The protagonist chased the villain, and Tiandao screamed in anger

I thought it would be a stress-free experience, but unexpectedly, something unexpected happened. After receiving a message from Thorn Ridge asking for help, Master Xue, who was gathering forces from various sects to encircle and suppress the evil spirits, felt his heart sink. He opened the communication talisman and his expression suddenly changed.

Xue Cheng is missing!

When the knife stabbed himself, Master Xue felt uneasy and worried.

Unlike the last time when he went to Tongquecheng Sect to rescue them, this time, for the sake of his son, Sect Leader Xue immediately stopped the endless discussions in the main hall, apologized to the elders from various sects who came to Zhengyang Sect, and hurriedly gathered people to go to Thorn Ridge for the rescue.

Even though he hurried and used the Earth-Shrinking Acceleration Talisman, he was still a step late.

His son, Xue Cheng, died in Thorn Ridge, his body covered in corpse water and resentment, and he died with his eyes open.

The protagonist, who was also missing, was rescued beside a river connecting Songzhao Mountain and the foot of Jingjie Ridge. The protagonist was seriously injured. After being rescued, he was sent back to Zhengyang Sect overnight. After taking qi-replenishing pills, he slowly stabilized his breathing.

"He's awake, Master. He's awake."

There were several people standing by the bed. Before the protagonist could react, a figure rushed over, suddenly grabbed his collar, and pulled him up from the pillow.

"Yi Ming, tell me! What happened? Why did my Cheng'er die? You brought so many disciples with you, why did only my son die?"

Sect Leader Xue was no longer as energetic as before, his eyes were dark and bloodshot due to his excitement. He shook Yi Ming violently, trying to get some answers from him.

"Ahem... ahem... Master..."

"Senior Brother Xue, he just woke up and hasn't regained consciousness yet. He is shaking like this and he can't answer..." An elder from the Alchemy Hall on the side tried to dissuade him.

Considering that Yi Ming was the sect master's disciple after all, he raised his hand to block the way, but was waved away by Sect Master Xue, who had grieved the loss of his son.

"Get out of here, he must know, he must know!" He knew that Xue Cheng and Yi Ming had always had a grudge against each other. He knew that without his supervision, his son might not listen to him and not cause trouble for Yi Ming.

Is it Yi Ming... Is it him...

The Pill Elder staggered after being pushed, and turned to look at the Sect Master on the side with embarrassment.

Jin Yangzi opened his eyes, looked at Sect Leader Xue who was acting more and more outrageously, frowned, stood up, and slapped him on the shoulder.

"Junior Brother Xue, calm down."

The old voice was like a wake-up call, waking up Master Xue suddenly.

The bloodshot in his eyes faded a little, and he stiffly loosened his hand that was pinching Yi Ming's neck, and followed Jin Yangzi to the study room on the side.

[Am I here too early? This Zhengyang Sect's architecture is really hard to see through.]

[It’s not too early, just in time, the protagonist wakes up. ]

Due to the shielding of the building, there are not many barrages this time. It should be that not many people are capable of using the tricky technique of getting in position and penetrating the model.

"Cough... cough..." The protagonist was strangled by the mad Master Xue. He coughed for a long time and spat out the blood stuck in his throat before he could breathe smoothly.

He was looked after by the Elder of Alchemy, and when he became more conscious, the two people who had left the room returned.

This time, Sect Leader Xue calmed down, although there was still vigilance and suspicion in his eyes when he looked at Yi Ming.

"Are you feeling better?" The clan leader took the initiative to come over and put his hand on Yi Ming's wrist to check his pulse. In fact, he had checked once when Yi Ming was sent back in a coma.

It was consistent that Yi Ming's health was indeed seriously depleted.

The true energy is almost exhausted.

"Thank you for your concern, Master. My disciple's cough...is fine now." Yi Ming leaned on the edge of the bed and coughed dryly, barely able to say a few words.

