Chapter 425: The Scapegoat Hero
Rumble——
With the arrival of a dozen spirit beasts.
Famous figures stopped in front of a giant handprint in the shape of a crater.
Looking at the blood serpent's body inside, flattened into a pancake.
Their pupils constricted sharply.
Kong Yuanba was both excited and furious: "That's right! That's right!"
"It's the attack from a Nascent Soul strike jade token!"
"Who used this token?"
Whoever possessed this token was the murderer who killed the Great Elder of the Giant Sect!
Soon after.
They spotted Bai and his group in the distance.
"It's the missing patrol team!"
"And the disciple Jiang Fan who rescued them!"
Jiang Fan?
Kong Yuanba's lips twitched, and he shouted: "What are you doing here?"
"If anything happens to you, what am I supposed to do?"
Yue Mingzhu, who was about to step forward, was stunned.
Wait, aren't you a Giant Sect Master, why are you more worried about Jiang Fan's safety than the elders of the Green Cloud Sect?
Everyone was puzzled, exchanging looks with each other.
As far as they remembered, the Giant Sect and the Green Cloud Sect didn't have good relations, right?
Hearing such words from Kong Yuanba's mouth seemed quite odd.
How could Kong Yuanba admit he was threatened by the two Vice Pavilion Masters?
He could only sulk and ask: "Are you hurt?"
Jiang Fan cupped his hands: "Thank you, Senior Kong, for your concern. I'm fine."
It had to be said, the words of the two Vice Pavilion Masters were indeed effective.
The one most afraid of something happening to Jiang Fan was Kong Yuanba.
Only then did Kong Yuanba nod slightly and ask again: "Did you see who used that Nascent Soul strike jade token?"
Jiang Fan touched his nose.
Isn't this like asking a mouse who stole your rice?
He hesitated for a moment and said: "I couldn't see clearly."
Kong Yuanba frowned: "Either you saw it clearly or you didn't."
"What do you mean by 'couldn't see clearly'?"
Jiang Fan said: "Because the person who used the Nascent Soul jade token alerted the fiend at the lake bottom."
"I didn't have time to see their appearance before they were blasted into nothing by the fiend."
"Anyone who could kill our sect's Great Elder wouldn't be a simple character."
"What fiend could leave no remains?"
Kong Yuanba immediately grew suspicious.
Moreover.
What kind of fiend could withstand a Nascent Soul expert's strike?
Didn't you see the blood serpent had been smashed into a pancake?
At this moment, a Supreme Elder stared gravely at the once magnificent Tai Lake, now a dried-up giant pit.
His voice held a trace of terror.
"Could it be that a Demon Monarch of the Divinity Transformation Realm has emerged among the Demon Race?"
"It managed to evaporate Tai Lake!"
"A Nascent Soul Realm individual wouldn't have such power!"
Only then did everyone realize.
The once sparkling, deep Tai Lake was now bone dry.
"There is a grand hall there!"
Someone discovered it and immediately flashed to the ruined palace at the lake bottom.
From the remaining characters, they barely recognized it.
"It's in the Demon Race text, Li Fire Heavenly Palace!"
"It seems this place was once nurturing some peerless treasure!"
"It makes sense that the Demon Emperor's War General appeared here; it must have been guarding this treasure."
Jiang Fan secretly rejoiced.
Fortunately, he had the Sky-Burning Clam Pearl to take the blame.
Otherwise, today would be hard to explain.
Kong Yuanba inhaled sharply: "A fiend of the Divinity Transformation Realm?"
"This, this... Jiang Fan, did you see what it was?"
Jiang Fan didn't dare to mention the Sky-Burning Clam Pearl.
To avoid causing panic and the news spreading to more of the Demon Race.
He smiled bitterly: "I wouldn't dare to peek at such an existence."
"I could barely hide, let alone look."
No one doubted this.
If it could evaporate Tai Lake's water, how terrifying would the fiend be?
If it were them, they wouldn't dare to peek either.
Kong Yuanba's expression flickered for a long time before he snorted heavily in frustration:
"He got lucky, dying at the hands of a fiend."
"Had he fallen into my Giant Sect's hands, I'd have made him wish for death!"
Thus.
Everyone began to inspect the surroundings.
The molten hole leading to the magma was also discovered.
Once again confirming the fiend's terror.
In the palace, the shattered clam shell was deemed as treasures and divided among the elders of various sects.
Even the blood serpent's body was shared equally.
Although the most precious demon core and spiritual meat were shattered.
These big figures wouldn't return empty-handed after such a big commotion, right?
After tidying up the scene.
Confirming there was nothing left, everyone regretfully departed.
Jiang Fan hurriedly urged everyone onto Bai's back and followed them back on their journey.
Yue Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
She had been prepared to take the blame, admitting the jade token was taken by her.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Fan had already anticipated it and cleared the suspicion effortlessly.
Recalling how Jiang Fan had tricked the Sky-Burning Clam Pearl with the Mirage Demon Pill.
She couldn't help but admire him a little.
"Jiang Fan, you really have so many sly ideas!" Yue Mingzhu sighed.
Jiang Fan replied irritably: "Thank you for the compliment!"
"Everyone, have a good rest."
"The return journey should be safe."
Liu Qingxian, who had been on edge, fully relaxed.
As Bai moved, her body swayed gently, and drowsiness soon overcame her.
She tilted her head and fell into Jiang Fan's arms.
When she woke up again.
She found the surroundings noisy and bustling.
Opening her eyes.
She realized she was in Sunset City's square.
Moreover, to her embarrassment, she had been sleeping in Jiang Fan's arms.
"Have I been sleeping for so long?"
At least a day and a night.
Yue Mingzhu sneered: "Jiang Fan would love for you to sleep a bit longer so he could hold you more."
Ignoring Liu Qingxian's increasingly blushed face.
She stood up, feeling jealous: "Alright, I've helped you rescue your beloved."
"Let's part ways here."
"Don't find me for such things again in the future, it's infuriating."
Jiang Fan felt grateful in his heart.
After thinking for a moment, he took out a pair of communication jade scrolls.
Handing one to her: "Contact me if you need anything, consider it payback for this favor."
"Hehe! I knew you couldn't bear to let me go!" Yue Mingzhu said joyfully, grabbing the communication jade scroll.
With it, no matter how far they separated, they could stay in touch.
She gleefully waved it in front of Liu Qingxian: "Fairy Liu, you better keep an eye on your man."
"Or else one day, I might steal him away."
With that, she laughed and leapt away.
Liu Qingxian stomped her foot: "Fan, who is this woman?"
She was blatantly provoking her!
Outrageous!
Jiang Fan chuckled: "She's a friend of mine, a disciple of the Desires Sect, named Yue Mingzhu."
"She risked her life against the blood serpent and the sea charm to buy me time to escape."
Hearing that Yue Mingzhu had sacrificed herself for Jiang Fan.
Her anger lessened, and she even felt somewhat inferior.
Because she had never done such a thing for Jiang Fan.
"But, you said her name is Yue Mingzhu?"
Liu Qingxian held her chin, frowning deeply.
"Why does that name sound familiar?"