
After a moment of Lan Xihe's immoral torture was over, the sect elders left behind finally arrived at their location.
The eyes of the several elders opened wide after seeing the marks left behind by Su Weiyan that were swayed by the waves of anger of Lan Xihe. Their eyes turned to the corner where Su Weiyan was.
'As expected of Elder Su Weiyan! He was always wise in doing everything!'
He looked relaxed as usual. The elders heaved a sigh of relief because it was possible that they would be subject to such a brutal attack if Su Weiyan did not suggest that she take over in reducing the anger of the Eternal Sect Holy Girl Luo.
Some of them gave their thumbs up and others sent out grateful gazes. Meanwhile, Su Weiyan simply waved her hand gently as if to say that it was nothing, but she still felt the trauma of pain in her heart.
Everyone gathered around the indifferent Lan Xihe in the shape of a large circle while sitting cross-legged. Lan Xihe sent out a slight surge of qi energy through her divine consciousness to everyone, examining their entire body, luggage as well as aura.
If he sensed any peculiarities from their auras, Lan Xihe would immediately behead him. He was not a person who would be half-hearted in following up on things that would be a problem in the future for them.
Especially at this time, he was also emotional because of the annoying spam notification from the naughty student. After a while of examination, he did not find any peculiarities of all the members present.
With this, Lan Xihe opened her mouth. The flat voice of an immortal elf who was sweeping away could be heard from the center of that huge circle.
"Everyone present here I've checked, there's neither an incongruity nor a strange aura attached to each of you. But I'll warn you once and for the last time, I'll break the head of anyone who tries to do anything weird."
Glucose!
Everyone present gulped down his bitter-tasting saliva until it let out a voice. However, it did not interfere with the process of conveying information from Lan Xihe.
"I'm sure you only received orders to come here in a hurry without knowing all the information. But, I know you'll think about it on your way here."
"First of all, this expedition has been sabotaged by insiders in the sect."
The eyes of the elders listening were widened as if it was going to come out of his cavity, no exception for Su Weiyan. Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of the newly arrived elders, Lan Xihe made a light nod and was satisfied with their speed in capturing the situation.
"Furthermore, when I arrived here I felt the involvement of a foreign tribal force. The few remaining battle marks displayed the aura of a beast avatar belonging to a foreign tribe, do you get the big picture of how vast this scheme is?"
Lan Xihe pressed her last sentence coldly. Everyone nodded in response. None of the human cultivators did not understand the impact if a foreign tribe was involved, everything would neither run nor end either.
Before continuing, Lan Xihe said, "Before I continue, is there anything you guys want to say?"
Su Yueyin immediately raised her hand and said, "Senior! Of all the elders present, only teacher Wang Jia Li was absent!"
Hearing that, there was a slight frown on Lan Xihe's beautiful forehead. He looked around, it was true that only Wang Jia Li's teacher, Elder Fan Jiaodao was not here.
"Did any of you know about the reason for Fan Jiaodao's current absence?" lan Xihe asked the elders who had just arrived.
Some of them shook their heads with puzzled expressions, while Mo Li's teacher answered Lan Xihe's question.
"Just as the ninth day of the expedition went on, I saw him leave the sect with a flat expression" teacher Mo Li said.
"Do you see where it goes? What was the luggage he was carrying at the time?" Lan Xihe turned her sharp gaze to Mo Li—'s teacher Elder Shi Ding.
Elder Shi Ding narrowed both eyes, then stroked his beard gently and said, "He looks like he is in pain, panting muttering something. When I called him, he didn't answer my call and just kept mumbling."
Lan Xihe's brows slightly raised as she asked, "Are you listening to what she's muttering?"
"That's ... like .. ah!" Elder Shi Ding hit his thigh then stood up. He was demonstrating as if he was the Elder Fan Jiaodao back then.
Elder Shi Ding held his head with one hand, while the other hand was as if holding a wall to support his staggered body.
With a heavy and also confused expression, Elder Shi Ding said, "Wang ... Jia Li ... my student .... Run ... run ... your destiny .. is not ... for ..— ....."
Before he could continue, Lan Xihe immediately cut him off with a sentence that was in his head, "Dead in the hands of the person closest to you? Or maybe ..."
Elder Shi Ding who was already sitting back to his position nodded in agreement.
Everyone present there could only sigh heavily, they did not expect that a person as strong as Elder Fan Jiayodao would do such a vile thing.
Looking at the expressions of everyone present, Lan Xihe let out a long sigh and said, "It seems, she is already controlled by mind control magic from a distance."
Su Weiyan who was silently listening, immediately shouted, "Why can that happen, Senior?!"
Although the other elders did not make a sound, their gazes very clearly asked Lan Xihe for an explanation.
Lan Xihe took out a human-shaped paper, then Lan Xihe's white qi energy thread was connected to the human paper puppet. He took out a few more and moved them simultaneously.
"Just imagine the mastermind who uses magic is a powerful sorcerer. He can control a lot of people and an interesting puppet show that you call a savage scheme, then happens when this expedition takes place."
"However, it wouldn't have been easy if it hadn't been done with very thorough preparation from all the parties involved."
Su Weiyan who witnessed the way Lan Xihe moved the paper doll frowned and asked in a deep tone, "So, someone from the sect has already betrayed? And Elder Fan Jiayodao is a unlucky person for having entered the calculation of the Mastermind?"
Lan Xihe nodded gently and said, "Right, he is just a scapegoat being framed. However, from what I see someone setting him up is also just a disposable pawn from the Mastermind."
Lan Xihe cut off the energy flow to the three paper puppets that swarmed over one paper doll in red alone inside the circle.
Then, Lan Xihe tossed out a single blue cloud-colored paper puppet and drained his qi energy, thus making the puppet near the red paper puppet. They were seen moving around protecting each other, but the blue paper cloud puppet showed an oddity.
Everyone who saw it became confused and one of the elders present was also the teacher of Lin Qintian— Elder Pan Litian raised his hand.
Lan Xihe gave her consent to speak, then Elder Fan Litian asked.
"What is the meaning of the paper that Senior just threw?" his face was full of flashes of curiosity as he was happy to think of various things.
Lan Xihe smiled with a helpless expression then said, "That is my disciple, he is stuck together with Wang Jia Li somewhere. Something like a barrier wall that had advanced space laws had locked the two of them away somewhere."
"Therefore, I need someone who masters the laws of space to help. That way, the search time will be reduced and the disciples will be safe soon."
After the sentence fell, it was now Elder Shi Ding who asked in a somewhat nervous tone and sweat drenched the corner of his face, "Se-senior, what about Mo Li's state?"
Without delay, Lan Xihe immediately replied in an indifferent voice, "He's dead."
That answer made Elder Shi Ding flinch until he almost fell unconscious, but the teacher from Bai Lien'er— Pin Gouwei supported Elder Shi's body.
"Chairman Shi, please strengthen yourself," persuaded Elder Pin Gouwei gently. Elder Shi Ding immediately nodded weakly and his expression showed guilt.
In a weak tone, Elder Shi Ding asked, "Is Mo Li among the treacherous puppeteers?"
Lan Xihe nodded in response.
Elder Shi Ding let out a long sigh while holding onto his chest which was in pain due to the behavior of his disciple. He did not expect that the Mo Li he had well-educated would do such a vile deed.
"Before the division of tasks, is there anything else you want to ask?"
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Illustration of Su Yueyin, a cold elf-faced aunt who likes to drink wine.