Chapter 293

Anyone who can sit as Sect Master of the Dao Yi Sect—do you think they'd lack a couple of tricks?

If they really had nothing, how could they keep people like Hong Zun in check?

Hearing that, Qing Shi nodded in agreement, gazing at the fully suppressed Su Luoxing; suddenly, Qing Shi seemed to think of something and hastily sent a voice transmission to Hong Zun.

The two old men huddled together, muttering who knows what; in the end, Hong Zun's eyes also gleamed.

Within the Formation Light Curtain, Qi Xiong kept pressing step by step.

"Sect Master Su, how come you can't give a reasonable explanation?"

"What explanation? I don't even know what you're talking about."

"Really? Then why is it that my junior merely captured a Demon King, and your Luo Xia Sect is so nervous?"

"I was just thinking of the bigger picture."

"Really? Just because of a single Demon King, Sect Master Su wants our entire Human Race to bow to Huling?"

"Don't spout nonsense; I didn't, I don't mean that—I'm just saying the current situation: our Human Race needs to rest and recuperate, it's not suitable to start another war with the Demon Race; don't slander me."

"Yes............"

Qi Xiong responded calmly and unhurriedly, while Su Luoxing grew increasingly anxious; but just as the situation was clearly under Qi Xiong's control, Hong Zun suddenly spoke.

"Senior Brother."

Huh???

Upon hearing Hong Zun's voice, Qi Xiong's brows furrowed slightly, but he still held his words, turned his head to look at him, while Hong Zun spoke with a face of 'guilt'.

"Senior Brother, don't say more; I think Sect Master Su makes sense—this time I really didn't consider things thoroughly."

Huh???

Upon hearing this, Qi Xiong froze, Su Luoxing froze, Yang Xian froze, and everyone present froze.

"What's going on? Clearly Qi Xiong had the initiative, so why is Hong Zun now stepping forward to admit fault?"

Under the doubtful gazes of the crowd, Hong Zun turned his head to look at Su Luoxing and Yang Xian, speaking with a face full of 'apology'.

"Sect Master Su's words were thought-provoking; I, Hong Zun, truly feel my mistake, thank you Sect Master Su for pointing it out."

"I, Hong Zun, am willing to return the Black Tiger Demon King; please, Fellow Daoist Yang Xian, contact Huling to arrange the handover."

Huh???

"He actually agreed? Upon hearing this, Yang Xian went dumbfounded—what's going on? Just a moment ago he was still arguing vehemently, how did he suddenly change so drastically?"

But this was exactly Luo Xia Sect's goal; seeing this, Su Luoxing quickly reacted, feigning relief as he spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Hong Zun being able to understand this principle makes this old man very relieved."

"Still need to thank Sect Master Su."

"Among fellow Daoists, no thanks needed."

Afterwards, he also instructed Yang Xian to cooperate with Hong Zun in contacting Huling to arrange the handover.

Immediately, Su Luoxing hung up the formation with a weird expression.

Seeing this, the other sect masters also left one after another, including Qi Xiong; but before hanging up the formation, he gave Hong Zun a strange look—what the hell is he up to?

The turn of events caught everyone off guard, mainly due to Hong Zun's sudden change, which was utterly abrupt, leaving no one prepared.

"Haha, since the matter is settled, we'll take our leave."

Bewildered, the strong ones from Qing Yun Sect, Huang Ji Sect, and others successively bade farewell and left; soon, only Hong Zun and a few others remained in the hall, plus Yang Xian.

Yang Xian stayed behind to cooperate with Hong Zun in contacting Huling; he thought that after everyone left, Hong Zun would surely reveal his true colors, but who would have thought Hong Zun would proactively say:

"Trouble Fellow Daoist Yang Xian to contact Huling."

"What the hell is going on?"

"The more Hong Zun acts like this, the more Yang Xian feels uneasy—no, don't do this, you're making people's hearts panic."

Not only Yang Xian, but Su Luoxing of Luo Xia Sect feels the same.

Logically, this time the goal should have been achieved, yet Su Luoxing feels no joy at all.

"Strange, I keep feeling something's off."

He muttered softly, 'We won, but there's no joy of victory—what's going on?'

"He once dreamed of beating Qi Xiong, but now that Hong Zun has bowed his head, why doesn't he feel happy?"

He always feels something's strange, but just can't pinpoint where the problem lies.

By the next morning, Yang Xian had contacted the Tiger Tribe, and both sides agreed on a meeting place and time.

He had been cautious all along, but Hong Zun seemed fine, very cooperative, even taking Yang Xian to see the Black Tiger Demon King.

Even when Yang Xian asked to loosen the bonds, Hong Zun had no objection at all.

"Hmph."

Arranged a room to rest, the Black Tiger Demon King coldly glanced at Hong Zun, his eyes full of smug satisfaction.

"It's as if he were saying, 'So what if you caught me? What can you do? You still ought to obediently release me.'"

Regarding this, Hong Zun didn't bother arguing with it, not even giving it a second thought.

On the other side, inside Huling, the Wise Tiger Demon King, Blood Tiger Demon King, and several other Tiger Tribe demon kings gathered together.

"The Luo Xia Sect side said they'd already persuaded Hong Zun, who agreed to release the Black Tiger, so let's prepare for the handover."

"Hmph, at least the Dao Yi Sect knows when to yield."

"But I always feel something's not right."

The Wise Tiger Demon King is the only one who senses a problem, whereas the Blood Tiger Demon King couldn't care less.

"The Dao Yi Sect also knows that now isn't the time to go to war with our Huling; backing down is quite normal."

"But this doesn't sound like the Dao Yi Sect's character at all."

What is the Dao Yi Sect's character? Before it was hard to say, but in the past half year or so, using the Wise Tiger Demon King's words to describe it, it's despicable, shameless, without any bottom line, and most crucially, it never suffers a loss.

The Zhi Hu Yaowang, who had long been in contact with the East Sea Water Clan's New Dragon King, Long Aotian, still remembered Long Aotian's evaluation of the Dao Yi Sect.

A goose passing by has its feathers plucked; even a dog passing by would get kicked twice.

Is a sect like that really the type to meekly release demons?

That's why the Zhi Hu Yaowang began to suspect.

After all, these are the people who even managed to overthrow the East Sea Old Dragon King.

From Long Aotian, the Zhi Hu Yaowang already knew that the Old Dragon King had died and what had befallen the Water Clan.

Of course, it was mixed with a lot of falsehoods, so its credibility wasn't high.

At the very least, Long Aotian chose to conceal all the unfavorable things concerning the Water Clan.

According to its description, simply put, the Dao Yi Sect was vile and shameless, using underhanded tactics, which led to the Water Clan's defeat.

As for the Old Dragon King's miraculous decisions, Long Aotian didn't mention a word, and even more so, the Water Clan's casualty situation was concealed to the extent of eighty or ninety percent.

After pondering for a long while and still not finding where the problem lay, the Zhi Hu Yaowang finally spoke up.

"Who will go to handle the handover?"

"I'll go."

Upon hearing that, the Xuehu Yaowang spoke, saying that since it had the best relationship with the Black Tiger, it naturally took the responsibility.

In response, the Zhi Hu Yaowang did not object, but instead glanced at the Sha Hu trembling before all the demon kings and added.

"Bring it along; after all, it's also one of the Black Tiger's people."

"Okay."