17: Chapter 17 Photo Stone

Seeing this scene, Wang Zhan, who had hurried over, let out a heavy sigh of relief in his heart.

That was for the best.

Judging by Liu Pingzhi's appearance, he hadn't discovered any underlying clues.

As such, he wouldn't need to look for another way out; he only needed to be on guard against Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan and the others.

"What do you say?"

Looking at the dying Liu Pingzhi, Lin Shen swept his gaze across the group and asked for everyone's opinions.

This Liu Pingzhi was truly a hassle.

If he died, it would be difficult to explain to the Sect, and trying to skim a large amount of profit from the Liu Family's harvest would also become troublesome.

After all, the planted undercover agent was dead, and coupled with the fact that the information previously gathered by the Sect did not match—messages from long ago—Chiyun Valley would definitely suspect them of heavily lining their own pockets.

After all, judging from the current situation, most of the resources of the entire Liu Family had been provided to the remnant of the Blood Fiend Sect to help him restore his cultivation.

Right now, the remaining resources of the entire Liu Family were definitely far less than the information submitted by the undercover agent, and it might even be less than a fifth.

Lin Shen certainly didn't want to take the blame for this huge shortfall.

"Let's save him first. Fortunately, I prepared some Medicinal Pills in advance to protect his heart meridians and Spiritual Qi. It's a bargain for this kid!"

Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan shook his head and reluctantly took out several Medicinal Pills from his Storage Pouch, carefully feeding them to Liu Pingzhi.

Operating the Spiritual Qi within his body, he transmitted it to help the dying Liu Pingzhi digest the medicinal efficacy of these Medicinal Pills.

Facing the situation before him, Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan, as the captain of this mission squad, felt quite helpless in his heart.

Liu Pingzhi simply could not die.

Otherwise, the troubles they would face later on would be even greater, and it would be hard to explain things to the Sect.

After these Medicinal Pills entered his stomach, accompanied by the input of Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan's Spiritual Qi, the originally dying Liu Pingzhi regained the strength to speak.

He slowly opened his eyes, looked at the crowd surrounding him, and couldn't help revealing a look of gratitude on his face: "Many thanks to all Senior Brothers for stepping in to help, otherwise this younger brother would probably not have escaped death today."

As he spoke, Liu Pingzhi couldn't help smiling bitterly and shaking his head: "My cultivation is still too weak. With Qi Refining Stage 6 cultivation, I couldn't even withstand the aftermath of that terrifying explosion."

"Right, is that remnant of the Blood Fiend Sect dead? How did you all join forces to surround and kill him?"

Having recovered a little Spiritual Qi in his body and with his injuries improving, Liu Pingzhi couldn't help asking out of curiosity.

When Wang Zhan had taken that blade strike from the remnant of the Blood Fiend Sect head-on the first time, he had been knocked unconscious by the terrifying explosion aftermath.

He had not a single impression of what happened afterwards.

At the moment, he still thought that Wang Zhan, Lin Shen, and the others had joined forces to surround and kill that remnant of the Blood Fiend Sect.

"Thanks to Senior Brother Wang Zhan using a one-time consumable treasure, we were able to slay that remnant of the Blood Fiend Sect."

Wu Qingfeng chimed in with a smile from the side.

His and Zhao Xue's strength were slightly weaker. When the Black-robed Man swallowed two more Blood Explosion Pills in succession, they had been forced back by the terrifying aftermath of the battle. Due to the distance, they hadn't seen clearly what had specifically happened.

They had only seen a terrifying streak of Sword Intent, and the Black-robed Man, who had previously possessed terrifying strength and resembled a demon, was already dead.

Lin Shen and Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan at the side did not speak up to refute Wang Zhan's words either. Naturally, he and Zhao Xue believed that Wang Zhan had used a terrifying one-time consumable treasure.

Wang Zhan was clear about this, which was why he remained relatively guarded against Lin Shen and Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan.

Hearing Liu Pingzhi's words, Wang Zhan frowned and asked with some worry: "You were unconscious? Then what should we do now? If there is no evidence, relying on the intelligence you previously submitted to the Sect, I'm afraid it will be hard to wrap up the current situation."

Although Wang Zhan sounded worried that it would be difficult for them to report back to Chiyun Valley later, deep down he was testing Liu Pingzhi to see if he had any other means of monitoring him and the others.

If he really did, then Liu Pingzhi before him absolutely could not be allowed to live.

On the way back to Chiyun Valley, he must secretly eliminate Liu Pingzhi without anyone else noticing.

As for it being hard to explain to Chiyun Valley?

Hard to explain was hard to explain; when the time came, they would just take a bit less of this huge stash of resources.

Anyway, when they brought back the corpse of the Blood Fiend Sect remnant, although the Sect would investigate, as long as they weren't too greedy, there wouldn't be overly harsh and thorough scrutiny.

Such a result was still much better than having the treasure hidden on his own body exposed.

"Senior Brother Wang can rest assured about this..."

With a pale face and devoid of a trace of blood, Liu Pingzhi smiled and pulled an Image-Recording Stone from his bosom.

Holding this Image-Recording Stone up in his hand, Liu Pingzhi chuckled smugly: "Actually, to prevent accidents from happening, or to prevent you Senior Brothers from failing to resist temptation, the Sect issued an Image-Recording Stone beforehand precisely to record the entire process of events."

Actually, I shouldn't have brought out this Image-Recording Stone, but you Senior Brothers saved my life, so I feel that I should still be honest and open with you.

Senior Brothers can inspect it. Anyway, according to my recording and observation, apart from collecting a few Storage Pouches, you Senior Brothers did not commit any other rule-breaking actions. The Sect permits this."

This was also one of the reasons why Liu Pingzhi dared to take out this Image-Recording Stone in front of everyone.

He was clear in his heart about what had happened before.

Everyone definitely had not committed too many rule-breaking actions.

After all, right after hunting down the members of the Liu Family and before they had time to search any warehouses, Liu Family's Old Ancestor Liu Qingshan and the remnant of the Blood Fiend Sect had suddenly popped out, catching everyone off guard.

During that time, everyone simply had no opportunity to search the warehouses.

Furthermore, he knew well that based on the relationship and conversation between Liu Qingshan and that remnant of the Blood Fiend Sect, the Cultivation resources and temporary reserves possessed by the entire Liu Family right now were probably already sparse.

Under such circumstances, there was even less need to hide it.

He had to hand the Image-Recording Stone over to the Sect.

However, to repay everyone for saving his life, he decided to be completely open, taking out the Image-Recording Stone to give everyone a shred of peace of mind.

"Open it up and let's take a look together!"

Wang Zhan said indifferently, though a trace of murderous intent had already flashed through his heart.

If this Image-Recording Stone, which had to be handed over to the Sect, recorded footage of him using the Sword Bone, then the Liu Pingzhi before him absolutely could not be spared.

Even whether the others could be spared for now became a big question mark.

Hearing Wang Zhan's words, Liu Pingzhi nodded and handed the Image-Recording Stone to Wang Zhan, saying, "Senior Brother Wang, my internal Spiritual Qi is insufficient. You should be the one to help activate the image projection."

Taking the Image-Recording Stone, Wang Zhan narrowed his eyes. Driven by his internal Spiritual Qi, the footage of them charging into the Liu Family's courtyard was instantly projected into mid-air.