No One to Trifle With
The Grand Elder then spoke.
"Yes, Your Palace Lord."
"I will definitely satisfy the Palace Lord."
The Palace Lord nodded, waved for the Grand Elder to leave, and looked quite agitated.
He originally accepted the mission because he thought he could do it, and the reward was high. However, he did not expect to lose so many people and become the target of everyone's criticism. Fortunately, those madmen did not know that he was the one who wanted to harm Su Zhan, otherwise they would probably have come to question him Miao Miao Palace long ago.
He wouldn't have dared to do that in the past, as he's no pushover. But now that so many people are helping Su Zhan, it's not impossible for them to stand up for Su Zhan together. Why would he be afraid of them then?
He didn't want them to take advantage of the situation and trample him underfoot. Of course, the best choice was to make them fear and know not to help Su Zhan.
On the other side.
The Grand Elder quickly selected elite troops and led them to deal with those who aided Su Zhan.
The Grand Elder did not disperse the people. Instead, he found out who was alone or short-handed, and then chose to deal with whoever he was most confident in dealing with.
Although it wasn't exactly glorious, what he wanted was not to lose.
His choice wasn't wrong, but it has already caused many people to perish within days.
This included even several God Kings, which indeed achieved the purpose of deterrence.
There are clearly fewer people helping Su Zhan find the mastermind behind the scenes than before, and among them, some are still persisting while others have started to dabble, only staying to save face.
While others are still trying to help Su Zhan search, they have started using more cautious methods and dare not be too relaxed or reckless, wanting to protect themselves while helping Su Zhan to avoid being harmed.
Su Zhan had recovered considerably by now. After learning about this from Hun Tianlong, he was furious, even more furious than if he had been tricked himself.
He immediately went to find Palace Master Xiao.
"I implore Palace Master Xiao to arrange for people to persuade those who helped me to return home."
"I'll figure out a way to handle this myself."
I don't want to drag them down with me.
Palace Master Xiao initially wanted to refuse, but seeing Su Zhan's extremely serious gaze, he nodded nonetheless.
"I will do as you say, but whether they listen or not is not up to me."
"You don't need to blame yourself. Since they decided to help you, they knew the risks involved. In such a dangerous situation, it's not uncommon for people to perish. The people behind the scenes did this because they were afraid—afraid of being discovered as if they were the ones who did it."
"Once you find them, you can avenge those who perished because of them."
Palace Master Xiao.
Su Zhan sighed upon hearing this.
"If I had known that the person behind this would resort to desperate measures, I would never have asked for any help."
Although they all did it voluntarily, Su Zhan still felt a little guilty.
Palace Master Xiao felt that Su Zhan didn't need to do this, but he also knew that people were different, so he didn't need to persuade him. Besides, if Su Zhan really didn't care at all, he wouldn't have stepped in to save people in the first place, and no one would have stood up to help Su Zhan when he was being schemed against.
Karma are sometimes really hard to explain.
"You will have a chance to avenge them."
Palace Master Xiao could say was...
Su Zhan nodded.
He will definitely avenge them.
"Any clues?"
Su Zhan asked.
Palace Master Xiao nodded upon hearing this.
"Actually, even if you hadn't come, I would have gone to see you anyway. My men have found the person Forged Mask."
"That Mask, in terms of both material and Refining, is of Higher Vehicle, which is why no one can see through the Mask behind it, not even those with high cultivation levels."