The instant the Teleportation Array appeared, ripples spread through the surrounding space.
Those astonishing spatial fluctuations made it clear to everyone that only such a Teleportation Array could return them safely to Muyun Prefecture.
In the blink of an eye, figure after figure leaped swiftly onto the Teleportation Array. So long as they could return successfully to Muyun Prefecture, no one cared what kind of energy powered the array.
Yet the moment they landed, Demon Shadow Palace and the Great Zhao Dynasty gathered separately, once more forming a standoff.
"Hmph! It seemed... a traitor had emerged among us. Zhao Mingyuan, Brother Zhao, what did you have to say now?"
Zong Lu snorted coldly and struck first, his voice full of displeasure as his sharp gaze fixed directly on Zhao Mingyuan.
"This emperor had nothing to say. The disappearance of the Three Sects' cultivators was absolutely not the work of the Great Zhao Dynasty!" Zhao Mingyuan's face darkened, his gaze settling on Ning Yuanqi.
"Oh? Did you mean this old man did it? My wife and I had never left everyone's sight for even a moment from beginning to end!" Ning Yuanqi spoke, a violent aura radiating from his body. Being framed and suspected had greatly displeased him.
But in the next instant, Zong Lu's gaze slowly swept over everyone present. When he spoke again, all those present were stunned.
"No one would admit it? Good, very good!"
"No matter! Whoever was making trouble in the shadows, none of us had left. That meant the Three Sects' cultivators were certainly still in this Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm."
"If that was the case, then this venerable one would make them stay here forever. None of you would get your hands on the supreme treasures those people carried!!!"
Zong Lu narrowed his eyes.