This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

"Regardless of whether there's a master behind him or what secrets he holds, this Lu Qingshan has no reason to be alive," the Mansion Master of the Netherworld in the Southern Territory, Zi Ren, was the first to break the silence, "As long as he lives another day, I feel uncomfortable all over."

A Void Refining Cultivator was able to evoke such deep-seated hatred from these high-ranking Mansion Masters with profound cunning; indeed, he was extremely capable.

"The problem is, now this Lu Qingshan has vanished without a trace, wandering everywhere, as if evaporated from the human world," Zhou Qi frowned and asked, "If we can't find the person, how can we kill him?"

"Yu Lei, what about your side?" Zi Ren Mansion Master asked.

"No trace," Yu Lei replied gloomily, "The world is so vast. It's not easy to find a cultivator who has deliberately hidden his identity and tracks, not to mention that he has been hopping around the major territories. Searching for him is like looking for a needle in the ocean."

"Wen He, what about your side?" Yu Lei thought for a moment and then asked, "After all, Lu Qingshan is from the Eastern Domain Sword Sect. It's most likely he would return to the Eastern Domain."

One of the helmsmen of the Netherworld in the Eastern Domain, Wen He, shook his head and sighed, "I have no news here either.

You all know that among the seven great Taoist Sects, the situation of the Sword Sect is the most peculiar. Given their structure, it's impossible for me to place my people within the Sword Sect."

The others immediately fell silent.

On this point, they didn't ridicule Wen He's incapacity—the Sword Sect, with just over three thousand members, would indeed find it unrealistic to infiltrate without being discovered.

The six Mansion Masters exchanged their intelligence with each other, but still came up empty-handed.

A sense of helplessness welled up in their hearts, along with a mix of other emotions.

This had been their method of tormenting the Know-Guard Tower—making you hate me to the bone, yet being unable to find me.

They never expected that one day, they too would personally experience this feeling.

It's truly a case of the Heavenly Dao sparing none.

The atmosphere fell silent once again.

Everyone had a solemn expression, lost in thought.

After a long while.

"Since we can't find this Lu Qingshan," Zhang Heng said in a hoarse voice, breaking the silence, "then we might as well stop looking and let him show himself, right?"

"Make him show himself?" Zi Ren was startled, frowning slightly, "Zhang Heng, do you have any ideas?

Let me say it first, I'm not trying to discourage you, but we've already tried this method once in the Southern Territory.

With the cunning this kid has displayed, it's unlikely he'll fall for the same trick twice now that he's on guard."

He was referring to the plan that had earned Lu Qingshan the name of the strongest in the Fourth Realm.

"Of course, it's not that simple, not just a mere repeat of the old trick," Zhang Heng shook his head, "This time, we'll ask for help from the Main Palace faction, and have them draw out Lu Qingshan."

"The Main Palace faction?!" Ji Kang blurted out, "Would they be willing to help?"

Ji Kang's concern wasn't whether the Main Palace faction would be useless, but rather if they would be willing to help at all.

The other Mansion Masters felt the same way.

Their confidence in the Main Palace faction was ample.

"Even though the Main Palace faction has always looked down on us," Zhang Heng stated firmly, "they also need our cover to hide their true identities.

If we suffer heavy losses, that would not be desirable for them either, so as long as we all ask for help, they will surely assist us."

"Indeed," Yu Lei agreed, the first to show support, "I concur with Zhang Heng's suggestion."

The other four Mansion Masters looked at each other, weighing the pros and cons.

Moments later, they all reached a consensus.

"I agree as well."

"Me too."

.....

"Since everyone agrees with my suggestion," Zhang Heng concluded, "we shall all seek help from the Main Palace later."

"We had several chances to take him down before, but missed them because we underestimated him. Now we have to go through all this trouble," Wen He Mansion Master lamented at last, "What a mess this has turned into..."

Wen He, Yu Lei, and Zi Ren, the three Mansion Masters who had taken action against Lu Qingshan, couldn't help but have their expressions twisted, but in the end, none of them spoke up to argue.

They admitted it!

Soon, all the figures disappeared, and calm returned to the place.

After calm, came the great waves and the sinister fangs.