"Surely you don't think I'm the murderer?"
The instant Heng Hua finished speaking, that very thought did flash through Fu Yaozhen's mind.
Could Heng Hua really have killed him?
True, Heng Hua set an extremely high threshold for his killing intent. He believed that mere ants were unworthy of dying by his hand.
But the dead man happened to be a Nascent Soul Grandmaster.
And a Nascent Soul Grandmaster happened to be worthy of dying at Heng Hua's hands.
Yet the thought vanished as quickly as it came, and Fu Yaozhen rejected it herself. Heng Hua had no grudge against Old Master Fu. They had met for the first time today—why would he suddenly kill him?
With that, she felt somewhat relieved. She hurried past the Heavenly Subtlety Pavilion Master and came to Heng Hua's side with Fu Tongjun.
Fang Dongyuan and Fu Xuanxing also secretly stayed on guard, wary of the Fu Clan cultivators making a move.
However—
The moment Heng Hua displayed the Tribulation Immortal Grotto Key, the auras of dozens of Golden Core cultivators all dispersed.
A token from the Grotto of Spirit Tribulations?
The Fu Clan members stared at Fu Henghua in uncertainty.
Some pavilion masters had only just arrived and did not yet know Fu Henghua's identity. Upon seeing this token, they grew even more uneasy.
This involved a representative of a Tribulation Immortal. Things had become troublesome.
Seeing the expressions on his brothers' and sisters' faces, the Heavenly Jian Pavilion Master explained, "Senior Meng has gone to Bai Cang for a temporary stay and has taken charge of the Merchant Alliance in the meantime. To prevent the Grotto of Spirit Tribulations from being sealed off and leaving us unable to comprehend immortal opportunities, he specifically found someone to guard the grotto."
Heng Hua nodded