My expression remained calm, but I could not help regretting my impulsiveness. Lu Xu had pushed too far. If I had not satisfied her private greed, I would certainly have died by her hand, so I had no choice but to kill her.
Huaxia Yue's eyes trembled faintly, and her hands were shaking as she looked at me. "Yitian... what do we do now? Lu Xu was an elder of the Discipline Hall. Now that we've killed her, there's no way we can explain this..."
I gritted my teeth and said, "Master, now that we've started, we have to see it through. We either keep this hidden, or flee the sect. What do you think?"
Seeing how decisive I was, Huaxia Yue's face turned ashen once more. "I... I don't know either... We can't escape. The Discipline Hall answers directly to the Divine Pagoda. Now we've killed one of their elders... From what I've heard and seen before, there was once a Discipline Hall disciple who got into trouble and was killed by a traitor at the Four Tribulations realm. The entire Discipline Hall even sent out a Six Tribulations True Immortal to pursue him. They chased him for seven days and seven nights before finally capturing him. I heard he was tortured to death... Now we've killed an elder of a branch hall who was also at the Four Tribulations realm. I don't know where we could possibly run..."
My heart gave an involuntary jolt. They had sent out a Six Tribulations True Immortal over the death of a single Discipline Hall disciple. Now that Lu Xu was dead, wouldn't even our deaths be insufficient to quell the Discipline Hall's fury?
"Then we can only find a way to keep it hidden. This place is in the middle of