Grand Scholar Tong Ye was utterly surprised. From his reaction, it was clear he had no idea Grand Scholar Biyao had gone to his residence.
Grand Scholar Linghua's expression changed. "You mean you didn't see her?"
"I stayed at my residence afterward, cleaning up the mess. I never saw Grand Scholar Biyao come by," Grand Scholar Tong Ye answered honestly.
The atmosphere grew strange. A sense of foreboding rose in Grand Scholar Linghua's heart.
It was as if an invisible, bizarre trap had been set. Grand Scholar Linghua didn't dare imagine how vast it was. But one thing was certain: Grand Scholar Biyao had been caught up in it.
Even Jiu Xiu, the Chief Grand Scholar, had been drawn into the scheme.
With Grand Scholar Biyao's abilities and strength, she couldn't have disappeared for no reason. Judging by the direction she had gone, she had indeed been heading for Scholar Tong Ye's residence.
The two places weren't very far apart. A few thousand meters was nothing to someone as powerful as Grand Scholar Biyao.
Even if she'd sent out a signal to summon her old subordinates along the way, the whole trip could not have taken more than fifteen minutes.
Could Grand Scholar Biyao have gotten lost in just fifteen minutes? The only explanation was that she'd encountered trouble on the way, or some unforeseen event had stopped her from reaching Grand Scholar Tong Ye's residence and drawn her elsewhere.
If it was the second possibility, then everything was still all right.
But if it was the first, that would be terrible news for Grand Scholar Biyao. The worst outcome was almost too horrible to contemplate.
And Xiangyi Scholar, who had mysteriously vanished, had disappeared again after coming to deliver a message in the middle of the night. The whole