It Was All a Lie

"What?"

"It really moved! Everyone, come look!"

Upon hearing the news, everyone immediately headed for a grand hall. There, they saw a statue of an old man—their founding master.

There had never been any movement before, nor could there possibly have been any.

After all, they had joined later and had never met any ancestor.

The middle-aged Taoist from before had been the earliest person to join Cloud Peak Temple.

Several higher-ups appeared, finding it somewhat unbelievable.

Bang.

The moment they entered, they heard a thunderous sound as the doors slammed shut.

Thick smoke suddenly filled the hall, leaving everyone unable to see clearly.

They looked up at the statue. It was shrouded in a layer of rosy light and smoke, making it impossible to look away.

The statue swayed from side to side, then a voice descended. "Why have you not knelt upon seeing your founding master?!"

Boom!

Hearing the voice, everyone hurriedly fell to their knees.

They only felt their heads ring as they uncontrollably knelt on the ground.

"The founding master has truly descended!"

The man in black knelt on the ground, his eyes somewhat vacant.

"You have committed heinous crimes in this place. Why do you not confess truthfully?!"

With another furious roar, it felt as though everyone's heads were exploding. The invisible pressure left them unable to catch their breath.

The man in black looked dazed. "Founding Master, we... we were all following Eldest Senior Brother's orders. Eldest Senior Brother told us to do this!"

"Continue!"

"Eldest Senior Brother told us to spread the locust plague here, while he went outside to gather food."

"Why did you spread these things?!"

The man in black had completely lost himself and muttered, "Eldest Senior Brother said our sect possessed a Divine Ability spell that could only be