Chapter 406 We can’t stand the investigation!
"The enemy has reached our doorstep? Why didn't we receive any news?"
The Xianchen Sect's supreme elders who had awakened from seclusion were shocked.
It stands to reason that if they had reached the core area of the inner sect, the entire sect would probably cease to exist.
In an instant, they were filled with grief and anger, and their breath was like a volcanic eruption, rushing straight into the sky.
"Who dares to offend our Xianchen Sect!"
A group of supreme elders roared and rushed out of their respective caves. They scanned the surroundings with their spiritual sense, but were stunned.
"Civil war? A traitor in the sect?"
This was more chilling and more difficult to accept than an invasion by foreign enemies.
"Lao Jiao, Lao Pu, stop it, stop fighting!"
"What can't be said? Why fight against each other?"
Someone stepped forward to persuade them to stop fighting and asked the reason.
Jiao Hong sneered and pasted a Hidden Immortal Talisman on himself to avoid the ascending rays of light that fell from the sky, saying:
"Need I say more? The real Elder Pu has long been replaced. The current Elder Pu can't even attract the ascending rules. He is no longer a human cultivator."
Jiao Hong's words contained too much information, making those supreme elders who were still kept in the dark a little confused, but one thing was indeed very intuitive, that is, the ascending rays of light!
Jiao Hong and Elder Pu fought, and both of them would attract the lock of the ascending rules if they stretched too hard, but in the end, only Jiao Hong attracted the ascending rays of light, and there was no movement above Elder Pu's head.
Someone else said, "Elder Pu may have used some secret method to avoid the rules of ascension, but this doesn't prove that there is something wrong with Elder Pu, right?"
At this time, Sect Master Liang stood up and looked at the person who spoke: "You are not a shadow, are you?"
"What shadow? I am speaking a fair word for Elder Pu, and you want to put a hat on me? I think you are the traitors! You want to stir up internal conflicts in my Xianchen Sect!"
"No need to talk nonsense." Liang Daocheng waved his hand and said in a firm tone that could not be refused, "Today, everyone's identity must be verified. Only those who have confirmed that there is no problem with their identity can go out."
"How to verify?" A supreme elder asked.
"It's very simple. You can prove your innocence by activating the rules of ascension. I have a hidden immortal talisman here, which can help you escape the lock of the rules of ascension. Don't worry about ascending to the upper realm."
Some people were silent.
Someone said indifferently: "Is it that simple? Then let me try it first."
Someone else asked in confusion: "Old Jiao, Sect Master Liang, can you explain in detail what is going on?"
Liang Daocheng spoke briefly, roughly explaining the existence of the shadow world and shadows, and said that now the top leaders of the four major sects have infiltrated shadows.
This news was too shocking, some people were shocked, and some were skeptical.
Liang Daocheng directly took out the witness, a sealed captive.
The four captives captured by Zhang Wanzhi and the strong men of Yintian Sect happened to be divided into one by each of the four major sects and taken back as witnesses.
However, this "witness" is not a witness who provides confessions in the traditional sense, but a "witness" used for experiments.
"This shadow was captured by the Yintian Sect's Pingtian Zhenren. The Wuhu Layman of the Yintian Sect has defected and joined other shadows to injure several Yintian Sect's supreme elders. You should all have the contact information of the Yintian Sect's high-level officials. If you don't believe it, you can verify it yourself."
"In addition, this shadow is stubborn and refuses to say more, but after death, the shadow will be resurrected in the fairy shade and will not leave any bones. I can kill him on the spot for everyone to see."
Liang Daocheng looked around: "Of course, this shadow was captured by Pingtian Zhenren and his men with great difficulty, and the shadows are eager for me to kill him so that they can regain their freedom through resurrection. So if you use your brains, it is not difficult to judge whether what I said is true or false, and I don't need to kill this shadow to prove anything."
Speaking of this, in fact, many Xianchen Sect's supreme elders have already made a judgment in their hearts. Some people have already contacted the Yintian Sect, and some have received messages from the Dengxian Pavilion and the Wenjian Sect's supreme elders, all of which are related to "shadows".
It is not difficult for them to judge that at this moment, the four major immortal gates are simultaneously screening shadows.
The supreme elders stood carefully one by one, guarding against sudden attacks from around them.
Someone spoke: "It's just to trigger the ascension rules, it's not a big deal. If you have nothing to hide, why don't you cooperate?"
"I agree, I can take the lead in self-proof!"
"I have no objection."
It can be seen that most of the supreme elders agreed to self-proof.
