Volume 8: Peak of the Star Domain Chapter 1230 The Suspicion of the Grand Elder of the Cheng Family
After taking a look at the many cultivators that were teleported out of the secret realm, the Cheng family's Grand Elder frowned slightly and asked Cheng Hai in a deep voice, "Where is your family master?"
Just now, the Grand Elders of the other two top forces were first greeted by the Sect Master, but their Cheng family had a great elder in the middle stage of the Source Du Realm who came to pay him a visit, which made him lose face.
Cheng Hai wanted to say something but soon saw that the Grand Elder's expression was already showing impatience, so he had to bite the bullet and said in a deep voice: "Report to the Grand Elder, I only saw the Sect Master in the first year of entering the secret realm. The Sect Master has not appeared for nine years since then. I'm afraid he has met with an accident!"
Among the cultivators who entered the secret realm, except for the head of the family, Cheng Hai was already the one with the highest status in the Cheng family. At this time, the other cultivators did not dare to speak, so he had to stand up.
Although Cheng Hai knew that the Supreme Elder would be furious about this matter, it was something he would have to face sooner or later. It would be better to do it here while all the cultivators who had entered the secret realm were present, so that it would be easier for the Supreme Elder to dispel his suspicion of them.
"What did you say?" The voice of the Cheng family's supreme elder suddenly increased countless times, instantly causing pain in the eardrums of the low-level cultivators present.
But the pain in their eardrums that these cultivators felt at this moment was far less intense than the shock in their hearts. The head of the Cheng family, a top-notch powerhouse in the late Duyuan realm, was actually killed in the secret realm and could not return to the star field?
Many forces that had originally planned to leave this place stopped immediately after hearing this and wanted to know more information. Many people were already gloating in their hearts.
Although the Cheng family is not the strongest among the three top forces, it is the most powerful among other forces, and can even be said to be overbearing!
There was once a powerful sect that openly criticized the Cheng family in the star field because they were dissatisfied with the Cheng family for confiscating their vast resources, resulting in their own lack of cultivation resources. Afterwards, they were brutally wiped out overnight, and no one survived. Even the strongest cultivator in the early stage of Duyuan Realm could not escape!
When other forces arrived the next day after noticing the situation, they saw that the once magnificent sect had become a mess. Countless exquisite palaces had been reduced to ruins. The ruins had turned black and brown, and blood was flowing like a river!
Although no cultivator saw the Cheng family take action with their own eyes, many forces knew that this must have been done by the Cheng family, and the Cheng family did not even make any excuses!
This was the most powerful deterrent the Cheng family had ever used, instantly killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, so that even if the forces under the Cheng family were dissatisfied, they dared not speak out and could only endure the oppression of the Cheng family.
Upon hearing that the patriarch had met with an accident in the secret realm, the Cheng family's supreme elder turned directly to look at the people of the Bai clan, looking for Li Xuanfeng, but he did not find him either.
Before the head of the Cheng family entered the Tianchen Secret Realm, he said that he would keep the leader of the Bai clan in the secret realm forever. But now he has not returned to the star field. Naturally, the Cheng family's supreme elder suspected the leader of the Bai clan first.
Tang Wu and the Bai clan ancestor instantly felt an extremely strong pressure, and a strong sense of life and death crisis arose in their hearts, as if they were facing a giant beast from the abyss!
Seeing the look of the Grand Elder, another Grand Elder of the Cheng Family who was at the Duyuan Realm also spoke up: "The Lord of the Bai Clan has not appeared for eight or nine years. He must have met with an accident!"
Cheng Hai felt extremely bitter after hearing this. He knew that the leader of the Bai tribe was not dead, but he did not dare to say it. Otherwise, when he saw the leader of the Bai tribe again, he would probably die!
Although he did not see Li Xuanfeng enter the Dao Tower, he had not seen him in the last few years in the Tianchen Secret Realm. A shocking guess emerged in Cheng Hai's mind that the mysterious creature in the Dao Tower was most likely the leader of the Bai tribe.
