After watching the Peak Master of Heaven Mending leave, the smile on Lu Yang's face gradually faded, and a trace of genuine puzzlement appeared in his eyes.
"Something's not right."
He believed it just like that?
To be honest, Lu Yang had not expected the Peak Master of Heaven Mending to trust him from the start. A seasoned old devil like him should never have trusted an outsider so easily.
Yet things had turned out differently from what he imagined. From beginning to end, the Peak Master of Heaven Mending had seemed to harbor no suspicion toward him. He had accepted Fulong's Golden Body Relic with great satisfaction, then hurried back without stopping, apparently eager to hand it over to Chen Xin'an and help him break through Foundation Establishment.
That clearly did not fit the conduct of a Sacred Sect True Person.
"Blinded by profit."
Lu Yang calculated on his fingers, astonishment stirring in his heart. The Peak Master of Heaven Mending's current abnormality sounded bizarre, but in truth, it could be explained in a single sentence.
—His Merit had suffered a massive loss, and Calamity Qi coiled around him.
Beneath Skull Mountain's heavenly punishment, Zhao Xuhe had died on the spot, Arhat Fulong had been reduced to pigs and dogs for ten lifetimes, and the Divine Martial Sect's two True Persons had become sacrifices for the Avici Sword.
Only the Peak Master of Heaven Mending had survived.
Yet surviving did not mean Heaven and Earth had spared him. After more than half his Karmic Fortune had been stripped away, the Peak Master of Heaven Mending was now Tribulation-Clouded Heart.
"When Tribulation clouds the heart and dust stains the spirit-platform, matters that one would ordinarily see through at a glance are no longer examined deeply. Abnormalities that would ordinarily be