Starting My Cultivation With Time Management - Chapter 273 - Chapter 273: Chapter 65: Spy Hunting Spy

Chapter 273: Chapter 65: Spy Hunting Spy
 

Luo Yan dragged his feet, slow and unhurried, finally reaching Penglai Immortal Island.

According to what the captured Ai Zhenzhi had confessed, the expedition team had arrived here in the morning.

However, the surroundings were calm and tranquil, with not a shadow of a Demon Cult Cultivator in sight.

He immediately grew suspicious—could it be that Ai Zhenzhi had lied?

After lurking on the sea for nearly an hour, the Demon Cult Cultivators still did not appear.

So, Luo Yan sighed and urged his sword light to descend upon Penglai Island.

If he delayed any longer in returning, his master would likely grow suspicious.

Back at Yuqing View, Luo Yan planned to go straight to the Sect Leader of Xuandu.

As soon as his steps entered the pavilion, he saw about a dozen Disciplinary Hall cultivators surging out from both sides, all dressed in white robes, with stern expressions. Leading them was the head of the Disciplinary Hall, Elder Jiu Ling, who pointed at Luo Yan, sealing all his cultivation.

Luo Yan: ??????????

His first thought was that his spy identity had been exposed, and he was about to urgently call out to Ah Jing to take him away, when he saw Elder Jiu Ling extend a finger and press several key points on his body. With spiritual power circulating, divine sense carefully swept over him.

“There’s no trace of the Ten Aspects Release Method,” Elder Jiu Ling waved his hand, and the surrounding cultivators all breathed a sigh of relief, instantly releasing the restraints on Luo Yan.

Once again free, Luo Yan pretended to be puzzled and asked,

“Senior, is there a Heavenly Demon Path Cultivator that has infiltrated the View?”

“It’s not a Heavenly Demon Path Cultivator,” Elder Jiu Ling said succinctly, “It’s a Hell Path Cultivator.”

Luo Yan was startled, his heart churning like a stormy sea.

What? The one Wei Dongliu had desperately sought was actually found by Luo Yan?

“Your Heavenly Craft Workshop’s fourth disciple, Shi Wenshi, is dead. From the scene, it was determined that a Hell Path Cultivator was responsible,” Elder Jiu Ling continued, “The murderer must be hiding within the View, and all disciples must cooperate with the investigation. Luo Yan, go back to the Heavenly Craft Workshop right now, and you are not to leave… Right, where’s your master?”

“My master is out on some business,” Luo Yan replied, his eyes dull, but inside, he was screaming, this is not good.

To come across such a matter! How am I supposed to escape now?

Keep in mind, even if a hundred thousand gods and demons were to attack Penglai, Luo Yan wouldn’t fear at all.

As long as he found a place, let Ah Jing teleport him away, the so-called Demon Cult’s siege would be a joke.

But if Yuqing View restricts his movements, then unless he’s ready to defect from the sect, he really has no way to escape—once he leaves, he’ll be treated as a suspect of being a traitor, but how could he continue to mix in Penglai afterward?

Forget it, he could only return to the Heavenly Craft Workshop first and investigate who the traitor was by the way.

Luo Yan silently walked toward the Heavenly Craft Workshop, then suddenly realized something:

What does “established history cannot be changed” mean?

I recall Ai Zhenzhi saying the Divine Striking Whip was obtained from a “young Array Master.”

That means, when the Protective Sect Array is breached, I will inevitably be besieged by some true members of the Demon Cult and elders. I’ll have no choice but to wield the Divine Striking Whip for self-preservation, thus completing the closure of temporal significance…

So, this return of mine is precisely why I’ve encountered such a mess!

Tsk, once I’ve observed the outcome of the future, the future becomes unavoidable, right?

Back at the Heavenly Craft Workshop, Luo Yan saw his third senior sister, Liang Ruohua, coming out from the inner room after completing the interrogation.

“Junior brother,” she nodded at Luo Yan, her eyes still slightly swollen, “You can go in. Don’t worry, they won’t make things difficult for you.”

Luo Yan remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

The inner room was originally the storage room of the Heavenly Craft Workshop but had now been temporarily requisitioned by the Disciplinary Hall.

