behind Su Jinzhou and Jitang.
The two of them opened up their sea of consciousness, allowing his spiritual power to enter.
Shark Qi appeared in both of their minds with a playful laugh. "The Huan Xiao Sect has gone too far this time. They originally just wanted to link Han Wei's death to Lao Su and kill the prestige of the Su Xuan Sect. Who would have thought that Han Wei would come back to life and drag Ji Tang out with him? Look at how stupid the Huan Xiao Sect is. It's really funny!"
After making fun of him, he asked, "What do you think of Han Wei? What's going on?"
Su Jinzhou said calmly, "It doesn't seem like something the Huan Xiao Sect would do."
Ji Tang: "I'm hiding so deeply, let alone the Huanxiao Sect, which sect or palace wouldn't treat me like a dead person?"
After she finished speaking, she saw Su Jinzhou looking at her disapprovingly.
Ji Tang touched his nose and said, "What an obvious frame-up. The murderer must have been investigating my senior brother, so he found out about me." She was with Su Jinzhou every day, so if someone was interested, it wouldn't be surprising that they found out about her.
"That's a huge range." Shaqi said.
"Not necessarily," Jitang laughed, "Although many people are paying attention to my senior brother, they even checked the people around him so carefully, so it's not difficult to guess that they can find out my true identity."
Sharky immediately thought, "You mean the Lord in Black?"
Jitang: "That's right."
Shark Qi: "After the battle at Jiu Ming Yuan, the entire cultivation world thought you were dead, yet he still refuses to give up and is still suspicious of you? I think this man is not only deep-minded, he's actually mentally ill!"
Ji Tang pondered, "He does pay more attention to me and my senior brother than usual."
Why the two of them? Speaking of their similarities, there were quite a few. For example, they had both lived in the mortal world, belonged to the Suxuan Sect, and worshipped under the tutelage of Master Wushu. Their cultivation had both reached the Crossing Tribulation Stage.
Ji Tang suddenly had an idea: "Because we are both in the Tribulation Crossing Stage?"
Su Jinzhou said almost at the same time: "The Tribulation Period."
They exchanged a look.
Shark was puzzled. "We didn't finish talking on the way, so let's continue now. What does your Tribulation Period have to do with him?"
Ji Tang said, "The immortal artifact we extracted from the dragon's body is related to the Black Lord. In fact, we have long suspected the Black Lord's identity. He is most likely from the immortal world. As for why he is holding us, I think it is because my senior brother and I are both in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, and are only a short distance away from ascending to the Immortal Realm. He tried to win us over, but we refused."
Sharky: "So that's why he stopped you from ascending?"
Ji Tang: "He first tried to win them over, but if that didn't work, the next step would be tit-for-tat. We've discovered that some sects in the cultivation world have become pawns of the Black Clothes faction. I'm beginning to wonder if the famous and upright sects who came together to attack the Nine Nether Abyss to kill me were also related to him."
"The Lord in Black has appeared only a few times. We've previously speculated that he was the incarnation of someone in the immortal world. We wonder how he managed to conceal his existence and establish the Black Lord's power in the world of cultivation."
Su Jinzhou: "The people that the Black Clothed Forces have tried to win over are clearly divided into categories. Only cultivators who have reached the Fusion Stage or above are within their scope of wooing. If they succeed, it means that all the capable people in the cultivation world will be at their disposal. If they fail, it will just mean they have another life on their hands."
Shark's face turned cold as he thought along these lines. "He's going to conduct a sifting of the entire cultivation world. Those who obey me will prosper, and those who disobey me will perish. Even if someone ascends to the immortal realm in the future, they'll only be his lackeys."
"This chess game is incredibly well laid out!" he sarcastically said, "Compared to the demon and devil realms, the cultivation world has quite a few people ascending to the Immortal Realm. He's trying to control the checkpoints for ascension to help him build a solid foundation in the Immortal Realm!"
Sharky finally understood, "So the Black Force is something he must do to complete his plan."
While the three of them were communicating with their spiritual sense, the people in the room had already retreated to the door cautiously.
Before the person closest to the door could get out, the young disciple who was blocked outside rushed in first.
He refused to give in, "My Immortal Lord! Why don't you..." Halfway through his words, he was grabbed by the collar and lifted up.
Xue Shaoxiu shouted sternly: "Get out!"
The young disciple also saw the scene in the room at this time, and naturally saw his master sitting up on the bed.
He shouted loudly, "Master!"
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