After a long while, Su Chan finally reached Ao Wushuang's side, her voice trembling softly, "Master, who exactly is this person? Why would he slaughter Qingcheng Mountain, and why would he frame Yun Dong?"

Ao Wushuang’s form shifted, returning to human shape. Her brow was deeply furrowed, her lips pressed tightly together, and the uncertain glint in her eyes flickered restlessly, as if she hadn't heard Su Chan's words. It wasn't until Su Chan asked a third time that Ao Wushuang seemed to awaken as if from a dream.

Ao Wushuang's gaze was unusually sharp and cold. She said to Su Chan, "Chan'er, we cannot stay here. We must leave quickly!"

Seeing Ao Wushuang move to depart, Su Chan immediately grabbed her arm, urgently crying out, "Master, we can't go! We have to erase those words first!"

Ao Wushuang turned and saw the malicious and venomous characters inscribed on the golden wall. She subconsciously whispered, "Impossible. Why would he do this?"

Hearing Ao Wushuang's words, Su Chan couldn't help but ask, "Master, what are you saying?"

Ao Wushuang's face stiffened, and she said coldly, "Don't ask! Hurry up and wipe away these characters, and then we leave! Be careful not to leave any trace!"

"Ah!" Su Chan responded, her movement as light as a swallow, flying swiftly to the golden wall. She raised her hand, intending to wipe away the bloody script.

Ao Wushuang instantly appeared beside her, seizing her arm and snapping, "Are you an idiot? Do you want to leave fingerprints and handprints?"

Su Chan snapped back to reality, immediately picking up a broken sword and forcefully scraping at the writing.

Su Chan saw that the bottom line of the two lines of script was the most glaring. Gritting her teeth, she began scraping from the bottom line, muttering through clenched jaws as she worked, "Vicious villain! How could he frame my Yun Dong like this! When I become stronger, I definitely won't spare you!"

After scraping for a while, she had just managed to remove the three characters representing Li Yun Dong when Ao Wushuang suddenly reappeared before her, snatching the broken sword from her hand and berating, "Fool! Step back and look at the result of your scraping!"

Su Chan retreated a few steps in confusion and immediately froze. She saw that while she had indeed erased the three characters of Li Yun Dong, she had scraped along the strokes of the characters, tearing away the lime plaster on the wall and exposing the white wall beneath. Consequently, the original three large, blood-red characters representing Li Yun Dong had transformed into three large, white characters that stood out even more vividly against the golden wall than the surrounding blood-red script!

Su Chan gasped in alarm and immediately rushed back to the wall, picking up another broken sword. She began wildly hacking and scraping at the wall with no pattern, finally succeeding in obliterating those three characters entirely.

With the three most crucial characters gone, Su Chan was about to proceed with the others when she heard Ao Wushuang say tensely from nearby, "Bad. Someone is coming. Chan'er, we must go!"

Su Chan cried out in panic, "But the words aren't all gone!"

Ao Wushuang grabbed her and pulled her away without another word. Su Chan struggled incessantly, shouting, "Master, if these words aren't removed, the Hu Chan Sect will face utter disaster! And Yun Dong will be implicated!"

Ao Wushuang, however, did not look back, dragging Su Chan and sprinting away, their feet barely touching the ground. Su Chan twisted her head, constantly looking back, when suddenly she saw a flash of cyan light. The Eight Desolations Sword swiftly transformed into an iron lotus, shimmering around the wall several times, and in an instant, the entire wall collapsed with a roar, shattering into countless fragments.

The Eight Desolations Sword instantly returned as a streak of cyan light behind Ao Wushuang. Ao Wushuang glared at Su Chan, "Are you satisfied now?"

Su Chan forced a weak smile. As she ran, she whispered quietly, "Master, why couldn't we just fly away?"

Ao Wushuang sneered, "If you want to die, fly away from above! These people must be reinforcements from the Qingcheng Sect. If they appear, they will definitely descend from above. If we fly up now, we will certainly be discovered and mistaken for the culprits. At that moment, both of us would surely perish!"

Before she finished speaking, Su Chan suddenly saw more than a dozen intensely conspicuous streaks of cyan light slash across the night sky, falling like meteors toward the vicinity of the Celestial Master's Cave.

