Huangxiu

Chapter 1244 Means
There are more than just one or two immortal evil lords in Youmengtian.

Dong Muyu tilted her head and asked, "Junior brother, do you have any other ideas?"

"The sect leader has a solution," Chu Zhiyuan said.

Dong Muyu asked, "Is there any way?"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Since they are wearing masks, they are not nobody."

"That's right!" Dong Muyu slapped her forehead. "Look at my head!"

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Senior Sister, where are these guys' corpses?"

"The elders are gathered around, preparing to burn it," Dong Muyu said. "Keeping it alive would only cause trouble."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

"Would you like to go and take a look?"

"Go and take a look."

Dong Muyu said, "I'll go and call Junior Sister Hong Zhao; we'll go together."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

She left gracefully, quickly pulling Li Hongzhao along. The three of them left the courtyard together and headed to a square.

A spacious plaza paved with white jade stones is located on the north side of Tianjian Peak.

The north wind was largely weakened by the invisible force shrouding Tianjian Peak.

The bamboo forests on the adjacent peaks swayed violently, like waves surging in a blue sea, while Tianjian Peak was serene with a gentle breeze.

At this moment, there was a tall pile of firewood in Baiyu Square, arranged in a round stack one meter high and two meters in diameter.

The round mound resembled an altar, upon which lay nine black-robed corpses.

The nine corpses were arranged neatly.

Lu Wanshan and four middle-aged men were standing in front of a round stack of firewood, observing intently.

Behind them stood Ding Chonglou and a dozen or so young men, standing solemnly.

Hearing footsteps, Lu Wanshan turned his head to look.

He waved: "Zhiyuan."

Chu Zhiyuan approached him, clasped his hands in greeting, and greeted the sect leader, the four elders, and then nodded to Ding Chonglou and the others.

"You've come at the right time. I was just about to ask you to come and take a look." Lu Wanshan pointed to the nine corpses: "These guys died suspiciously. Can you see anything unusual?"

Chu Zhiyuan glanced at him, stepped forward to examine him, and frowned, saying, "No internal injuries... My Demon-Subduing Blade wasn't fatal either. There are no internal or external injuries. His death is indeed strange."

Lu Wanshan said, "They died at the same time; it must have been the work of the Undying Evil Lord."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded: "The Undying Evil Lord is most skilled in mental techniques. Did he tamper with their minds beforehand?"

“Zhiyuan, did you guess that these nine people are not experts from the Evil Sect?” Lu Wanshan said in a deep voice.

Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow.

Li Hongzhao asked, "Sect Leader, could they be masters from reputable sects?"

Lu Wanshan sighed and slowly said, "They are experts from the Southern Star Sect and the Purple Bamboo Sect."

Ding Chonglou said, "Junior Sister Li, both the Nanxing Sect and the Zizhu Sect are second-rate sects."

Li Hongzhao asked, "Is he truly a master from a prestigious and legitimate school?"

Ding Chonglou nodded slowly, his expression grave.

If it's an unorthodox sect, it's easier to deal with; but if it's a reputable sect, it's extremely troublesome.

Li Hongzhao said, "Then should we hold them accountable directly?"

Ding Chonglou shook his head and sighed, "It shouldn't be related to their two sects; it's the work of the Undying Evil Lord."

“Let’s put all that aside for now and question them about why they ambushed and killed our senior brother,” Li Hongzhao said. “Otherwise, we’ll become the ones who killed them for no reason and be the ones who are guilty.”

Ding Chonglou was taken aback, then frowned and pondered.

Li Hongzhao looked at Lu Wanshan.

Lu Wanshan said slowly, "We have no enmity or grudge against these two sects."

Li Hongzhao said, "To kill nine of their experts without any grudge or enmity... Sect Leader, these are nine Venerables! How many Venerables does their sect have in total?... This will probably provoke sympathy from all the martial arts sects, as well as doubt and anger towards us, right?"

Lu Wanshan nodded.

Xu Qianfan frowned: "Senior brother, Hong Zhao is right. We know they are also victims, but they may not think that way. We have to be careful."

"Human hearts are unpredictable." Li Hongzhao shook his head slightly.

She glanced at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan, however, had been staring intently at the nine corpses when he suddenly said, "Step back!"

Everyone was startled.

Chu Zhiyuan's voice rang out again: "Retreat ten meters!"