As Luo Yan entered the inner room, he saw a Disciplinary Hall male cultivator standing by, adjusting a mirror-like magical treasure—probably some kind of lie detecting tool.

Another female cultivator sat behind the table, gesturing for Luo Yan to sit down opposite her.

“Where were you at the third quarter of Chen hour this morning?” The other party asked directly.

“I was with Master on the way to Yangzhou,” Luo Yan honestly replied.

The two cultivators looked at each other for a moment.

With Elder Shi Ding… that would be the perfect alibi; the murderer’s suspicion could almost be excluded.

“Your senior sister Shi Liuli, she hasn’t appeared in the pavilion for over ten days,” the female cultivator continued to ask, “do you know where she is?”

“I do,” Luo Yan continued nodding, “She is trapped in a secret realm in Kuocang Mountain; Master and I were going there to save her.”

“Then why did you come back?” the male cultivator asked.

“Master sent me back to borrow a magical treasure from the Pavilion Master,” Luo Yan answered.

The two Disciplinary Hall cultivators fell silent for a moment before the female cultivator spoke up:

“All right. Do not leave Heavenly Craft Workshop during this time; we will notify you after the review is concluded.”

“May I ask, how did my fourth senior brother die?” Luo Yan asked tentatively.

“Outside your master’s study,” the female cultivator hesitated for a moment before replying, “He fell after his soul was drawn out by a Hell Path evil spell.”

“We suspect the murderer sneaked into your master’s study to search for something and was just happened to be seen by your fourth senior brother passing by.”

“A brief magical competition occurred between them, and by the time we were alerted and arrived, your fourth senior brother was already killed, and the murderer was long gone.”

Hearing this, Luo Yan fell into contemplation: clearly, what the traitor was trying to find, might very well have a direct cause and effect relationship with the eventual breach of the Penglai Island’s Protective Sect Array.

Since the breach of the array is an imminent fact that is bound to happen, it seems there’s no need for me to intervene to prevent it. The key is to find the traitor who killed my fourth senior brother to avoid being backstabbed by them when I make my escape.

This traitor, nine times out of ten, is among the Heavenly Craft Workshop! Right among my senior brothers and sisters!

“Alright,” he sighed and got up.

Leaving the inner chamber, Luo Yan did not head to his own bedroom, but instead went straight to Miss Shi’s room and pushed the door open.

From the corner of the drawer’s storage bag, he fished out the Divine Striking Whip and the Jade Emperor’s Bell.

This Miss Shi… to carelessly place Tenth Rank Magical Treasures like this without even setting up an array for protection, she really is careless!

After securing both treasures, Luo Yan hurriedly left and came to the door of his eldest senior brother, Linghu Chu.

He knocked on the door, only to find that his eldest senior brother was not inside.

So he went to his second senior sister’s residence. The door was open, and there was no one inside.

“Stop looking.” Liang Ruohua, his third senior sister, opened her door and poked her head out to say, “Your eldest senior brother is being interrogated.”

“What about second senior sister?”

“She just got back from being interrogated and went to the zither workshop.”

“Third senior sister,” Luo Yan said with a grave tone, “do you think the murderer could be one of our Heavenly Craft Workshop people?”

Liang Ruohua’s face shifted slightly, and after a moment, her gaze turned cold:

“Are you suspecting your eldest senior brother? Or your second senior sister? Or are you suspecting me?”

“If I suspected senior sister, I wouldn’t have asked directly,” Luo Yan calmly replied.

“Your second senior sister is a dull character, and she has always had a good relationship with your fourth senior brother, why would she kill him?” Liang Ruohua spoke coldly, “As for your eldest senior brother… he has taken such good care of you and Liuli in the past; you should trust him even less.”

“I see,” said Luo Yan with an unconcerned smile, “It was my mistake to rashly suspect my senior brother and sister. We might as well assume fourth senior brother committed suicide; I won’t look for a murderer anymore.”

“You… come back!” Seeing Luo Yan turn around to leave, Liang Ruohua hurriedly called him back.

“What is it, senior sister?” Luo Yan turned his head to ask.

“Come in first,” Liang Ruohua stepped back half a step and said with a worried tone, “I have something to tell you.”

“Alright,” Luo Yan turned and came back, his demeanor calm and collected.

In his sleeves, his hands were already forming the spell for the Five Elements Divine Light.