He shook his head lightly.
The wound inflicted by the Golden Sword would not leave behind any useful clues.
The Golden Sword possessed the mysteries of the Shadowless Divine Sword. It concealed its aura until it was nearly nonexistent, and with the intent condensed from popular support empowering it, it would disrupt and confuse their perceptions.
No matter how profound their cultivation was, they could not sense him because of it.
Zhao Ruilin rose with a frown. "Let's go. We need to get back as quickly as possible."
"What about Junior Brother Lu...?" Sun Haoyang asked.
Zhao Ruilin shook his head. "If we can't find the murderer, then we'll ask the Divine Venerable."
"Right, we have the Divine Venerable!" Sun Haoyang slapped his palm. "I actually forgot about that!"
He said excitedly, "With the Divine Venerable taking action, we'll definitely find the murderer!... Senior Brother, go back and gather the disciples. I'll go invite the Divine Venerable over."
"...Let's go together." Zhao Ruilin looked around and spoke slowly.
He vaguely felt the hairs on his body standing on end. It seemed danger was lurking nearby, watching them, ready to unleash a fatal blow at any moment.
The murderer was very likely spying on them from nearby. It was best not to be alone.
He said solemnly, "We'll go together and bring Junior Brother Lu's corpse to see the Divine Venerable."
"Alright." Sun Haoyang agreed and bent down to scoop up the corpse.
The three of them returned together and came before Zhu Lingyun amid the astonished gazes of the crowd.
Zhu Lingyun opened his eyes, frowned at the corpse, and beckoned with one hand.
The corpse suddenly flew up and landed heavily before him with a bang.
He pressed a hand against the sword wound and closed his eyes.
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