126: The truth is revealed! Chen De, dead?

I don't understand!

Nor can I comprehend!

Why someone as kind and virtuous as Chen De would also be blocked at his door.

Chen De had done countless good deeds in his life!

He wasn't some heinous criminal, so why were they targeting him like this?

Chen De wanted to try and salvage the situation. No matter what, one should never give up hope, nor lose faith in justice.

As the saying goes, justice resides in the hearts of men.

Chen De believed that the Sect Master, Tian Chenyang, would unconditionally believe in his innocence.

So, Chen De looked at the Sect Master, chuckling, "Sect Master, what are you all doing? It looks quite frightening!"

Tian Chenyang heard him and gave a forced smile, "Nothing. I ask you, where is Shen River?"

Upon hearing this, Chen De immediately fell to the ground and cried out in anguish, lamenting, "Sect Master, you don't know, Senior Brother Shen… he sacrificed himself!

It's all my fault. If Senior Brother Shen River hadn't saved me, he wouldn't have been killed by that Void Union Realm old man's remnant soul inside!"

Tian Chenyang stared directly at Chen De, "Wasn't Shen River killed by you? How is there an old man involved?"

Chen De paused, "Killed by me?"

Then, Chen De adopted a look of sudden realization, weeping profusely, "Sect Master, if you say Senior Brother Shen was killed by me, it's not entirely wrong!

After all, if Senior Brother Shen hadn't saved me, with how powerful he was, he wouldn't have died at all!

I... I caused Senior Brother Shen's death!

I killed him!

I am guilty!

I want to be buried with Senior Brother Shen!"

Saying this, Chen De immediately drew a precious sword from his side with a furious motion, and as soon as he raised it, he was about to commit suicide on the spot.

The four in the air watched silently, observing how Chen De would end himself.

And so, the precious sword in Chen De's hand remained raised for a long time, not falling.

Chen De looked slightly awkward.

Tian Chenyang, however, grew a bit impatient, "Weren't you going to end yourself? Why haven't you acted yet?"

Upon hearing this, Chen De's anger flared, and he immediately raised the precious sword again, ready to commit suicide.

Still, it didn't fall.

Fortunately, Chen De then threw the precious sword aside.

"Ah!"

"Why!"

"What exactly is the reason?"

Chen De cried out again, "Sect Master, it's because Heaven doesn't want me to die! It's Senior Brother Shen's spirit that doesn't want me to die!

Just now, my precious sword was slow to fall because I was momentarily in a trance.

This is Senior Brother Shen appearing in my dream!

Senior Brother Shen said, the future Tianyan Sect will be entrusted to…"

At this moment, a piercing shriek echoed through the area.

As soon as Chen De heard it, he knew whose it was.

Wasn't it the scream Shen River made before he died?

A projection appeared above Chen De, showing the scene of Chen De refining Shen River to death.

Shen River was almost certainly the next Sect Master.

Therefore, the treatment he received was somewhat different from other True Disciples.

For example, he carried a method left by the Grand Elder that he himself didn't even know about.

This method ensured that the imagery of his final moments would be transmitted back the instant he died.

Upon seeing it, Chen De couldn't help but exclaim, as expected of him, Chen De!

They say appearance is born from the heart, and it truly is so!

Even if it wasn't his own face, with the blessing of Chen De's morality and under his control,

Even while committing murder, he still maintained that righteous, benevolent, moral, and reluctant expression…

Tian Chenyang, however, no longer wanted to see that sinister and incomparably vicious face in the projection.

He couldn't imagine how a person could have such a sinister expression.

He had never noticed it before!

He hid it well!

So, after the projection was displayed, it was immediately retracted.

He looked at Chen De again.

Chen De said nothing more, his expression calm, undisturbed.

Then, Tian Chenyang wanted to slap Chen De to death.

However, he was stopped by Shenwu Guard Commander Su Yu.

Knowing that Su Yu had something he wanted to ask Chen De, Tian Chenyang was also aware of the matter.

As long as it didn't involve the internal secrets of the Tianyan Sect, Tian Chenyang was willing to give him face.

At that moment, he chose not to make another move.

Su Yu looked at Chen De, "Tianfeng City turning into this state, that was your doing, wasn't it?"

Although it was a question, his tone was quite certain.

Chen De did not answer, but instead asked the other party a question first, "How did you find out it was me?"

Su Yu did not answer Chen De's question, "I'm asking you now, not the other way around, understand?"

Su Yu was able to find Chen De primarily because the Shenwu Academy's expansion reached Tianfeng City.

Naturally, they discovered the condition of Tianfeng City.

This was something Chen De couldn't prevent; Tianfeng City was completely empty.

Such a situation, Chen De couldn't hide, it would be discovered sooner or later.

This scene, naturally, quickly alarmed Commander Su Yu.

Su Yu dared not be negligent; Chen De had handled it too cleanly. When he arrived in Tianfeng City, he couldn't find any clues.

So, he went to his superior, the Qingyun Prefecture Pacification Envoy, and applied for a tracking Dao Weapon.

Chen De himself had cleaned up his own tracks, but what about the Outer Sect Disciples who went with Chen De to conduct research?

