Published: February 24, 2025
Elder Six Shen Wende bowed and reported, "Chief, eight days ago, disciple Li Ziquan, under Elder Twelve's care, died in the Spirit Mountain Herb Garden, five hundred miles to the east, surrounded by three thousand soul sniffing beasts, all of which identified him as the poisoner."
"Li Ziquan!" The bing qing daoist suddenly turned his head and stared at Lu Wu, "Elder Twelve, do you have anything to say?"
"Chief, this is all my fault!"
"Poof!"
Saying this, Lu Wu seemed to be attacked by sudden anger, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Sudden anger?
Of course not!
This was merely the cunning Lu Wu pretending, as he had just swallowed a blood-red elixir, the Memory Obliteration Elixir.
After taking it, he could erase the memory of ordering Li Ziquan to poison the five stalks of Revival Jade Grass that ended up dead.
Having obliterated his memory, his soul suffered damage, which resulted in his pale complexion and spitting blood.
He used this symptom to create the illusion of being enraged.
At this moment, the elders looked at Lu Wu's ashen face, and they spoke to console him:
"Elder Twelve, do not be angry; having such a disciple is indeed unfortunate for our sect."
"Yes, Elder Twelve..."
As the elders consoled him, Tan Yun stared at the blood in front of Lu Wu, his pupils suddenly shrinking as he thought to himself, "The color of the blood is normal, but it emits a faint scent of elixir; this is..."
Thinking of this, Tan Yun maintained a calm expression, but a chill rose in his heart, "This is the scent of the Memory Obliteration Elixir… I understand now, Li Ziquan was manipulated by this bastard Lu Wu!"
"Originally, I killed Li Zian, and he came to the Azure Spirit Immortal Mountain wanting to kill me, clashing with Elder Shen."
"So he bore a grudge and wanted to eliminate Elder Shen and me. Therefore, he instructed Li Ziquan to poison the Revival Jade Grass, and then he killed him to cover it up in the mountains."
"He is afraid of the matter being exposed, yet pretends to be furious because of Li Ziquan, spitting blood on the spot. His sickly appearance is just a symptom of taking the Memory Obliteration Elixir."
"What a cunning fellow!"
Tan Yun's thoughts were interrupted by the bing qing daoist's cold voice, "Lu Wu, kneel before this Chief! Without a reasonable explanation, you don't think you can leave the Ice Clear Immortal Mountain alive!"
Lu Wu slowly knelt down. He had initially wanted to use Li Ziquan's death and the soul sniffing beasts' identification of Tan Yun approaching the Revival Jade Grass to frame Tan Yun for poisoning and blame it on Li Ziquan.
But he knew that doing so was futile. Because the soul sniffing beasts could determine the approximate time of Li Ziquan's death from the dried blood he left behind, and they could also sniff if Tan Yun had appeared in the area where Li Ziquan died.
"Since I cannot frame this little brat Tan Yun, then this Elder can only kill him another day!" Lu Wu thought darkly, then raised his head to look at the bing qing daoist, squeezing out a tear:
"Chief, this subordinate knows why Li Ziquan did this!"
"Initially, his older brother Li Zian made a life-and-death duel agreement with Tan Yun, but he was defeated and killed by Tan Yun. Li Zian was a talented alchemist that this subordinate valued highly; unaware of the life-and-death duel agreement between Tan Yun and Li Zian, I wanted to deal with Tan Yun."
"So, this subordinate went to the Azure Spirit Immortal Mountain to request someone from Elder Shen, but when this subordinate learned about their life-and-death duel, he left."
"Li Ziquan knew about this. He must think that if Elder Shen hadn’t stopped me back then, I would have executed Tan Yun."
"Therefore, he held a grudge against Elder Shen and wanted to use the Revival Jade Grass to harm Elder Shen!"
"And when Li Ziquan died in the mountains, he left behind the words 'Tan Yun killed me.' This subordinate believes this must also be a trap to frame Tan Yun! Either he did it himself or someone else killed him and framed it on Tan Yun."