Chapter 663

"Squeak, squeak…"

In the battlefield of ruins, Lu Tianchen patted the animal-skin bag at his waist, and a mouse with golden fur crawled out.

The mouse's eyes were agile, emitting a kind of spirituality. It jumped off Lu Tianchen's body with squeaks, ran around the battlefield, its nose twitching, then stood up on its hind legs and squeaked wildly in one direction.

Lu Tianchen knew that this was pointing out the direction in which the murderer who killed Liu Qingyuan had left.

Lu Tianchen looked, and his head immediately grew large. Wasn't this direction the direction of the Profound Heaven Sect, the direction they came from? Could it really be someone from the Profound Heaven Sect who killed Liu Qingyuan?

"Go!"

Gang Qi rolled up Liu Qingyuan's corpse, Lu Tianchen and Zhang Hanzhou jumped onto the eagle's back, the giant eagle flapped its wings, and its figure shot into the sky.

After flying for a while, the two saw Sun Tao, Qi Xuancheng, and the others who were still rushing back to the Profound Heaven Sect in the firmament.

"You go down and return to the sect with them."

Lu Tianchen controlled the giant eagle to lower its altitude, letting Zhang Hanzhou go down to meet up with Sun Tao and the others.

"Yes!"

Zhang Hanzhou was like receiving an amnesty; he didn't want to track the master who killed Liu Qingyuan with Lu Tianchen at all. If a great battle broke out, even if he were at Marrow Cleansing Perfection, he could only wait for death.

Zhang Hanzhou jumped off the eagle's back.

"Chirp!"

A sharp eagle cry echoed through the night sky, Lu Tianchen stood on the eagle's back, and disappeared into the night sky with the giant eagle.

"Senior Brother Zhang, how is the situation?"

"Did you find Elder Liu?"

"Why didn't Peak Master Lu take us with him? How long will it take to return to the sect?"

…

Qi Xuancheng, Lu Ren, Du Chuan, and others surrounded him, asking in a jumble, with the most asked being about Liu Qingyuan's situation.

Zhang Hanzhou showed a look of grief: "Peak Master Lu and I have already found Elder Liu; Elder Liu has been murdered."

As soon as these words were spoken, the noisy crowd became quiet, everyone's eyes widening.

"How is it possible? Elder Liu is an Elder of the Profound Heaven Sect, with various unique skills to protect himself. If that person could kill him, how could he have been driven away by Elder Liu?"

Qi Xuancheng had an expression of disbelief.

"Fortunately, we hid." Du Chuan had a look of lingering fear.

If they had really listened to this idiot Qi Xuancheng and kept waiting in the canyon, they might also have been unable to escape death.

Lu Ren's eyes flashed with light, shocked by this news.

Even an Elder of the Profound Heaven Sect could die just like that.

"Did Peak Master Lu see who harmed Elder Liu?" Sun Tao asked curiously.

Zhang Hanzhou said: "The opponent cultivated a supreme-yang cultivation method, with an extremely high blade technique realm, suspected to be the person who killed the Song family ancestor Song Yushao."

That person who killed Song Yushao and nearly wiped out the Song family?

In an instant, everyone's faces couldn't help but turn pale. That guy was a fierce person; killing Song Yushao wasn't enough, he even incited everyone to loot the Song family clean.

If they hadn't run away in time, they would probably all have died.

…

On this side, Lu Tianchen and the giant eagle followed the guidance of the golden mouse, soon arriving in the sky above Qingyang City.

Lu Tianchen saw this and didn't enter the city at all, because he knew it was useless to go in. That person obviously knew his methods and had deliberately come to Qingyang City to mix his own aura among the crowd, making it impossible for him to lock onto his direction.

"I'm afraid it really was done by one of our own."

An inexplicable light flashed in his eyes, and he rode the giant eagle toward the Profound Heaven Sect.

Early the next morning, the first thing Xu Yang did when he opened his eyes was to look at the panel:

【Slayed Liu Qingyuan, points +100】

【Obtained spiritual weapon, points +30】

【Martial Arts Longevity Points: 2503】

Pushing the door and walking out of the courtyard, he saw the Fire Peak disciples living nearby gathered in twos and threes, all talking about the killing of Liu Qingyuan.

Sun Tao, one of the parties involved, was surrounded by a group of people.

"If I hadn't made a decisive decision to let everyone leave the canyon quickly, our group might all have died. That Qi Xuancheng still said no one could kill an Elder of the Profound Heaven Sect…"

Sun Tao was beaming, talking about yesterday's events with spit flying.

"Junior Brother Xu!"

"Junior Brother Xu!"

…

Xu Yang walked out of the courtyard, and many people greeted him with smiles.

"Haha… Junior Brother Xu, it's a good thing. Liu Qingyuan, who helped Li Chuyang to curry favor, is dead." Zhu Yuan said with a smile.

The disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect all knew that when Li Chuyang wanted to know what cultivation method Xu Yang was practicing, he asked, and after Xu Yang didn't tell him, Li Chuyang forcibly attacked Xu Yang to test him, leading to a great fight between Li Chuyang and Jiang Fan in the Heavenly Wind Valley.

Liu Qingyuan not only didn't blame Li Chuyang but instead asked Xu Yang why he didn't obediently tell Li Chuyang.

Now that Liu Qingyuan had been killed by someone, if one were to ask who felt the most relieved, in Zhu Yuan's view, it was undoubtedly Xu Yang.

Xu Yang heard this and showed an expression of "surprise," saying, "Elder Liu is dead? How did he die?"

A group of people talked in a jumble, telling what they knew, and also said they suspected the murderer was the person who killed Song Yu.

"Senior Brother Sun, are you okay?" He looked at Sun Tao with concern.

Sun Tao shook his head and smiled: "I have no problem. I was affected by the aftermath of the Heavenly Origin martial artist's battle, just some vibration of Qi and blood. The serious one is Lu Ren; he suffered internal injuries."

"I'm relieved if you're okay."

Xu Yang smiled and rushed to the canteen with Sun Tao, finding that everyone here was also talking about Liu Qingyuan being killed.

This matter was very sensational because it had been a long time since an Elder of the Profound Heaven Sect had been killed. Some suspected it was done by people from the Demon Sect, and others thought it was because the Song family and Liu Qingyuan had offended some powerful figures together in the past, leading to them being killed one after another.

Such things as seeking revenge in the Jianghu were not uncommon; perhaps the person you looked down on today would kill you tomorrow with a posture stronger than yours.

"The sect has already issued a reward; those who can provide useful information will be rewarded with a spiritual weapon and ten Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pills."

"The Sect Master has ordered a thorough investigation, and early this morning, the Peak Master took Elders from several peaks down the mountain."

"This time, Elder Huoyun is not suspected, right."

"Elder Huoyun helped Peak Master Lu forge weapons and stayed in the sect all day without leaving. Besides, Elder Huoyun probably doesn't have the strength to kill Elder Liu Qingyuan."

…

Xu Yang heard this and his heart sank. Seeing Lu Tianchen return last night without any issues, he thought it was over, but he didn't expect the sect to still investigate.