He's a minor cannon fodder character who transmigrates into a novel and cultivates immortality,

Three years ago, Venerable Crimson Sword went away for a period of time, about two years. He returned a year ago and went into seclusion for three months.

At the time, Ling Yun did not suspect anything.

In addition, the Crimson Sword Venerable was by nature rigid, serious, and not good at socializing.

The other party stayed in Jianfeng for a year and almost never showed his face in front of Lingyun.

Ling Yun first saw this person on the ground when Xiao Yun was gathering his sword heart to undergo the Purple Heaven Thunder Tribulation a few days ago.

He was so excited at the time.

All attention was focused on Xiao Yun, and no one noticed anything amiss.

The second meeting took place outside the Sword Forest Secret Realm, where the other party was extremely anxious because Xiao Yun was trapped in the secret realm.

He assumed the other person was just worried about Xiao Yun's safety.

Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be entirely true.

Ling Yun suddenly felt as if he had been enlightened, and his mind became completely clear.

A sudden realization dawned on him: "The black-clad cultivator somehow possessed Junior Brother Zhang's body and then impersonated him to infiltrate the Heavenly Sword Sect."

"The reason why the other party cares so much about Xiao Yun is not out of love for his disciple, but because there is something he wants in Xiao Yun."

Ling Yun's gaze swept lightly over Xiao Yun, then briefly passed over Xiao Xuan standing beside him.

"What exactly are they plotting?" Ling Yun wondered.

The spectacle above the sky continues...

"Look, Venerable Crimson Sword has received a message."

"what is it then?"

"The elder looked very happy."

One of the disciples whispered in the crowd.

The voice wasn't loud, but it conveyed the voices of all the viewers.

Zhang Qiao'er's hoarse voice rang out, "I know."

"It's news about my mother. My father mentioned it to me before he left, saying he was going to the Illusionary Sea to find my mother."

Back then, the Crimson Sword Venerable went away to the Illusionary Sea for two years and returned covered in injuries.

She didn't ask about her mother.

Unexpectedly, her father went out to look for her mother and met with an accident. He didn't find her mother, and he also died.

Zhang Qiao'er became more and more heartbroken as she thought about it, tears welling up in her eyes.

Chen Chen patted her back tenderly, offering silent comfort.

"Alas, the elder has come out of the Illusionary Sea. Did he not find anyone?"

"He was all alone."

"The elder looked very tired."

"Yeah yeah."

Among the crowd, many disciples began to discuss among themselves.

Soon, the scene shifted to the Bone Cliff, which was not far from the Heavenly Sword Sect. The cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Sect recognized it at a glance.

A junior disciple said, "It's the elder. The elder has already arrived at the Bone Cliff. Could it be that the elder had an accident near the sect?"

When the young disciple asked his question, no one spoke up to answer it for him.

However, a sense of heaviness settled over everyone's hearts.

The same applies to Lingyun.

"If he had been more alert and had intervened before his junior brother was in danger, wouldn't he have been able to save him?"

"That kid Xiao Yun wouldn't have fallen victim to a villain's scheme right under his nose."

Ling Yun thought to himself.

Upon seeing this, Ling Yun's thoughts underwent a significant change. Previously, he had not intended to let Xiao Yun go.

After all, whether it was voluntary or not, the fact that the other party signed a life-and-death pact with the Soul-Devouring Demon Worm is undeniable.

As the head of a sect, he could not allow a demonic cultivator to emerge from his sect.

Now, however, he doesn't think that way anymore.

It wasn't that he felt any pity, but rather that, as things stand, Xiao Yun was the victim.

If he claims to be righteous, yet indiscriminately kills his opponent, how is such behavior any different from that of a demonic cultivator?

"Look! Why did the elder jump off the Cliff of Dry Bones?" a junior disciple exclaimed in surprise.