Sun Moon Palace sent word to Ten Thousand Swords Sect: three Nascent Soul Realm heretical cultivators had broken into the Tomb of the Puppet Emperor and accidentally released a Netherworld Spider. Someone had used a musical Magic Treasure, and a man and woman had worked together with practiced coordination. Sun Moon Palace suspected the Azure Lotus Couple and asked Ten Thousand Swords Sect to verify it.
The Netherworld Spider had burst out of the Tomb of the Puppet Emperor and slaughtered tens of thousands of cultivators. The Ten Great Sects had no choice but to join forces to exterminate the beast, while offering a reward of three hundred million Spirit Stones for the culprits. If the Azure Lotus Couple had been involved, the Ten Great Sects of the Northern Frontier would never let them off. Even Ten Thousand Swords Sect would be implicated.
"Not at all! We've been in the South Sea the entire time. Why does Fellow Daoist Dai ask?"
Wang Ruyan frowned, her eyes full of confusion.
Could someone be framing them for breaking into the Tomb of the Puppet Emperor? The first person she thought of was Shangguan Wei. Shangguan Wei did not dare strike directly at the Wang Family, but there was no problem with splashing them with filth.
"It's nothing. Madam Wang has probably heard that something happened in the Northern Frontier! Of the three heretical cultivators who entered the Tomb of the Puppet Emperor, one male cultivator wielded a musical Magic Treasure. Some suspect it was you two. Since you've been in the South Sea all along, then it wasn't you. Rest assured, Dai is merely carrying out routine duties."
Dai Ren did not believe that the Azure Lotus Couple would go to the Northern Frontier to cause trouble. The South Sea and Northern