Now that the secret realm was closed, the mysterious creature inside the Dao Tower still hadn't walked out, and the Lord of the Bai Clan hadn't been teleported out. Cheng Hai was immediately completely certain that the mysterious creature inside the Dao Tower was the Lord of the Bai Clan, and his strength must be extremely terrifying!
After knowing that the leader of the Bai tribe already possessed such terrifying strength, Cheng Hai already felt vaguely that the head of their Cheng family was most likely killed by the leader of the Bai tribe!
Although he had many guesses in his mind and felt that the possibility was very high, Cheng Hai did not dare to say it out loud. At this time, he could only pretend not to know in front of the Supreme Elder.
Feeling the cold gaze of the Cheng family's great elder and hearing the words of the Cheng family's great elder, Tang Wu and the Bai clan's ancestors suddenly showed a lot of sadness and dejection on their faces, as if they were sad at the thought of the unexpected encounter with their Bai clan leader.
Seeing the expressions of Tang Wu and the Bai clan ancestor, the Cheng family's supreme elder stared at them deeply for a long time, as if he wanted to see through them both. Then he didn't pay too much attention to them, but swept his gaze over the other cultivators.
Because in the view of the Cheng family's supreme elder, although the leader of the Bai tribe did have a huge feud with their Cheng family and was very likely to fight with the head of the family in the secret realm, he did not have the strength to kill the head of the family. If they met, he would only be suppressed by the head of the Cheng family.
Because the Cheng family's supreme elder was extremely confident in the Cheng family's patriarch, who was his carefully trained younger generation, and who had helped him comprehend the origin of devouring. Combined with his own comprehended origin of ruthlessness, his combat power was already extremely powerful.
Even among cultivators of the same realm, few could match the head of the Cheng family, let alone the leader of the Bai clan, whose cultivation level was one realm lower than theirs.
If the leader of the Bai tribe returns to the star field, the Cheng family's supreme elder will naturally not dispel this doubt, and will make a fierce decision to capture the leader of the Bai tribe and search his soul.
But now seeing that the other party had not returned to the star field, the Cheng family's supreme elder suddenly felt that the leader of the Bai tribe had most likely died before the patriarch, and was killed by him personally.
To the Cheng family's supreme elder, the Bai people who had lost their leader were like ants that could be crushed to death at will, and he did not take them seriously at all.
As his eyes swept across the many cultivators, the Cheng family's supreme elder quickly noticed that the aura of the Tianchen Sect Master was very different from before, and it seemed that his cultivation had improved a lot.
The Cheng family's Grand Elder immediately stared at the Tianxing Sect Master and asked in a deep voice, "Do you know what happened to the Cheng family's Patriarch in the secret realm?"
After ruling out the leader of the Bai clan, the Cheng family's great elder naturally turned his attention to the other two late Duyuan realm masters who had entered the secret realm, the Tianxing clan leader and the Chenxi clan leader.
In the opinion of the Cheng family's supreme elder, the only people who could kill their head of the family within the secret realm, apart from the powerful and ferocious beasts within the secret realm, were the two great clan leaders.
Moreover, now that he saw that the cultivation level of the Tianxing Sect Master seemed to have improved a lot, it was very likely that he could defeat the Cheng Family Patriarch, so he naturally became the first suspect.
After hearing this, the Tianxing Sect Master immediately shook his head and smiled, saying, "Replying to Elder Cheng, I don't know."
In the eyes of the Tianxing Sect Master, the Cheng Family's Grand Elder, who had lost their patriarch, seemed to look at everyone as a murderer, and his eyes were full of suspicion when he looked at him.
Seeing that the Tianxing Sect Master actually shook his head and smiled, and there was no respect for him in his words, the expression of the Cheng Family's Grand Elder suddenly became even gloomier.
