130: Chapter 130 The Deception of the Yue Kingdom

When they landed, they had actually returned to the second floor of Shenji Tower.

Shenji Tower erupted with intense light, and the violent Spiritual Qi tremors spread far and wide.

Elder Luo Xi said urgently, "We entered Shenji Tower, and the people of the Yue Kingdom must think we cannot return, so they are surely off their guard."

"We will rush out now. I will fight in the front, and you follow closely."

Liu Tingting was quite surprised. Senior Luo was truly honest; he had not thought of abandoning them and was even willing to lead the way.

She glanced at Xia Shaoxin, thinking to herself, 'You have a good eye for people.'

The three of them moved quickly, preparing to step out of Shenji Tower.

There were strange plants outside, so they had to be cautious.

Suddenly, the panicked voice of Grand Minister Liao Sishui came from afar: "You actually managed to get out of Shenji Tower!"

Elder Luo Xi was stunned and blurted out, "Fellow Daoist Liao, have you been waiting outside for us the whole time? Shouldn't you have assumed we died inside?"

Grand Minister Liao Sishui muttered, "How is this possible? How did you do it? Brother Luo, please enlighten me!"

Upon hearing the words "enlighten me," Xia Shaoxin felt inexplicably nervous.

If the Yue Kingdom found it worthwhile, and since he, Xia Shaoxin, had "performed a great service" in the Forbidden Ground this time, they would definitely not let him go.

Even going anywhere else would no longer be safe.

Those Schools that possessed ancient Forbidden Grounds would likely hunt him down across the world.

Elder Luo Xi laughed loudly, "If you want to know how we got out of Shenji Tower, you must tell me why Uncle Ancestor Luo You came to the Yue Kingdom back then!"

Grand Minister Liao Sishui said coldly, "I have investigated. Uncle Ancestor Luo You entered Shenji Tower privately fifty years ago. I was not very old at that time and am not clear on the details."

Elder Luo Xi scoffed, "I have no patience for your pretentious face. Since you are pretending not to know, then let someone who knows the inside story come."

Grand Minister Liao Sishui's voice was very gentle, "Fellow Daoist Luo, even if someone else came, they would only have this information: Uncle Ancestor Luo You entered Shenji Tower privately."

"Then why, when I came to ask you, did you say you didn't know if he had ever been here?"

"When you asked, I truly didn't know!"

"Sophistry! Lay your hand on your heart and tell me, can you say that with a clear conscience?"

Grand Minister Liao Sishui chuckled, "Brother Luo, you are a bit stubborn; you only believe what you want to believe. That is not good."

Elder Luo Xi's face sank, "I gave you a chance, and you wouldn't say it. Must I spell it out for you? Did Fellow Daoist Li Su, the Grand Minister of the Yue Kingdom, die inside together with Uncle Ancestor Luo You?"

Grand Minister Liao Sishui said loudly, "As far as I know, Senior Brother Li Su died forty years ago, and Uncle Ancestor Luo You entered Shenji Tower fifty years ago. How can you lump them together?"

"Nonsense! The year Uncle Ancestor Luo You came to the Yue Kingdom, you pretended to announce that Li Su was in seclusion, but in fact, he had long since died in Shenji Tower."

Grand Minister Liao Sishui laughed involuntarily, "Brother Luo, your imagination is far too rich. How can you connect these things?"

"After Li Su went into seclusion, no one ever saw him again."

"Nonsense, one rarely has contact with others when in seclusion. Isn't it normal that no one saw him?"

Elder Luo Xi laughed gleefully, "Liao, I have given you chances time and again, yet you keep lying. There is no corpse in Li Su's tomb at all."

Grand Minister Liao Sishui exclaimed, "What? You actually went to rob Senior Brother Li Su's tomb?"

"Li Su is buried in Qingli Mountain. The tombstone is a common slab of stone, with only the four characters 'Tomb of Li Su' written on it, right?"

Grand Minister Liao Sishui cried out in horror, "How could you dare to do such a thing!"

"I didn't want to say it, but you forced me!"

"You are truly a madman!"

"A madman? The people who tricked Uncle Ancestor Luo You into coming to Shenji Tower back then, weren't they madmen?"

