Scheming Deeply

Even Qin Jishi had no choice but to take Helian Wang's performance seriously.

This man was deeply scheming. With a single word—traitor—he had effortlessly resolved everything that followed.

Corpse Controller Venerable was a member of the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion. This time, he had joined forces with Xuanyuan Batian against the Xuanyuan Family, and the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion could never absolve itself of blame.

The Heaven Annihilation Pavilion and the Xuanyuan Family were both among the Four Great Sacred Lands. Even if they truly possessed profound foundations, they still dared not underestimate the Xuanyuan Family.

If the Xuanyuan Family chose to make trouble, the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion would suffer as well.

With just one sentence, Helian Wang had removed the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion from the affair. His scheming could not be called anything less than deep...

First, since Corpse Controller Venerable was a traitor, everything he had done had nothing to do with the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion. Even if word of this spread, the major powers would have nothing to say.

Second, as a traitor of the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion, Corpse Controller Venerable had to be handed over to them for judgment, whether by sentiment or reason. As for whether he was truly a traitor, perhaps only the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion itself knew.

Killing two birds with one stone?

Qin Jishi felt it was probably not that simple.

Hearing the question, Helian Wang turned his eyes and smiled. "That's right. Corpse Controller Venerable is indeed a traitor of my sect. This time, I will definitely bring him back."

From beginning to end, Helian Wang's expression had not changed much. To remain so composed, either he was deliberately putting on an act, or Corpse Controller Venerable truly was a traitor of the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion.

Compared with the latter, Qin Jishi believed