Verification

"We can no longer delay. We must notify Falling Star Valley of this as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, once others discover something amiss, even if there was nothing to begin with, it will become something—as though we harbored evil intentions."

The Third Patriarch of the Feng family thought for a moment.

Staring worriedly at the corpse on the ground, he spoke.

"Yes, there is no more time to waste. Third Brother, can you think of any reason Fang Guangjun would go alone to find a Foundation Establishment ghost without informing me?"

"Big Brother, I understand what you mean. You suspect this man's true identity."

"Quite a few people are now coveting the yin burial cave behind our Feng family mountain. You fear he was bought off by our enemies, don't you?"

"But that would be too much of a coincidence. The attack on the Feng family came without warning; perhaps even Falling Star Valley itself did not know whom it would send to aid us."

"Could Fang Guangjun have been so certain that he would be the one sent?"

"What if this attack on the Feng family was deliberately arranged by someone?"

The Third Patriarch of the Feng family was startled upon hearing this.

"How could that be possible?"

"What is impossible about it? Those ghosts would rather cross the territory where we had already laid down a great formation at all costs just to attack us."

"Perhaps someone placed something near the Feng family that could attract ghosts?"

"You know perfectly well that it is no easy matter for ghosts of the Netherworld to fly over the great formation. In the past, the moment they touched the edge of the formation, they would instinctively retreat."

"Moreover, the timing of this ghost outbreak was far too perfect. It happened precisely