At this moment, although the situation in the Tianyin Cave had changed greatly, my strength wasn't affected. No matter what the old president arranged for these people to do, it was fine as long as they didn't hinder me.
Of course, I wasn't an ungrateful person. The old president had helped me before, and the purpose of joining them conflicted with mine. If I could retreat, I would try my best to give in. I would just take one step at a time.
As everyone walked into the cave, I looked up. The situation in the cave was the same as the last time I saw it.
In the huge cave, a huge corpse floated in the middle. When I saw it last time, I only felt that the corpse was huge, but I didn't feel anything directly. But this time, I couldn't help but compare Xiao Jin's body with it. I found that this corpse was actually a bit bigger than Xiao Jin's body.
So far, I had only seen Tai Sui with such a huge body, but I couldn't determine that this giant corpse was Tai Sui because of this. There had to be other evidence.
This was the second time I saw this giant corpse, but it was obviously the first time that Xu Yingqu, Jiang Dongcheng, and the others had seen such a strange situation. They were all stunned on the spot, looking up at the giant corpse and the purple plant on it in disbelief.
After half a minute, they finally came back to their senses. Xu Yingqu was the first to speak. He sighed as he pointed at the giant corpse and said, "This should be the Heaven's Corpse that Master mentioned … I'll have to trouble Big Shixiong to be on guard here. Third Shidi, Little Shidi, and … Zhou Yi, follow me."
After saying that, he didn't stop and walked towards the giant corpse.
When I heard that, I was stunned. It was normal for him to give orders to his fellow disciples, but why was he ordering me around so directly?
It was fine if he treated me as his Shidi, but from the way he called me, I could tell that he didn't treat me as his Shidi.
After hesitating for a moment, I still followed him. No matter if Xu Yingqu called me or not, I had to go to the giant corpse to check it out.
Halfway there, Jiang Dongcheng came over to me and said to me with a smile, "Little Shidi, since you have the Square Sky Fan, the mission that Master arranged for you to come here must be the same as ours. Why didn't you tell me directly last time?"
"Mission?"
I shook my head. "I told you that I have never met the Old President. He has never given me any missions either."
The smile on Jiang Dongcheng's face disappeared, and he asked suspiciously, "How is this possible?
Master arranged for us to hide our names in the Corpse Sect and stay there for several years or even decades. Our goal was to eliminate the ancestor of the Corpse Sect, and this Fang Tian Fan is the key to eliminating the ancestor. Master didn't even give you a mission and directly gave you the Fang Tian Fan?
Master isn't that muddle-headed … "
I was bewildered. Their goal was to kill the old ancestor. It was within my range of guesses, so it wasn't strange at all.
However, the Square Sky Fan was the key to getting rid of the Ancestor, which puzzled me.
Jiang Dongcheng's question was very reasonable. The old president had been scheming for so many years, so he must have done things without any mistakes. However, he handed the Fang Tian Fan to me and never mentioned this matter to me … Wasn't this a sign of muddleheadedness?
I helplessly shook my head. After being silent for a moment, I replied, "I owe the Old President a favor. If you need my Square Sky Fan or if you need my help, I will be duty-bound.
However, the old man has never mentioned this matter to me, nor has he given me any mission. "
After hearing what I said, the suspicion on Jiang Dongcheng's face finally disappeared, but he still had a puzzled expression. After a while, he said, "To get rid of the Ancestor, all four Square Sky Fans must be used. Moreover, the person who wields the Square Sky Fan must personally take action. Xiao Shi … Forget it, I won't call you Junior Brother anymore. I'll call you Zhou Yi. No matter what, thank you for today."
I nodded and didn't say anything.
There were many mysteries that had been troubling me, such as Xiao Jin, the Snake Spirit, and Nangong.
However, among these people, the one I couldn't understand the most was the Old President.
Although there were many things that I still didn't understand about Xiao Jin, Nangong, and the others, there were always some clues to what they did.
However, the Old President was different.
He had been by my side for a long time, but now, I didn't even know what he looked like, let alone what his purpose was or what relationship he had with me.
Especially this time, he used the excuse of admiring an ordinary magic tool that I had casually given him, but it turned out to be such an important thing.
If he had set up today's trap, then how terrifying of a person was he?
