Chapter 5894
“Ling’er! You really are here!”
Huo Fentian roared angrily, “And you two outsiders, how dare you! How dare you trespass into the forbidden area of the Earth Fire Pavilion!”
Yan Lie immediately stepped forward, pointing at Kai and sternly said, “Pavilion Master, this disciple saw it with his own eyes! Kai and this demonic cultivator sneaked into the back mountain under the cover of night, using a secret technique to break the forbidden area’s formation, intending to steal the Earth Fire Pavilion’s core secrets!”
“Fortunately, this disciple discovered and reported it in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!”
He paused, then added, “Moreover… this disciple suspects that they are traitors from the Evil Path Hall! They infiltrated the Earth Fire Pavilion to gather intelligence and coordinate with the Evil Path Hall’s ambush!”
“You’re talking nonsense!”
Huo Ling’er trembled with anger, “I clearly brought them in! Kai was seriously injured and needed a quiet place to heal, so I…”
“Junior Sister Ling’er, don’t try to excuse them anymore!”
Yan Lie interrupted her, looking heartbroken, “I know you are kind-hearted and have been deceived by this Kai.”
“But think about it, he’s an outsider. Why would you risk violating the rules of the Pavilion by bringing him into the forbidden area? He must have used some evil magic to bewitch you!”
“I…”
Huo Ling’er was speechless.
She couldn’t very well say that she brought him in because she was in love with Kai, could she?
Huo Fentian’s face was ashen, and he looked at Kai as if he were a dead man: “Kai, what else do you have to say?” Kai
remained calm and clasped his hands in a fist salute: “Pavilion Master, I did indeed trespass into the forbidden area. This was all thanks to the Princess’s kindness, and I am deeply grateful. But if you say that I am a traitor within the Evil Path Hall…”
He looked at Yan Lie, a cold smile playing on his lips: “Why doesn’t the Pavilion Master first ask Steward Yan Lie who he contacted in his room late at night three days ago using a communication talisman? Why is the aura on that communication talisman exactly the same as that of the cultivators from the Evil Path Hall?”
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Yan Lie’s face turned deathly pale instantly, but he roared, “You’re spouting nonsense! When did I ever use a communication talisman? Pavilion Master, this person is sowing discord and cannot be trusted!”
“Is that so?”
Kai said calmly, “Then may I ask, Steward Yan Lie, why is there a trace of the unique ghostly aura of the Yin Soul Communication Talisman remaining on the third button inside your left sleeve? This kind of communication talisman is one of the signature talismans of the Evil Path Hall.”
Yan Lie subconsciously looked at his left sleeve, a look of panic flashing in his eyes.
But he quickly forced himself to calm down: “Nonsense! I just changed these clothes today, where would I find any Netherworld Aura? If the Pavilion Master doesn’t believe me, you can have the elders check!”
An elder stepped forward, his divine sense scanning Yan Lie’s sleeve, and frowned, “Pavilion Master, indeed, no Netherworld Aura was found.”
Yan Lie breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Kai triumphantly: “Kai, what else do you have to say?”
Kai, however, remained calm: “Oh? Perhaps I’m mistaken. But… Pavilion Master, could you check what’s hidden under the third floor tile under the bed in Steward Yan Lie’s room?”
Yan Lie’s expression froze completely.
Under that floor tile was another communication talisman he used to contact the Evil Path Hall, and… a bottle of “Blood Fiend Pills” as payment from Elder Blood Soul!
“You… how do you know?”
Yan Lie blurted out, only realizing his mistake after speaking, and hurriedly corrected himself, “What I meant was, there’s nothing under my bed! You’re framing me!”
But it was too late.
Huo Fentian, a man of great stature, saw through Yan Lie’s abnormality at a glance.
He snorted coldly: “Go investigate!” The two elders obeyed and left.
Yan Lie tried to stop them, but Huo Fentian’s glare froze him in place, cold sweat pouring down his back.
The atmosphere became terrifyingly tense.
Huo Ling’er looked at Kai in surprise, then at the ashen-faced Yan Lie, and seemed to understand something.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, the two elders returned, carrying a jet-black communication talisman and a blood-red jade bottle.
“Sect Master, we found these two items under Yan Lie’s bed,”
one elder said in a deep voice. “Upon examination, the communication talisman does indeed contain the unique Netherworld Aura of the Evil Path Hall, and this bottle of pills… is the Blood Fiend Pill refined by the Evil Path Hall, made with the essence of living beings, extremely malevolent.”
“Boom…!”
Terrifying flames erupted from Huo Fentian’s body, and the entire cave trembled.
He stared intently at Yan Lie, enunciating each word clearly: “Yan… Lie! What else do you have to say?!”
Yan Lie’s legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground, his face ashen: “Sect Master… I… I was forced! The Evil Path Hall captured my parents and forced me to work for them! I didn’t want to! Please, Sect Master, spare my life!”
“Parents?”
Huo Fentian’s eyes grew even colder. “Your parents died twenty years ago due to cultivation going awry. Where did you get parents?”
Yan Lie trembled, realizing he had let something slip. Despair flashed in his eyes, then turned to madness: “Yes! I am a member of the Evil Path Hall! So what? What is the Earth Fire Pavilion?”
“The Evil Path Hall is the true ruler of the Eleventh Heaven! Huo Fentian, do you think you can kill me?”
He suddenly pulled out a blood-red jade slip from his robes and crushed it!
“Boom!”
Blood-red mist erupted from the jade slip, transforming into a blood-red pillar of light that shot into the sky, piercing through the rock strata above the cave and soaring into the clouds!
“Not good! He’s summoning reinforcements from the Evil Path Hall!”
an elder exclaimed.
Enraged, Huo Fentian slammed his palm down at Yan Lie: “You beast! Die!”
The furious strike of a peak ninth-grade Celestial Immortal was terrifying!
A gigantic, crimson fiery palm blotted out the sky, crashing down with the power to incinerate everything!
A mad glint flashed in Yan Lie’s eyes as he summoned a blood-red shield to block, roaring, “Palace Master Zhan! Save me!”
“Hehehe… Huo Fentian, did you even ask me before attacking someone from my Evil Path Palace?”
A sinister voice echoed from the blood-red pillar of light.
Within the pillar, a blood-red figure slowly materialized—it was Zhan E!
Although merely a projection, his aura was still terrifying!
The blood-red hand emerged from the pillar of light, colliding with Huo Fentian’s fiery palm!