1152: 293rd Chapter – 4 1152: 293rd Chapter – 4 Bi Yue kept a vigilant watch on her surroundings.
In truth, she was just going through the motions.
Along their journey, they had pillaged many towers but had not seen anyone dare to launch an assault on them.
After all, Bi Yue herself was at the limit of the Golden Core Period, and her backing from the Dragon Chant Sect was not something just anyone could provoke.
However, this time, a member of the Demon Sound Sect suddenly stood up, looked at Cao Zhen, and asked, “Are you the one known as Cao Zhen?”
Cao Zhen had just discerned what material the strings were made of when he suddenly heard someone speaking to him.
He turned around in surprise to face the stranger dressed in Demon Sound Sect’s attire, nodding with some confusion, “Yes, I am Cao Zhen.
What can I do for you?”
The member of the Demon Sound Sect took a step forward, his expression suddenly icy as he interrogated, “So you are Cao Zhen, no mistake there.
I ask you, why did you kill Gong Yinmo?”
“Gong Yinmo?” Cao Zhen stood there dumbfounded.
“I’ve never met anyone named Gong Yinmo; why do you say I killed him?”
The member of the Demon Sound Sect retorted coldly, “Still denying it?
You did not expect that after you killed Gong Yinmo, you failed to kill him completely.
After you left, he sent a message back to our Demon Sound Sect, naming Cao Zhen from the Hundred Peaks Sect as his killer!”
“This is utterly nonsensical; when did I ever kill someone from your sect?” Cao Zhen was utterly bewildered.
He had just arrived in the Eastern Province from the Hundred Peaks Sect.
He had not killed anyone, and his disciples certainly wouldn’t claim to have committed a murder in his stead.
Moreover, they had offended no one.
It seemed likely that before his visit to the Cloud Reaching Sect, perhaps no one even knew about the Hundred Peaks Sect, and the only ones who did, the Four Sons of Snow Mountain, seemed to have been killed by someone else.
And this person was claiming that he had killed one of their own?
Immortal Bi Yue’s expression grew even colder as she stepped forward, positioning herself in front of Cao Zhen and said coldly, “Are you looking for trouble with me?”
As her words fell, an unending chill began to spread toward the antagonist, causing the temperature around them to plummet sharply.
The members of the Hundred Rivers Sect and the Five Sounds Sect, feeling this aura, quickly stepped aside to show that they were uninvolved, whilst casting puzzled looks at the disciple of the Demon Sound Sect.
If someone from the Demon Sound Sect had been killed, they were killed.
To put it crudely, which of the great sects didn’t have disciples who had been killed by others?
And considering that Cao Zhen had not yet achieved the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection, what level of cultivation realm could someone he managed to kill possibly have?
How important could they be?
Was there a need to confront Cao Zhen personally?
Now, Cao Zhen was accompanying Immortal Bi Yue.
Wasn’t this tantamount to seeking trouble with Immortal Bi Yue?
What was the Demon Sound Sect trying to achieve?
The Five Sounds Sect disciple had yet to speak when a voice came from the void, “I am not looking to trouble Immortal Bi Yue.
We simply seek vengeance upon this man.”
As the voice died away, Hui Yin’s figure appeared within everyone’s line of sight, along with three more disciples from the Demon Sound Sect following behind him.
Hui Yin stared coldly at Cao Zhen and said, “I was unaware of this matter until Young Brother Shangyin informed me.
Only then did I learn that Gong Yin, our fellow brother, had been killed by you.
Moreover, you did not just murder our brother, but also insulted our Demon Sound Sect.
How can our sect tolerate such disrespect from outsiders!”
Hui Yin then turned to Immortal Bi Yue and said, “We mean no hostility towards the Immortal, but please step aside.”
Although Immortal Bi Yue had not known Cao Zhen before, she didn’t believe for a second that Cao Zhen had killed anyone from the Demon Sound Sect.
If Cao Zhen really had slain someone from the Demon Sound Sect, could he have left the victim half alive, allowing him a chance to breathe?
Cao Zhen was at the limit of the Golden Core Period just like her and was even a reincarnated individual with great ability.
How could he possibly make such a mistake!
Bi Yue responded coldly, “I can tell you this, he did not kill your people.
Moreover, even if he did, what then?
Or are you implying that you wish to be enemies with me?”
“We certainly have no intention of being enemies with Immortal Bi Yue, but if the Immortal insists on protecting this man, then we will have no choice but to offend,” retorted Hui Yin.
As Hui Yin spoke, the massive pill fusion formed by ten unique Golden Cores suddenly appeared behind him, the ten Golden Core phenomena merging into one colossal ancient zither.
In front of him, an ancient zither materialized as well, and with a light strum of his fingers across its strings, visible sonic waves burst forth, shooting toward Cao Zhen.
The disciples of both the Five Sounds Sect and the Hundred Rivers Sect’s eyes widened in shock.
The Demon Sound Sect was actually initiating an attack!
With Bi Yue openly committed to protecting Cao Zhen, were they truly willing to provoke Immortal Bi Yue?
Just for some unnamed person they hadn’t even heard of?
This seemed implausible!
There must be some other reason behind it.
Or rather, it could be a mere pretext; they had always intended to strike, and their target was definitely Cao Zhen.
The Demon Sound Sect wouldn’t be so crazy as to attack Immortal Bi Yue directly.
Attacking Bi Yue would be tantamount to declaring war on the Dragon Chant Sect.
They’d have to be mad to do so.
Unless they were completely confident they could kill Immortal Bi Yue.
But Immortal Bi Yue was at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core; even outnumbered, she could escape if not a match against them.
Moreover, they did not have enough numbers to kill Immortal Bi Yue conclusively.
Thus, their true target must be Cao Zhen.
In the midst of their astonished gazes, four other disciples from the Five Sounds Sect also took action, with each one’s phantasmal Golden Cores emerging behind them.