"Master, my husband and I failed to investigate things thoroughly this time and made you come here for nothing."
After standing stunned for a moment, Qian Ye immediately cupped her hands and apologized with a self-reproachful expression.
The situation was now quite clear: True Bone-Illuminating had used the rumor of a treasure to make fools of all of them.
Yet they had even smugly invited Old Ancestor Wuxian and recruited a group of Taiyi Poison Cultivators. It was utterly humiliating!
"Come here for nothing? Hehe, not necessarily.
As the saying goes, make the empty seem full and the full seem empty. It would be one thing if that old demon True Bone-Illuminating had used the opportunity to do something else, but he specifically went after a Da Luo magical beast that bore him a grudge. To enter Myriad Poisons Cave, he needs a clump of Da Luo magical beast essence.
Most suspiciously, the timing of that old demon's attack was completely wrong. If he truly had no designs on Myriad Poisons Cave, he should have acted only after the Purple Smoke Condensing Elixir.
After all, that would be when Red Luo's vigilance was at its lowest!"
Old Ancestor Wuxian said as he toyed with the wine cup in his hand, sharp glints constantly flashing in his eyes.
Luo Hong, who had just sat back down, immediately nodded in deep agreement. He had also noticed this suspicious point. If True Bone-Illuminating had no intentions toward Myriad Poisons Cave, there was simply no way to explain it.
"Then Ancestor means...?"
Marquis Ziyang had already been disappointed, but his eyes immediately lit up when he heard this.
"It is most likely a scheme within a scheme. First, he made a grand show of coming to Purple Smoke City and putting on the appearance