As soon as these figures landed, they all let out earth-shattering roars. Immediately, another dozen figures transformed into cyan light and soared upward, spreading out in all directions, seemingly intent on searching for the perpetrators.

If Su Chan and Ao Wushuang had fled through the air at that moment, the cyan light generated by their Yin and Yang Spirits would have been instantly visible from above, leading to their immediate capture.

Su Chan shivered inwardly, feeling a mixture of awe and admiration as she said, "Master, you are truly formidable! What do we do now?"

Ao Wushuang whispered, "Run. Let's get out of the Qingcheng Mountain sphere of influence first!"

Su Chan nodded, and the two of them fled in silence, moving quickly.

They dared not take the Dan Ti mountain path, exclusively choosing to weave through remote jungles and dense forests. They ran for a long time until dawn began to break, only then escaping the sphere of influence of Qingcheng Mountain.

At this point, Ao Wushuang looked up, let out a soft sigh, and seemed to relax slightly. She said, "It's alright now!"

Only then did Su Chan stop, bending over, bracing one hand on her knee and the other on her chest, gasping for breath, "Master, I don't understand. Why did this happen? Who is this person? Why frame Yun Dong, and why frame our Hu Chan Sect? What profound enmity does he have with us?"

A strange look flickered in Ao Wushuang's eyes. She suddenly snorted and said with a cold, meaningful smile, "Chan'er, it's not always necessary to have a deep feud with someone to frame them for something."

Su Chan became even more puzzled. "Then why? Master, do you know this person?"

Ao Wushuang's expression changed drastically, and she suddenly rebuked Su Chan sternly, "Stop asking! Pretend you saw nothing of what happened tonight! Do you hear me?"

Su Chan grew anxious, shouting, "Master, but..."

Veins stood out sharply on Ao Wushuang's forehead, and she spat out fiercely, "Do not ask again! If you truly want to help Li Yun Dong, then do not ask! And you must never tell him about this matter!"

Su Chan's eyes widened. "Why can't I tell h—"

But before she could finish, she saw Ao Wushuang's gaze become increasingly fierce and severe. Su Chan rarely saw Ao Wushuang so ferocious and stern; the young girl was startled, swallowing all her pending words.

Helpless, Su Chan had no choice but to lower her head, glancing back toward the direction of Qingcheng Mountain, then followed Ao Wushuang as they flew away from the mountain, her mind full of doubt.

Meanwhile, within Qingcheng Mountain, Zhang Huashui was pacing back and forth before the Celestial Master's Cave like a furious lion. Every hair on his head stood on end, his eyes stared wide like bronze bells, the pupils webbed with blood vessels that looked ready to burst from sheer rage, and the veins on his forehead writhed like small snakes.

The dozen or so Daoists beside him dared not even draw a full breath, fearful of provoking him and inviting his overwhelming fury.

After pacing back and forth dozens of times, Zhang Huashui suddenly stopped, roaring at a middle-aged Daoist of medium height, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, haven't they been found yet?"

A short-bearded Daoist nearby tried to placate him, "Senior Brother, don't worry, the Sect Leader needs a little time."

Zhang Huashui spun around violently, looking as if he wanted to devour the man whole. He roared, "Time, time! The sun is already up!"

As he was bellowing, he suddenly saw Zhang Tongtian open his eyes. He glanced sideways at Zhang Huashui and said gravely, "Junior Brother, calm down!"

Zhang Huashui waved his basin-sized fists and roared, "Calm down? How can I be calm? Our ancestral home, the Qingcheng Sect, has been massacred! And not only that, but they piled the bodies of our disciples into a towering Jingguan corpse monument before the Celestial Master's Cave! Such an immense insult is unprecedented in a thousand years! What kind of crazed beast committed such an unconscionable act? If I find him, I will tear him into ten thousand pieces!"

After raging for a while, Zhang Huashui suddenly turned back and glared furiously at Zhang Tongtian, "Senior Brother, have you found any trace?"

Zhang Tongtian gave no direct answer. With a cold face, he turned to a Daoist beside him and ordered, "Go arrange the corpses properly. The dead deserve respect; let them rest in peace."

