Chapter 1165: Interrogation

Only then did the big man turn around, looking at the old man's corpse with a complex expression, and sighed lightly.

"What, Fellow Daoist Meng, are you still reluctant to part with the Ghost Spirit Sect?"

Among those few Qi Refining stage disciples, a middle-aged cultivator who appeared ordinary suddenly spoke, then raised his hand and beckoned to a silver-white flying sword circling in the air.

Immediately, this flying sword artifact flashed, transformed into a silver rainbow, and flew back, landing in this person's hand.

This person, who had originally been of Qi Refining cultivation, was actually revealing the cultivation of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

"Since I have already decided to defect to your Demon Flame Sect, I naturally won't regret anything. It's just that although this person couldn't be said to have much friendship with me, I had seen him many times in the past, so it's normal to have some feelings," the big man surnamed Meng replied indifferently.

"It's best that Fellow Daoist Meng thinks this way. Ever since the Ghost Spirit Sect lost two Nascent Soul cultivators and a large number of Core Formation cultivators over a hundred years ago, its power has long since greatly diminished, and it is not worthy of occupying the land of a country alone. This time, our Demon Flame Sect, the Spirit Beast Sect, and the newly risen Blood Killing Sect have joined forces, and the Ghost Spirit Sect is doomed. In the future, the Blood Killing Sect will replace the Ghost Spirit Sect's position in our Demon Dao. You defecting to our sect first is truly a wise move." This middle-aged cultivator laughed and said.

At this moment, the aura of the others also changed abruptly, all revealing Foundation Establishment cultivation. These people were actually cultivators of the Demon Flame Sect.

"As long as your sect's promise to me remains unchanged, I will naturally cooperate fully," the big man surnamed Meng replied with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"Haha, rest assured about this. Brother Meng's aptitude is not bad. As long as this battle is a great victory, Master will personally take you in. This is much better than you cultivating alone in the Ghost Spirit Sect without anyone to guide you. However, this place is truly secluded enough. Hiding a large number of people here, I think the Ghost Spirit Sect really won't notice. This is also thanks to the concealment talismans that Master specifically had me bring before he left. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been easy to deceive this person's spiritual sense," the middle-aged cultivator glanced at the corpse on the ground and said somewhat proudly.

"This is also thanks to this ancient teleportation array, which gave me an excuse to trick him to this secluded place to take action. Otherwise, even if I could succeed in one blow, there are more than a dozen Qi Refining stage disciples here. If they were to trigger the restrictions or send out an alarm talisman, it would be troublesome. Now that this person is removed, I can force the other disciples to gather together and then take action all at once, leaving none behind," the big man's expression turned gloomy again, and he said coldly.

"Good, Brother Meng's method is not bad. Let's act according to this plan." The middle-aged cultivator nodded in approval upon hearing this.

At this moment, another person had already nimbly removed the old man's storage bag, then shot out a fireball, turning the corpse into ashes in the blink of an eye.

Then, these people prepared to leave this stalactite cave.

But just at this moment, the ancient teleportation array that no one cared about suddenly emitted a humming sound, and then the entire array flashed with white light, actually being activated on its own, seemingly as if someone was being teleported over.

This sudden scene startled the big man surnamed Meng and the middle-aged cultivator, leaving them somewhat dumbfounded.

Hadn't the old man clearly said that this array had long been abandoned? How could it be such a coincidence that it suddenly became normal at this time?

"Quick, destroy the array. No matter who is being teleported over, the great event is imminent, and we must not let any side issues arise." The middle-aged cultivator reacted quickly, shouted loudly, and raised his hand.

Immediately, the flying sword that had been put away flashed again, striking directly at a corner of the array with cold light.

The others also suddenly realized and hurriedly sacrificed various artifacts, attempting to destroy the teleportation array in an instant.

After a few loud "boom" sounds, the ancient teleportation array erupted with blinding white light, actually reflecting these artifacts away with flashing white light.

This startled the middle-aged cultivator and the others.

They naturally did not know that when the ancient teleportation array was not activated, any low-tier cultivator could easily destroy it, but once the teleportation began, the array itself was infused with a layer of powerful spiritual energy, and it was impossible to destroy these arrays without the cultivation of the Core Formation stage or above.

Otherwise, if there were any slight changes on the other end when ancient cultivators were teleporting, wouldn't they all be in big trouble?

As a result, in the shocked gaze of these few people, the figures of a man and a woman appeared vaguely in the array, only their bodies were swaying, seemingly still in the dizziness after teleportation.

When the middle-aged man saw that the man was twenty-something and the woman was only a teenager, he swept his spiritual sense over the woman and found that she was only of Qi Refining cultivation, and his heart immediately relaxed.

