Betraying the Sect, Seizing the Cauldron, and Harming Fellow Disciples; A Demonic Presence Hidden for a Century
Sunken Jade Valley.
Chen Shuangbai arrived outside the sect in a beam of light. Upon sensing with her Divine Sense, she found that the sect's protective formation was still intact, indicating that Yan Nanlai had not betrayed the sect by extreme means. This put her mind at ease.
Myriad Phenomena Hall
As soon as Chen Shuangbai entered, everyone in the hall stood up and Dao Child True Person.
Chen Shuangbai looked around and saw that the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators who still had duties in the sect were all present and waiting for him.
True Lord Qingchen sat in the main seat with an inscrutable expression. Five-colored radiance, refined to its extreme, swirled around him, possessing immense power, indicating that he was in a bad mood.
"They're here!"
True Lord Qingchen spoke.
Chen Shuangbai nodded and asked, "Then, is it already established that Yan... Yan Nanlai betrayed the sect?"
Since True Lord Qingchen did not speak, someone else responded.
" Dao Child, it's confirmed!"
Chen Shuangbai looked over and saw a middle-aged Daoist priest in a Daoist robe walk out from among the cultivators.
This is the main hall of the Expenditure Hall, Wu Ping.
He bowed respectfully to Chen Shuangbai, his tone solemn yet resolute. " Dao Child, it has been confirmed without error."
"I personally visited Vice Director Dong of the Jade Dew Hall. He was tortured by that traitor, and his spirit was severely damaged. He was imprisoned in a hidden cave at the foot of Heavenly Spring Peak. Before he fainted, he testified that Yan Nanlai had betrayed the sect and taken away many Pill Formula from the Jade Dew Hall, as well as several kinds of second-tier pills, including quite a few third-tier treasure pills!"
Chen Shuangbai's heart sank.
"Vice-Master Dong... could it be Uncle-Master Dong?"
The Jade Dew Hall has one principal and two vice principals. Besides Chen Shuangbai's master Yi Chongyue, there is also a vice principal named Dong Lüqi, who is in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. Under the tutelage of Gongye Chun, she has also reached the level of a second-tier Alchemist and is a skilled alchemist in the sect.
Wu Ping nodded solemnly and said, "The sect leader has already intervened, and with the addition of the precious pill, his life has been barely kept afloat. Years of recuperation should allow him to recover, but..."
He didn't say the second half of his sentence, but Chen Shuangbai and the other cultivators present already understood.
The Dao Path has been completely destroyed!
Chen Shuangbai took a few deep breaths, then asked, "Were any other senior or junior masters harmed?"
"More than!"
[ Azure Yi Mystic Cauldron ] is different from [ Heaven Beyond Heart Fire Furnace ].
The latter is a pure Pill Furnace, while the former is a precious cauldron. It does not require Alchemist to activate it. All Foundation Establishment cultivator needs to do is stand by, continuously add precious medicines, and then use their Law Power to activate it to refine the precious liquid.
As a third-tier Alchemist, he must have known about the existence of the [ Azure Yi Mystic Cauldron ].
"More than?"
Chen Shuangbai frowned slightly, then suddenly remembered something, and a look of horror appeared on her face. She said, "Wait... is he also in seclusion in the valley trying to break through to the Golden Core stage?"
Besides Chen Shuangbai's master Yi Chongyue and her senior master Shi Yubai, there seems to be one other person among the first batch of users of Azure Yi Treasure Liquid.
Chen Shuangbai didn't pay much attention, but later he heard that the three or two of them had gone to Parasol Tree Valley to cultivate in seclusion and try to break through to the Golden Core.
Then Master and Senior Uncle...
Seeing his Daoist Dao Child's anxious expression, True Lord Qingchen reassured him, "Everything is fine in the valley; he was not among those selected for seclusion."
Chen Shuangbai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If anything happens to Master and Martial Uncle, this traitor will likely be Jade Firmament out and punished by Chen Shuangbai, no matter how hard he tries!
