Besides, the Sect Master was in a foul mood right now and already thought these old fellows were all useless good-for-nothings.
If he subjected a sect elder to brutal torture for the sake of the investigation, and word got out, the Sect Master might skin him alive first!
After thinking it over, he could only grit his teeth and watch helplessly as he let the old fellow go.
Wang Daxi, who had been ready to roll around on the ground and play the victim, discovered that he had actually been released just like that. I still had a few cards left to play!
Hmm, not bad, not bad. Next time, I'll have to upgrade this "throwing my weight around as an elder" trick!
It was not just Qian Wantong. Several other hall masters had discovered the same problem, except the people they found suspicious were all Inner Sect disciples.
In the past, whenever these disciples saw them, every last one would come over beaming, greeting them with one "Hello, Hall Master" or "Hello, Elder" after another.
But these past few days, the little brats avoided them whenever possible. If they could not get away, they simply pretended not to recognize them and walked past with their heads down.
And so Yao Yuanzi, the master of the Pill Affairs Hall, joined forces with several other hall masters and grabbed a few disciples.
"Talk! What secrets are you lot hiding?"
Yao Yuanzi demanded, his face dark.
"Secrets?" The disciples jolted in alarm at his words, then shook their heads like windmills.
"Hall Master, Hall Master, how could we possibly have any secrets? We're just ordinary Inner Sect disciples!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
The other disciples hurriedly chimed in.
The hall masters before them felt as though these little brats had pinned their intelligence