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Accompanied by his death, Shi Songtao's body transformed into black smoke, disappearing without a trace.
Shi Tie closed his eyes, standing where he was for a long time, not speaking.
But very quickly, he opened his eyes once more. While the wound on his chest still existed, his figure became tall and unyielding once more.
Shi Tie swivelled his head to look at Yan Zhaoge and Xue Fei, who said, "I've already had Ah Hu inform the clan."
"Lianhu County's Devilish Domain Grand Formation has already been taken care of. Let's hurry back to the clan; we'll talk on the way." Shi Tie raised his hand, a stream of qi sweeping Yan Zhaoge and Xue Fei along as they flew upwards, "I hope that we can still make it in time."
Those three crystal coffins had already been kept back into Shi Songtao's Shadow Shrinking Pouch by Yan Zhaoge, before being handed over to Shi Tie, who silently accepted them.
After instructing the other Broad Creed Mountain martial practitioners who had hurried over to take care of the aftermath, bringing along Ah Hu and Pan-Pan, Shi Tie strode through the air, speeding back to the clan.
Yan Zhaoge and the others looked worriedly at Shi Tie's wounds.
That injury was not light. More importantly, Shi Tie cultivated in the Vajra Body, his entire body flawless and without flaws, possessing great power in both attack and defence.
However, as soon as damage appeared, the Vajra Body would have a loophole, causing Shi Tie's strength to drop greatly, not just being affected by his injuries.
Some martial practitioners could forcibly suppress their injuries. While there would be side effects, it would not affect their strength for a short period of time.
But at this moment, Shi Tie would inevitably be affected.
If he were to clash with others in the future, his injuries would increase unceasingly.
Shi Tie's expression was calm, firm as a rock, seemingly not affected in the slightest.
As they hurried along, he said, "There are some things that you know, and some things that you do not."
"The existence of the Nine Underworlds has existed since ancient times, but there are many things within that everyone does not understand. Due to their fear of the Nine Underworlds, everyone is conservative and wary of their exploration of Hell, their progress being extremely slow."
"Junior apprentice-brother Fang walked deeper than others, indeed being the first to come into contact with some of these secrets."
"However, he very quickly discovered the Nine Underworlds' influence on one's mind, as he stopped at the precipice in time, giving up on venturing deeper."
Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge's gaze flickered, "From the very beginning, second apprentice-uncle was of the radical faction!"
Xue Fei also sucked in a deep breath, looking straight at Shi Tie, "Also, his thinking is even more radical than yours and senior apprentice-uncle Yan's, even being the most radical and unyielding person in the entire Broad Creed Mountain, virtually to the point of being unscrupulous!"
Shi Tie nodded, "Junior apprentice-brother Fang has indeed thought of guiding the descent of the Nine Underworlds in the territory of the Sacred Sun Clan."
"The reason why he is acting like a moderate faction is to conceal what is real and what is fake. On one hand, it is to cover for his plans, and on the other hand, it is to give the outside world the false impression that he and junior apprentice-brother Yan are at odds with each other in every aspect, and even their way of thinking and style of doing things are completely different. This will make the competition between him and junior apprentice-brother Yan look even more intense in the eyes of the outside world."
"However, he soon discovered that it was actually the Nine Nether influencing his mind, intending to make him the guide of the Nine Nether."
Shi Tie said slowly, "Junior apprentice-brother Fang is not an ordinary person. After discovering that he was gradually being led astray by the Nine Nether, he restrained himself with his supreme will, stopping his previous efforts in a timely manner, withdrawing from the quagmire."
"On the surface, junior apprentice-brother Fang's style began to change, turning from stable to radical, but it was actually him finally expressing his true views. It is just that in order to prevent the change from being too sudden, he did so step by step."
Shi Tie looked at Yan Zhaoge and Xue Fei, "It is very normal that you do not know about this matter, because in the entire Broad Creed Mountain, other than junior apprentice-brother Fang himself, only Master, me and junior apprentice-brother Yan know about it."
On one hand, the more people who knew about it, the more likely that some people would be tempted by the Nine Underworlds.