As he spoke, he put his arm around Li Hongzhao and Ding Chonglou's shoulders and flashed to the edge of Baiyu Square.

Lu Wanshan shouted, "Back off! Back off!"

His voice was booming, shaking one's very soul.

All the disciples and elders simultaneously retreated more than ten meters away. "Boom!"

The entire circular stack turned into dust, and black powder covered an area of ​​more than ten meters in radius.

Within a radius of several meters, the white jade ground has become pitted and uneven, resembling a honeycomb.

Lu Wanshan and the other four elders stared intently at the swirling powder with grim expressions.

The other dozen or so disciples also looked grim, still shaken.

This white jade surface has been polished to a pristine shine over thousands of years, its resilience far exceeding expectations.

If you don't dodge a sudden and powerful blow in time, will your body end up as pitted and uneven as the white jade floor?
Lu Wanshan snorted: "What a fine Immortal Evil Lord! Truly impressive methods!"

He didn't need to guess to know that this must be the work of the Undying Evil Lord.

Xu Qianfan breathed a sigh of relief: "Thanks to Zhiyuan's awakening this time, otherwise we would have lost face big time!"

“They could even be killed.” An elder shook his head and sighed, “It’s too vicious.”

At this moment, the white jade ground had completely turned black and turned into dust.

The explosion of those nine corpses was far more powerful than imagined.

Even if they have protective qi, they may not be able to withstand it and their lives may be in danger.

“Zhiyuan, we owe you a life,” Xu Qianfan said.

The Demon-Subduing Divine Tree had already appeared above Chu Zhiyuan's head, floating in the void and scattering starlight.

He formed a mudra with his hands, his expression solemn.

Li Hongzhao frowned slightly: "It seems we'll have to deny everything to the death."

Xu Qianfan sighed, "Now it seems we can only deny it to the death. The body is gone, and we can't explain ourselves. Fortunately, no outsiders know about this."

Another elder said, "But there's no way to investigate any further, is there?"

Xu Qianfan looked at Chu Zhiyuan: "Zhiyuan, what do you think?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I'll try to find out where they are and find the statue of that Undying Evil Lord. Only after destroying it can I feel at ease."

"It would be best if we could find it," Xu Qianfan said. "But the Undying Evil Lord won't be so easy to find, will it?"

This time, the methods were insidious and vicious, making it impossible to guard against, which shows how terrifying the Undying Evil Lord is.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I've dealt with him before, and I can't let him continue to cause trouble."

"Go ahead," Lu Wanshan said in a deep voice. "Just let me know if you need anything."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Hong Zhao will help me."

"When will you depart?"

"Let's go now," Chu Zhiyuan said. "The sooner the better."

“Go,” Lu Wanshan said, “Be careful, don’t be careless.”

"Yes."

Chu Zhiyuan clasped his hands in a fist salute, placed his hand on Li Hongzhao's shoulder, and then disappeared.

Xu Qianfan exclaimed, "Zhiyuan's lightness skill is truly astonishing."

“High comprehension, good luck, and many secret techniques,” Lu Wanshan laughed, “are also the good fortune of our Heavenly Sword Sect.”

Xu Qianfan sighed, "Without Zhiyuan this time, we were really confused."

Ding Chonglou nodded slowly.

His true energy was circulating smoothly within his meridians.

His cultivation level is rapidly recovering.

……

Chu Zhiyuan and Li Hongzhao appeared in the cave in a flash.

Li Hongzhao's phoenix eyes swept over the cave from top to bottom: "Are there any more clues here?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded: "This place is very important. There are two lines, but we only found one."

"What exactly are they trying to do?" Li Hongzhao asked. "Why do they want to kill Senior Brother Chonglou?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

Li Hongzhao asked, "You're not going to practice some evil technique and devour Senior Brother Chonglou, are you?"

"It doesn't seem like it now." Chu Zhiyuan left the cave and drifted along the treetops.

Li Hongzhao stood beside him, ethereal and graceful: "What is it for?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "They might be trying to capture Senior Brother Ding alive."

"We'll capture Senior Brother Chonglou alive, and then what?"

"There are too many possibilities." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "It's hard to say."

He sped up, but Li Hongzhao could still keep up. Half an hour later, they stopped on a mountaintop.

The two gazed at a golden statue atop a distant mountain.

(End of this chapter)