Hesitation

"You be my witness, I only injured Jieyin, I didn't intend to kill Jieyin!"

"You can be my witness, I only broke the twelfth-grade Golden Lotus Platform, I never intended to kill the sect leader!"

Bifeng Cave is a natural prison. As long as the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus Platform of the Sect Master Jieyin is removed, it will be difficult for him to leave this place.

The Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus Platform is currently the only Law Treasure in the Three Realms capable of escorting others away. Even if someone were to seize this Golden Lotus Platform in the future, they would need to repair it before they could use the treasure to infiltrate the Bifeng Cave.

The twelve-petaled golden lotus platform, shattered by the Seven Treasures Tree, is not so easy to repair; for the Sect Master Jieyin, it is an intractable predicament.

This was also the solution agreed upon by Divine Lord Zhenyuan and the Buddha's disciple, and even Vishnu was well aware of the outcome.

But after continuous suppression, the cursing Sect Master Jieyin of the cult was like shattered tempered glass, cracks instantly appearing, and he suddenly collapsed.

Seeing the lifeless and dead Sect Master Jieyin, Divine Lord Zhenyuan and Tathagata Buddha's son were horrified.

The two hurriedly explained that they hadn't killed anyone, and couldn't help but look at each other again.

"Didn't you go a bit too far with the Seven Treasures Tree?!"

"Your powerful sleeves are unpredictable; after sweeping hundreds of times, have they inflicted accumulated hidden injuries?"

The Buddha's disciple was not the true owner of the Seven Treasures Tree; the possession of this treasure by the Buddha's disciple and by the possession of the Zhunti Master were entirely different matters.

While it might have taken only one strike for the Master of the Zhunti to shatter the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus Platform, it took the Buddha's disciple thirty-six strikes to finally knock down this supreme protective treasure of the Three Realms.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that Tathagata Buddha's son had intervened too often, while Tathagata Buddha's son felt that Divine Lord Zhenyuan's Technique Method were strange and that he might have accumulated hidden injuries within the body of the Jieyin Sect Master Jieyin, which then erupted all at once, leading to his sudden death.

Vishnu, you cannot escape responsibility either!

Their mutual speculation yielded no results. The Buddha's disciple looked at Vishnu, who was nearly paralyzed with fear not far away.

"It's none of my business, I didn't kill him!"

Vishnu screamed; he clearly could not admit to such a treacherous act of betraying his master and ancestors.

Overthrowing the Western Sect and killing its two leaders are two different things. Some people who overthrew the previous dynasty did not dare to easily kill the last emperor, not wanting to be branded as heartless, let alone them.

The Sect Master Jieyin did indeed fall to the ground, and even died instantly, almost without anyone noticing.

In what seemed like an instant, the body of the Sect Master Jieyin collapsed.

It's no wonder that Divine Lord Zhenyuan repeatedly looked at the Seven Treasures Tree, while the Buddha's son suspected that it had accumulated hidden injuries.

The two wanted Vishnu, a third party, to offer some advice, but Vishnu was not capable of doing so.

"Without the protection of this ninth-grade golden lotus platform, you can't get out of here, and no one can save you. Think about it carefully!"

The Buddha's disciple glanced coldly at Vishnu.

If he hadn't been poisoned and unable to defeat Divine Lord Zhenyuan, the Buddha's son would have truly wanted to kill the two of them when he felt his evil intentions were aroused, and then kill the cultivators who were qualified to enter this place.

But his evil thoughts quickly dissipated. As he pointed at Vishnu, the Buddha's son reached out and grabbed the golden lotus throne of the Sect Master Jieyin, feeling as if the treasure had taken root in his hand.

The golden lotus platform, which had been shattered into something over ten feet long, quickly shrank to the size of a palm in his hand.

When he used the Seven Treasures Tree, it was extremely heavy and lacked power, but the Golden Lotus Platform was as easy to use as an extension of his own arm, almost like a treasure that belonged to him.

But the Buddha's disciple felt not joy, but terror.

Law Treasure lack intelligence and are drawn to strength; many Law Treasure require cultivators to subdue them, and whoever is stronger can use them.

Judging from the Golden Lotus Platform's performance, this Law Treasure believes it is stronger than the Sect Master Jieyin, and it was the Golden Lotus Platform that defeated the Sect Master Jieyin, which is why it could submit and surrender.

This is not a reference answer given by Vishnu, but rather a judgment made by the Law Treasure.