This made Jiao Hong, Liang Daocheng and others feel relieved. Fortunately, it seems that the situation is not too bad, and the top leaders of Xianchen Sect have not been corrupted too seriously.
Most people's eyes are focused on Elder Park, waiting for him to express his opinion.
However, what they waited for was Elder Park's sudden rise and attacking the formation again!
And this time it was not just him, but also five or six supreme elders who had not spoken before.
Several people obviously discussed secretly, and attacked the formation together, trying to break the formation and break through the siege.
As long as the formation is broken, the disciples of Xianchen Sect are outside, which is enough to make Jiao Hong and others afraid to act rashly.
They are not afraid of dying in battle, but only afraid of being captured alive.
A wider space would be more conducive to their escape or even suicide.
In this small space, even if they wanted to commit suicide, they might be stopped.
Boom!
The formation trembled violently. Although Jiao Hong and others were prepared, they could not resist the tacit cooperation of Elder Pu and others, who focused their attacks on one point.
The formation was broken with a loud bang. Elder Pu and his shadows were overjoyed and prepared to rush out, but then they were so angry that they cursed on the spot.
Because they found that there was another layer of formation outside the formation...
Li Xiuchang, who was watching, gave a thumbs up to Chen Changsheng's clone: "Senior brother is indeed cautious."
Chen Changsheng smiled and said: "Time is short, there is no time to improve the strength of the formation, so we can only work on the number. If we set up a few more layers, we should be able to delay them for a while."
"Several layers... It seems that there are far more than two layers." Li Xiuchang mourned for the shadows.
When they broke through layer after layer, they found that there was always the next layer. I don't know what they felt.
The shadows' move was equivalent to exposing their identities. Those supreme elders who were not clear about the specific situation had also determined that there was something wrong with Elder Park and his group.
Jiao Hong called out to everyone: "Catch these spies! Try to capture them alive!"
Now the enemy and us are clear, and the elders of Xianchen Sect are also unambiguous. They use all their means and are full of anger in their hearts.
"You bastard, how dare you come to harm my Xianchen Sect!"
"You, the immortal, have deceived me for so many years! I've been so kind to you!"
The elders of Xianchen Sect have an absolute advantage over the shadows in terms of strength and numbers.
The shadows were struggling to resist, but at this moment, several people who had previously expressed their willingness to accept identity verification quietly attacked, but their target was not the shadows, but the supreme elders of Xianchen Sect.
These people just shouted that they were willing to verify their identities so that others would relax their vigilance against them.
But now they are stabbing in the back...
However, their plan failed because Zhang Wanzhi and others who were hiding in the dark never made a move.
Swish, swish, swish...
Several figures emerged in succession, blocking the shadows who wanted to attack.
The strength of these shadows was not high or low, but there was a big gap between them and the senior brothers and sisters. In addition, the senior brothers and sisters still attacked secretly, and they took down these people in just one encounter!
With the participation of the senior brothers and sisters, the gap between the two sides, which was originally quite large, suddenly became even greater.
They were trapped by the formation. They couldn't run away or fight. It seemed that suicide was the only way to escape.
The shadows began to fight back fearlessly, giving up defense and just asking for death.
But in a limited space, the gap in strength was large, and it was not so easy to ask for death.
Soon, one shadow after another was taken down, captured alive and sealed on the spot.
Only Elder Pu succeeded in committing suicide. There was no corpse at the scene, only a storage bag left.
At this point, the turmoil in the inner gate of Xianchen Sect subsided, and Liang Daocheng began to interrogate the remaining supreme elders one by one.
In fact, the workload was already very small. In the previous battle, many people's actions triggered the rules of ascension, which could prove their identities.
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While the battle broke out in the core area of the inner gate of Xianchen Sect, the outer gate area also experienced a battle.
The Xianchen Sect's protective formation was blocked, temporarily prohibiting all entry and exit.
Some Xianchen Sect elders wanted to take the opportunity to kidnap the disciples guarding the formation and forcibly leave, but Li Xiuchang had been lurking here for a long time and suddenly exploded, turning his hand to suppress them.
As a result, more shadows hidden in the dark suddenly rose up and besieged Li Xiuchang.
"What can the number of chickens and dogs do?"
Li Xiuchang's blood and qi rushed to the sky, condensing into a blood-colored sun behind him. With the power of blood and qi in his body alone, he could suppress all enemies below the immortals.
Bang!
He punched out, and in the blood mist, he broke the bodies of several elders in the Hedao period. He opened his mouth and sucked back their souls that wanted to escape.
For these shadows, as long as their souls are captured, they can also be prevented from resurrecting, and the same is true for imprisoning their souls.
