Qingchan Peak's Bribery

"What are you asking?"

Chu Xiyao frowned slightly.

"What exactly is the information Steward Song had?"

"No comment."

"Who killed Steward Song?"

"No comment."

"Was the reason Steward Song was killed because of that information?"

"No comment."

"Did Steward Song embezzle spirit stones from the accounts and go to the Detention Center voluntarily to protect the information?"

"No comment."

"Will the development of this matter affect the Outer Court, for example, an unprecedented catastrophe?"

"Catastrophe?"

"Something like a giant black snake projection..."

At these words, Chu Xiyao's expression changed drastically.

She quickly realized that Chen Yan might know many things he shouldn't.

If his Master was Lin Qifeng...

Then it was highly likely that Kongyuan Mountain was already involved.

Chen Yan also keenly observed Chu Xiyao's expression and began to speculate further.

"What exactly do you know?"

Chu Xiyao lowered her voice.

"Rather, Senior Sister Chu, shouldn't you tell me what you know first?"

Chen Yan said.

Chu Xiyao's beautiful eyes, like autumn pools, seemed to ripple at first, but then quickly calmed down, as if she had finally composed herself.

"Three months ago, the Monster Suppressing Stone that sealed the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul in the Caiyun Tower, enshrined at Qingchan Peak, went missing."

Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul?

"That Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul was a Great Demon of the Hedao realm that Patriarch Caiyun slew during his travels in the Land of Malignant Miasma.

"The Patriarch, with his compassionate heart, felt that its cultivation was hard-won and left a wisp of its remnant soul, bringing it back to Qingchan Peak to suppress it.

"After Patriarch Caiyun's passing, this remnant soul was moved into the Caiyun Tower. Ten thousand years have passed since then, and the remnant soul still possesses combat power above the Guiyi realm."

Chu Xiyao explained to Chen Yan in a calm tone.

The Guiyi realm is the first realm among the upper three realms, a realm above the Qi Sea Realm, Spirit 통 Realm, and Wanhua Realm.

Cultivators in the Guiyi realm are considered undisputed high-end combat power even within the five major Sects of Chenping Continent today, such as the Empty Mountain Sect and Xingtian Gate.

The Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul had been suppressed within the Caiyun Tower for nearly ten thousand years, its consciousness long extinguished.

Even so, the demonic aura pressure it released unconsciously could, within seven breaths, cause the catastrophe in the Outer Court of the Empty Mountain Sect.

Cultivators below the Martial Spring Realm would suffer damaged meridians and shattered internal organs at best when facing the demonic pressure released by the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul.

At worst, their souls would scatter, and they would vanish into thin air.

However, the Guiyi realm Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul was still slain by a Clear Colored Rosy Light from Qingchan Peak.

Chen Yan remembered all of this clearly.

"So, Senior Sister Chu, two months ago in the Outer Court, you were looking for the Monster Suppressing Stone that sealed the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul?"

Chen Yan asked.

"No."

Chu Xiyao shook her head.

"With my abilities, I can't handle this matter yet."

The current Chief of Qingchan Peak was only at the Martial Spring Realm.

"How did you know? This matter..."

Even on Qingchan Peak, only a very few people knew about it.

The four Grand Elders, the Elder of Caiyun Tower and the ritualist responsible for guarding the Monster Suppressing Stone, the Supervisor of Qingchan Peak, and herself, the Chief Disciple of Qingchan Peak...

Every person who knew the situation was absolutely trustworthy.

So, this guy in front of me might be connected to whoever stole the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul's Monster Suppressing Stone?

Chu Xiyao's gaze towards Chen Yan became even more wary.

"Don't look at me like that, Senior Sister Chu."

Chen Yan said with a smile.

"I just had a dream, a dream about a certain day two years from now..."

As he spoke, Chen Yan turned his head to look at the Outer Court Training Ground by the side of the street. Nearly a hundred Outer Court Disciples were gathered around the training ground.

The Outer Court Grand Competition was about to be held in the training ground, and the Outer Court Disciples were currently preparing for it.

"On a certain day two years from now, a Black Snake Projection will appear above the Outer Court Training Ground. For seven breaths, a total of seven breaths, nearly ten thousand Outer Court Disciples will perish."

Chen Yan stated.

"..."

Chu Xiyao fell silent.

Because such a thing could truly happen, and the possibility was very high.

The Empty Mountain Sect had an internal enemy. This was a fact that the Sect's high-level members tacitly avoided mentioning openly, but they all knew it in their hearts.

The Monster Suppressing Stone of the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul did not disappear out of thin air; it was stolen.

So, what would the person who stole the Monster Suppressing Stone do with the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul?

Chu Xiyao knew perfectly well.

As for the "dream" Chen Yan mentioned, Chu Xiyao completely dismissed it as intelligence revealed to Chen Yan by Kongyuan Mountain.

"What exactly do you want?"

She asked Chen Yan.

Finally, we can get to the point.

Chen Yan thought to himself, then shrugged and said:

"My Master told me that Senior Sister Chu and the people from Qingchan Peak can do whatever you want, but he won't help with anything."

"Is that so?"

Chu Xiyao was not surprised, as she already knew that Elder Lin and Elder Fu did not have a good relationship.

Moreover, regarding the Song Mingde incident, Qingchan Peak was indeed in the wrong.

"But how it's done still depends on me."

Chen Yan continued:

"Although I completely rely on my Master, in these past two months, I've accumulated some connections in the Outer Court. Perhaps I can help you with something."

"So, what are your conditions?"

Chu Xiyao was also a smart person.

"Answer my question."

Chen Yan smiled faintly.

Chu Xiyao's eyes, like an autumn pool, gazed at Chen Yan before her. No one knew what she was thinking at that very moment.

"What intelligence did Steward Song have?"

The White-robed Girl hesitated for a moment before deciding to trust Chen Yan for now.

"Two years ago, Elder Fu promised to help Song Mingde break through to the Qi Sea Realm and reserve a Steward position for him in Qingchan Peak's Shang Gong Hall in the future."

Chu Xiyao said:

"He was to use his position to monitor the letters passing through Shang Gong Hall."

Qi Sea Realm.

For a Steward who had wasted his life in the Outer Court and would likely never make further progress if things continued this way, the temptation of such a promise was obvious.

Not to mention that Fu Qian had also reserved a Steward position for him in Qingchan Peak.

One had to know that the status of an Inner Sect Steward was not even a tenth of that of an Outer Court Steward.

In other words, if Chen Yan lived to the end of his lifespan and was nearing his end, let alone a personal promise from Qingchan Peak's Martial Suppression Elder, even if a random Outer Court instructor or messenger told Chen Yan that they would help him break through to the Martial Spring Realm if he did as they said.

Chen Yan would naturally go through fire and water without hesitation.

When one's end is near, the desire to survive is a human instinct, and even cultivators are no exception.

Otherwise, Chen Yan wouldn't have gone alone to the Falling Sword Mountain Range in the last few months of his life, just to search for the illusory Sword Immortal inheritance.

And in the end, it would have all been for nothing.