Ning Jiufan arrived with all his might.
Seeing Ning Zhuo’s limbs intact, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ning Zhuo hurriedly ran to Ning Jiufan, his face still pale: “Old Ancestor, Yang Chanyu attacked us! Fortunately, I had the Gleaming and Smooth Talisman and barely escaped. But, but Zheng Jian he…”
Just as he said this, another Nascent Soul cultivator descended.
“Zheng Jian!” he cried out in a low voice, filled with deep sorrow.
It was Zheng Danlian, one of the two ancestors of the Zheng family.
His divine sense swept over Zheng Jian’s entire body, confirming that the latter was beyond dead, and his sorrowful expression was immediately replaced by anger and hatred.
“Who, who killed my clan’s genius?!” he roared, staring fixedly at Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo immediately retreated behind Ning Jiufan, only revealing his large head as he said: “It, it was Yang Chanyu from the Empty Gate!”
Ning Jiufan let out a cold snort, stepped forward, and shielded Ning Zhuo from Zheng Danlian’s pressure: “Brother Zheng, the urgent matter at hand is to find the murderer and seek revenge. As a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator, an ancestor of a great clan, how can you make things difficult for a Qi Refining junior?”
Zheng Danlian gritted his teeth, blue veins popped out on his forehead, and a surge of violent killing intent immediately arose in his heart.
At this time, Zheng Shuangou also flew to the murder scene.
He landed directly on the ground, bent down, and investigated the detailed circumstances of Zheng Jian.
“His soul is gone, only his physical body remains.”
“Physical body…heart destroyed, no trace of life!”
Zheng Shuangou shook his head slightly and sighed.
Zheng Danlian roared: “Ning Zhuo, tell me quickly, what happened just now! Don’t miss a single detail, or I’ll hold you accountable!”
Ning Jiufan’s spiritual power surged: “Brother Zheng, I know you are grieving.”
“But wasn’t Ning Xiaohui of my clan also lost a few days ago?”
“Our two families are in the same situation!”
“Ning Zhuo is not a criminal. This time, he only survived thanks to the precious talisman I gave him.”
Zheng Shuangou interjected and said to Zheng Danlian: “Brother, please suppress your thunderous anger for now. We and the Ning family are allies, not enemies.”
Zheng Danlian gasped heavily, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, and he finally managed to suppress his anger.
Only then did Ning Jiufan move aside slightly, turn around slightly, and say to Ning Zhuo in a gentle tone: “Tell me, Xiao Zhuo, try not to miss any details.”
“Yes, Old Ancestor.” Ning Zhuo quickly recounted the situation at the time.
Zheng Danlian frowned deeply, while Zheng Shuangou was expressionless.
Just as they were about to finish, a rainbow light flew from a distance and landed here, transforming into a Nascent Soul cultivator – Zhu Xuanji.
“Lord Zhu, you’ve finally come!” Zheng Danlian had sent a flying message earlier.
Zheng Shuangou said: “Lord Divine Constable, a genius of our clan has perished, and we need you to use your methods to apprehend the true murderer!”
Zhu Xuanji quickly scanned the scene, glanced at Zheng Danlian, and looked at Zheng Shuangou: “I just went to another crime scene.”
“Something has also happened on the Zhou family’s side.”
“Sun Lingtong suddenly appeared and attacked Zhou Zhu and Zhou Zeshen.”
Zheng Shuangou: “Oh?”
Zheng Danlian: “But did the two geniuses of the Zhou family also perish?”
Zhu Xuanji shook his head: “It should be said that the Molten Immortal Palace saved them both. Although Sun Lingtong is only in the Foundation Establishment stage, she was suppressed by the environment of the Immortal Palace. Zhou Zeshen was lightly injured, and Zhou Zhu was heavily injured and on the verge of death. At that time, the situation was precarious.”
Zheng Danlian snorted coldly: “The Zhou family didn’t have anyone die, but our Zheng family lost a genius junior!”
Zhu Xuanji frowned slightly, thinking that Zheng Danlian was grieving and angry, which made his tone aggressive. He ignored Zheng Danlian, just looked around, stepped onto the scene, and walked many steps.
During this time, his eyes emitted golden light, and he used the method of tracing the source.
In an instant, he saw the scene of Zheng Jian’s heart being pierced.
That bloody knife became a close-up in Zhu Xuanji’s vision.
Zhu Xuanji sighed: “This should be Yang Chanyu’s weapon – the Soul-Snatching Concealed Light Saber.”
“When this saber is used, its aura is extremely restrained, and its power can continuously accumulate. Coupled with Yang Chanyu’s Old Cicada Technique, once accumulated for a long time, when used, its power is immense!”
“Those who are struck by the saber often have their souls torn and invaded by the blade, which is very insidious.”
“Zheng Jian was only in the Qi Refining stage. After being struck by the saber, his entire soul was invaded.”
After this analysis, Zheng Danlian roared: “Yang Chanyu! As a dignified Nascent Soul, you attacked a Qi Refining junior. You are simply shameless! I will kill you, kill you!”
“Lord Zhu, quickly track them down, find the murderer, and let me drink the blood of my enemy with my saber!”
However, Zhu Xuanji shook his head: “The Empty Gate’s methods are extraordinary. That Yang Chanyu, like Sun Lingtong, acted against time. As soon as the time limit was up, regardless of the situation, they retreated decisively and left no clues. How can I track them down?”
“Ah!” Zheng Danlian roared in anger.
Zheng Shuangou frowned deeply, faintly sensing that Zheng Danlian’s emotions were wrong, and quickly walked to his side to comfort him: “Brother, please calm down!”
“Even if Lord Zhu finds a clue, it might be deliberately left by the other party to lure us into a trap.”
