The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple-Chapter 921 - 291: Sis, Let Me Explain—It’s Really Not What You Think (6k)

"Very well, be careful on your journey, and when you reach the border, do not get too close to Xuanyuan Shuo and those in the Royal Family!" Mo Xingjian cautioned.

Zhou Qing nodded quickly and asked, "Hasn't the Master Uncle returned yet?"

Mo Xingjian shook his head and replied, "The journey to Lingyun Mansion is long, taking at least half a year round trip."

"If there are shortages on your list, the delay might be even longer."

"But rest assured, I already sent your Uncle Tong Min to Lingyun Mansion a few days ago to assist."

"There are many matters for the sect to handle next. If he continues to linger there, it truly wouldn't be appropriate."

Before he finished speaking, two streaks of light tore through the sky.

Ling Yuexiao, the Peak Master of Hundred Battle Peak, and Ruan Mingxiu, the Peak Master of Cloud Concealing Peak, landed with worried expressions.

Mo Xingjian furrowed his brow and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ling Yuexiao immediately took out an Imaging Stone, and upon activation, the scene showed corpses strewn across the field, with severed limbs scattered everywhere.

The manner of death was identical to the horrors caused by the dried corpse driven by the Phecda Sect.

However, judging by the clothing of the deceased, they seemed to belong to various sects.

"Was it the work of the Golden Thunder Sect?" Mo Xingjian's pupils contracted suddenly.

Ling Yuexiao's voice was hoarse, "In just five days, six sects have already been exterminated, leaving truly no survivors."

"This includes the One Yang Sect, which was once affiliated with the Phecda Sect and recently offered us a top-grade Fire Attribute Spirit Stone seeking protection."

Ruan Mingxiu added, "Senior Brother Wang, who stayed at the Phecda Sect, went out to scout and found traces of arrays set up around all the exterminated sects' mountain gates."

Zhou Qing's expression was stern as he said in a deep voice, "So, they were trapped within the arrays, slaughtered like turtles in a jar."

The two nodded simultaneously and said, "Just as we suspected, Mo, what now?"

Mo Xingjian rubbed his chin, pondering for a long time before speaking slowly.

"Back then, we declared war on the Phecda Sect, claiming it was because they manipulated dried corpses to murder our mining disciples and attempted to cover up the truth."

"Such a reason was weak, and many outsiders questioned it, but the situation was urgent, and we had no time to explain further."

"Yet, the Golden Thunder Sect's secret transportation of coffins at night and the Imaging Stone evidence left by Dubhe and Master Lingxu are things we haven't formally confronted them about."

Mo Xingjian's eyes were sharp. "In other words, Lei Wuji and his cronies have no idea we have long known about the underground cavern in the desert."

"Even though Shen Yunzhou accidentally intruded back then, he couldn't penetrate the core. And the self-destruct array left by the Golden Thunder Sect upon retreat almost buried us all alive."

Ling Yuexiao knitted his brows, his voice tinged with worry. "Indeed, what my junior fears now is that the dried corpse from the Phecda Sect is currently locked up with Master Lingxu and others, guarded by several Master Uncles."

"But we have also investigated the cave, and there are fifteen octagonal altars inside, with impressions of eight coffins on each."

"Excluding the one that escaped, the Golden Thunder Sect possesses at least one hundred and nineteen dried corpses!"

Ruan Mingxiu nodded in agreement, his expression serious. "Although these dried corpses are ancient, their evolution is astonishingly fast, but based on our research on the one, their strength limit is just the Nascent Soul Realm."

"If it's just a hundred mindless Nascent Soul Realm dried corpses, it's not much trouble for us."

"But what we worry about is, what if they're not the real culprits behind these sect exterminations?"

Mo Xingjian remained silent, but his mind flashed back to the time when Tian Hong pretended to defect and brought an Imaging Stone, depicting Lei Wuji's terrifying appearance.

What was more unsettling was that, according to the accounts from Master Lingxu and Dubhe, some parts of the Corpse Yin Sect's manual on refining corpses in that cave were altered by them.

They had twisted a dangerous secret technique into a "shortcut" for breaking through to the Spirit Severing Realm, successfully misleading Lei Wuji down the wrong path.

"Lei Wuji now probably has blind faith in that erroneous method, which is why he has tortured himself into such a ghostly state," Ling Yuexiao said, his tone filled with dread.

Ruan Mingxiu's face was somber, his voice heavy, "To set up such meticulous arrays, encircle the sects being exterminated so thoroughly, and later clean up the traces completely, the Golden Thunder Sect is undeniably complicit in aiding and abetting!"

He paused, sighing.

"Although it hasn't affected us yet, rumors are spreading. They're saying we're untrustworthy and plan to settle scores with sects that were once affiliated with the Phecda Sect after the autumn harvest."

"Those smaller sects are in a panic; many who offered Five Elements Spirit Stones have even brought more lavish gifts, just begging us to spare them."

Listening to their words, Mo Xingjian's expression grew somewhat heavy.

Was the Golden Thunder Sect's action intentional or accidental?

But after a brief consideration, he immediately thought of a countermeasure.

"The sects that offered top-grade Spirit Stones for protection total only a dozen or so; the rest are still hoping for safety in numbers, hiding in the shadows and observing."

Mo Xingjian tapped gently on the Imaging Stone with his fingertip, "As for these rumors, there's a good chance they're being spread on purpose by these people, trying to stir up the settled situation again."

Upon hearing Mo Xingjian's analysis, the two of them brightened up.

"Mo, you mean..."

The two looked at Mo Xingjian.

"Taiqing Sect has always valued keeping its promises," Mo Xingjian snorted coldly, swinging his sleeve with force.

"Having accepted their protection fees, we should naturally ensure their safety. As for those with wishful thinking, they are merely clowns causing no real trouble."

Saying this, he took out a map and examined it closely, "It seems, as I suspected, the Golden Thunder Sect's secret extermination actions accidentally involved the One Yang Sect, catching them like fish in a barrel."