Published: February 25, 2025
Tan Yun lay motionless in a pool of blood, his right hand's index finger stained with blood, leaving behind a line of blood letters scattered chaotically on the ground!
“Tan Yun is a spy, kill him.”
These eight words seemed to have exhausted all the strength of Dantai Xuanzhong before his death.
“Master!” Tian Lao suddenly knelt before Dantai Xuanzhong, tears of self-blame streaming down his face as he cried out, “Master… wuwu… I’m sorry! I’m so sorry, Master!”
“I shouldn’t have listened to your words and left the Huangfu Holy Temple, but I never expected that scoundrel Tan Yun would actually attack you!”
“Master… Master! I’m sorry!”
“Bang, bang, bang—”
Tian Lao cried with a heart-wrenching sorrow, his head knocking against the ground until his forehead was bruised and bleeding!
“Master! I dare to speak a blasphemous word; you were wise all your life, yet you died unjustly!”
“Wuwu… Tan Yun repaid kindness with enmity; he deserves to die… deserves to die!”
“…”
As Tian Lao wailed in despair, Tuoba Qingtian's heart surged with excitement, “The crown prince truly deserves to be from my Tuoba Shengchao, the number one strategist! Now it’s good, hahahaha, Tan Yun is doomed!”
Behind Tuoba Qingtian, the seven ancestral patriarchs including Si Tu Wu Hen, Wei Ye, and Jin Xianghai felt chills run down their spines!
They had indeed thought that someone might retaliate against Dantai Xuanzhong, but they had calculated everything and never expected that Dantai Xuanzhong would die at Tan Yun’s hands!
In their hearts, Dantai Xuanzhong had raised Tan Yun as if he were his own son!
Dantai Xuanzhong’s kindness towards Tan Yun was as heavy as a mountain, and he had even spoiled him to the point that everyone in the Huangfu Sacred Sect knew about it!
“Could it be that someone framed Tan Yun?” queried Wei Ye, the great ancestral patriarch of the Five Soul Lineage, who was not a spy.
“Framed?” Tuoba Qingtian shouted furiously, “Wei Ye, what do you mean by that?”
“The sovereign only learned that Tan Yun is a spy, which is why he sent us eight to discuss the matter of dealing with Tan Yun. Now it’s clear that we don’t know what schemes Tan Yun used, but he managed to sneak attack and kill the old sovereign while he was careless!”
“Otherwise, look closely! There are no traces of a struggle in the grand hall, which is enough to prove that Tan Yun acted when the old sovereign was caught off guard!”
At this moment, Tian Lao trembled as he stood up and said, “Tuoba Qingtian is right, Wei Ye, you don’t need to doubt anymore. I personally saw Tan Yun come to the grand hall and say he had important matters to discuss with the master, which is why the master sent me away!”
“It must have been after I left that Tan Yun ambushed and killed the master!”
After a pause, tears streaming down his face, Tian Lao said, “Quickly call all the high-level members of the Holy Gate to gather at Huangfu Ancient Mountain; I will invite the master's father to oversee the situation!”
“Good!” After the eight ancestral patriarchs left the holy hall, Tuoba Qingtian waved his right hand and set up a soundproof barrier, enveloping the other seven.
“Everyone, that scoundrel Tan Yun has caused us to lose an arm each; this enmity cannot be shared under the same sky!” Tuoba Qingtian said fiercely, “Next, once Dantai Yu takes charge, he will definitely catch Tan Yun for revenge. What are your thoughts on this?”
After speaking, Tuoba Qingtian noticed the seven were silent and continued solemnly, “I’m a straightforward person, and I’ll speak frankly about some things.”
“The reason we lost an arm ultimately lies in our desire to let the holy son or holy daughter of our respective lineages kill Tan Yun and ascend to the position of sovereign.”
“But we not only failed to achieve our goal, but we also lost an arm each, and in the end, the saddest part is that we scooped water with a bamboo basket for nothing.”