Chapter 744

The elder's expression flickered slightly, but he quickly regained his composure.

"It's rare indeed for a young brother to possess such caution."

"Now we must all feel a sense of urgency."

"It was my rudeness just now."

He nodded with a smile, then subtly took a step forward.

The junior brother said.

"If the elder wishes to see it, come with us."

"Once we reach our destination, we can destroy it together."

The elder nodded.

"If that's the case, then I'll accompany you."

On the journey.

The junior brother asked curiously.

"Where did you go recently, Elder?"

"Everyone has been searching for you."

The elder chuckled.

"I had urgent matters to attend to, so I left for a while."

"Now that those matters are settled, I naturally returned."

"But I never expected something like this to happen."

The junior brother spoke with righteous indignation.

"That's right—I truly don't know how this turbid qi was even produced."

"Why would it harm our sect's senior brothers?"

Luo En suddenly spoke.

"This period has been unusually peculiar."

"So we hope the elder will tell us."

"Where exactly did you go recently?"

The elder looked at Luo En with slight surprise.

He hadn't expected Luo En to ask him this.

He shook his head and said.

"That is my private matter—I cannot disclose it now."

The junior brother looked at Luo En in surprise.

He hadn't expected Luo En to press so hard.

Luo En suddenly stopped and stared intently at the elder.

"I believe the current situation is tense enough."

"Surely the elder will understand our concerns."

The elder's tone shifted slightly.

"I don't understand why you're pressing me about my whereabouts."

"Do you suspect I'm one of them?"

Luo En shook his head and said.

"We must maintain due vigilance."

"Otherwise, we may give the enemy an opening."

Although Luo En had not initially suspected the elder much.

Now, seeing the elder's attitude, Luo En grew wary.

The elder sensed Luo En's wariness and frowned slightly.

"I went to White Dragon Mountain."

The junior brother stared at the elder in astonishment.

"White Dragon Mountain? The legendary range said to hold great treasures?"

"Why did you go there, Elder?"

The elder said.

"The treasure hidden in that mountain happens to be what I need."

"So I went to find it."

It was clear the junior brother let out a long breath of relief.

For a moment, he had been tense.

He smiled at the elder.

"So you went there—I imagine it was extremely dangerous?"

The elder said.

"Wherever treasures appear, danger inevitably follows."

Luo En nodded slightly and asked no more.

On the journey, Luo En whispered to the junior brother.

"Can you sense no change at all in the elder?"

After a moment's thought, the junior brother said.

He seemed a little friendlier than before.

Luo En said.

Everyone coming to find us now is suspicious.

We cannot let down our guard for even a moment.

The junior brother nodded and looked toward the elder ahead.

But I don't feel he's been tainted by the Muddy Qi.

Anyone tainted becomes extremely violent.

Along the way, the elder had been cheerful and talkative, as if he hadn't noticed Luo En's wariness at all.

When they passed through a patch of woodland, the elder suddenly stopped.

He pointed at the woodland and said.

Can you sense it? There seems to be some strange energy here.

Luo En paused slightly.

He released his awareness outward.

He detected a faint trace of energy indeed present there.

This trace of energy was very strange—it seemed deliberately released.

Luo En immediately went on guard; he knew any unusual phenomenon now could be aimed at them.

Luo En said to the junior brother.

Keep that Muddy Qi safe and never take it out casually.

The junior brother nodded; he could see Luo En's tension.

He himself grew tense now.

Luo En cautiously approached the energy.

He felt that as he drew nearer to it,

the energy began slowly emitting a peculiar aura.

The junior brother asked in surprise.

What's going on?

Luo En frowned tightly and said.

This energy looks more like a trap.

Before he finished speaking, a flood of energy surged from all around, engulfing Luo En and the others.

Luo En's face changed drastically; he said.

Leave this place quickly.