In the cultivation world, one cannot judge age by appearance for women; a teenage girl could actually be a high-tier cultivator who had lived for hundreds of years, which was common. However, if the man was only twenty-something, his cultivation would mostly not be very high. After all, very few men cultivated the art of youth preservation. So he was about to sweep his spiritual sense over the man's cultivation, but saw the other party shaking his head, seemingly about to recover. In his anxiety, he didn't bother to scan the other party's cultivation and shouted loudly first.

"Do it, kill them quickly!"

In his mind, the woman's cultivation was so low, and the man looked so young, at most he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Naturally, it was better to take advantage of the other party's dizziness to kill them by surprise, saving future trouble.

"Wait, don't attack!" Seeing the face of the young man in the array, the big man surnamed Meng's expression became panicked, and he hurriedly tried to stop them.

But the other Demon Flame Sect cultivators all followed the middle-aged cultivator. Although they heard the big man's voice was somewhat strange, they still unhesitatingly drove their artifacts to strike at the man and woman in the array.

As for the middle-aged cultivator, hearing the big man's voice, he misunderstood that this pair of man and woman might be old acquaintances of the big man, so he pretended not to know and ignored it.

As a result, just as four or five artifacts flashed with spiritual light and were about to submerge the two inside, a cold snort that was icy cold suddenly rang out!

"You few, looking for death!"

Following this voice, a heaven-shaking loud "boom" came, and then a ball of blinding green light erupted in the array, appearing like a green sun there. All the artifacts, upon touching the green light, all shook and shattered inch by inch.

Then, several golden sword qi shot out from the green light, and in a flash, they pierced through the bodies of all the people, including the middle-aged cultivator. These people didn't even groan, and instantly died, their corpses falling all over the cave.

Only the big man surnamed Meng remained unharmed, but stood in place without moving, fearing that the young man in the array would misunderstand, his face becoming incomparably pale.

"What, you recognize me!" The young man in the array walked out slowly, his gaze sweeping coldly over the big man, asking indifferently. And the teenage girl followed respectfully behind, looking extremely clever. At a glance, she was a junior of the man.

The young man was naturally Han Li, who had spent over a month repairing the teleportation array on the Chaotic Star Sea side and finally returned to Tiannan.

As for the girl behind him, she was Tian Qin'er, whose talent in arrays had greatly satisfied him.

"When the junior was young, I once followed a senior of my family and saw the senior display great divine power during the Mulan invasion. I have always kept the senior's appearance in my heart!" Hearing this, the big man surnamed Meng hurriedly bowed to Han Li, saying with great anxiety.

"Mulan invasion? Hehe, that was truly a long time ago, I'm surprised you still remember my appearance. However, you are a disciple of the Ghost Spirit Sect, are these people your fellow disciples?" Han Li narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, asking expressionlessly.

"The junior is a disciple of the Ghost Spirit Sect, but these people are cultivators of the Demon Flame Sect." The big man hesitated, but upon meeting the icy gaze opposite him, he shuddered and actually blurted it all out.

"Demon Flame Sect? You are quite honest. If you had said they were your fellow disciples just now, I would have killed you immediately. The cultivation technique fluctuations on these people, at a glance, are completely different from your Ghost Spirit Sect." The cold words coming from Han Li made the big man feel a chill in his heart, and the little bit of other thoughts he still had immediately vanished.

Tian Qin'er stood behind Han Li, looking at everything nearby, her eyes occasionally flashing with curiosity.

"I have no interest in knowing why you, as a disciple of the Ghost Spirit Sect, are here with people from the Demon Flame Sect. I just have some things to ask you, and you will answer me honestly." Han Li spoke again.

"As long as the junior knows, I will definitely tell you everything." The big man surnamed Meng replied in a panic.

"I have been away from Tiannan for some years. Tell me about the major events that have happened in the Tiannan cultivation world in the past hundred years." Han Li asked calmly.

"Yes, the junior will report truthfully. Major events that can be counted, naturally, were eighty years ago, when the Xuanmiao Sect of Tianlu Kingdom was destroyed overnight by the Fire Spirit Sect. The specific situation is..." In front of Han Li, a Nascent Soul cultivator, the big man obediently began to speak. The huge gap in cultivation between the two was enough to make the big man surnamed Meng tremble with fear, not daring to have the slightest deception.

Han Li listened to the big man's words, his expression remaining unchanged, only occasionally asking a question or two when he encountered something he was interested in. The big man naturally answered as detailed as possible, looking as if he was afraid Han Li would be dissatisfied.

The big man spoke for a full hour before finishing all the so-called "major events" that had happened in Tiannan in the past hundred years, and then stopped nervously.

After the Grand General had spoken for a full hour, he finally finished recounting all the so-called "major events" that had occurred in Tiannan over the past hundred years, and then he stopped speaking, looking somewhat nervous.

"Falling Cloud Sect! Because it is far away, the junior is not very clear about the senior's sect. However, it seems that the person in charge of the sect now is a senior surnamed Lü!" The big man hesitated before saying somewhat uncertainly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1166 =====

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