"Jin Tiantong is dead?"
"How is that possible?"
"Jin Tiantong died, and neither of us noticed a thing?"
"How could a Half-Step Ancestor fall without a sound? Did some underhanded old bastard in the Forbidden Zone secretly do him in?"
"Could it have been Zixiao?"
Black Heaven and Yin Xuan, both Half-Step Ancestors, were panicking.
As they held the Message Talisman sent by Purple Firmament Ancestor, even their bodies trembled slightly.
"No!"
"It shouldn't have been him. If Zixiao had done it himself, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to send us a message and ask us to investigate Jin Tiantong's death!"
"But that underhanded old bastard Zixiao actually suspects Li Yun killed Jin Tiantong. That's absurd... Li Yun may be cunning enough, and his methods are strange, but who does he think he is?"
"At most, he's a peak ordinary Sage Constant. Even if he's a little stronger than the average Peak Sage Constant, it can't be by much. He probably can't even compare to Cang Jiulong."
"Otherwise, why would Li Yun bother with schemes? He could just crush Ancestral City head-on."
"How could he possibly have the ability to kill Jin Tiantong?"
"Even if he got a chance to ambush him, he couldn't harm a single hair on Jin Tiantong's head!"
"That underhanded old bastard Zixiao's suspicion is ridiculous. It doesn't make any sense."
Black Heaven, the Half-Step Ancestor, did not believe Purple Firmament Ancestor's suspicion at all.
Yin Xuan, the Half-Step Ancestor, shook his head. "No. Given that underhanded old bastard Zixiao's nature, he would never suspect this unless he had real reason to."
"If he suspects Li Yun killed Jin Tiantong, he must have a reason."
"I suspect that underhanded old bastard Zixiao is hiding some crucial information about Li Yun from us. That