“The Empty Gate is a major evil sect and has been hidden in my Fire Persimmon Immortal City for many years. We must not underestimate them.”
Speaking of this, Zheng Shuangou also secretly transmitted a message: “Brother, if we confront Yang Chanyu, our Zheng family will simultaneously provoke two major super sects.”
“Please, calm down, calm down!”
After much persuasion from Zheng Shuangou, Zheng Danlian finally restrained his anger.
Zheng Danlian looked at Zhu Xuanji and asked bitterly: “Lord Zhu, given this situation, is the royal family still not going to act?”
“I believe the Zheng family, since the alliance, has willingly followed orders.”
“Before, my Zheng family accidentally killed a Nascent Soul True Inheritance of the Grand Pure Palace. Now, our clan’s genius disciples have tragically died at the hands of the Empty Gate…”
“Now that I think about it, that shadow demonic cultivator must also be from the Empty Gate!”
“How long will my Southern Bean Royal Family tolerate such evil murderers?”
“If there is still no assistance, my clan will simply surrender to Meng Kui and see how he, this city lord, performs!”
Zhu Xuanji immediately frowned deeply, and his expression became cold and severe.
“Brother!!” Zheng Shuangou roared and glared at Zheng Danlian.
Immediately, he saluted Zhu Xuanji again, explaining that Zheng Danlian was overwhelmed by anger and couldn’t express himself properly, and hoped that Zhu Xuanji would understand and be lenient.
After this outburst, Zheng Danlian also realized that he had made a mistake, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he stopped speaking.
He didn’t speak, but Ning Zhuo did.
Ning Zhuo looked at Zhu Xuanji: “Lord Zhu, please, please save us.”
“This Empty Gate is truly vicious and ruthless!”
“This junior, this time, relying on the Old Ancestor’s Gleaming and Smooth Talisman, luckily escaped with his life.”
“But this information has already been leaked.”
“The Empty Gate has the Treasure Trapping Technique. The next time they strike, they might first seize the precious talisman before taking my life!”
“Even if they don’t deal with me, they’ll be accurate when dealing with other members of the cultivation change team!”
“Under these circumstances, how can we actively act to obtain Immortal Palace positions?”
“I think the Empty Gate is doing this because they saw our actions and don’t want us to obtain the various positions in the Molten Immortal Palace! Because doing so will definitely weaken their control over the Molten Immortal Palace!”
Ning Zhuo’s words made the four Nascent Soul cultivators present look troubled.
From their perspective: The City Lord Meng Kui launched an overt scheme and promised generous rewards for maintaining the status quo of positions.
Under the overt scheme, cultivators must strive with all their might to obtain positions and control the Immortal Palace, which is beneficial to the overall situation. Moreover, this plan is a double-edged sword and can also divide the three-family alliance.
Before, Zheng Jian issued an ultimatum to Ning Zhuo, and the conflict between the Zheng family and the Ning family was the result of this overt scheme.
And the Empty Gate was clearly unwilling for the Southern Bean Kingdom to control the Immortal Palace positions, so they immediately took action to counter it.
Their countermeasure was simple: assassinate the members of the cultivation change team.
All members of the cultivation change team have the identity of trial disciples and enjoy a bonus when competing for Immortal Palace positions. However, these people are only in the Qi Refining stage and have weak combat power, making them easy targets.
The reason why the Nascent Soul cultivators on the scene felt troubled was that their situation was too passive.
If they protected the cultivation change team, their energy would be diverted.
Even if they used the cultivation change team as bait, as long as the Empty Gate didn’t attack, their manpower and resources would still be diverted.
And if they let them be, how could the Nascent Soul cultivators explain it to their respective clansmen?
They are all righteous cultivators.
The trouble of the Nascent Soul cultivators did not prevent the collection of Zheng Jian’s remains.
Soon after.
Zheng Hua, the elder of the Zheng family, personally came forward to preside over the overall situation and stabilize people’s hearts.
His first action was to hold a simple memorial service for Zheng Jian.
The Zheng family’s cultivation change team all participated in this memorial service.
“Boss!”
“Leader!!”
Many people looked at Zheng Jian’s corpse, their eyes red, and cried out in sorrow. It seemed as if this could revive Zheng Jian.
“Wuwu…” Someone wanted to cry but gritted their teeth and suppressed it.
Zheng Hua stood beside the coffin, his face gloomy.
It was too tragic.
This loss to the Zheng family made Zheng Hua feel deeply pained!
Zheng Jian…
This excellent junior of the family not only possessed talent, but what was even more valuable were his character, his leadership abilities, his judgment of the situation, and so on.
He was very well-respected, and in the eyes of the main branch of the Zheng family, Zheng Jian’s future would at least be that of a ruling elder!
However, he had fallen.
He didn’t grow up!
A huge sense of regret and pain filled Zheng Hua’s heart.
As a family elder, he had always been optimistic about Zheng Jian and looked forward to the latter’s future.
But now, Zheng Jian, lying in the coffin, had no future!
A Zheng family cultivator suddenly walked into the hall and reported to Zheng Hua: “Sir, Ning Zhuo from the Ning family has come to request a meeting. He says he also wants to mourn Boss Zheng Jian.”
The cultivation change team members who heard this nearby all clamored.
“He still has the face to come?! If he wasn’t going to discuss with him, how could Boss Zheng Jian have gone out?”
“Why did that bitch Yang Chanyu only kill the leader and not him!”
“This guy used to collude with the Empty Gate, and now he has been pardoned by Zhu Xuanji and successfully escaped. What turning from darkness to light? Hmph, maybe he is still in collusion with the Empty Gate. This time, he conspired to kill my brother Zheng Jian!”