Of course, these souls must be kept active. Once the souls die, the shadows cannot turn into ghosts, but will be resurrected directly with their souls scattered.
Seeing Li Xiuchang so strong, the remaining shadow elders changed their faces and chose to flee.
There is more than one exit in the Xianchen Sect formation, there are exits in other directions, and it is obviously a wise choice to avoid Li Xiuchang.
Li Xiuchang saw that several people wanted to escape, sneered, and spit out a stream of smoke from his mouth.
The smoke shot out like a sharp arrow, piercing through several people like skewers, and then the smoke turned into flames and wrapped them.
Amid screams, several firemen rolled and struggled, and were burned to ashes in an instant.
The Xianchen Sect elders who defended this exit with Li Xiuchang were dumbfounded. Before they had time to take action, these traitors were all solved by Li Xiuchang.
"Where did the sect master find foreign aid? This is too strong!"
"Is he really not an immortal?"
The combat power displayed by Li Xiuchang has exceeded their understanding. It feels that even a Mahayana cultivator cannot have such a suppressive power.
Those shadows in the Hedao period and even the Dujie period had no power to resist Li Xiuchang, like paper, and they broke at the touch.
"Daoyou Li Xiahui is really brave!"
"Daoyou Li has great power, almost like an immortal!"
Seeing Li Xiuchang kill the enemy, several Xianchen Sect elders complimented him.
Li Xiuchang looked at several Xianchen Sect elders with familiar faces, and felt happy. He had always played the role of an outer disciple in the foundation-building period in Xianchen Sect, and today he could finally show his true strength openly.
Even the elders of the sect who were respected had to compliment him and admired him.
"It's a pity that he still used a vest. It was cool, but it felt like there was still a layer of something between them."
When can I take off the vest and have fun?
Li Xiuchang couldn't imagine how his acquaintances in the sect, such as Chu Ya, Song Yu, and Teacher Zhao Yuansi, would react when they knew his true strength and cultivation?
Rational analysis... they would probably think that he was a spy who had ulterior motives and lurked in.
Li Xiuchang clasped his fists to several elders: "Everyone, this is left to you, I will go to support other exits."
"Don't worry, Li Daoyou, just leave it to us."
"Li Daoyou, remember to kill more traitors!"
Most of the elders of Xianchen Sect didn't really understand the situation, but they received an order from the sect master, saying that traitors had mixed into the sect elders' team and asked them to guard all exits to prevent the traitors from escaping.
Unexpectedly, there were so many traitors attacking the sect protection formation, which made them hate it.
The atmosphere of unity and harmony in the sect has always been maintained by everyone intentionally or unintentionally. Now that these rat shits have appeared, they naturally feel disgusted.
Li Xiuchang immediately went to support the exits in other directions, and his other clone was also killing people everywhere.
The infiltration of shadows at the elder level is more serious than that of the supreme elders.
The number of supreme elders was not large to begin with, and a total of about ten people were replaced.
But the elder group is as many as hundreds of people!
Li Xiuchang moved quickly and saw that fighting was indeed breaking out at other exits.
He acted decisively and quickly ended the battle, killing or capturing the shadows alive.
Then he left after the matter was done, and rushed to the next exit, leaving only a back and a legend.
Although Xianchen Sect transferred many disciples, time was short and a large number of disciples were still not transferred in time.
As the elders fought, some disciples inevitably fell into panic. Li Xiuchang killed the enemy while reminding the disciples not to go out and return to their residences to close the doors and windows.
Each disciple's residence is protected by a formation, and as long as the formation is opened, it will not be affected.
Under Li Xiuchang's strong suppression, the turmoil caused by the shadows was quickly suppressed, and Xianchen Sect temporarily returned to peace.
However, the protective formation is still closed.
These shadow elders, because their own cultivation has not reached the level of immortals, are not as easy to verify as the supreme elders.
The supreme elders can prove their identities as long as they attract the ascending glow.
These elders have not yet reached the conditions for ascending to the Immortal Realm.
Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that there are shadows hidden among them.
We can only wait for them to find the Heavenly Dao Oath one by one to verify their identities, or send them all to the lower realm and ascend one by one.
After finishing his work, Li Xiuchang put away his clone and looked towards the inner gate. The formation of the inner gate was also lifted at this moment.
Liang Daocheng and a group of supreme elders came out.
The first sentence of Liang Zongzhu after he appeared was: "Immediately start a comprehensive identity check of the sect from top to bottom! Everyone, from elders to outer disciples, must not be left out!"
Li Xiuchang and several senior brothers and sisters looked at each other and suddenly felt something was wrong.
They can't stand the check! (End of this chapter)