"Yun'er."
Lei Zhen suddenly rose to his feet, looked at Qingyun Elder, and said seriously, "Yun'er, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
Qingyun Elder looked at Lei Zhen.
Lei Zhen fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking. "I want you to join Qin Guan."
Qingyun Elder was stunned. "You... do you know what you're saying?"
"I do."
Lei Zhen nodded, meeting Qingyun Elder's eyes. "Yun'er, I'm about to tell you of a world-shaking conspiracy."
Qingyun Elder's expression hardened as he sat up from the bed. "What conspiracy?"
Lei Zhen took a deep breath and relayed, word for word, everything Qin Guan had told him to Qingyun Elder.
The one behind Pill Emperor Qing Xuan was Bukui Daoist. Bukui Daoist's true aim was to turn all of them into Qin Guan's sacrifices.
The Immortal Method was bait. Once Qin Guan had been fattened enough, Bukui Daoist would reap the harvest. By then, not a single force involved would leave alive.
After hearing this, Qingyun Elder's face turned deathly pale. He asked in shock, "You... is everything you said true?"
"True beyond any doubt."
Lei Zhen took Qingyun Elder's hand. "Yun'er, joining Qin Guan is our only way out."
Qingyun Elder's expression shifted uncertainly, his thoughts unknown.
If everything Lei Zhen said was true, wouldn't their entire Beast Taming Immortal Sect be wiped out? It was simply too terrifying.
"Then was that you before, or Qin Guan?"
Qingyun Elder suddenly thought of something.
"It was Qin Guan, not me. The day we were ambushed in the little grove, it was Qin Guan's doing. I've been imprisoned in the tower these past few days." Lei Zhen did not lie and told Qingyun Elder the truth.
Qingyun Elder's expression was complicated. No wonder Qin Guan, disguised as Lei Zhen before,