Elder Nangong slept very peacefully.
When Lin Qingxuan dragged him away and forced medicine down his throat, he showed no resistance at all, lying there as quietly as a baby.
Though Yang Zhengxin had his doubts, Chao Wendao had truly struck with lethal force. If it had been an act, it would not have looked so real, so for the moment, he could not say anything.
Chao Wendao was baffled too.
Hadn't Lu Ze been supposed to bring an Artifact and take the blows, then exchange it for the Illusion Crystal Stone afterward?
Why had Nangong Yuan taken the blows instead?
And without even bringing a defensive Artifact?
Under Chao Wendao's uncertain gaze, Lu Ze took out the Illusion Crystal Stone from his Storage Ring and held it out before everyone.
"Did this crystal truly come from your hands?"
Yang Zhengxin demanded.
"It did."
Lu Ze nodded.
"Then without further delay, let the disciples try it out now."
Yang Zhengxin secretly smiled.
He suspected that Nangong Yuan and Chao Wendao had very likely been putting on an act.
In the brief time they had fallen into Spirit Jade Pavilion, they had probably pulled a switch and replaced the Illusion Crystal Stone.
But this would be easy to verify.
As long as the illusion's range exceeded a certain limit, it could be determined that it had not been made by a Foundation Establishment cultivator!
When the time came, he would have no shortage of arguments to suppress them.
The elders and disciple representatives of the Five Great Sects returned to Nurturing Spirit Hall once more.
Seeing Lu Ze place the Illusion Crystal Stone into the Illusion Tower, Yang Zhengxin hurriedly gave the Azure Peak Sect disciples a quiet instruction: "After you enter the illusion, carefully measure it... If the illusion's