While the outside world was being turned upside down, the Blessed Land remained tranquil and peaceful.
But after the four heart-piercing words "bringing wolves into the house" were spoken, a grim, murderous atmosphere began to spread beyond all restraint.
Luo Chen lifted his eyelids and said in a deep voice, "Old Ancestor, your words are too severe."
Black Marsh Old Ancestor bared his teeth, his battered, ruined body radiating an intense aura of danger.
"I could never mistake it!"
"Back at Cangwu Mountain, it was this golden flame. Outside just now, it was also this golden flame. And now... how will you explain yourself?"
Before Luo Chen could offer an explanation,
Black Marsh Old Ancestor gave a cold chuckle. "I was wondering how the Demon Phoenix could locate Yanfu Mountain in an instant, even shattering the array core with one palm. So it was because you, the traitor within, were answering its call."
He swept his gaze around, his eyes settling on the array flags.
"With such attainments in arrays, who in the world would know that Luo Chen, an Alchemy Grandmaster, was also such a superb Array Grandmaster?"
Luo Chen spoke again. "Black Marsh Old Ancestor, you are overthinking this."
Black Marsh Old Ancestor shook his head. "Am I overthinking it? Had I thought enough back then, I would not have watched Cangwu Mountain flee before my eyes, nor would I have brought a hound of that Demon Phoenix into the Mingyuan Sect."
Luo Chen sighed and slowly rose to his feet.
Many matters could not be explained, nor were they easy to explain.
What he had displayed to the outside world was the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire, yet what he had revealed now was the Nirvana Sacred Fire.
With such deliberate concealment, who would believe he harbored no