"Hm? She was murdered? What happened?" Xiao Yu asked in surprise.
Could events have unfolded just as they originally had, with someone plotting her death? Things should have changed. Before reaching Core Formation, he had sold the Miaoyin Sect large quantities of Demon Beast materials wholesale, allowing them to earn a considerable margin as middlemen.
This had taken the entire Miaoyin Sect's development up a notch. Many disciples had gained considerable resources through the opportunity and improved their cultivation. Surely the task of earning Spirit Stones should have been left to the disciples.
Wang Ning then explained what had happened:
"Thanks to the transactions you made with our sect many years ago, Senior, many of our disciples matured. For a long time, our Sect Master no longer needed to handle certain deliveries personally.
"But over ten years ago, a major client approached us and arranged an enormous transaction. The Sect Master was worried and decided to escort the goods herself. We never imagined that someone would deliberately ambush her along the way. They had five or six Core Formation cultivators alone. Outnumbered, the Sect Master died on the spot."
At this point, tears welled in Wang Ning's eyes. She wiped them with her hand, then continued:
"What was infuriating was that we later invited helpers to avenge the Sect Master, but when we fought our way into the enemy's lair, we discovered we had gone after the wrong people. Both sides had been manipulated by a third party.
"And the most hateful part was that Elders Zhao and Fu, the two early Core Formation elders our sect had been supporting, turned out to be spies and traitors! It was because of those two that the Sect Master fell victim to those villains!" Her eyes burned with fury toward the traitors.