The Daoist priest also saw his Junior Brother on top of him, unable to move. He hurried to pick him up and glared at us with hatred.
He ordered the azure-clothed Daoists to carry his Junior Brother back to the Supreme Purity Palace. Then, he shouted, "Disciples of Mount Lao, listen to my order. Follow me to kill this demon to comfort the Sect Master's soul in Heaven."
Then, he took the lead and dashed toward us.
The evil sacrificial spirit moved his feet to meet him.
The two of them were so fast that we couldn't see their movements clearly.
Three to five seconds later, the Daoist priest fell to the ground and spurted a mouthful of blood. His face was deathly pale.
Meanwhile, the evil sacrificial spirit looked indifferent and didn't have a scratch on his body.
Seeing that the evil sacrificial spirit was so powerful, the Daoist priest struggled to get up and roared, "Activate the grand formation to kill the demon!"
My heart sank. Mount Lao really had a grand formation to protect it.
Although I have never seen Mount Lao's protective array, I can imagine how terrifying it is.
Mount Lao had been passed down for one thousand years and hadn't declined for a long time. The grand formation's contributions couldn't go unnoticed.
If we were trapped inside, we wouldn't be able to escape.
Just as I was about to signal the evil sacrificial spirit to retreat, Liu Zongcheng stood up and stopped the Daoist priest. "Eldest Brother, you can't.
The grand formation can only be activated when Mount Lao is on the brink of life and death.
It's not a critical moment, so we can't activate it. "
The Daoist priest was agitated. After coughing, he said, "Isn't it a critical moment?
The person next to that demon is stronger than us. We can't kill him without the grand formation. "
Liu Zongcheng was anxious. He glanced at me and then pulled the Daoist priest's sleeve, whispering something in his ear.
With my Heavenly Seal Master's power, I could hear them clearly no matter how low their voices were.
According to Liu Zongcheng, once the grand formation was activated, the spiritual energy in Mount Lao wouldn't be able to recover within one hundred years.
If that happened, all the disciples of Mount Lao would have a hard time increasing their realms. With just the few of us, we wouldn't be able to protect this thousand-year foundation.
After listening to Liu Zongcheng, the Daoist priest hesitated for a while and eventually gave up on activating the grand formation.
However, he didn't want to stop. He didn't attack the evil sacrificial spirit and charged at me.
The evil sacrificial spirit moved and knocked him to the ground again. At this time, he no longer had the strength to stand up.
Fortunately, I had warned the sacrificial evil spirit not to harm their lives. Otherwise, he would have been dead already.
It's just that I didn't expect things to be like this today.
Although they wanted to kill me, I didn't want to become enemies with Lao Mountain out of respect for the Sect Master. However, I still had to explain myself.
I stood where I was and looked around at the surrounding disciples of Laoshan Mountain. "I, Zhou Yi, came here today to complete the task entrusted to me by the Headmaster. I have no intention of becoming enemies with Laoshan Mountain.
To tell you the truth, I only found out about the death of the Sect Master earlier. This matter was not caused by me.
Although I, Zhou Yi, am not a saint, I am upright and upright. I will never agree to anything that is not my doing. "
After I said that, the crowd was still very quiet. It was obvious that they didn't believe me.
I wasn't in a hurry and continued, "Back then, the Headmaster invited me to Mount Lao and asked me to help Mount Lao find an ancient divine artifact, the Eastern Emperor Bell, to repair the restrictions on Mount Lao.
Today, I came here to complete the task. "
With that, I took out the Eastern Emperor Bell from the Xiangliu pouch and walked towards Liu Zongcheng, handing him the Eastern Emperor Bell.
Previously, when I heard that the Headmaster had died, I was still somewhat hesitant. However, given the current situation, if I didn't hand over the Eastern Emperor Bell, I'm afraid that Mount Lao would really not rest until I was dead.
Although I had an expert like the sacrificial evil spirit by my side and wasn't afraid of anything, I ultimately didn't want to make too many enemies.
After Liu Zongcheng received the Eastern Emperor Bell, he carefully examined it.
Although he hadn't seen the true appearance of the Eastern Emperor Bell, he might have learned about it from ancient records.
After he examined it, his hands trembled slightly. His face was filled with surprise and joy as he shouted, "It's … It really is the Eastern Emperor Bell."
As soon as he said that, the crowd went into an uproar.
The Eastern Emperor Bell was an ancient divine artifact that no one had seen for thousands of years. It was normal for the Taoist priests of Mount Lao to be so shocked.
Liu Zongcheng passed the Eastern Emperor Bell to his First Senior Brother and whispered, "First Senior Brother, what he said might be true.
If he really killed our master, why would he return to Mount Lao and return the Eastern Emperor Bell?
From what I see, the murderer is someone else. "
After hearing Liu Zongcheng's words, the Taoist priest's hands continuously rubbed the Eastern Emperor Bell. After a long time, he nodded slightly and walked towards me, asking, "Can you tell me what you talked about with our master that day?"
Seeing that he had relented, I didn't put on any airs. There was no need to hide this matter, so I told him what we talked about that day. I also emphasized that I was only in the Headmaster's butterfly dream and didn't see him in person.
