This matter enraged Qi Shengyuan so badly he nearly spat blood.
He remained wary, afraid this was bait secretly laid by the Soul Devouring Sect, meant to sweep up all the fish that had slipped through the net.
Yet at the same time, Qi Shengyuan still harbored a glimmer of hope. Since no news had spread, it meant that the Qi Family's painstaking arrangements deep within the mine vein, built up over a hundred years, had not yet been exposed.
As long as he did not die and could regain control over the arrangements within the Nine Yin Gathering Evil Vein Termination Array, the Qi Family would not be completely spent. They would still have hope of striking back from the brink and rising again.
But no matter what, Zheng Yi, the chief culprit, had to die.
During the battle at the mining grounds that day, after Zheng Yi killed Qi Yuanzong and the other two, he took control of the entire situation. To prevent information about himself from leaking, he deliberately used the Demonic Soul-melting Technique to erase the memories of every mortal from that period.
At most, they would suffer headaches for a few days. It would not take their lives, but it spared Zheng Yi the trouble of having details of his strength exposed.
On the other hand, in order to thoroughly seize control of the entire Qi Family, after Qi Lin took power, he carried out a great purge of the main lineage. The bloody and brutal struggles involved needed no mention, but they also provided Zheng Yi with better cover.
It made outsiders believe that certain people from the Soul Devouring Sect had targeted the Qi Family Main Lineage, rather than a newly appointed Inner Sect Disciple at merely Qi Refining Stage Four like Zheng