"Why did you all come?" The First Elder was touched, but deeply puzzled.
Only he and the Second Elder knew about cooperating with the Nuomi Church and coming to Spirit Hall.
He had feared it was a trap and wanted to keep the Clear Sky Sect from being wiped out entirely.
So why had everyone come now?
"Big Brother, you challenged Spirit Hall's Bibi Dong to a duel without even telling us! Spirit Hall is treacherous to the bone. If we hadn't come to save you, you'd have fallen into their ambush!" The Fourth Elder sent an attacking Soul Master flying with his hammer and spoke with a hearty laugh.
He had always been a carefree, boisterous man and failed to catch the puzzlement in the First Elder's words.
But the Seventh Elder, who had also rushed over, was meticulous enough to notice something was wrong.
"Big Brother, Tang Er came back and told us you had arranged a duel with Spirit Hall's Bibi Dong over Teacher Tang Chen, who was in her hands. He said you had been ambushed, so we came to help."
The Seventh Elder explained the whole sequence of events.
"Tang Er? I told him to keep watch, not to go back." The First Elder's gaze abruptly turned icy.
Who could possibly impersonate a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect?
"Big Brother, Tang Er was indeed Tang Er. There was no mistaking his martial soul," the Seventh Elder said slowly.
At those words, the expressions of the elders around them changed. Tang Er, whom they had watched grow up, had actually betrayed them.
Although Tang Er's martial soul had mutated, he had a tenacious disposition. All of them had taught him, and none had expected him to turn traitor.
Their hearts went cold.
While the seven