"You are still injured, so lie down and recuperate." Jin Yangzi fed Yi Ming a pill, pressed Yi Ming's shoulders and helped him lie down.

Sect Leader Xue closed his eyes, trying to maintain his composure, and leaned over again, asking, "Yi Ming, now that you're awake, tell us what happened at Thorn Ridge?"

"Master, Master, I, my fellow disciples and fellow apprentices, originally thought that we were going down the mountain just to clear away the resentment, but we didn't expect... to encounter the evil spirit of mud and bones hiding in the cave..."

Yi Ming's face was pale. He eliminated the resentful creatures of his disciples in the miasma. Xue Cheng secretly tripped them up and did not use the teleportation spell, but sent the two of them into the evil spirit cave.

"Brother Xue's strength was superior to mine. At that time, I used up most of my energy to fight against the evil spirit. Unexpectedly, Brother Xue pushed me out to resist the evil spirit's attack... Fortunately, in the critical moment, I remembered the teleportation talisman that Master had taught me a few days ago. I was lucky enough to escape with my life, but because I was not good at learning, I was sent thousands of miles away."

[It's half true and half false. I believed everything the protagonist said. 】

[The protagonist didn't put the blame on the villain. Obviously, at this time, blaming Xue Cheng's death on the villain would help to eliminate his own suspicion...]

“…Is it really so?” Sect Master Xue lowered his head and glanced at Yi Ming, trying to carefully catch the slightest mistake and strange look of the other party.

But in Yi Ming's eyes, there was nothing, he looked calm.

If Xue Cheng mentioned by Yi Ming had not blamed him, Sect Leader Xue, who knew his son's character well, would have become suspicious and determined that there must be a lie in this.

But, in front of the sect leader, Yi Ming spoke without hesitation about Xue Cheng's deliberate attempts to trip him up and how he pushed him to block the attack in times of crisis.

This is indeed what Xue Cheng would do.

Sect Master Xue was speechless. The disciples in the sect might not know Xue Cheng's true temper, but the sect leader Jin Yangzi knew it clearly.

Besides, they had great use for Yi Ming. At the moment, no matter how sad he was, he could not do anything to Yi Ming even though he had the Sect Master's order and no evidence...

He can't do anything!

"I know that Senior Brother Xue has a prejudice against me, but I didn't expect that Senior Brother Xue would even disregard the friendship between the master and the brothers. If it weren't for the care of the master, I'm afraid I would have lost my life long ago!"

"But even though all this happened too quickly, and even though there were many conflicts between me and Senior Brother Xue, I never expected that Senior Brother Xue would..."

The perfect amount of silence and bowing successfully stimulated the tightly stretched string in Master Xue's mind!

His emotions, which were barely stabilized by the clan leader, collapsed again. He stretched out his hands and suddenly grabbed Yi Ming's neck. His eyes were bloodshot and he roared: "Why not you! Why did you dodge! Why didn't you die! Why did my Cheng Er die for you! Why...!"

[Even before I watched the subsequent plot, I felt that Master Xue's attitude was very strange. It turned out that he had other intentions. Now that his son is dead, he doesn't pretend anymore. ]

[Why did the protagonist provoke him? Will he strangle him to death? ]

[It should be to confirm the villain's words. After all, Master Xue's attitude was indeed strange before. Look at the protagonist's eyes, he has probably confirmed something.]

"Xue Jing!" Jin Yangzi rarely called Master Xue by his full name. Seeing that the other party was completely irrational, he knocked Master Xue unconscious with one move.

From Jin Yangzi's perspective, no matter how true Yi Ming's words were, as long as he was still alive, it was enough. He had no intention of exploring the cause of Xue Cheng's death, he only cared about Yi Ming as a lead. Before the necessary sacrifice, Yi Ming could not be harmed.

He advocated interrogating this matter, just to give face to Master Xue, but the other party was too confused. The current Master Xue was impulsive and irritable, and was no longer suitable for managing the affairs of the sect.