Chapter 540: The Tragedy Of The Tri Cauldron Peony Sect (1/2)

Patriarch Mudan and the elders were affected by the force of the sonic boom and were pushed back as well. Mudan was still able to handle himself but the elders couldn't do the same and ended up crashing into the trees nearby breaking them.

The ones who were lightly injured simply spat out blood while the others had broken bones and were directly knocked out.

Mudan stabbed his sword into the ground and stopped himself from flying back more. Even though he could fly on his own without the support of a spirit weapon, the force was still too much. It was as if there was more than just Air that had caused such an effect.

Mudan looked in the direction in which Little Shrubby had gone, but couldn't see it anywhere.

”YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER!” Mudan yelled while flying after them.

His spirit sense was fully spread around, covering over a kilometer of the area as his eyes darted around. The old patriarch ended up searching for over a day, to no avail. He couldn't bring himself to believe it, but it really had happened. A core condensation realm beast had outrun him, an Adult stage Nascent soul realm cultivator.

If this news got out, there was a great chance he would become a laughing stock of the cultivation world.

Still, he knew news such as this would not be able to be suppressed. There were far too many disciples who had seen everything that had happened and they would probably let it out even unintentionally.

Besides, this was something he would need the help of other sects to resolve now. It had gone beyond the scope of just one sect. If a thief could steal from their sect, they could very well do with the other sects.

Mudan returned to his sect feeling disappointed, only to get fed with more despair. The sect had not known that it was not just the main peak and pill peak that had been robbed. It was later that they found out that even the Herb Peak had become a victim.

But this time they had a suspect that was most likely behind it or was at least part of it. No one would believe that this was done by just a single person. There was simply no way it could be done.

Currently the sect patriarch, the peak masters, and all elders of the sect were in a hall. Everyone's expression was tense as they looked at the patriarch pensively.

”So you are telling me the culprit behind this is the disciple who won the competition you organized?” Mudan questioned.

”Yes, patriarch.” Shaoyan Qianyu ordered with a straight face.

She herself couldn't bring herself to believe that it was Wu Lian who had stolen all the things from the vault. But when she went to check the formations it was obvious that what opened the vault was the very token that she had issued the man.

”So a genius who can ignite an intermediate ranked Qi flame is behind all this?” Mudan questioned.

”Yes, patriarch.” Shaoyan Qianyu repeated.

Mudan turned to look at the elders of the sect registry before speaking.