"What meaning is there in saying all this now? The most urgent thing is to go take a look at Strange Herb Valley. That is the hub of our sect. If something has really gone wrong there..."
"That's right, Senior Brother. Issue a decree!"
Several of the Heavenly Eye Sect's experts spoke over one another, but True Person Withered Wood kept his eyes closed the entire time, as if deaf to it all. Though everyone was alarmed and doubtful, anxious as ants on a hot pan, none of them dared act on their own.
For one thing, the sect leader, their senior brother, had always possessed great authority. For another, Strange Herb Valley was a forbidden ground of the sect. Apart from the disciples stationed there year-round, no one else was permitted to barge in without the sect leader's decree. Thus, even with such a major incident occurring, they first had to come to True Person Withered Wood's cave residence to request instructions.
Just as the several Core Condensation cultivators were growing restless with anxiety, True Person Withered Wood finally opened his eyes. His face twitched once, and his voice was incomparably cold. "Junior Brother Liu is dead."
"What? Senior Brother Liu was really murdered?"
Although everyone had more or less prepared themselves for this, when they received the news, their expressions still turned ugly to the extreme.
"Senior Brother, are you certain? Could there be some mistake?"
Facing Ning Tianyu's doubt, True Person Withered Wood did not show anger. Instead, he smiled bitterly and sighed. "I would rather hope that something had gone wrong with my spell as well, but just now I sent three Sound Transmission Talismans to Junior Brother Liu in succession, and all of them were like clay oxen entering the sea. If he had