What I didn't understand was, where did he get the confidence to predict that I would come here today?
In the world of Metaphysics, the three schools of Daoism, Buddhism, and Mysticism all had their own methods of divination. However, there were fifty ways of divination, and nothing was absolute. Even if the Old President's cultivation was exceedingly high, I didn't believe that he could accurately predict today's events.
If he didn't rely on divination, then what did he rely on?
I couldn't help but recall the process of me rushing to the Corpse Sect.
At first, because of the strange deaths of the 18 Heavenly Masters in the Yinshang Royal Mausoleum, I became a suspect and was chased by Mount Longhu. I struggled to escape, but in the end, I had no choice but to hide in the Corpse Sect …
If all of this was secretly controlled by someone, then he must have started from the source. Could it be that the 18 Heavenly Masters in the Yinshang Royal Mausoleum all died in the hands of the Old President?
He killed all of them and even took away that woman. Then, he let me go alone, so the eyes of all the forces must have focused on me. Then, I ran all the way. If he knew everything about me, then it wasn't impossible for him to predict that I would come to the Corpse Sect …
The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and the more I felt that it was possible.
But even if it was the truth, there was still one thing I didn't understand.
The Old President had done so much to cultivate so many outstanding disciples that outsiders didn't know about. He had been planning this for many years, and he had finally forced me to come here.
So many years of hard work and planning, and the final goal was to kill the Corpse Sect's Ancestor?
What kind of grudge was there between them?
If there really was such a deep blood feud, why didn't he come in person?
I didn't know how his cultivation was compared to the Corpse Sect's Ancestor, but he was much stronger than us. Wouldn't he be more confident in doing these things himself?
I couldn't understand these questions, so I wanted to ask Jiang Dongcheng. But at this time, we had already walked under the giant corpse. Xu Yingqu looked up at the giant corpse and immediately said, "There is a square mark on this Heavenly Dao Corpse's arms and legs. Do you see it?"
According to what he said, I looked up and found that there was a symmetrical mark on the two upper arms and two thighs of the giant corpse. The shape was about a flat gray square, and it was very clear on the skin that was completely covered by the purple and blue plants.
After we found the mark, Xu Yingqu said, "I'll be responsible for the left arm, Third Brother, you'll be responsible for the right arm, Junior Brother, you'll be responsible for the left leg, and Zhou Yi, you'll be responsible for the right leg.
In about a minute, that old thing will come out from these four directions. Once that old thing appears, we will simultaneously activate the Square Sky Fan and use the lonely grave to suppress him.
Do you understand? "
Not only did I not understand, I was completely confused.
He said that the old thing was the Ancestor?
Why did he want to suppress him from four directions?
And I was very clear about the power of the Square Sky Fan. Not to mention dealing with the Ancestor, even if he used the four Square Sky Fans to deal with me, I would still be able to easily deal with him. Could he suppress the Ancestor with just the four Square Sky Fans?
My heart was full of questions, so I didn't have time to ask them. Xu Yingqu quickly shouted, "He's coming out. Everyone, be on guard!"
I immediately swallowed my words and quickly became alert. Like the three of them, I held the Square Sky Fan in my hand and waited with rapt attention.
Almost in an instant, the purple and blue plants on the giant corpse's body suddenly trembled. The giant corpse was originally shrinking along with the plants, so this change was even greater.
After about three or four times, the four marks on the giant corpse's arms and legs suddenly exploded with a "bang".
There was no blood or flesh scattered, but four small cauldrons flew out of the four marks.
Seeing this, my eyes opened wide. These four small cauldrons were exactly the same as the two cauldrons I had seen in Meizhou and Guangzhou!
Before I could react, the small cauldrons suddenly emitted a large amount of thick black smoke. It was a type of extremely thick Yin energy.
Accompanied by this Yin energy were four corpses that emerged out of thin air.
What was even stranger was that the four corpses looked exactly the same!
Could it be that this corpse was the ancestor?
Xu Yingqu didn't give me time to think. He suddenly shouted, "Now! Do it!"
As soon as he said that, the Square Sky Fan in his hand disappeared. A picture of a lonely grave appeared out of thin air, directly suppressing the corpse in his left arm.