Chapter 3024 — Investigating the Sun Family
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Of course, Little One still looked quite young; it was only that his actual age was no longer young. Even so, his years were on the younger side among Old Ancestor Xuanchen's many disciples—at the very least, Old Six and Old Seven were his seniors. Naturally, heaven-tier experts of Kang Jingming's caliber were the sort of freakish, unrepeatable exceptions.
The heaven-tier experts of the Five Luminaries Sect were the genuine article, every one of them—not a single one had ever taken Qi-Gathering Pills to bolster their strength. After all, these people all harbored hopes of assailing the Heavenly Dao; once one took a Qi-Gathering Pill, one could no longer absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. How, then, could one still assail the Heavenly Dao?
Even if one ate Qi-Gathering Pills until one became a late heaven-tier peak great-perfection expert, one would be forever cut off from the Heavenly Dao. Who would do such a foolish thing?
"Little One, what has happened? Why are you in such a rush?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen frowned. He truly could not imagine what great calamity could befall the Five Luminaries Sect that would make Little One so frantic.
"Master, Old Six, Old Seven, and Old Twelve have, most likely... have already..." At this point, Little One's heart suddenly ached. These were fellow disciples who had been with him for decades, and now they were simply gone. How could he not grieve?
"Already what? What happened to them?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen's heart skipped a beat, and an ill foreboding surged up within him!
"Old Six, Old Seven, and Old Twelve are most likely no longer among the living..." Little One said sorrowfully. "Their soul jade tokens have all shattered!"
"What?!" Old Ancestor Xuanchen sprang to his feet and stared at Little One in disbelief. "What is going on? What exactly is going on! Tell me clearly—weren't Old Six, Old Seven, and Old Twelve cultivating in the sect? How could they fall for no reason at all?"
"Master, this is all Little One's fault. I should never have let them pursue that old madman from the Fire Lion Sect..." Little One fell to his knees, blaming himself.
"The old madman from the Fire Lion Sect? That old madman? Has he come to the Five Luminaries Sect again?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen's brows shot up as he asked.
"Yes, he sneaked into the Five Luminaries Sect and stole the oral formulas for the use of Little Eleven's divine weapon. He has visited our Five Luminaries Sect more than once before, but he always managed to slip away. This time, he happened to run right into Old Six, Old Seven, and Old Twelve on their way to the Scripture Pavilion, and so they began to fight!" Little One said hastily. "The sounds of battle drew me there as well, and the old madman fled. Old Six, Old Seven, and Old Twelve all gave chase. Seeing that Old Six and Old Seven were both late heaven-tier peak experts, and with Old Twelve assisting them, wiping out that old madman should have been more than enough for them, so I did not concern myself with it and let them pursue him... and the result..."
"And the result was that their soul jade tokens all shattered?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen demanded, his breathing somewhat ragged.
"Yes. Today the patrolling disciple reported that the soul jade tokens of Old Six, Old Seven, and Old Twelve had all shattered..." Little One said in anguish.
"This is not your fault. Get up." Old Ancestor Xuanchen waved a hand. "By rights, Little Six and Little Seven were late heaven-tier peak experts, and that old madman was only a late heaven-tier peak expert himself. Two against one, with Little Twelve's support on top of that—there should have been no suspense about wiping him out! Could something have happened along the way? Or has that old madman already broken through to late heaven-tier peak great-perfection?"