On the other hand, it was also to protect Fang Zhun's reputation; after all, it was not a very glorious thing.
Shi Tie said, "When we first learnt of the existence of the Decimating Abyss, Master and I immediately thought of junior apprentice-brother Fang, conducting investigations on him more than once."
"The results of our investigations showed that junior apprentice-brother Fang did not walk that old path again. The birth of the Decimating Abyss should have nothing to do with him."
Shi Tie's voice was a little heavy, "While junior apprentice-brother Fang stopped in time, someone picked up what he had previously left behind, walking on this path."
Yan Zhaoge said slowly, "It is impossible for Grand Master and father to be the Abyss Lord. Otherwise, it would not have been so troublesome; Broad Creed Mountain would have already been destroyed."
"You, eldest apprentice-uncle, are clearly not it, and it is most likely impossible for second apprentice-uncle as well. With his previous experience, even if he himself had realised his error and turned back, the three of you would still have paid close attention to him, not letting him make the same mistake."
"Therefore, excluding the possibility of second apprentice-uncle being more skilled than all of you, there is only one person left."
Yan Zhaoge's gaze turned cold, "Under the heavens, there are only two people who have such high attainments in the Limitless Heavenly Sword; one is second apprentice-uncle, the other is Xin Dongping!"
Shi Tie said, "It is indeed possible that junior apprentice-brother Fang may have agreed on the surface but opposed on the inside, deceiving all of us."
"Therefore, before we have concrete evidence, no one can be certain of who the Abyss Lord is; it is also possible that he is not someone of our Broad Creed Mountain."
"However, having suffered this sword today, I can be sure that it was not junior apprentice-brother Fang. Then, it can only be senior apprentice-uncle Xin."
Shi Tie's gaze was solemn, "Perhaps senior apprentice-uncle Xin unintentionally discovered junior apprentice-brother Fang's earlier research, then continued to research deeper into it, or perhaps it was senior apprentice-uncle Xin himself who discovered it. However, he still ultimately continued down this path, establishing the Decimating Abyss."
"He even wanted the Nine Underworlds to descend into the Eight Extremities World, resulting in the current storm."
Shi Tie gazed in the direction of Broad Creed Mountain in the distance, his gaze virtually frozen.
Xu Fei's brows were tightly knit, "Elder Xin hid his sword-intent within senior apprentice-brother Shi's body to plot against you, not fearing that you would see through his identity."
"This means that our warning might already be too late. When we arrived at Lianhu County and began to deal with the Devilish Domain Grand Formation, meeting senior apprentice-brother Shi, Elder Xin would probably have already begun making his move at the clan!"
Just as they were saying this, halfway through their journey, they received urgent news from the clan.
The news was somewhat unclear, but everyone's hearts were raised.
A change had occurred in the Heaven Sealing Gorge beneath the Water Ridge Peak of the back mountain!
A domain of devilish qi, with the Heaven Sealing Gorge as its centre, expanded towards the surroundings of Broad Creed Mountain!
Everyone exchanged looks, Yan Zhaoge letting out a long breath, "While Xin Dongping usually hides himself very well, eldest apprentice-uncles, it can't be that you aren't on guard against him at all, right?"
Excessive surveillance, vigilance and distrust, even those who had not rebelled could be forced to do so. Broad Creed Mountain naturally wouldn't adopt such a method.
However, for people like Xin Dongping and Fang Zhun who were clearly worth worrying about, their observation of them was also incomparable to that of others.
Shi Tie sped at full speed, his gaze unwavering in the direction of Broad Creed Mountain, "While we are on guard, we are currently in troubled times."
"Especially with junior apprentice-brother Fang's current whereabouts unknown. Our clan's experts are stretched thin."
"With Master in seclusion, I'm afraid that it will be up to junior apprentice-brother Yan even more this time."
Yan Zhaoge also looked in the direction of Broad Creed Mountain, his brows knit, "Who said that those in the Scripture Repository are all otherworldly experts, treasures of the clan? Or maybe it's something else … "(To be continued.)
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