#1282 - Chapter 1282 It’s not suitable

"In that case, we won't reach Erdaogou before dark. If we miss the time and can't hand Long Zaitian over to the white-robed Taoist, we'll have worked for nothing," Xiaoman continued.

"That won't do either," Ye Kong said firmly. "You two take the child and go down the mountain via the back trails. I'll go get the carriage."

"If you go, won't it expose that you're involved? Don't forget, the extermination of those two major sects has already been pinned on you," Xiaoman said, truly worried about Ye Kong.

"How about this then?" Ye Kong picked up the brocade pouch and fiddled with it for a moment. Instantly, a strange but extremely beautiful face with eyes full of peach blossoms appeared on his face.

"This is...?"

"Master!" Yu Hai, seeing Ye Kong's transformed face, immediately rushed over, shouting.

"What are you yelling about!" Xiaoman pulled Yu Hai back.

"Then it seems the disguise is successful enough." Ye Kong roughed up his clothes a bit. "Alright, I'll drive the carriage to the next intersection. We'll meet there."

"Remember, no matter what happens, you must protect Long Zaitian!" Ye Kong instructed.

The two nodded, put the child on their backs, and quickly disappeared into the forest.

Ye Kong searched for a handy branch, using it as a crutch, and limped down the mountain.

As soon as Ye Kong showed his face, he ran head-on into a group of people coming up the mountain.

Ye Kong's heart skipped a beat. He immediately turned his face away and slowly moved towards the carriage along a small path behind them.

Almost there, just fifty more meters.

"Wait, who's there?" Someone heard the noise and turned to look at Ye Kong.

Ye Kong staggered and fell to the ground, crawling towards the group, shouting.

"Finally, someone's here! Murder! Murder!"

"Don't be afraid!" A woman walked out from the side. "We're here to save you. You're with us now, no one will hurt you."

Ye Kong shook his head vigorously. "All dead people, all dead people! I want to leave here!"

Ye Kong limped along, using the branch as a crutch, heading down the mountain, thinking that as long as he bypassed this group, he could get the carriage and leave.

"Wait, you just said 'all dead people,' so where did you come from?" Someone in the crowd suddenly spoke up.

"I... I escaped during the chaos," Ye Kong said, one word at a time.

"Impossible, those people never leave anyone alive. It's a joke that you could escape.

Could it be that you're one of the murderers?" The man at the front with the silver ring on his head said.

This sentence directly pointed at Ye Kong.

Me? What? Ye Kong was stunned for a moment, and immediately people surrounded him.

"In any case, it's too suspicious. Come with us!" The man said, and the people beside him immediately drew their swords.

Ye Kong had already reached the carriage, but he couldn't reveal himself too early. He just kept saying, "I'm not, I'm not. Why are you arresting me instead of catching the bad guys?"

"You are the bad guy!" The man said jokingly.

Wait, Ye Kong looked at the man, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him. He directly raised the branch as a sword, pointing it at the man's neck, his voice deep and unusually firm, "You're not sent by the Upper Realm? Who are you?"

The man laughed loudly. "We never said we were sent by the Upper Realm, did we? But, Ye Kong, how long are you going to keep hiding?"

"You..."

Ye Kong removed the disguise from his face, his expression unusually angry.

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you, your little disciples have already been captured by us. Aren't you going to save them?" The man continued.

"Did you guys also destroy Dragon Gate?" Ye Kong asked.

The man smiled but said nothing, already admitting it. Moreover, Ye Kong had no way to deal with them.

"Listen, the people sent by the Upper Realm have already arrived. If you don't leave now, the destruction of Dragon Gate will be blamed on you alone, Ye Kong.

Tsk tsk, I'm really curious, Ye Kong, how will you defend yourself at the Judgment Assembly?"

It would be simple to just leave, but Xiaoman, Yu Hai, and Long Zaitian, as well as an innocent child, would all have to pay the price for him. Moreover, this matter would naturally be attributed to Ye Kong.

Countless curses revolved in Ye Kong's mind several times, and finally he spat out a sentence, "Let's go."

"Wait, for the safety of us all, Ye Kong, you must first seal your own spiritual veins. Or, our people can do it for you." The man looked at Ye Kong with a wary gaze, seemingly unable to believe that they were taking Ye Kong back so easily.

My god, is this still the omnipotent, all-reaching Ye Kong?

"I'll do it myself!" Ye Kong stretched out his hand, raised two fingers, and sealed his spiritual veins one by one, and then spat out a large mouthful of blood.

"Very good! Then please!" The man led the way, Ye Kong followed, and then a group of people quickly disappeared into Phoenix Cry Mountain.

At this moment, the people sent by the Upper Realm finally arrived.

The devastated Phoenix Cry Mountain, the completely exterminated Dragon Gate, was still the same: first exterminate the people, then set fire to the mountain.

The same modus operandi, but no clues.

Instantly, a terrifying atmosphere swept through all the sects. Sects that were relatively resourceful, such as the Hanlin Academy and the Evergreen Academy, didn't take this matter seriously at all.

The Supreme Beginning Academy, as the number one sect in the world, was not at all worried about being scapegoated.

Only the smaller sects were thrown into disarray, very afraid of suddenly suffering the disaster of extermination, and their clans were not protected. They began to seek help from the large sects, and even publicly sent their sect disciples to establish connections and protect their own sect.

Under all this turmoil, the Upper Realm urgently convened a temporary conference, urgently needing to find the mastermind behind the scenes as soon as possible and restore peace to the Upper Realm.

Rumors spread that the Anti-Realm Sect had deliberately planned this as evidence of their return.

As soon as this rumor came out, the people in the Upper Realm all changed their expressions.

Even the elders of the various sects who attended the meeting were shocked to hear this.

If it was done by the Anti-Realm Sect, it would be too tricky!

At the same time, led by the Upper Realm, each sect sent a capable disciple to form a secret investigation team to peel back the layers of the extermination of several sects and find the suspect after a round of review.

Similarly, the dispatched disciples must be reviewed by the Upper Realm, and investigations must be carried out from various aspects such as ability, morality, and background.

The representative elders of each sect submitted a list, and the list was announced to the various sects for continued review.

The others sects sent disciples who had distinguished themselves in the previous sect-level competition, Hanlin Academy sent Han Guang, Evergreen Academy sent Changpo, Le Fengshan sent Hu Yishao, and Cui Ming Shan sent Lei Bao.

Supreme Beginning Academy sent Ye Kong.

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"Wait, Ye Kong? Doesn't seem appropriate, does it?"