If the Dao Weapon couldn't capture Chen De's aura, could it not capture those Outer Sect Disciples?

Of course, they didn't initially suspect the Outer Sect Disciples of the Tianyan Sect.

It was just that when they went to the Tianyan Sect to do their work, the Dao Weapon reacted.

So they quietly followed the clues, investigating backward.

However, they didn't consider Chen De's 'enlightenment' aspect, only assuming there was an extremely secret chain of superior-subordinate relationships between them.

With clues, they could naturally conduct a step-by-step investigation.

They didn't act immediately but investigated thoroughly without alerting anyone.

Anyone who had come into contact with those people, no matter how indirect or brief, was not spared.

Finally, they found it.

The ultimate source was Yang Wei!

Yang Wei, being at the fifth stage of the Myriad Transformation Realm, indeed possessed such capability.

As for those Outer Sect Disciples who were found to have gone to Tianfeng City, for some unknown reason,

Just as they were preparing to close in at the Inner Courtyard, they all self-detonated simultaneously in the Outer Courtyard.

It was perfectly synchronized, as if premeditated.

Although the motive was unknown, as long as they apprehended Yang Wei, the mastermind,

No matter who it was, under the methods of their Shenwu Guard, they would talk.

However, Su Yu certainly wouldn't tell Chen De these things.

Chen De nodded, "Understood!"

Chen De actually didn't expect him to answer; he just asked.

While it was highly probable he wouldn't answer, what if he did?

Anyway, there was no loss in asking, and not asking would seem too foolish.

So, even if there was only a one in a hundred million chance of an answer, Chen De would still ask.

Su Yu continued, "Where are the people?"

Chen De answered the question, "Dead!"

"All dead?"

"All dead!"

Upon hearing this, a fierce killing intent erupted in Su Yu's eyes.

Tianfeng City was within his jurisdiction, and now an entire city of people was gone. How was he supposed to explain this?

No matter what, he had to take him back for a thorough interrogation.

Su Yu believed it was highly probable, very likely, related to some demonic methods.

Chen De's thought was:

Why be so honest in confessing?

It's simple: he wouldn't die this time anyway.

It's better to push all the blame onto Yang Wei.

Yang Wei is dead, so the accounts are settled!

All those past matters are now closed.

In the future, the Shenwu Empire would no longer put great effort into investigating this matter.

If Chen De wanted to do such things again in the future, it would definitely be easier than refusing to admit it.

Openly admitting it would be more beneficial to Chen De.

Seeing that Su Yu wanted to take Chen De back, this would not do.

Tian Chenyang immediately struck, obliterating Chen De with one blow!

Causing ripples in space!

At this moment, Su Yu also hadn't expected Tian Chenyang to suddenly strike, "What are you doing?"

Tian Chenyang said coldly, "Do you think I don't know your intentions?

If Yang Wei is taken back by you, it won't just be about the Tianfeng City incident, will it?"

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "How could that be? Actually, I was just toying with him.

How could I let such a heinous criminal leave here alive?"

Actually, for Su Yu, there was another possibility.

All of Yang Wei's actions were ordered by Tian Chenyang.

It was just that Tian Chenyang had promised Yang Wei something, which made Yang Wei confess so readily.

However, the Tianyan Sect had just pledged allegiance, and under no circumstances could they be acted against.

There were still so many prefectures, cities, administrations, and territories yet to be brought under control.

If they started attacking those who had already pledged allegiance now, what would those who hadn't yet pledged allegiance think?

And what would those who had pledged allegiance think?

They wouldn't care how sufficient your evidence was.

In their eyes, any evidence was just an excuse to deal with them, settle scores later, and discard them after use.

Furthermore, having dominated a region for many years, who wouldn't have some dirt on their hands?

Finding reasons to deal with them would be easy!

Now, let alone the evidence being insufficient and Tian Chenyang not being the culprit,

Even if Tian Chenyang was the culprit, and the number of incidents increased tenfold,

The higher-ups would still suppress the matter, pretending nothing had happened.

It wasn't that the Shenwu Empire feared them, but there was no need to reignite the tense relationship between sects and the empire for the sake of a mere city.

It wasn't worth it!

Now that the empire's goal had been achieved, they would even less allow anyone to stir up trouble.

Now Yang Wei was also dead; there was no one to verify the claims.

If Fang Yu dared to disregard the bigger picture and insist on exposing it, he would likely be the one targeted.

Tian Chenyang nodded, "That's good!"

Yang Wei, as a True Disciple, was even considered a prominent one among them.

He naturally held many sect secrets; how could he be casually taken away for interrogation?

As things stood, taking him back to the sect was also impossible.

For such a major case, the Shenwu Guard would not agree.

And the Tianyan Sect would not agree to let the Shenwu Guard take him away.

Tian Chenyang, of course, knew Su Yu's calculations.

They were all thousand-year-old foxes; why play games?

Therefore, the best solution was for Yang Wei to die here.

The kind where he was utterly destroyed, leaving no trace, turned to ashes.

This was the best way to handle it.

With this matter concluded, the four then went their separate ways.

Tian Chenyang and the Grand Elder returned to the Tianyan Sect.

Fang Yu and his Deputy Commander returned to the Shenwu Guard's stronghold.