"My judgment is simple: I'm not certain. Therefore, I have a request. I wish to inspect the storage-space artifacts of the disciples from your two sects!"
The beautiful woman surnamed He had a cold, shadowed gaze. Killing intent surged within her heart, though it was naturally not aimed at any particular person right now. She simply had to find the culprit.
No matter who it was, she would torture them to death. The sect had entrusted her with this task, yet such a huge blunder had occurred. Given her standing within the sect, she would not face any severe punishment upon returning.
At most, she would be symbolically docked some sect contribution points, or made to provide some resources to placate the factions behind the deceased cultivators. But this had utterly cost her face.
Yet if she could find the true culprit behind this incident, the sect's conflicts would shift elsewhere. She would no longer become the focus of others' attention, and she could also vent the humiliation and fury in her heart!
"Fellow Daoist He, are you suspecting that our two sects were behind this?"
Elder Yang's expression immediately darkened. He and the burly man surnamed Liao had long anticipated this outcome, but her being so blunt about it showed that, deep in her bones, she simply looked down on their two sects.
The beautiful woman surnamed He's usual gentleness had merely been an act for the sake of her sect's mission. This time, the burly man surnamed Liao said nothing as well, his face as dark as water.
"You two have misunderstood..."
The beautiful woman surnamed He shook her head. Her gaze swept once more over the corpses on the ground, then shifted back to the two men before she continued.
"...I do not suspect that this was