The Traitor Reveals Himself, an Unexpected Identity

Elder Turtle's sudden sneak attack caught everyone off guard.

Hu Zhan and Lin Hu were utterly dumbfounded by the sight.

They could not understand why the Wolf King's trusted right-hand man had suddenly launched a sneak attack.

Yet faced with this abrupt assault, the Wolf King reacted as swiftly as he could, attempting to strike back at Elder Turtle.

But when the Wolf King tried to mobilize his Spiritual Power,

he discovered that he could not draw upon even a fraction of the formidable strength he had always taken pride in.

Seeing this, Elder Turtle said unhurriedly, "Don't waste your strength. Since I could help you reach Spirit Transformation Completion, I naturally have a way to restrain you as well."

With that, Elder Turtle made a pulling motion with his right hand, and the Wolf King's heart and all his cultivation were instantly torn out.

The bright-red heart slowly transformed into a smooth, round pill. After putting it away, Elder Turtle looked at the calm Chen Changsheng beside him.

"Why aren't you afraid of me?"

Boom!

As he spoke, Elder Turtle slapped Hu Zhan and Lin Hu to the ground.

Despite facing the immensely powerful Elder Turtle, there was not the slightest trace of fear in Chen Changsheng's eyes. He merely said softly,

"Grandmaster, even now, are you still unwilling to reveal your true form?"

Elder Turtle froze for a moment at those words before saying,

"So you still guessed it. You truly are Supreme Clarity Temple's most outstanding disciple in five hundred years."

As he spoke, Elder Turtle's aged form gradually began to change, until he finally became a refined young man.

This man was none other than the founder of Supreme Clarity Temple and the guide who had set Chen Changsheng upon the path of cultivation—Master Yuhua.

"You came all this way to Night Moon Kingdom. It has truly been hard on you."

"Tell me, how did you figure it out?"

Master Yuhua slowly approached Chen Changsheng, his tone filled with kindness and gentleness.

Looking at that familiar figure before him, Chen Changsheng's lips trembled slightly as he spoke.

"After hearing the terrible news from Third Senior Brother, I kept pondering one question."

"How had Supreme Clarity Temple ended up in such a state?"

"It was true that the number of cultivators in Night Moon Kingdom had surged, but Master and the others were not newcomers to the Cultivation World. There was no reason for them to be wiped out to the last man."

Hearing this, Master Yuhua said blandly, "So you suspected there was a traitor within the Great Qian Dynasty?"

"Yes, but no matter how I thought about it, I could not imagine what kind of traitor could accomplish such a thing."

"Although Supreme Clarity Temple had cooperated with the dynasty to resist foreign enemies, Master and the others' whereabouts were a sect secret. Even the ruler of the dynasty might not have known all of them."

"In other words, no matter which faction the Great Qian Dynasty's traitor came from, they could not have caused Supreme Clarity Temple's complete annihilation."

"The only explanation was that there was a traitor within Supreme Clarity Temple."

"After reaching that conclusion, I suspected everyone in Supreme Clarity Temple. I even suspected that Master had faked his death."

"But I never imagined that person would be you, Grandmaster."

"You were already a mighty Spirit Transformation cultivator, Grandmaster. No one in the Great Qian Dynasty could compare to your status, and Night Moon Kingdom could never offer a price high enough to recruit you."

"Sound reasoning." Master Yuhua nodded. "Then how did you later become certain that I was the traitor?"

At that, Chen Changsheng let out a long breath.

"I only dared to confirm it just now. You were the traitor, Grandmaster."

"After arriving in Night Moon Kingdom, I encountered a member of the Demon Race."

"She could actually recognize Blood Escape, Supreme Clarity Temple's secret art that was never passed on, and she knew Supreme Clarity Temple extremely well."

"But interestingly enough, while she knew Supreme Clarity Temple deeply, she only knew that it had nine Direct Disciples."

"Although I, Chen Changsheng, was not well known in Supreme Clarity Temple, anyone who made even a slight effort to investigate could easily learn of my existence."

"That made me even more certain that the traitor came from Supreme Clarity Temple."

"And that traitor treated me well. Otherwise, they would not have cut off the flow of information about me."

"So I conducted a small experiment. At the Son-in-law Recruitment Assembly, I used my real name."

"Yet even now, Night Moon Kingdom still does not know my identity. That alone explained many things."

After saying that, Chen Changsheng raised his head to look at Master Yuhua.

"Grandmaster, do I need to say anything more?"

Master Yuhua smiled and took Little White Wolf from Chen Changsheng's arms.

He restrained her movements, then gently stroked her.

"Go on. Hearing one's own story from someone else has a unique flavor."

"No problem. Since Grandmaster wishes to hear it, this disciple will explain it properly."

"To accomplish all this, the traitor from Supreme Clarity Temple had to possess both considerable status and strength. I saw Master's corpse when I entered the Forbidden Ground."

"So the traitor could not have been Master. Before I deciphered the secret of the Bronze Ancient Hall,"

"I could never find a motive for your betrayal, Grandmaster. But once the Bronze Ancient Hall's secret was uncovered, your motive emerged."

"Furthermore, in Supreme Clarity Temple's Book Grave, I found an unnamed travel journal that recorded the situation in Night Moon Kingdom's Forbidden Ground."

"That unnamed travel journal should be more than five hundred years old. Grandmaster, you had this intention five hundred years ago, didn't you?"

Hahaha!

Faced with Chen Changsheng's words, Master Yuhua laughed loudly. "Taking you into Supreme Clarity Temple was truly the most correct thing I have ever done."

"My five-hundred-year scheme was unraveled by you in merely five years. Your comprehension can be called unprecedented and unmatched."

"Why?"

Even so, Chen Changsheng could not stop himself from voicing the doubt in his heart.

"There was nothing wrong with wanting power, Grandmaster. Even if you wanted to establish another dynasty, Master and the others would have followed you."

"Why did you kill them?"

Hearing Chen Changsheng's confusion, Master Yuhua said blandly, "The Great Qian Dynasty was my past, while Supreme Clarity Temple was the fruit of my heart's blood."

"I originally did not wish to involve Supreme Clarity Temple in this matter."

"But they were too stubborn. After discovering this secret, not only did they refuse to support me, they even revealed it."

"Otherwise, did you think the people of Linglong Sect and Heavenly Buddha Temple could have discovered my scheme?"

"I planned for five hundred years. I would not allow anyone to ruin my great undertaking."

"What about Third Senior Brother?"

"Why did you spare him?"

"You know Near Water's lazy nature. When Qingfeng and the others discovered this secret, he had gone off to slack. That was why he knew nothing about it."

As he spoke, Master Yuhua asked Chen Changsheng a question as well.

"By the way, how did you know that obtaining that power required a Blood Sacrifice?"

At that, Chen Changsheng forced a smile onto his face.

"Grandmaster, you are so clever. How have you become muddleheaded now? You must have visited the Boundless Secret Realm countless times."

"I concealed some of the patterns. Could you not tell?"

Hehehe!

Master Yuhua patted his forehead and laughed. "Having such an outstanding disciple has made me so happy that I am nearly muddled."

"Given your temperament, holding something back was only natural."