387: Choice

“There really is someone from the Clan...”

Xu Zhiyi panicked.

Although he had grown up in the Zhou Family since childhood.

Enjoying the same treatment as the Zhou Family's direct Disciples.

But.

His surname was Xu, not Zhou, after all.

If this matter were to be exposed.

The person behind it would certainly be exposed.

At that time.

Outsiders, relatives.

Would the Family Head and the Elders sacrifice their kin for these foreign-surnamed Cultivators, or would they choose to cover it up?

Xu Zhiyi's face was pale.

Silence.

After some time.

“What do you want to do?”

Li Shuwu's voice startled Xu Zhiyi awake.

“Senior.”

Xu Zhiyi subconsciously called out.

Looking towards Li Shuwu as if seeking help.

“I am not a member of the Zhou Family, and similarly, I cannot make decisions for you.”

“Whether to go or stay, what I can do is send you on your way.”

Li Shuwu said calmly.

The implication being.

If he was afraid the Zhou Family would cover it up and turn to harm him, she would send him far away from this place.

“I...”

“Choose to go back.”

“I want to inform the Family Head of this matter.”

In just a moment.

Xu Zhiyi's expression became firm.

“I believe in the Family Head.”

Xu Zhiyi said in a low voice.

As if speaking to himself.

“And I also believe in Nan Feng...”

Even if it came to the very last step, he believed that Zhou Nanfeng would definitely stand by his side.

Moreover.

His parents were still among the Tianning Peaks.

His grandfather's safety was still unknown.

All these things required him.

“Good.”

“Then let's go.”

A hint of a smile appeared on Li Shuwu's face.

Then, a distorted, wailing flute sound emerged.

The flute sound pierced through the clouds.

A giant Black-Winged Demon swooped down from the clouds on the horizon.

“Elder Beihai's mount?”

Xu Zhiyi was surprised.

Looking at the black Yao Beast that landed not far away.

He recognized the origin of this Yao Beast.

“After eating so many of my treasures, it's only right to make use of it.”

Li Shuwu chuckled softly.

Chao Xiaoyi wanted to open her mouth to retort.

But found that she couldn't retort at all.

When you take someone's short hand, you eat someone's soft mouth.

Isn't it just acting as a flying Magic Treasure for someone?

She hadn't not done it before.

The most important thing was.

This woman was formidable, and even Elder Beihai, who backed her, might not be her match.

If Elder Beihai knew what Chao Xiaoyi was thinking.

He would definitely correct Chao Xiaoyi's thoughts.

What do you mean 'might not', it's 'definitely not' her match... Boom!

The giant Black-Winged Demon flapped its wings.

Soaring into the sky... Heavenly Condensation Realm, outside the Tianning Peaks.

A black stream of light paused.

“Senior, please let me down.”

Xu Zhiyi said respectfully to Li Shuwu, who stood in front of him.

Since even that Golden Core True Person of the Thousand Charms Fox Clan didn't know who the colluder was.

Then he would lure the snake out of its hole.

Li Shuwu glanced at Xu Zhiyi.

With a wave of her hand.

Xu Zhiyi's figure disappeared from the Black-Winged Demon's back.

Outside the Tianning Peaks.

Xu Zhiyi landed on the ground.

He gazed for a moment.

And chose the most frequently traveled path.

Not concealing his aura in the slightest.

As if announcing his arrival.

Xu Zhiyi did not deliberately linger.

He sped towards Qingyang Peak all the way.

Just as Xu Zhiyi's figure appeared.

In an unseen corner.

A Spirit Crane soared into the sky.

Qingyang Peak.

Xigu Courtyard.

A Spirit Crane flew in.

Landing in the hand of a young man dressed in Zhou Family attire.

The young man took the Jade Slip from the Spirit Crane's mouth, but did not examine it.

He turned and entered the inner courtyard.

“Brother Gu, there's a Jade Slip.”

Inside Xigu Courtyard.

Several young figures sat cross-legged in the pavilion.

Enjoying flowers and drinking wine.

The person in the middle had a handsome appearance.

