"Reporting to the elders, Jiang Ran's corpse was just found by people from the Azure Cloud Sect. His death was exceedingly gruesome—every bone in his limbs had been shattered, his head had been stomped apart with brute force, and even the Profound Spirit Bell, his Fifth Realm protective treasure, had been smashed into fragments!"
"The Azure Cloud Sect's First Elder has gone mad and is leading people through the city in search of the culprit!"
After hearing the report, the two Ninth Realm elders were struck as if by lightning, their entire bodies freezing in place.
His head had been stomped apart, his limbs crippled, and a Fifth Realm treasure smashed to pieces.
"Tonight, the Young Sect Master went out to meet Jiang Ran. Jiang Ran died, and when the Young Sect Master returned, he was beside himself as he pressed for answers about the village massacre from back then..."
The dark-faced elder frowned, his expression turning ugly.
At that moment, every clue was thoroughly linked together.
The person who had killed Jiang Ran and disturbed the Young Sect Master's Dao Heart not only possessed terrifying strength, enough to slay an immortal master against the odds, but also...
That person definitely knew the full truth from two hundred years ago!
"I'll go to the scene and see if I can intercept the person, or find some clues." The white-haired elder snorted coldly, his face dark as thunder.
The dark-faced elder nodded as well. "Leave the Young Sect Master's safety to me. Go quickly—do not delay. Go and return swiftly!"
Before his words had faded, the white-haired elder's figure swayed slightly. In the blink of an eye, he vanished from where he stood.
A short while later, at Boulder Valley, thirty li outside the Great Li Imperial City.
The white-haired elder