Chapter 238: A Tiny Mistake (1/2)

Elder Shan remained silent but her expression was crystal clear for Yang Wei to understand.

He had indeed been chosen as the one to investigate the traitors within their sect with his new status.

A status that Yang Wei truly regrets now since he would have to step into the muddy water to find out the traitors.

”Can I decline this task?” Yang Wei asked.

As much as he wanted to help the sect out, he didn't have the time and effort to investigate other disciples.

Alas, it was a futile effort in hoping to be able to decline the task when Elder Shan shook her head.

”We didn't want to push this task upon a disciple either but what can we do? If we, the elders, start investigating now. There's a high chance of alerting Tang Xin who is in hiding and it would be more troublesome in the future.” Elder Shan said.

Yang Wei sighed softly before realizing one thing.

He stared at Elder Shan deeply in the eyes and in a low tone, he asked, ”How did you know Tang Xin is still alive?”

”We have found traces of his footstep and recently, he was discovered nearby a village that had been brought to ruin.”  Elder Shan replied.

However, Yang Wei found this to be more suspicious than ever. After all, Tang Xin had been dead for a long time yet only now did they realize he was still alive.

”This doesn't make sense…” Yang Wei muttered in a low tone.

”What doesn't make sense?” Elder Shan asked in concern.

Yang Wei's expression turned solemn. ”Elder Shan, don't you think everything is too much of a coincidence?”

”We had Elder Jing discovering the use of modified pills in the arena when in fact, the modified pills had been circulating in our sect for some time already. Moreover, as soon as we began investigating, we found out Tang Xin was hiding somewhere and that one of the elders had been caught.”

”Everything seemed too much of coincidence and convenience for us- it's like the mystery continued to solve itself as we advanced forward.”

The room became silent as Elder Shan started to comprehend the words of Yang Wei.

'Indeed… Yang Wei is right about this aspect. Everything we investigated seemed like we were closer to the truth but not quite close either.' Elder Shan exclaimed inwardly as her expression turned complicated.

She then lifted her head up and held Yang Wei's hand. ”If everything is like you've said then there's a mastermind behind this, trying to control our actions.”

Yang Wei nodded his head.

”I don't know why but ever since I arrived in this room- I felt like I'm being spied on.” Yang Wei then said.

Elder Shan became dumbfounded by Yang Wei's words as she gasped and covered her mouth with her hand.

”How long have you been feeling that way?” Elder Shan asked him in a bit of a somewhat nervous tone.