Heaven-Piercing Peak, Yuqing Hall.
"Exactly."
Cang Song, who had been silent all this time, suddenly let out a cold laugh.
He rose to his feet and swept his wide sleeves aside, his gaze frank and defiant.
"That inside man was me."
Boom!
His words rang out like thunder from a clear sky.
Shang Zhengliang and Daoist Tianyun instantly summoned their magical treasures. Spiritual power surged, and a gale sprang up throughout the hall.
"Cang Song!"
"Have you gone mad?"
"How dare you collude with the Demonic Sect?!"
Tian Buyi didn't make a move.
But his hand was already resting on the Crimson Flame Immortal Sword at his waist, his eyes full of suspicion.
Only Daoxuan and Ye Xuan remained calm.
Daoxuan had known all along.
As for Ye Xuan...
He was just watching the show.
"Sit down!"
"Everyone, sit down!"
Dao Xuan Zhenren barked.
His voice carried the overwhelming might of the Taiqing Realm, instantly suppressing the commotion.
"Let Junior Brother Cang Song finish."
Cang Song looked around at the faces of his old fellow disciples, shocked and furious, and the corner of his mouth curled in scorn.
"I came clean to Sect Leader Senior Brother years ago."
"Back then, I was indeed momentarily blinded and misled by people from the Myriad Poisons Sect. I nearly made a terrible mistake."
"But now..."
Cang Song's gaze passed through the crowd and settled on Ye Xuan.
The look in his eyes was startlingly fervent.
"I've changed my mind."
"If the Demonic Sect wants to play, then I'll play along."
"They want to kill Ye Xuan, don't they? Then I'll give them the chance."
"That old geezer Poison God promised me that if I opened a breach in the Qingyun Sect's grand formation and let them in..."
"Once it was done, they would