A green jade pendant hung from his waist.

When the voice sounded.

The person in the middle was surprised, and his heart stirred.

“Could it be that it's already done?”

Zhou Nangu stood up.

He took the Jade Slip from the young man's hand.

Impatiently pressing it to his glabella.

“Xu Zhiyi returned.”

In the Jade Slip, there were only four short words.

These four words, however, were like a bolt from the blue.

Striking Zhou Nangu's face deathly pale.

“Brother Gu, what happened?”

A young Zhou Family Cultivator who was drinking with him asked.

“Get out of the way, get out of the way!”

Zhou Nangu was no longer in the mood to answer.

In a panic, he pushed aside the two people blocking his way.

And fled.

Such panic and loss of composure.

Made the expressions of everyone present vary.

“How could this be, how could this be...”

“Hu Yi, what exactly is Hu Yi doing...”

“Damn it, damn it...”

Zhou Nangu ran wildly on Qingyang Peak.

Heading towards the Task Hall.

An unspeakable panic spread in his heart.

Despite so many arrangements, Xu Zhiyi still returned.

Then there was only one possibility.

That was, the matter was exposed.

As for the possibility that Xu Zhiyi was unaware and merely escaped by chance.

Although it existed, he dared not gamble on it.

“I cannot let him go up Qingyang Peak...”

As he approached the Task Hall, Zhou Nangu had only this thought in his mind.

Qingyang Peak, second floor of the Zhou Family Task Hall.

Zhou Nangu disregarded the surprised gazes of the surrounding Zhou Family Cultivators.

He forcibly broke into the second floor.

Pushing open the door of one of the secret rooms and entering.

“Who!”

Inside the secret room.

A middle-aged figure, appearing to be fifty or sixty years old, sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted at the newcomer.

“Great-Grandfather!”

Zhou Nangu closed the secret room door with a backhand.

He quickly came before the Cultivator who appeared to be fifty or sixty years old.

“Gu'er, what's the matter that you're so panicked...”

Seeing the person who came.

Zhou Mingyang suppressed the anger that was about to erupt.

He asked in a deep voice.

But before he could finish his sentence.

He saw his most talented descendant, Zhou Nangu, forgetting etiquette, coming before him.

And said with a somewhat horrified expression.

“Great-Grandfather, Xu Zhiyi has returned.”

“What!”

Zhou Mingyang was startled.

A small flag appeared in his hand.

With a wave of his hand, a light barrier appeared.

Enveloping the two of them.

This was a sound-insulating Spiritual Artifact.

It could block Divine Sense probes.

“You just said, Xu Zhiyi has returned?”

Zhou Mingyang asked in a deep voice.

“Yes.”

“How is that possible...”

Zhou Mingyang's face was ashen.

He slumped onto the meditation cushion.

A prominent Disciple from a Soul Transformation force, making a move against a Qi Refinement Stage Junior, actually failed.

How ridiculous was that?

Moreover.

That Hu Yi's background was not ordinary to begin with.

He was a junior descendant of the famous Yinghan Demon Emperor of the Thousand Charms Fox Clan.

And was highly regarded by the Yinghan Demon Emperor.

Unexpectedly.

“It's over, everything is over...”

Zhou Mingyang's eyes dimmed.

“Great-Grandfather, we still have a chance.”

Seeing his Great-Grandfather in this state.

Zhou Nangu said in a deep voice.

“What chance, Gu'er, tell me quickly.”

Zhou Mingyang's eyes lit up.

Hoping that his intelligent junior, who had been clever since childhood, would have a solution.

“Great-Grandfather, what if Xu Zhiyi returns?”

“We just need to prevent him from reaching Qingyang Peak and seeing the Family Head.”

“Then this matter can be resolved.”

Zhou Nangu's tone carried ruthlessness.

“You want to make a move here?”

Zhou Mingyang's voice rose considerably.

The Tianning Peaks were right under the noses of the Old Ancestor, the True Monarch, and all the Golden Core Elders.

Making a move to kill someone here, how was that different from seeking one's own destruction?