"Take your time, Daoist. What exactly is wrong?"
Li Yan pretended to be puzzled, secretly activating the Dragon Snake Plate.
There was unquestionably something amiss with Qingyang Palace.
But he likewise dared not trust the Daoist before him.
The suppression of Dragon Girl, Qingyang Palace's relationship with the King of Shu, the anomalies he had discovered after entering... Any one of these was enough to arouse suspicion.
The Daoist before him had a good reputation in Dragon Pool Village.
But there were simply too many hypocrites in this world...
"Young Hero Li, do you suspect me?"
Sensing Li Yan's attitude, Yun Lingzi seemed not surprised in the least. Gritting his teeth, he said in a low voice, "You're not wrong to suspect me, but there's more to this matter. Please hear me out."
"Oh?"
Li Yan's expression remained calm. "Please, Daoist."
Yun Lingzi nodded. "I noticed something was wrong with the matter in Dragon Pool Village at the time. My sect had a secret order: if Dragon Girl escaped, we were to suppress her with the Bestowal of Divinity Method. But she was clearly a benevolent god!"
"After I returned, I lied and secretly investigated the matter. I discovered that this assignment had actually been privately altered by my martial uncle after he accepted benefits from outsiders."
"I confronted him. He said he would give me an explanation, but later I don't know where he went. That very night, someone sent me a threatening message through a secret technique, telling me not to investigate the matter any further..."
"The other party's cultivation was far above mine, so I could only put the investigation on hold for the time being. Soon afterward, strange things began happening throughout the palace, but someone always ordered them covered up. The statue of Laozi riding