Huo Tianzun’s face darkened slightly as he listened, then he said, "Someone deliberately lured me here this time. Guhuai Village has a place called Extreme Yin Land, where a woman who was born during the Yin hour of the Yin day and had been buried for hundreds of years turned into a Flying Corpse. While I was pursuing the demon here, the Flying Corpse appeared, and a Formation was activated at the same time, trapping me inside."
"It was not easy for me to kill the Flying Corpse. However, Taoist Bai He appeared with demons and the Ghost King. Fortunately, the hunting blade had been switched, or I would have been incredibly fortunate to escape that disaster. Nevertheless, I still ended up falling for the trick with the locust tree."
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriol behind. Clearly, this locust tree aimed to be the ultimate winner.
But thankfully, his life was spared, and the merit he had accumulated over time didn’t go to waste as the baby saved him at the critical moment.
"Taoist Bai He? I had tested his abilities before. With his skills, he probably couldn’t have managed all this, right?" Qianxun speculated.
Upon hearing this, Huo Tianzun nodded and said, "I thought the same, I have already interrogated Taoist Bai He. He said that this time, one of the Ghost Kings beside him told him that stealing my Merit could avoid divine punishment, which is why he plotted against me. However, he doesn’t know much about the specifics, and that Ghost King has vanished after the event, and the item he had to control the Ghost King was fake."
This proved that Taoist Bai He was just a puppet used by someone else.
Qianxun slightly narrowed her eyes upon hearing this, "Sooner or later, I will find out who is behind this!"
"Being able to set up that Formation and summon the Flying Corpse shows that this person has considerable knowledge and skill. I believe that everyone associated with the Mystical Sect is a suspect. Don’t worry about this; I’ll investigate thoroughly." From now on, anyone related to the Mystical Sect was under his suspicion.
Even Taoist Qingyang was not exempt!
Relieved by Huo Tianzun’s words, Qianxun nodded and said, "Okay, but next time you go to a highly dangerous place, you must tell me immediately if something feels off."
Otherwise, just time, if she had found him just ten minutes later, she might have only seen a pile of bones.
But fortunately, his fate was not yet sealed.
Huo Tianzun smiled slightly, "I know, there won’t be a next time; don’t worry."
Just then, Diao Ling rushed over, knocking on the door, "Boss, it’s terrible, Bai He is dead!"
Hearing this, Qianxun and Huo Tianzun both stood up abruptly.
"Dead? How did he die?" Huo Tianzun asked.
"I’m not sure, he just suddenly died, and it was a ghastly death!" Diao Ling said.
After exchanging glances, Qianxun and Huo Tianzun quickly walked towards the dungeon where Taoist Bai He was held.
Upon arriving at the dungeon, Qianxun checked and then said, "He died from the recoil of an Evil Ghost."
Normally, if Taoist Bai He had encountered such a situation, he could have resisted somewhat and wouldn’t have died immediately.
But he was now trapped in the dungeon, with no way to counter the Evil Ghost’s recoil, so his death was particularly tragic.
Clearly, someone had intentionally used this method to kill and silence him.
However, Qianxun’s gaze quickly fell to the ground.
It seemed that Taoist Bai He had attempted to write something with his finger where he had fallen.
But he died too quickly, leaving only what appeared to be a wavy line of blood on the floor.
Seeing this, Qianxun slightly furrowed her brows, then asked, "Did he say anything before he died?"
Upon hearing this, the demon guarding Taoist Bai He quickly responded, "He seemed to have said something beginning with ’yun,’ but before he could finish, it was as though someone had grabbed his throat, and he couldn’t make any sound, just collapsed on the ground."