The Favor That Was Written Off

The next morning.

Ling Wuyuan, who was having breakfast, was suddenly hit with dreadful news.

"Ah??"

"It's already over??"

"What do you mean the [Wenying Tower traitor] has already been taken back for severe re-education, while the heretical cultivators who dared tempt their members into betraying the sect were personally executed on the spot by the [Wenying Tower Master] as a warning to others??"

"Did something happen yesterday??"

Faced with the dreadful news relayed by Pei Yi.

Ling Wuyuan, who had originally wanted to keep using the whetstone to grind out levels, instantly felt devastated by the current situation.

Especially after realizing that he had not even gotten to join in yesterday's large-scale excitement.

That sense of grief and loss.

Was immediately multiplied beyond measure!!

What had happened was, in essence, somewhat like missing an important wild monster while playing a game—and missing two rounds of them in a row at that!!

It could not be called some major setback.

But it was absolutely, utterly regrettable!!

It had directly cost him huge heaps of experience points!!

Faced with his questions, Pei Yi, who likewise only knew fragments of the truth, could only relay every bit of information she knew to Ling Wuyuan.

"I don't know the specifics either."

"I only know that, according to [Wenying Tower], after several days of searching and tracking, the experts they sent out finally found the target yesterday after enduring untold hardships. Through the subsequent exchange, they quickly discovered that the reason their people had betrayed the sect was entirely due to the instigation of three heretical cultivators, as well as certain reasons that could not be disclosed to outsiders. (Deng Yong, Tang Shucheng, Yang Zhengyu: 'So you're killing people to silence them and cover up the shame? What kind of team is this? This