However, what he did still caused the most devastating casualties for the Jade Spring Sect in hundreds of years.
Apart from Dong Lüqi deputy head of the Jade Dew Hall, whose foundation was destroyed, a deputy head of the Expenditure Hall, a deputy head of the Jade Guarding Hall, and other Foundation Establishment cultivators without official duties were basically all affected by his methods.
Whether it was the corrosive effects of elixirs or the erosion caused by Secret Method, they were all more or less under his control, which greatly facilitated his betrayal of the sect.
These Foundation Establishment cultivators all acted at the same time as he betrayed the sect, causing quite a stir within the sect.
Fortunately, True Lord Qingchen suppressed the sect's fortune and subdued them with a wave of his hand. They are currently locked up together and being recuperated by Gongye Chun, a third-level Alchemist.
That's not all!
Wu Ping was heartbroken, his eyes burning with hatred. He stammered, "Six inner disciple from Heavenly Spring Peak discovered that their souls had long been devoured, leaving only empty shells!"
These words caused an uproar throughout the hall!
The souls of the six inner disciple were completely devoured, leaving only their physical bodies.
This means that they had died months or even longer ago, and Yan Nanlai had been maintaining their physical vitality through some Secret Method, thus evading the sect's routine inspections.
Such methods go beyond the scope of ordinary treason; they are more like a premeditated act of Evil Dao.
Chen Shuangbai's expression darkened.
He progressed incredibly quickly, yet even so, he still had several close friends on Heavenly Spring Peak.
Where is Senior Sister Yan Heng?
Yan Nanlai is her father. Does she know about this?
If she knew, how much pain would she suffer?
If not, then where is she right now?
He suppressed the surging emotions within him, turned to True Lord Qingchen, and asked in a deep voice, "Sect Master, where is Senior Sister Yan Heng now?"
True Lord Qingchen said, "She is fine, but Yan Nanlai is her father, so he can't escape responsibility either."
"He has been detained and is awaiting interrogation by the Jade Guarding Hall."
If Yan Heng hadn't been taken along...
There must be some unknown secret behind it.
Chen Shuangbai, suppressing her anger and having some suspicions, said, "Whether it was premeditated or a spur-of-the-moment act, we need to investigate before we can determine the guilt!"
"Sect Master, this matter must be severely punished!"
A moment later.
True Lord Qingchen dismissed the other cultivators, instructing them to calm the inner and outer disciples and maintain the operation of the nine halls. Only he and Chen Shuangbai remained in the hall.
True Person Bo has not yet emerged from seclusion, and True Person Mei has also gone into seclusion.
Fu Qianlan was still in Hengzhang City guarding against the Transformation Sect, while Ding Chengyu was on the Ning Country battlefield, directly confronting the Transformation Sect.
Currently, only he and True Lord Qingchen are in charge of affairs within the sect.
True Lord Qingchen sat in the main seat, remaining silent for a long time before speaking in a deep voice, "When he made his move, I intended to capture him, but unfortunately he escaped."
He escaped?
With True Lord Qingchen's skill level, how could he possibly fail to defeat a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage?
Chen Shuangbai immediately understood. "The sect leader means... he's not the same person he used to be?"
Even a cultivator at the Late Golden Core Stage stage, trapped within the Jade Spring Sect by a top-tier third-order array, would not be able to escape easily!
Even if they used Secret Method or some kind of secret treasure, it would be impossible for them to escape unscathed!
That leaves only one possibility--
Yan Nanlai is also at the Nascent Soul Realm!
Only those at the Nascent Soul stage can escape from the clutches of Nascent Soul.
But... why?
Given that he possesses the Nascent Soul Realm, why did he conceal his cultivation and infiltrate the Jade Spring Sect?
What exactly is his purpose?
In an instant, my previously clear understanding of this person seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog, like trying to see flowers through a mist, all hazy and indistinct.