Chapter 249 - The Fallen Innate Spirit Body (1/2)

Whether it was the Xiao Mang Celestial Race experts, Lian Xin, or even Chi Liannu, they were all dead, their Yuan Shen dispersed into thin air, and their atmans disintegrated into nothingness. No one would ever know what had happened as long as Zhong Yue kept mum about it. As the saying went, dead men tell no tales!

The incident had shaken the whole of the East Barren. Two of Shu Buyi's disciples, Lian Xin and Chi Liannu, had both died. Surely, it would give rise to a great commotion. Although Lian Xin died at Zhong Yue's hands, no one would believe him even if he claimed it!

Who would believe that an Atman Body Qi Practitioner could kill a Heavenly Dharma Qi Practitioner?

Hence, it was only natural for the monster race to blame their deaths on the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, excluding Zhong Yue from the list. Which was why Lang Qingyun had said, 'The dead tell no tales'. So long as Zhong Yue kept quiet, no one would ever know the truth.

Xiao Chuyun's eyes turned frigid as he stared at Zhong Yue. It had been a long time since the Xiao Mang Celestial Race had suffered such a great loss, other than the time they went after the humans Shui Zian and Zhong Yue.

However, despite the great loss in their last mission, they successfully completed their objective, the elimination of Shui Zian. But now, they have lost dozens of Atman Body and Inner Core experts, even a Heavenly Dharma Qi Practitioner, and yet, this dragon brat was still breathing free air in front of him. Even more, he had plundered the experts' soul weapons!

Thankfully, Xiao Chuyun didn't know that Zhong Yue and Long Yue were both the same man, or otherwise, he might have gone crazy from extreme anger.

"City Lord Gu Hongzi, you can take him under your wings now, but you can't protect him for life! Excuse me now, as I have to leave, I've other matters to attend to!"

Xiao Chuyun clasped his hands and said goodbye. When he walked past Zhong Yue's, he said meaningfully, "Dragon, it's not safe outside of Gu Xia City. When I see you again on the outside, no one can save you anymore."

He put his head closer and sniffed Zhong Yue, then said indifferently, "I've memorized your scent, no matter where you are, I'll find you."

Zhong Yue's face changed drastically, and stared after the gloomy Xiao Mang Celestial as he turned and left.

Lang Qingyun also quickly stood up, and said smilingly, "Seems like Senior Martial Brother Gu Hongzi has some misunderstandings about me, it's best if I leave now! Junior martial brother, I'll report to our teacher about Junior Martial Sister Lian Xin and Chi Liannu's death as how the truth is, you may be at ease."

Zhong Yue smiled and replied, "Thank you big senior martial brother for being truthful, however, if big senior martial brother's explanation isn't clear enough, I can personally tell it to our teacher, and also, the reason why the Xiao Mang Celestial Race is after me."

Lang Qingyun stiffened up and followed after Xiao Chuyun.

Gu Hongzi didn't stop them, he waved his hand in a gesture for the monsters to stand down and let them go peacefully. Then, he turned to Zhong Yue and asked in a puzzled voice, "Junior martial brother, your words, it sounds like you are threatening Lang Qingyun."

Zhong Yue nodded and explained, "Lang Qingyun is a spy placed into the East Barren by the Xiao Mang Celestial Race."

After hearing the detailed explanation from Zhong Yue, Gu Hongzi was at a loss of words for a few moments, Suddenly, his eyes turned sharp, he said, "This is a good chance to take down Lang Qingyun! With Lang Qingyun out of the way, then only you and Qiu Qingshan would be left among all five of his disciples! Qiu Qingshan is a muddle-head, he is not smart enough to take up such a big responsibility. So it'll surely be you that will inherit Shi Buyi's throne as the overlord of the East Barren, the monster lord of all the East Barren!"

Zhong Yue was aroused by the possibility, but moments later, he furrowed his brow and said, "Senior martial brother, it's only a conjecture that he is of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, I don't have any evidence to prove it. Furthermore, for the Xiao Mang Celestial Race to put him here, he must have acquired a way to hide his Xiao Mang bloodline. Without evidence, he will be untouchable, more so when Shi Buyi doesn't trust me at all. Rather, he tried to kill me more than once by using the hands of the others, he wouldn't allow me to live for long. The possibility of me being the next East Barren overlord is nearly impossible."

Gu Hongzi frowned after hearing this. Zhong Yue then laughed and said, "However, in my opinion, if Lang Qingyun is the Xiao Mang celestial messenger in the monster race, then we might be able to find out the Xiao Mang messenger in the Great Wilderness! As long we catch him…"

All of a sudden, Gu Hongzi interrupted him, saying, "Junior martial brother, you spent too much time away from home, I suppose you don't know yet, but the traitor in Swords Gate has been exposed."

"What? Exposed?" Zhong Yue's eyes opened wide and he shouted in shock, "The traitor has been caught? When did it happen? Who is it?"

"About a month ago," Gu Hongzi answered, "The traitor is an innate spirit body holder… Lei Hong of the Lei Hu Clan."

"Lei Hong?" Zhong Yue was startled, the image of a well-built man like a bear came into his mind, Lei Hong looked like an honest and frank brawny man, who knew that he would be the traitor!

What shocking news bombarded Zhong Yue's heart!

Lei Hong was the Fire Innate Spirit Body, cultivator of the lightning-style techniques. With the fire and lightning coming together, his prowess was incredibly strong. Also, he was hearty and boisterous like any other Lei Hu Clan members, men with good hearts but speaking too many words.

However, the Croc Dragon incident that happened to Zhong Yue sparked his suspicions toward Lei Hong.