Grand Minister Liao Sishui was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Since you already know, I have no choice but to tell you. Back then, Li Su thought he had found a way to operate in the Forbidden Ground of Shenji Tower, so he privately invited his good friend Uncle Ancestor Luo You to come."

"Shenji Tower has been under a Seal for a thousand years; how could it be so easy to enter? That is why neither of them returned."

"Our Yue Kingdom dared not admit to this, fearing that the Tang Kingdom would come to hold us accountable. Can you understand this?"

Elder Luo Xi shouted excitedly, "This is all something I investigated! You are truly cunning; you only say what I have already found out!"

Grand Minister Liao Sishui said firmly, "That is the fact of the matter. Our Yue Kingdom was indeed at fault for concealing the truth, but it was understandable."

Elder Luo Xi laughed loudly, "I will give you one more chance. Can you tell me something I haven't already mentioned?"

Grand Minister Liao Sishui said angrily, "Regarding this matter, the Yue Kingdom was not aboveboard, but do not be suspicious and make wild connections."

Elder Luo Xi said contemptuously, "I also found out that you not only tricked Uncle Ancestor Luo You, but also used experts from several other Schools to conduct experiments."

Grand Minister Liao Sishui was extremely calm, "Are you hallucinating? Do you see conspiracies in everyone?"

"Gao Jie, Chen Yongming, and the female cultivator Xu Ru—you know these names, don't you?"

Outside the courtyard of Shenji Tower, a sudden silence fell.

Xia Shaoxin and Liu Tingting did not dare to breathe.

They never expected that such a major case had occurred at the Shenji Tower of the Yue Kingdom fifty years ago.

Of course, the two of them had never heard these names, but Grand Minister Liao Sishui's silence spoke volumes.

So, fifty years ago, the Yue Kingdom had been using Fellow Daoists from other Schools for experiments.

Li Su and Elder Luo Xi were good friends; it was truly a case of someone treating me like a brother, while I stabbed my brother twice.

You couldn't even trick them if they weren't acquaintances.

Xia Shaoxin imagined many scenes in his mind.

Exploring a Forbidden Ground that was under a Seal was certainly not allowed by the various Sects, so they tricked their friends by saying everything would be kept secret.

As a result, even their own deaths became secrets.

Elder Luo Xi suddenly turned his head and said to Xia Shaoxin and Liu Tingting, "The Yue Kingdom privately wanted to break the Seal on the Shenji Tower Forbidden Ground. They thought they were being secretive, but this action likely affected some people in the Chiyan Sect."

This sentence made Xia Shaoxin's eyes light up.

Who could say that Elder Qian Yunchang didn't know about the Shenji Tower of the Yue Kingdom?

The butterfly loves flower he gave to Liu Tingting might just be a clue obtained while investigating the Shenji Tower of the Yue Kingdom.

The old man dared to take such risks; who knew how much information he had collected behind the scenes.

From the situation in the two Forbidden Grounds, it was clear that the intensity of the toxic gas in the Yue Kingdom's Shenji Tower was countless times stronger than that of the Zhuyun Courtyard in the Chiyan Sect.

Elder Qian Yunchang being able to collect poisonous herbs and successfully refine the Taisui Medicinal Pill was purely good luck—the Bug Catcher Xia Shaoxin had accidentally succeeded in refining Qi, joined the Chiyan Sect, and happened to be assigned under Elder Qian Yunchang.

Then he got a Disciple with Formation Talent, Liu Tingting.

Many mysteries suddenly became clear.

Grand Minister Liao Sishui's silence was deafening, and Elder Luo Xi would not let the people of the Yue Kingdom calm down, chuckling:

"Before I came, I had already written letters to these Schools. By now, they should already be on the desks of the various Sect Heads."

Grand Minister Liao Sishui let out a beast-like roar, "You bastard, how dare you do this!"

"There is nothing I dare not do!" Elder Luo Xi roared.

"Then you must die! You all must die!"

Elder Luo Xi forced himself to draw his sword and whispered instructions, "I do not know how long I can hold on; you two be sharp."

He suddenly took out a Storage Pouch and handed it to Liu Tingting.

"Help me take this to Shangliu County in the Tang Kingdom. Ask about Luo Family Village, and you will find my family's cemetery. Bury him next to my parents."

His tone was extremely flat, without the slightest trace of sadness.

"I was not going to live past this year anyway. I must kill a few people to vent my anger."