The Buddha's disciple felt a chill run down his spine. Just as he thought he had personally killed the Sect Master Jieyin, he suddenly felt his palm being torn open. The black lotus that had burned the demon's bones earlier appeared and then disappeared into the inferior golden lotus platform.

In an instant, roots rapidly extended from beneath the golden lotus platform, spreading wildly like ivy throughout the stone chamber.

"It's that demonic bone causing the trouble!"

Regardless of whether the death of the Sect Master Jieyin was influenced by the Black Lotus, the Buddha's disciple felt that at the moment there was a scapegoat, so that everyone could be absolved of their sins.

He watched as the roots spread and grew from the Golden Lotus Platform without intervening, even ignoring the roots probing into the corpse of the Sect Master Jieyin.

The blood that had covered the ground was quickly cleared away, and numerous tentacles probed into the body of the Sect Master Jieyin, causing the leader's flesh and blood to continuously emaciate.

In contrast to the death of the Zhunti Leader, the Sect Master Jieyin's flesh and skin dissolved completely, turning into a pile of White Bone in just a few dozen seconds.

This situation caused everyone to quickly retreat, while many glanced at the Buddha's disciple.

When the Buddha's disciple attributed the blame to the demon bone, everyone felt relieved and quickly reached a consensus on their testimonies.

"What should I do with this golden lotus platform? I need to get out."

Things didn't go as Vishnu had imagined; the situation had exceeded everyone's expectations.

Vishnu acknowledged that the Sect Master Jieyin died from the demon bones in the stone chamber, but he could not hide his fear whenever he thought of the despairing path of Bifeng.

Slaves do not grieve for the death of their slave masters. Vishnu was indeed unconcerned about the death of the Sect Master Jieyin controlled him, but he still wanted to leave this place alive.

"This demonic bone is very strange. It's probably a menace. We should smash this golden lotus platform to destroy its hiding place and prevent anyone from suffering in the future," Divine Lord Zhenyuan said with a frown.

"That makes sense," the Buddha's disciple, holding the Seven-Jeweled Tree, agreed.

"Tadagata, don't forget, that black lotus emerged from your palm. If it hadn't resided on the golden lotus, there's a high probability it would have returned to you!" Vishnu shrieked. "It might even have possessed the Daoist priest! You've provoked such a strange entity; there will definitely be consequences!"

"Why did it escape from you?" Divine Lord Zhenyuan asked.

"Perhaps the scorpion venom I ingested was too potent, thus affecting its judgment!"

The Buddha's disciple stretched out his swollen and blackened right hand. The scorpion venom had gradually spread to his shoulder and was still spreading, causing him excruciating pain as if his body was being torn apart.

This scorpion venom is extremely potent, but as it spreads, the Buddha's son is no longer worried. His body is not lacking in either substance or quantity. If it were concentrated in one place, it would cause him unbearable pain, and he might only be able to cut off the affected part. However, as it spreads over a large area, his body will inevitably be able to withstand the effects, thus coexisting with the scorpion venom and even eliminating the toxins in his body.

The Buddha's disciple knew his own fate, but the Black Lotus might not have that awareness. He would more likely believe that the disciple might die in the future, and thus choose to escape from this dying man.

After briefly explaining the principle, Divine Lord Zhenyuan couldn't help but take a big step back to prevent the black lotus from entering a normal person's body. Vishnu also retreated into the first stone chamber with a look of bewilderment.

The demon bones in the stone chamber were indeed very strange. Divine Lord Zhenyuan recalled Zhang Xuezhou's recommendation for the Buddha's disciple to use the True Solar Fire to burn them, and felt that Zhang Xuezhou might have already figured out the situation.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan is very powerful in combat, but he finds matters involving intrigue and backstabbing quite troublesome.

He thought of Zhang Xuezhou, wishing the other person were here.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan's gaze swept towards the outside of Bifeng Cave. For a moment, he wondered if he should go out and find Zhang Xuezhou. However, as soon as he thought about the winding passages inside Bifeng Cave, he felt that the possibility of him getting lost was very high.

As Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt a mix of anxiety and uncertainty, he heard Vishnu scream, and his body instinctively released Law Power to protect himself.

But he soon discovered that Vishnu's scream did not stem from the risk of the black lotus's erosion, but from the sudden appearance of two more people in the stone chamber ahead, one of whom was Zhang Xuezhou, whom he knew well.

However, unlike Zhang Xuezhou's usual form, Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that Zhang Xuezhou's physical body seemed to have disappeared as well.