Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1731 The Murder at Biyou Palace

The sound of the teacup shattering was soft, but it startled the seemingly sleepwalking Daoist Duobao.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Han Zhixian's unseeing eyes.

What's going on? Who is this person?
Various thoughts raced through his mind, and it took him quite a while to recall the name Han Zhixian.

How did this woman end up in her own curio cabinet?
In recent years, Duobao has handed over the church affairs to the Holy Mother Jinling. Although he did not say it explicitly, he did intend to avoid guests. On ordinary days, the only people he still had contact with were Huoling, Yu Yuan, and a few others.

He was furious. "Why are you, Hanzhixian, not enjoying yourself in your own cave? What are you doing here? You're practically courting death!"

The word "death" popped into my mind, and a thought arose.

He subconsciously looked at his right hand, where there was a barely perceptible trace of blood on the edge of his palm.

When he saw the hole in Han Zhixian's chest, he was struck dumb.

What am I doing? I actually killed a disciple of the Jie Sect in the Biyou Palace of the Jie Sect?
What happened next shocked him even more.

Those who frequently commit murder know that killing is easy, but disposing of the body is difficult. As experienced disciples of the Jie Sect, they are naturally different from ordinary people due to their extraordinary talents. However, there is one more thing to add: killing is easy, and disposing of the body is also easy, but resolving the cause and effect is difficult.

Duobao couldn't care less about cause and effect at the moment. He didn't realize that he was much more impatient than usual. Without thinking, he formed a hand seal and wanted to get rid of Hanzhixian's corpse first.

As soon as he made his move, a large amount of lightning gathered on Han Zhixian's corpse. The lightning formed a dense electric net, shuttling back and forth. In just three breaths, he blasted the corpse into ashes, and her three souls and seven spirits were also crushed. Then, with a gust of wind, the former Han Zhixian was gone from this world without a trace.

Duobao was dumbfounded; what was happening before his eyes was truly shocking.

What's going on? Where's my True Path? When did I switch to the Lightning Path?

It's not that lightning is weak, but that reality is strong.

There are certainly differences in strength among the great paths, but the disparity is not that great.

His panic stemmed from the fact that the True Dao was the foundation upon which he had attained the Primordial Chaos Realm. His entire cultivation journey, from becoming an Immortal to attaining the Golden Immortal Realm, the Taiyi Realm, and finally the Quasi-Saint Realm, had been based on the True Dao. How could he possibly make any changes to his path now? What would happen to the two corpses that had already been transferred?
To take the severed corpse of the True Dao and "merge" it with the main body that cultivates the Dao of Lightning? Is such a merging even possible? Even Hongjun, who researched the Three Corpses Merging, probably couldn't do it!
Is this Thor's conspiracy? Thor can't beat himself, so he put himself on the Avenue of Lightning, trying to defeat him with his vast experience?

Countless questions arose in my mind, but I couldn't explain them clearly.

Duobao felt that he had too many and too complicated thoughts in an instant. Without the true Dao to judge and suppress them, his mind was in turmoil and it took him a long time to barely calm down.

The grand strategy is something for later; we can consider it later.

The matter of Han Zhixian is an immediate issue that must be dealt with immediately. Once he is branded with the crime of harming his fellow disciples, he will have no hope of attaining enlightenment.

His advantage now is that Han Zhixian is inconspicuous, and powerful people will not pay attention to such an insignificant person. Deng Chanyu once thought that Caiyun Fairy and Han Zhixian were troublemakers, but after Caiyun Fairy died, she ignored Han Zhixian. One reason was that she was busy, and the other was that she didn't care.

This is Duobao's opportunity.

Quickly find someone to take the blame and make the case an ironclad one that won't raise any questions.

His first thought was to find a scapegoat, his disciple, the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit. As a fellow female immortal, and with Fire Spirit having a quick temper, it seemed plausible that the two would kill each other in a fit of rage after an argument. However, he quickly abandoned this idea.

The relationship between the Holy Mother of Fire and him is too close. Since this power involves that non-existent lightning space, it will have a significant obscuring effect on the causal deduction. However, if someone examines it carefully, he will probably still be exposed.

If the Holy Mother of Fire is incompetent, who else can be blamed?

Xiao Wu? Relying on his prestigious family background and being a fellow female immortal, he accidentally killed Han Zhi Xian in a fit of anger.
No, that won't work either. It's precisely because of this "prestigious background" that Duobao doesn't dare to shirk responsibility.

Similarly, Qiongxiao and Bixiao are also unsuitable. These two junior sisters are indeed stupid, but Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao are not.

He listed all the female immortals of the Jie Sect, and none of them were suitable to take the blame.

The karma of Hanzhixian falls within Biyou Palace. Outsiders cannot enter Biyou Palace, so the scapegoat can only be found among the male immortals of the Jie Sect.

He quickly made up his mind: it's you!

The next day.

A shocking piece of news stunned everyone in the Jie Sect.

The Holy Mother of Fire accused Luo Xuan of cruelly murdering Han Zhixian and then burning her body to ashes.

This incident was considered appalling within the Jie Sect. While Jie Sect disciples had committed numerous atrocities outside, including murder, robbery, and highway robbery, such a heinous act had never occurred within the sect since Tongtian Jiaozhu established the Jie Sect and attained sainthood.

Golden Spirit Mother immediately reported to Lingbao Heavenly Venerable. The Heavenly Venerable was still transmitting magical power to Tongtian Sect Master, and his mind was entirely outside the Primordial World. His specific level was similar to that of Duobao, and he did not find any problems. He simply told them to handle it themselves.

The Holy Mother Jinling immediately summoned all the disciples in Biyou Palace.

Duobao, Guiling, and Wudang were all present, and even the Sanxiao and Xiaowu, who had been focusing on cultivating the Shangqing Immortal Techniques these days, came over.

Only Zhao Gongming was absent; Old Zhao was busy outside preparing for the conquest of the Blood Sea.

"Injustice! I'm innocent! I didn't kill Han Zhixian, why would I kill her? This makes absolutely no sense!" Luo Xuan cried out loudly.

The Holy Mother of Fire glared at him: "I heard that you wanted Han Zhixian's Wind Essence, that you wanted to use wind to fuel fire. Han Zhixian refused, so you took action in anger, plotted to seize the Wind Essence, and finally destroyed the body to cover up the crime. You, Luo Xuan, are truly a vicious heart!"

"Nonsense! You're talking nonsense!" In Luo Xuan's heart, the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit was like a white moonlight, a longing that could not be obtained. But even if she was a dream beauty, you can't just make such slanderous accusations!

In the Jie Sect, killing a fellow disciple is a capital offense, and there's no question about it.

The Holy Mother of Fire pointed at him and asked, "You say it wasn't you, then where did you go yesterday evening when you quietly left Jin'ao Island?"

Luo Xuan opened his mouth to explain, but then realized this was a tricky matter. How should I put it? Should I say that I went to see Nezha?
The Holy Mother of Fire Spirit asked again, "If you say it wasn't you, others might not notice, but I know that your fire essence has increased dramatically in a very short time, even surpassing my innate fire essence. If it's not wind fueling the fire, then what is it?"

Luo Xuan was speechless. Could I say that I sold out Daoist Duobao and then Mount Emei rewarded me with a fire lotus of extremely high quality?

(End of this chapter)