The Seven Sages Meet for the First Time! (Eighth Update)

When Li Xiang's gaze passed over Lin Xuanshu's shoulder and landed on the stiff figure behind him, his pupils shrank to pinpoints.

"Chu Tian?!"

Following Lin Xuanshu was none other than the Double-Pupiled fool Li Xiang had knocked unconscious in the Arena: Chu Tian of the Eight Gates Martial Hall.

Only now, Chu Tian showed none of a living man's vigor.

His arms hung at his sides, his eyes were shut, and his face was an eerie blue-gray. A yellow talisman marked with Cinnabar was stuck to his forehead. Mysterious, indecipherable symbols had been drawn across it with a Cinnabar Brush, the strokes twisting like dragons and snakes, while a faint bloody glow seeped from its lower edge.

Standing there, he looked like a corpse that had just risen and was being driven along by a Maoshan Daoist.

"What—"

Qin Zhong pointed at Chu Tian, his eyes nearly popping out. "Isn't that the fool? Daoist Xuan Shu, did you turn him into a Refined Corpse?"

He knew Maoshan had certain forbidden methods.

But this was too ruthless.

The man had been alive. How could he just refine him like that?

Lin Xuanshu stepped inside and casually shook the accumulated snow from his shoulders. At Qin Zhong's words, a wry smile crossed his gentle, jade-like face.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, what sort of person do you take this humble Daoist for?"

He sat down in a nearby chair. "This humble Daoist practices orthodox Maoshan arts of the Daoist School. I'm not so deranged that I'd turn a living person into a Refined Corpse.

"I happened to meet this fellow Daoist outside the door. When I saw he was here for the gathering too, I brought him in with me. How did that become an evil deed on my part?"

With that, he