After this trip to the secret realm, it seemed that the younger generation of the Tianxing Sect Master had become too arrogant and no longer took him seriously.
With a gloomy face, the head of the Cheng family was immediately ready to open his mouth and directly scold the leader of the Tianxing Sect. If the other party still didn't know his place, he wouldn't mind teaching him a lesson!
Of course, the Cheng family's supreme elder knew that with the Tianxing Sect's supreme elder present at this time, it would be impossible for him to kill the Tianxing Sect's leader.
But at this moment, Cheng Hai, who saw his gloomy expression, immediately sent a voice message: "Grand Elder, don't be impulsive, the Tianxing Sect Master has already broken through to the Perfection of the Source Realm!"
The Cheng family's grand elder was suddenly shocked and looked at the Tianxing Sect Master in great astonishment. He did not expect that he would break through his cultivation level in the secret realm and be promoted to the same realm as him!
Breaking through from the late stage of the Duyuan Realm to the perfect Duyuan Realm is an extremely difficult thing to happen even in the previous Tianchen Secret Realm.
The Cheng family's supreme elder immediately became more suspicious that it was the Tianxing Sect Master who killed their patriarch, because he felt that other cultivators could not threaten the Cheng family's patriarch.
Thinking of this, the Cheng family's Grand Elder immediately stared at the Tianxing Sect Master with a cold gaze and asked in a deep voice: "Have you made a breakthrough in your cultivation? Have you made a move against the Cheng family's Patriarch?"
The leader of the Tianxing Sect felt extremely helpless, and suddenly felt that the Cheng family's supreme elder must have a closer relationship with the Cheng family's patriarch, which made him constantly suspect who the murderer was in his grief.
Many forces indeed do not know that when the head of the Cheng family was young, he privately called the Cheng family's supreme elder "great-grandfather".
Because of this, the Cheng family's supreme elder is now filled with rage and can't help but question the Tianxing Sect Master.
The cultivators from many other forces were suddenly shocked after hearing this. Even the Grand Elder of the Dawn Sect fixed his gaze and looked deeply at the Sect Master of the Tianxing Sect. He did not expect that the other party had successfully broken through his cultivation level in the secret realm.
The Tianxing Sect's Grand Elder laughed heartily, feeling extremely happy, knowing that their Tianxing Sect's strength would be further improved.
The cultivators who were teleported from the secret realm were not surprised. They all knew about the breakthrough of the Tianxing Sect Master, but they were still unable to remain calm. With the breakthrough of the Tianxing Sect Master, the Tianxing Sect would probably become the leader among the three top forces.
Then the Tianxing Sect Master replied, "I did not see the Patriarch of the Cheng Family in the secret realm. As for the breakthrough in cultivation, it was because a mysterious Taoist tower appeared in the secret realm this time, and I gained a lot of luck in it."
Seeing that the Cheng family's Grand Elder wanted to continue questioning, the Tianxing Sect's Grand Elder snorted coldly and said, "This is the Sect Master of my Tianxing Sect. I only respectfully address you as a senior, but I am not a junior that you can interrogate at will!"
After hearing this, the expression of the Cheng family's supreme elder suddenly became extremely gloomy. Knowing that after the Tianxing Sect Master had broken through to the Perfection of the Source Realm, the Tianxing Sect now had much more confidence than before, and no longer took the Cheng family seriously. He directly refused to allow him to continue questioning the Tianxing Sect Master in front of many cultivators.
However, the head of the Cheng family is also very clear in his mind that it is indeed not appropriate for their Cheng family to have a conflict with the Tianxing Sect now, not only to avoid being taken advantage of by the Chenxi Sect, but also from the perspective of overall strength.
Their Cheng family lost a person in the late stage of Duyuan Realm, while the Tianxing Sect gained a person in the perfect stage of Duyuan Realm. As a result, they already have a considerable advantage in terms of strength.