After hearing my words, the Taoist priest fell into deep thought and didn't move for a long time.
At this moment, Liu Zongcheng walked over and said to the Taoist priest, "Senior, I think he wasn't lying.
That day, you were guarding Master's door. If there was anything strange inside, you should have sensed it.
Moreover, I personally sent him down the mountain that day.
Master was killed not long after he left the mountain, so the timing doesn't match. "
Liu Zongcheng's words weren't false, and his reasoning was very clear.
However, when he mentioned sending me down the mountain, it made me recall the situation that day.
I clearly remembered that day when he welcomed me up the mountain, his attitude was respectful, but when he left the mountain, he was in a hurry. There must be a reason for this.
However, it was better not to mention this matter at this time. When there was a chance, I would ask him face to face.
After hearing Liu Zongcheng's words, the Taoist priest nodded, but didn't confess to me. It seemed that he was still brooding over the matter of the evil spirit sacrificing him.
I didn't care about this, after all, he was a Yang God Celestial Master and had his own pride.
I wasn't in a hurry to leave, so I told Liu Zongcheng that I wanted to pay my respects to the Headmaster.
He couldn't make a decision at the moment, so after asking his senior, he agreed.
Although I had never met the Headmaster and the previous matter was only a transaction between us, I had a rough understanding of him.
However, after our last conversation, I had a general understanding of him. Although he was the Headmaster, he was a kind person and didn't put on any airs. To me, he was an elder that I should respect.
Liu Zongcheng led me to the ancestral hall on Mount Lao, where the memorial tablets and ashes of the previous Headmasters were placed. The one at the bottom was the memorial tablet of the recently deceased Headmaster.
I received the yellow incense from Liu Zongcheng and bowed to the Headmaster's memorial tablet. Then, I walked forward and placed the yellow incense stick on the incense table.
At this moment, I felt a familiar aura from the Headmaster's ashes. This aura was very weak, and if I didn't pay attention, I would have overlooked it.
Those Taoist priests had insisted that I had killed the Headmaster, but it seemed they hadn't noticed this aura.
It wasn't surprising. Their master had died, and they were anxious to find the murderer. It was normal that they had overlooked this aura.
Even I had to be very careful and confirm it several times before I could feel its existence.
This aura must have been left by the murderer, but how could a powerful person like him have made such a careless mistake?
The evil spirit saw that I was standing still and didn't move, so he walked forward to ask.
However, as soon as he was about to speak, his face changed.
It seemed he had also sensed the aura.
I shook my head at him, signaling him to keep quiet.
This matter was much more complicated than I had imagined. If we told others about this, I was afraid we wouldn't be able to leave Mount Lao for a while.
The evil spirit seemed to understand me. He gently touched the aura with his finger and dispersed it.
We then followed Liu Zongcheng out of the ancestral hall.
After we got out, I pulled Liu Zongcheng to a corner and asked him why he had acted that way when he sent me down the mountain.
He stammered for a long time but didn't want to talk. Eventually, under the pressure of the evil spirit, he said, "At that time, my master sent me a voice transmission. He told me to do that."
I frowned when I heard this.
Then, I asked him if he knew why the Headmaster had done that.
He told me that the Headmaster didn't tell me the reason.
After paying my respects to the Headmaster, I didn't linger on Mount Lao. I took the evil spirit and went back to the hotel.
Along the way, I kept thinking about what Liu Zongcheng had told me.
I didn't know why the Headmaster had done that. Did he know that he was in danger? That was why he had asked me to go down the mountain to avoid any misunderstandings?
It doesn't seem unreasonable to think that way. Previously, when I was worshiping the Headmaster, I found a very familiar aura in his urn. That aura is very similar to the witchcraft aura on my body, but there are also subtle differences.
After returning to the hotel, I talked to the evil spirit about this matter.
When I told him that the aura was similar to shaman energy, I got his confirmation.
According to him, shaman energy wasn't the same as Dao energy. Although shaman energy was more or less the same, due to the different bloodlines, there were some subtle differences.
If that was the case, the Headmaster might have known that someone from the shaman tribe would come to kill him. To prevent others from thinking that I was the culprit, he had sent me down the mountain in a hurry.
Thinking about this, I asked the evil spirit how many people from the shaman tribe were still alive.
After listening to me, he didn't answer immediately. After thinking for a while, he said, "I don't know, but apart from you and me, I've only seen one person."
I immediately understood. He was talking about the fat man's Martial Uncle, Nangong.
Apart from me and the evil spirit, the only person I had seen who cultivated shaman energy was Nangong.
However, I knew Nangong's strength. Back in the Yinxu Royal Tomb, he only had the cultivation of a Yang God Celestial Master.
Although I didn't know what the Headmaster's cultivation was, he had two disciples that had the cultivation of a Yang God Celestial Master. That meant that his cultivation was at least at the peak of a Yang God Celestial Master.
Logically speaking, with Nangong's strength, it was impossible for him to kill the Headmaster so easily.
After thinking for a while, combined with the situation described by Liu Zongcheng's Second Senior Martial Brother, the Headmaster was most likely willing to be killed by Nangong. Otherwise, there would have been no traces of fighting.