Chapter 50: 【Attacking the Immortal Sect, Confrontation at the Mountain Gate】 (Third update, please follow)
By the time Dugu Wenda arrived, Dugu Jing had also been killed.
To be precise, except for one fellow who had fled from the beginning, all the people from the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect who had come here were dead.
His two sons, not a single one had survived.
Although he still had many grandsons and granddaughters, and still had bloodline inheritance, these two sons were the ones he had pinned high hopes on, invested a large amount of resources to cultivate, and treated as successors.
Managing a sect is very troublesome; he had been thinking of retiring early so he would have enough time to immerse himself in cultivation.
But now, everything had gone down the drain.
The person who did the killing had already fled, and there were no other corpses left here besides those of the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect people.
But just by sensing the residual aura here and seeing the traces of the fight, Dugu Wenda could also judge who had killed his children.
"Golden Palace Divine Wind, Golden Wind Immortal Sect!"
Casually collecting all the corpses of his own sect, he immediately flew toward the direction where the Golden Wind Immortal Sect was located.
On the other side, Chai Liyuan and his two remaining Foundation Establishment companions, who had muddled-headedly killed all the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect people, fled urgently on their swords.
They luckily arrived at the place where the nearest Garrison Elder, Zhao Yongcheng, was located.
The place where the two sides fought, which was the location where the so-called 'spirit fruit' appeared, was specially chosen by Lu Chengtong; it was in the Red Mist Mountain Range, relatively close to where Zhao Yongcheng was located.
This place was much further from the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect station than from the Golden Wind Immortal Sect station. Lu Chengtong, based on the marching speed and distance of both sides, sent people to bring the two groups of people at different times.
Everything was too coincidental; if they had even a quarter of an hour to analyze it, they would feel that this matter was too suspicious.
It was just that Lu Chengtong was pushing it from the shadows, causing the conflict to erupt directly; they had no time to react, the first person had already died, and the subsequent events became uncontrollable.
Step by step, it worsened.
After Chai Liyuan met Zhao Yongcheng, he did not feel relieved. After speaking briefly, Zhao Yongcheng's expression changed drastically, and he immediately took them to the teleportation array.
The use of teleportation arrays was very common in the two major sects, but Qi Refining realm cultivators generally were unwilling to spend so many spirit stones to use such things.
Dugu Wenda did not chase them at all, but instead went directly to attack the Golden Wind Immortal Sect.
When he arrived here, it just so happened that Chai Liyuan had also brought Cong Yi's corpse to the Talisman Hall and placed it in front of Cong Chi.
His most beloved grandson had been decapitated by someone. The moment Cong Chi saw the corpse, the aura all over his body could not be controlled and was released, directly pressing Chai Liyuan and the others to their knees on the ground.
"Where are Dugu Xiu and the others!?"
Just now, Chai Liyuan only said that Dugu Xiu had killed Cong Yi, but had not yet explained the specific course of events.
Therefore, Cong Chi still thought that Dugu Xiu and the others had killed someone and run away.
Just as Chai Liyuan was about to answer, a loud shout carrying an extremely strong pressure descended upon the Golden Wind Immortal Sect.
"Fang Tuo! Hand over the murderer who killed my son, otherwise, today I will slaughter your immortal sect!"
Upon hearing this, Chai Liyuan shuddered. Dugu Jing had died at his hands, and he did not know why that fellow had not dodged such an obvious attack.
It was so easy to die.
Dugu Wenda's Nascent Soul realm third-layer aura was too overbearing, making him tremble all over.
Enduring the discomfort, he hurriedly said to Cong Chi:
"Dugu Xiu and Dugu Jing, the two sons of the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect Sect Master, were both killed by us. Dugu Xiu killed Cong Yi first, and then Cong Li killed Dugu Xiu."
Cong Li was Cong Chi's son, and his corpse was also lying to the side.
At this time, various expressions appeared on Cong Chi's face; it was unknown whether it was anger, worry, or something else.
Finally, he dropped a sentence and flew away from here.
He also grabbed Chai Liyuan's arm on the way.
Chai Liyuan was the personal disciple of Sect Master Fang Tuo. Fang Tuo had no children and had cultivated Chai Liyuan as his successor, and the ability Chai Liyuan displayed had also been recognized.
If there were no accidents, he would be the future Sect Master.
But now an accident had occurred.
If it couldn't be resolved, the Golden Wind Immortal Sect might cease to exist, so what would be the point of having a Sect Master?
Fang Tuo was a bit confused by Dugu Wenda's questioning, but he still guessed the general course of events at the first opportunity.
It was nothing more than his own people killing Dugu Wenda's son, but whether it was really so needed to be clarified; he couldn't be a scapegoat for nothing.
He drove a golden wind into mid-air and said:
"Brother Dugu, please wait a moment. I need to understand what happened first. I sympathize with the death of your son, but I cannot just point fingers randomly and let the real culprit escape."
"Hmph! I will give you half an hour. If you don't hand over the murderer, I will start killing until you hand over the murderer!"
Dugu Wenda said coldly.
Fang Tuo frowned and asked again:
"May I ask Brother Dugu how you know that people from my sect killed your son? Where did the attack take place?"
Dugu Wenda replied:
"Right in the Red Mist Mountain Range. I sensed that Xiu'er's Life Soul Tablet had shattered and rushed over directly. After arriving, there were only the corpses of my sect's people, but there were obvious traces of Golden Palace Divine Wind attacks, as well as fragments of Golden Wind Immortal Sect clothing. Could it be that within this Northern Wasteland Region, besides you, there are other cultivators who know how to use this Golden Palace Divine Wind?"
Fang Tuo still wanted to ask for more clues, but at this time, Cong Chi rushed over and said:
"Sect Master, this matter, it was Dugu Xiu who killed my grandson first. Later, my son Cong Li moved to kill Dugu Xiu in order to avenge Cong Yi. The cause of the matter lies with the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect.
As for the specific course of events, let Chai Liyuan explain it."
This matter could not be hidden. The traces of the Golden Palace Divine Wind, the traces of sect clothing, plus breath-tracking means—as long as they started investigating, they would inevitably lock onto Chai Liyuan and these few people.
Fang Tuo saw that his personal disciple Chai Liyuan was also involved in this matter, and his brows furrowed even tighter as he said:
"Good, then you explain in detail what exactly happened."
Upon hearing this, Chai Liyuan hurriedly recounted the process from receiving the news to returning to the sect, only when he reached the part about killing Dugu Jing, he changed it from him killing him to the few of them working together to kill him.
After listening to his account, Dugu Wenda sneered:
"Sect Master Fang, do you believe this? Although my two sons' talents are not top-notch, they have been cultivating for quite a while. Both sides had six Foundation Establishment cultivators. If it was a head-on confrontation, you killed five of our people, and you only lost three of your own?"
"And you say someone ran away first; that person is the one you planted in my sect to lure them into your ambush."
"Killing my two sons and wiping out my five Foundation Establishment cultivators—that was your scheme!"
Fang Tuo also heard that there were some problems, but at this time he absolutely could not admit it, and continued to ask Chai Liyuan:
"You said Dugu Xiu used only one sword to slash off Cong Yi's head? Did he not trigger a talisman to block it?"
Chai Liyuan recalled carefully, but found he couldn't see any problems; it had happened too fast, so he could only bite the bullet and reply:
"No, maybe that flying sword was too fast."
End of Chapter