The Daoist asked cautiously, "Sect Leader, for such a massive murder case, should we report it to the police?"

Before Zhang Tongtian could reply, Zhang Huashui flew into a rage and rushed over to the Daoist, lifting him up like a chick with one hand, "Report it? Have you gone mad? Do you want the entire cultivation world to laugh at us?"

The Daoist's face turned crimson, and he shouted angrily, "Zhang Huashui, are you insane? Let me down! In terms of seniority, I am not beneath you; how dare you treat me like this! With such a major incident, how can we conceal it? Can you hide it?"

Zhang Tongtian also couldn't help but shout sternly, "Junior Brother, put him down!"

Zhang Huashui turned back to Zhang Tongtian and angrily demanded, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, am I wrong?"

Zhang Tongtian's eyes suddenly flashed angrily. "Are you the Sect Leader, or am I?"

Zhang Tongtian naturally possessed an imposing presence, and his prestige within the Qingcheng Sect was immense. When he became enraged, everyone present was instantly silenced in fear, even Zhang Huashui stopped speaking. He grunted a couple of times, put down the Daoist he was holding, and turned away without a word.

Zhang Tongtian cast a cold glance over the crowd and stated, "Now that such a tragedy has befallen our Qingcheng Sect, this is the time for us to unite, stand shoulder to shoulder, and overcome this crisis. How can we lose our composure now? This incident was sudden, but it is clear the opponent was prepared, catching us completely off guard. As for the fallen Daoist friends, they will be compensated as they deserve. As for reporting it, my opinion is..."

Zhang Tongtian paused for effect, his gaze sweeping over everyone with authority. The crowd watched him with various expressions.

Zhang Tongtian concluded, "...I suggest that matters of the cultivation world should be resolved within the cultivation world. The current situation in the cultivation world is precarious; we cannot draw the attention of the state again. If we invite suppression or interference, the losses will outweigh the gains."

The crowd immediately began to murmur and exchange glances. Zhang Huashui slapped his thigh and shouted, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, you are right!"

Zhang Tongtian glared at him. "Shut up!"

Zhang Huashui, a Golden Body realm master, immediately shrank back under his senior brother's reprimand, muttering quietly, daring not to speak loudly again.

A middle-aged Daoist stepped forward and asked, "Sect Leader, are we just going to swallow this insult in silence? If word gets out, what will the other sects think of us?"

Zhang Tongtian said coldly, "Did I say we would let it go just like that? Hmph, this matter—I will make the perpetrator pay in blood!"

Another Daoist immediately asked loudly, "Sect Leader, do you know who the culprit is?"

Zhang Tongtian smiled coldly. "I cannot be certain, but I have a few suspicions..."

The crowd instantly gathered around him, all indignantly shouting, "Who is it, Sect Leader? Tell us quickly!"

Zhang Tongtian smiled coldly, looking around, and said, "The culprit damaged the scene before leaving, and specifically destroyed a wall. He thought he could hide something. But he didn't realize that heaven's net is vast, though loosely woven!"

Zhang Huashui, impatient by nature, couldn't help but shout, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, just say it! I'll go wipe them out right now!"

Zhang Tongtian snorted angrily. "Nonsense! Without evidence, where would you go?"

Zhang Huashui jutted his neck out. "I don't even know which bastard did it!"

Zhang Tongtian smiled coldly. "Fellow Daoists, don't you feel that there is a heavy demonic aura all around here?"

The Daoists of the Qingcheng Sect were momentarily stunned. They quickly noticed a strange energy lingering at the scene. One sharp-eyed man suddenly pointed at the bloodstain on the ground and exclaimed, "Look!" He then picked up a long, soft white hair from the pool of blood.

This man quickly rushed to Zhang Tongtian and handed him the long, fine white hair, saying, "Sect Leader, this looks like... a fox fur?"

Zhang Tongtian narrowed his eyes to slits, clutching the fox fur, and smiled coldly, "Indeed, the demonic energy is soaring!"

Zhang Huashui immediately became enraged. "Are they those vixens from the Hu Chan Sect? Are they tired of living? I'll go wipe them out!" With that, his form moved, transforming into a streak of cyan light that shot toward the sky in the blink of an eye.