Published: February 25, 2025
After speaking, Tan Yun quickly left the Dragon Cloud Sect, transforming into a beam of light that shot toward the cliffs and peaks over six hundred thousand miles away.
Worried about Mu Mengyi, Shen Subing, Zhong Wu Shiyao, and others, Tan Yun felt like time was dragging as half a day passed. Suddenly, an angry shout echoed, "Tan Yun, you can't escape!"
From the sound, Tan Yun knew that the leader of the assassination organization, Huangfu Guchong, had returned. The tone he used was clearly deliberate.
After welcoming Huangfu Guchong into the cave dwelling, Tan Yun noticed that Huangfu Guchong was holding the heavily injured and unconscious law enforcing ancestral patriarch, Han Gu, whose chest had caved in.
"Master, Han Gu was the first to leave the Huangfu Sacred Sect intending to kill you," Huangfu Guchong reported honestly. "I thought you would be worried about the safety of the two ladies, so I brought him here for you to interrogate. This way, you can quickly learn about the current situation of the Huangfu Sacred Sect."
"Moreover, the law enforcing ancestors have always remained loyal to you. Once the misunderstanding is cleared, he will still be loyal to you!"
Upon hearing this, Tan Yun looked at Huangfu Guchong with approval and said, "You've done well. Wake him up!"
"Yes, Master." Huangfu Guchong waved his right hand, and a surge of spiritual power entered Han Gu's forehead.
After Han Gu woke up, he felt weak all over, realizing that he was trapped and confined in the spirit pool.
He gradually lifted his head and, upon seeing Tan Yun standing before him, he trembled as he got to his feet, glaring at Tan Yun like a hungry wolf. "You despicable! The old sovereign treated you like family, yet you..."
"Shut up!" Huangfu Guchong reprimanded. "You fools have all been deceived. The Master did not kill the old sovereign at all!"
"Did not?" Han Gu sneered at Huangfu Guchong, "Who are you? Let this old ancestor guess. I am a dignified seventh layer of the divine domain realm, yet you are not my opponent. You are so unfamiliar; you are not from the Huangfu Sacred Sect."
"If you are not, then you must be in cahoots with Tan Yun..."
Han Gu's words suddenly stopped as Huangfu Guchong used spiritual power to condense a remnant soul memory image of the Dantai Xuan Bell in midair.
When Han Gu learned about the situation, he bowed his knees and knelt in front of Tan Yun. "Sovereign! The old sovereign died a terrible death, and you have been wronged!"
"You are already injured; get up and speak." Tan Yun helped Han Gu up, hurriedly asking, "How are Mu Mengyi, Shiyao, and Subing? Have they been implicated in this matter?"
Han Gu hastily replied, "Sovereign, rest assured, both ladies are well. They, along with the disciples of the Meritorious Lineage, are merely imprisoned in the Meritorious Sacred Realm."
"That's good... that's good!" Tan Yun let out a deep sigh of relief. "Now, tell me in detail about the current situation of the sect, especially the details regarding the old sovereign's death."
"Understood, Sovereign." Han Gu organized his thoughts and reported, "Two days ago, at the end of the Shen hour, the heavenly punishment leader, Tian Lao, witnessed you entering the Huangfu Holy Temple."
"After that, you used an important matter as an excuse to send the old sovereign away, and then the old sovereign died. Before dying, the old sovereign personally wrote blood characters claiming you were a spy and intended to kill you."
"At that moment, besides the great ancestral patriarch of formation lineage, Feng Yun, the other eight ancestral patriarchs appeared at Huangfu Ancient Mountain, witnessing the old sovereign's death alongside Tian Lao."
"Later, the old sovereign's father summoned the upper echelons of the nine meridians and proposed to strip you of your sovereign status. Except for Feng Yun, who hesitated, the other eight meridians quickly agreed."
"Feng Yun only agreed after being angrily reprimanded by the old sovereign for his hesitation."
"However, that old man Feng Yun, in order to distance himself from you, suggested capturing you alive and executing Mu Mengyi and Zhong Wu Shiyao in front of you."