That faint black aura... Others surely would not have recognized it, but... Zhang Xiaohua happened to know!
Seeing Zhang Xiaohua rise to his feet only to sit back down moments later, everyone found it strange. Then, seeing him deep in thought, Master Changsheng glanced at Abbess Jingyi. She understood and asked with a smile, "Sect Leader Ren... did something unusual happen?"
Zhang Xiaohua looked at Abbess Jingyi, nodded slightly, and said, "Abbess Jingyi, you have been fighting beneath Yao Mountain... for quite some time, haven't you?"
Abbess Jingyi was somewhat embarrassed, but she still nodded. "Yes. The Yao Mountain Immortal Mansion is so enticing that even Sect Leader Ren took action. How could we remain immune to worldly temptations? There are many people of the martial world here. I fear blood had begun to flow as early as last night!"
"Alas—Amitabha—" Master Changsheng sighed again, pressing his palms together. "Great Forest Temple had originally been a pure land beyond the mortal world, yet for this... we had no choice but to act thus. Good, good!"
Zhang Xiaohua grew even more interested upon hearing this. He first looked at Master Changsheng, then turned to Abbess Jingyi and asked, "There must have been countless dead and wounded beneath Yao Mountain, perhaps more than ten thousand. Have you... examined the corpses of the dead?"
"Examined them?" Abbess Jingyi froze, then shook her head slightly. "The situation beneath Yao Mountain was extremely chaotic. How could we have had the mind to inspect other people's corpses? If Sect Leader Ren has something amiss to say, please speak plainly!"
"Hehe, you will know once you go down and look. There is no need for this poor Daoist to say more." Zhang Xiaohua shook his head, then thought for a moment before asking, "Master Tiangang, this poor