Inside Zixiao Palace.
After Hongjun left Mount Sumeru with the Three Pure Ones,
he did not send them directly back to Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain. Instead, he crossed the endless void and returned straight to Zixiao Palace.
At that moment, Hongjun sat upon a cloud couch, his expression calm.
Below him, Taiqing, Yuanshi, and Tongtian stood properly and bowed respectfully.
"Greetings, Master!"
Hongjun lightly waved the whisk in his hand, signaling that they need not be so restrained.
"Rise."
Taiqing rose to his feet. With a slight frown, he could no longer suppress the doubt in his heart and asked,
"Master, Jieyin and Zhunti stole this disciple's Innate Gourd."
"Why did you not allow this disciple to retrieve it?"
Hongjun's gaze remained tranquil as he slowly said,
"The calamity that befell Kunlun Mountain was not caused by Jieyin and Zhunti."
"In the future, do not seek trouble with them over this matter again."
The moment those words came out, the hearts of the Three Pure Ones all skipped a beat.
How could that be?
Taiqing hurriedly pressed further.
"Master, this disciple investigated personally. Jieyin and Zhunti had barely entered Kunlun Mountain when calamity struck it right afterward!"
Yet Hongjun's next sentence left Taiqing completely dumbfounded.
Hongjun's indifferent voice rang out once more.
"According to my deductions, the one who plundered Kunlun Mountain was the Chaos Demon God Yangmei!"
Taiqing secretly glanced at Hongjun.
He did not believe it in the slightest.
This old bastard.
He was absolutely bullshitting.
Taiqing still could not hold back and said,
"Wasn't Patriarch Yangmei expelled from the Primordial World by you, Master?"
"Besides, someone like him would not care about such a meager stash of ours!"
Hongjun merely smiled faintly, his tone carrying an unquestionable authority.
"Yangmei commands the Law of Space. Sneaking