Emperor Qiankun

Li Qingyuan closed his eyes, calmed down, and began to think about everything that happened tonight.

He always felt like something was wrong, but he couldn't remember what it was.

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and his eyes involuntarily fell on a young man, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old and named Lu Ze.

"Yes, how could I overlook such an important detail?" Li Qingyuan thought to himself.

He recalled that when Elder Xu fell down, it was Lu Ze who shouted "Run!"

However, Lu Ze only had the cultivation level of the third level of the Shenzang Realm. According to common sense, he should have panicked when faced with such a situation.

But the strange thing was that when Lu Ze shouted, he not only did not show any panic, but was extremely calm.

And since he was shouting so loudly, wasn't he afraid that the elders of the Yunyin Sect would notice him and kill him with one move?

All this seems extremely unreasonable and completely contrary to common sense.

The more Li Qingyuan thought about it, the more suspicious he felt. He couldn't help but wonder if Lu Ze was in collusion with the Yunyin Sect.

If this is true, then tonight's raid is no longer innocent.

Perhaps the Yunyin Sect had already known that they would attack, and Lu Ze was the traitor?

In addition, Li Qingyuan also remembered that Elder Xu once said that the Yunyin Sect had learned the news of this batch of top-grade black crystals from somewhere unknown.

Now it seems that it is very likely that Lu Ze leaked the news to the Yunyin Sect.

But didn’t Lu Ze’s shout of “Run” tonight expose himself?

With all kinds of doubts and clues, Li Qingyuan fell into deep thought.

He realized that there might be a greater conspiracy and danger hidden behind this.

Li Qingyuan frowned and stood there quietly, motionless, like a sculpture.

Suddenly!

"Could it be that..." A bold guess emerged in his mind, "This Lu Ze is actually just an accomplice. He deliberately behaved like this to arouse our suspicion and thus cover up the real traitor?"

This thought shocked Li Qingyuan. If this was true, then the mastermind behind this was too cunning.

But he also understood that he could not easily draw conclusions based on his own speculation, and more evidence and observation were needed.

So, he decided to put aside his suspicion of Lu Ze for the time being and focus his attention elsewhere to see if he could find more clues.

At the same time, he was secretly paying attention to Lu Ze's every move to avoid being noticed by him.

......

The next morning.

As soon as the sun rose, Elder Kong couldn't wait to call Elder Xu and Ren Yuxuan aside. The three of them gathered together, seemingly discussing something important.

"Elder Xu, how is your injury?" Elder Kong asked with a look of concern on his face.

Elder Xu touched his chest and sighed: "I used a Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and have recovered about half of my strength. Alas, it's all my fault for yesterday. I couldn't hold on a little longer." As he spoke, deep self-blame and guilt appeared on his face.

Elder Kong patted him on the shoulder gently and said soothingly, "Don't say that, Elder Xu. This isn't your fault. You've done your best. It was my fault for being careless and not fully prepared. Now, we need to pull ourselves together and think about our next strategy."

Ren Yuxuan nodded and agreed, "Elder Kong is right. We can't lose our composure."

The three of them immediately fell into deep thought and began to discuss countermeasures.

......

Just as the elders were discussing, Li Qingyuan inadvertently saw Lu Ze getting up from the ground. After stretching, Lu Ze walked hurriedly towards the depths of the forest, apparently wanting to urinate.

When Lu Ze's figure was about to pass through Li Qingyuan's sight, the latter cleverly closed his eyes and pretended to rest.

Li Qingyuan opened his eyes suddenly only after the sound of Lu Ze's footsteps faded away. He stood up and quietly followed.

Li Qingyuan followed closely behind Lu Ze, his steps light and cautious, trying not to make any noise.

He thought to himself, "What is this kid going to do?"

I saw Lu Ze walked to a relatively secluded place and stopped.

Li Qingyuan, who was far away, also quickly hid behind a big tree and observed carefully.

However, to his surprise, there was no "pattering" sound of peeing as he had imagined, but instead a low conversation.

Li Qingyuan realized that there must be something fishy!

He immediately pricked up his ears and listened carefully, but due to the distance, he could only hear some vague words.

"What should we do?" one of them asked.

Another person's answer was a little vague, but seemed to mention some kind of "arrangement."

The two chatted for a while before turning around and walking back, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding or exchanged important information.

Seeing this, Li Qingyuan's heart tightened and he hurriedly returned to his previous position as quickly as possible. He quickly lay down and pretended to be still asleep. His movements were quick and silent.

A moment later, a series of small and powerful footsteps sounded in the silent forest.

Li Qingyuan carefully squinted one eye, and through the sparse gaps between the leaves, he vaguely saw Lu Ze and a tall young man walking side by side. Both of them looked quite solemn.

Lu Ze returned to where he had been sitting before and sat down naturally, as if nothing had happened.

The tall young man walked straight towards where the elders were gathered.

Li Qingyuan pondered over what he had just heard, feeling that there was some hidden conspiracy going on.

He decided to stay calm for now and see what would happen next.

At the same time, he also began to think about how to deal with possible situations.

......

At this time, the tall young man had already arrived in front of the elders. Elder Xu also noticed him and asked, "What's wrong, Xuan'er?"

At the same time, Elder Kong and Ren Yuxuan also looked over and recognized at a glance that the young man was Elder Xu's apprentice - Wei Xuan.

Wei Xuan felt everyone's gazes and bowed respectfully before speaking, "Master, two elders, I believe that the difficulties we are currently facing may be alleviated through a method."

Hearing this, Elder Xu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Oh? Tell me about it!"

Wei Xuan said in a deep voice, "Disciple, I feel that we seem to have misunderstood the purpose of this operation. Our most urgent task right now should be to obtain the Supreme Mysterious Crystal, rather than worrying about how to break through Ziyan Mountain."

Elder Kong slapped his thigh when he heard this, and suddenly realized, "That's right, look at my brain. How come I'm stuck on the issue of Ziyan Mountain? Go on."