Chapter 582 Half Mask
Xie Cheng and Zhuang Deliang were waiting for news.
They are 90 percent sure of the result this time.
We sent so many Jindan-stage practitioners to kill Zhang San. If they still fail, that would be a miracle.
Not long after.
Weng Zhengyuan walked in, and with him came another elder from the Ancient Sword Sect, who was the middle-stage Jindan cultivator who was responsible for restraining Pang Shu.
The result of his battle with Pang Shu was that the latter was defeated and fled back to the Lingjian Sect in panic.
After Weng Zhengyuan came in, he said succinctly: "Sect Masters, Zhang San is dead."
"Haha, I had expected this result. I sent so many people out, which was considered a compliment to Zhang San. He will be able to brag about it for a while if he goes to hell."
Zhuang Deliang said with a laugh.
Xie Cheng frowned and asked, "Where's Zhang San's head? Didn't I ask you to bring his head back?"
Compared to Zhuang Deliang, the leader of the Ghost Sword Sect was obviously more cautious. He would not easily believe it without seeing Lu Yun's head.
Weng Zhengyuan explained, "That Zhang San is quite capable, and the secret method he cultivated can be used multiple times. When we went to hunt him down, we encountered strong resistance, which resulted in the loss of two of our men.
I had no choice but to use Ghost Sword Twelve, but I accidentally used too much force and crushed Zhang San into pieces. His head was also broken, so there was no way I could bring him back. "
Zhuang Deliang's eyes widened as he asked, "Is there such a thing?"
I have never heard of any secret method that can be used multiple times in a short period of time, but the world is so big that there are all kinds of wonders. Since Zhang San was able to inherit the Sword Emperor's legacy, it means that he has a great opportunity.
It might be an ancient secret technique he learned from somewhere that can enable him to improve his cultivation many times in a short period of time.
"What a pity! If we could force such a powerful secret technique out of him, it would definitely be a treasure that would shock Kunlun." Zhuang Deliang lamented.
Xie Cheng stared at Weng Zhengyuan with deep eyes, obviously doubting what he said.
Weng Zhengyuan said: "Although I failed to bring back Zhang San's head, fortunately, half of the mask was still left at the scene."
As he said this, he handed the broken half of the mask to the two of them.
Zhuang Deliang laughed and said, "Haha, good. I didn't know what Zhang San looked like anyway, but this half mask is enough. It's time to give Liao Jinlun a surprise."
The relationship between the two of them and Liao Jinlun was not good to begin with, so they would naturally not let go of such a good opportunity to attack him easily.
Xie Cheng's eyes flickered as he sized up Weng Zhengyuan before he slowly said, "Elder Weng, you've worked hard. Go back to the sect and rest first!"
"Yes!"
Weng Zhengyuan nodded, turned and left. As he was about to step out of the hall, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
This half mask was naturally given to him by Lu Yun.
After Weng Zhengyuan left, Xie Cheng looked at another elder and asked, "Is what Weng Zhengyuan said just now true?"
The elder replied, "It should be true. I was responsible for containing Pang Shu at the time. By the time we defeated Pang Shu and rushed over, Elder Weng and his men had already dealt with Zhang San."
"So you didn't see Weng Zhengyuan kill Zhang San with your own eyes?" Xie Cheng asked.
The elder hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No."
Xie Cheng was silent for a moment, then turned to Zhuang Deliang and said, "Master Zhuang, I think we should call in the elders of your Ancient Sword Sect to ask them a few questions!"
Zhuang Deliang was surprised and asked, "What's wrong? Could this be false? Do you suspect that Zhang San is not dead? Do you think Weng Zhengyuan was bribed by Zhang San?"
Xie Cheng's eyes flickered as he said, "Bribery is impossible. I just suspect that Zhang San was captured alive by Weng Zhengyuan in order to force him to reveal the secret method."
After hearing this, Zhuang Deliang also fell into doubt and nodded, saying, "We can't rule out this possibility."
Being able to use the secret technique multiple times in a short period of time means that one can raise one's strength by one or two small realms multiple times in succession. It is no exaggeration to call such a secret technique a treasure.
Put yourself in their shoes and think about it. If they were in this situation, would they kill the other person so easily?
Wouldn't this require severe torture to force out the secret technique?
Xie Cheng's suspicion is not without reason.
And the reason why he was suspicious was that he cared too much about his position as the leader of the Ghost Sword Sect.
Weng Zhengyuan is actually the oldest person in the Ghost Sword Sect. Like Xie Cheng, he is in the middle stage of the Golden Core. Based on seniority, the position of the sect leader should be held by Weng Zhengyuan.
Unfortunately, Weng Zhengyuan was slightly inferior to Xie Cheng in his comprehension of sword intent, and was only at the master level.
It was with this small advantage that Xie Cheng became the leader of the Ghost Sword Sect.
He now has reason to suspect that Weng Zhengyuan wants to force Lu Yun to reveal the secret technique, and then practice it himself, and then compete with him. Xie Cheng will definitely suffer a loss.
It is normal to be suspicious in order to defend one's position.
Zhuang Deliang thought it made sense, so he summoned several elders of the Ancient Sword Sect who had participated in the manhunt.
The final answer was that each of them saw with their own eyes Weng Zhengyuan use the Ghost Sword Twelve to tear Zhang San into pieces, leaving only half of the mask.
Since everyone said the same thing, no matter how suspicious Xie Cheng was, he had to dispel his doubts.
It's impossible that everyone is lying along with Weng Zhengyuan, right?
No way, no way, this can’t really be such an outrageous thing, right?
"Haha, Sect Master Xie, it seems that your suspicion is unnecessary. Perhaps Zhang San fought back before his death, and Elder Weng had no choice but to kill him.
You just heard that Zhang San's strength is strange. He even killed two people in the early stage of Jindan. It may not be easy to capture him alive."
"I hope so!"
Xie Cheng sighed, not knowing what was going on, he always felt uneasy.
That Zhang San behaved so strangely from beginning to end. With the cultivation level of just Qi Refining Stage, he obtained the Sword Emperor's inheritance, and broke through the Foundation Establishment stage not long after.
That would have been fine, but the key point was that it hadn’t been long since he had broken through the foundation-building stage, yet he had actually killed Shi Kuang, whose combat power was comparable to that of a Jindan stage cultivator. Now, he had even killed two elders of the Sword Sect in a row.
Who dares to believe this?
Xie Cheng vaguely felt that he seemed to have provoked someone he shouldn't have provoked, but things had come to this point and what else could he do? He could only hope that all of this was just groundless worry.
Zhuang Deliang said with a big heart: "Haha, since Liao Jinlun values the Sword Emperor's successor so much, shouldn't we send this half of the mask to him to pay him tribute?"