Chapter 274: 66: 100,000 Gods and Demons Attack Penglai

Liang Ruohua pulled Luo Yan into the room, then closed the door before speaking,

“Little Junior Brother, how do you feel everyone at Heavenly Craft Workshop treats you?”

“They treat me as if I were a family member,” Luo Yan replied very sincerely.

Liang Ruohua was indeed moved by his expression and sighed,

“To be honest, I too hope that the murderer is actually someone from outside.”

“But… if, as the Disciplinary Hall says, the culprit is from a Hell Path Cultivator, then the situation would be extremely bad for us.”

“Hell Path?” Luo Yan expressed just the right amount of curiosity, “I’ve only heard that it’s one of the six paths of the Demon Cult, but they almost never show themselves in public.”

“They indeed never appear publicly,” Liang Ruohua sighed, “but they have traitors within all the major Sects… Almost every few hundred years, our Yuqing View discovers one or two of them.”

Luo Yan: ………

Wait, does this mean I’ve been reincarnated into the wrong life?

If I could have been reborn as a Hell Path Cultivator, with their network of traitors within the major Sects, plus Ah Jing’s Mirror Flower Water Moon abilities… Of course, and most importantly, with my outstanding acting and intelligence, wouldn’t collecting the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone be a matter of minutes?

Makes sense! If Wei Dongliu does indeed connect with the Hell Path one day, I’ll first see if there’s an opportunity to switch sides!

“Major Sects?” Luo Yan showed an incredulous look of astonishment, “You mean, even the other five paths of the Demon Cult have them?”

“Yes,” Liang Ruohua nodded.

“What are they trying to do?”

“I don’t know,” Liang Ruohua responded with a sigh, “but according to Master and the seniors in our Sect, the Hell Path definitely has a long-term, secret plan to manipulate the situation in the Cultivation Realm.”

“But what the specific plan and goal are, only the Cultivators within the Hell Path would know.”

“Senior Sister, do you have any suspects in mind?” Luo Yan asked with concern, “Do you think the Eldest Senior Brother or Second Senior Sister could be a Hell Path traitor?”

“To tell the truth,” Liang Ruohua shook her head, “I originally thought that the most likely traitor would be you.”

Luo Yan: ?

“Every traitor planted by the Hell Path is exceptionally talented,” Liang Ruohua continued, “It is precisely because of this that they quickly gain favor from the elders of the Sects and rapidly snatch up corresponding positions and power.”

“I see,” Luo Yan also sighed deeply, “It’s precisely because they are all talented disciples that, unless there is substantial evidence, the Sects simply cannot capture them for a strict investigation.”

“The one with the most overflowing talent in our Heavenly Craft Workshop is you,” Liang Ruohua fixed her gaze on his eyes, “Master has said more than once that after we advance to the Nascent Soul Realm, we can go out and establish our own Sects. But the only one who could truly inherit the Heavenly Craft Workshop’s name is you, Little Junior Brother.”

Luo Yan then showed an embarrassed and pleasantly surprised expression.

“So I did suspect that you were the insider who killed our Fourth Junior Brother,” Liang Ruohua spoke indifferently, “But on the day of the incident, you left Yuqing View with Master, so this conclusion is not possible.”

No, it’s still possible… Luo Yan thought to himself, who said there’s only one insider?

Of course, he also saw that Third Senior Sister had truly ruled out his suspicion, so he asked in a low voice,

“Then does Third Senior Sister think it could be Eldest Senior Brother?”

“I don’t think it would be Eldest Senior Brother,” Liang Ruohua said simply.

Then the most suspicious one is Second Senior Sister.

Luo Yan understood in his heart; in fact, Liang Ruohua did not want to suspect Second Senior Sister, let alone investigate her herself.

However, from the evidence presented by the Disciplinary Hall, it seemed highly likely that the traitor came from the Heavenly Craft Workshop, which is why she shared these details with me, hoping I could help her clear things up.

Unfortunately, at this point, it’s probably too late…

As the two were speaking, suddenly, a world-shaking explosion sounded from outside.

Boom!

Luo Yan was startled and immediately rushed out of the Heavenly Craft Workshop, only to see that the sky was already filled with densely packed, spider web-like cracks.

The Tai Yi Escaping Armor Yin Yang Great Formation, originally based on the numerology of armor melding, could perfectly transform and displace the force of incoming attacks.

However, the formation now seemed to have been tampered with by someone, its ability to meld armor wholly ineffective.

Countless spell radiances and sword shadows fell from the sky like rain, smashing onto the formation, creating even more invisible spatial cracks.

Liang Ruohua also ran out upon hearing the noise. When she saw the sky filled with flashing lights and the dense crowd of Demon Cult Cultivators in the distance, she felt her limbs grow icy cold, almost collapsing to the ground:

“How… How could this be? Where did these Demon Cult Cultivators come from?!”

“Don’t worry about where they came from!” Luo Yan roared back, “Third Senior Sister! Does the workshop have any secret escape routes leading outside?”

“I don’t know!” Liang Ruohua desperately shook her head, “Aside from Master, probably only the Eldest Senior Brother is likely to know!”

No sooner had she spoken than the Eldest Senior Brother Linghu Chu and two cultivators from the Disciplinary Hall also came rushing out.

“Where is Lei Caiyan?” The female cultivator’s expression hardened as she quickly instructed the male cultivator, “I’ll go find Lei Caiyan. You go find Elder Jiu Ling at once!”

“Okay!” The male cultivator immediately soared into the sky on his sword.

As the two dispersed rapidly, Luo Yan swiftly grabbed the sleeve of the Eldest Senior Brother, urgently asking:

“Eldest Senior Brother, does our Heavenly Craft Workshop have any escape routes leading out?”

“The Heavenly Craft Workshop does not have the authority to create such passages!” Linghu Chu replied grimly, “But there definitely should be some in the Sect!”

“Then what should we do?” Liang Ruohua also asked in a panic.

Just by looking at the swarm of Demon Path Cultivators and the various mighty attacks outside, without the protection of the great formation, it would mean certain death.

But if they were to hide within the formation, it would be no different than sitting ducks— the Sect’s escape routes, if they existed, were their only hope.

There was no time to delay, and the three of them quickly went back to the workshop to find Second Senior Sister Lei Caiyan.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

As soon as they stepped into the musical instrument workshop, they saw the female cultivator from the Disciplinary Hall lying on the ground, eyes lifeless, bleeding from all seven orifices—clearly dead beyond doubt.

Lei Caiyan stood in the middle of the courtyard, dressed in a black robe from head to toe. Her long hair, initially put up with a hairpin, was now let down, and her typically silent and blockheaded demeanor had become chillingly stunning.

“Eldest Senior Brother, Third Senior Sister, Junior Brother.” She nodded slightly, her eyes betraying no emotion.

“Second Senior Sister, so you’re the traitor!” While Linghu Chu and Liang Ruohua were still in shock, Luo Yan quickly came to his senses, immediately expressing his deep pain, “Why did you betray the Heavenly Craft Workshop?”

“Betray?” Lei Caiyan’s brow wrinkled, seemingly puzzled, “I originally belong to the Hell Path Sect. I changed my name and joined the Yuqing View to infiltrate. How could it be called betrayal? It should be deception, right?”

Luo Yan: ???

F*ck, this reasoning is really refreshing!

I must remember this well; I can reuse it next time.