Nine from the peak of the main hall.

Li Hong and Chu Xiong slowly stepped into the hall.

In front of a row of tall black jade chairs, which were originally the main seat in the center of Lingxuzi, are now sitting in Xuanxuzi, next to Yue Mangzi, Lingjizi, Lingxiaozi, Lingdaozi and Chu Lin, who has just been promoted to the head of Jiuzi Peak, and next to them are Yiyangzi and Bai Juzi, who are sitting far away. The rest are the only remaining elders of the thirty or so Sect Departures. They are the last of the nine deacons, and now they are all in charge of the deacons.

Li Hong's gaze swept over the elders' faces one by one, and his chin was slightly raised, revealing a warm smile. Originally, they were all members of the patrol team, and they used to fight side by side, which can be described as an out-and-out battle.

Li Hong's gaze stayed on the last person.

This person's figure is somewhat familiar, but I can't tell who it is. The clothes he wore were very strange, the same as the black hooded coat that the demon sect demons liked to wear, but this man was wearing dark brown. The hood covered his entire head, and he still bowed his head deeply, no wonder he couldn't recognize who it was after looking at it for a long time.

This person felt it about it, and slowly raised his head, Li Hong was overjoyed when he saw it, "Elder Yao, you are still alive!

Elder Yao's face was ugly, his skin was white and blue, and his whole person lost a lot of weight. The thin layer of yellow skin seemed to be translucent, tightly taut against the skeleton. He raised his hand with difficulty, made a gesture towards Li Hong, as if to say you wait, and then took out a small silver bottle from his arms, which was full of medicinal soup. Poured all the medicinal soup in the silver bottle into his mouth, swallowed it and closed his eyes for a while, and then Elder Yao looked at Li Hong again, and his face really looked much better.

Seeing that he was about to get up, Li Hong hurriedly took a step forward and waved his hand: "Your body is important, you don't have to stand up when you rest." ”

I was still talking, but behind me was a long shout.

"That's enough-" Yue Mangzi shouted dissatisfiedly: "Greetings should be enough?" Come here, the sect master has something to ask you, in front of everyone, Chu Hongzi, you must answer truthfully." ”

Li Hong was not so polite to them, walked over, and said lightly with his hands behind his back indifferently: "Begin." ”

Seeing Li Hong's arrogant and indifferent appearance, Yue Mangzi was furious. The fat body moved, as if trying to find a more suitable and comfortable position for himself, but in fact, it was a sign of weakness and anxiety. He glared and asked, "Sect Master wants to ask you, what have you been doing in the last year, how much has the Sect Master completed the task given to you, and why have you never taken the initiative to report it to the Sect Master?"

Li Hong's eyes flashed, and he turned to Xuan Xuzi, and his black and bright pupils were bottomless.

Xuan Xuzi had to admit that this young man already looked like a grandmaster, and the arrogance that emanated from his bones actually came from his inner self-confidence. His progress has been really quite impressive.

Xuan Xuzi smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Say, I'm listening." ”

Although everyone seemed to be smiling and laughing, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the tense atmosphere in the hall had begun to spread. All of them stared at Li Hong without blinking.

Li Hong said solemnly: "Sect Master, I haven't completed all the tasks you gave me. I was going to go to the Southern Wilderness again to complete the task entrusted by the sect master, but at this moment, the Demon Sect attacked, as for why he didn't take the initiative to report to the sect master, I think that the first head of the sect, Lingxuzi, has already written to you to make it clear. Speaking of this, Li Hong raised his eyes and looked at Xuan Xuzi, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Xuan Xuzi lowered his head and pondered for a moment, nodded slowly, and admitted Li Hong's statement.

Seeing his nod, many elders in the hall who were good friends with Li Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, a hoarse voice broke the silence, "Forgive me for being curious, Chu Hongzi, what mission are you going to perform in the Southern Wilderness?"

Li Hong looked back and saw that it was Elder Yao, for some reason his voice was so hoarse and ugly now, thinking that he must have been seriously injured in the battle with the demon sect demon in the first place.

Li Hong has always been very respectful of him, and he said: "For many years, the Immortal Sect has been working hard to change the main flavors of the pills, and now it is close to success. Most of the main drugs of these improved Danfang are produced in the Southern Wilderness. The task of the sect master is to send me to the Southern Wilderness to find out the origin and output of those main medicines. Unfortunately, I didn't complete this task. ”

Elder Yao pondered for a while, then raised his head and looked at Li Hong in surprise: "No, you have been in the Southern Wilderness for a whole year, how could you not find those medicines? You must know that you have made great contributions to the establishment of the Dan Hall, and among these disciples, you have the deepest understanding of elixir." Could it be that this year you are not investigating the origin of those drugs at all, but doing something else?"

After listening to his words, Li Hong had a loud bang in his head, and he couldn't believe his ears. He usually has the best relationship with himself, but now why is it suddenly difficult to question himself like this at this juncture?

The centaurs began to exchange glances, obviously discussing.

Yue Mangzi raised his voice and said, "What Elder Yao said is very right, with your understanding of the elixir, how can it be that you can't complete the task of the sect master in a year?

You must not tell them the secrets of the Temple City!" Li Hong said quietly: "The Southern Wilderness has a large ground, and there are many strange things, and I often get lost, The latest chapter of the Return of the Extreme Martial Saint and I spend a lot of time cultivating. There is no time for cultivating immortals, and a year passes quickly, which is a normal thing. Chu Xiong was outside, I don't believe you called him in to ask, I went with Chu Xiong and Chu Xi at that time. ”

Elder Yao laughed, "Chu Xiong and you are cousins, we grew up together, didn't I ask him about your matter in vain?"

The more Li Hong listened, the more shocked he became, he didn't feel it at first, but now he felt more and more that Elder Yao had bad intentions, and he deliberately blamed and distrusted himself in front of Xuan Xuzi and others.

Is this person really Elder Yao, who is like a good teacher? When did he suddenly change, and his elbows turned outward to help others! What a strange thing! Li Hong stared at Elder Yao, and his heart was full of suspicion.

Lingjizi Ma said: "What Elder Yao said is extremely true. No matter how big the ground in the Southern Wilderness is, there is a limit, how can it be that the three of you can't find any medicine for a year? Chu Hongzi, have you gone to do something else during this time? For example, hmph, colluded with the Demon Sect to activate the Qiankun Platform and let them in?"

"Bloody squirting people! Qiankun Terrace is underground, I can't get in now with Suzaku Jiu Sword, and it was impossible to get in before!" Li Hong's nose was crooked, and he shouted.

"Listen, even we don't know that the Palm Array Hall is underground, he, a new first, no one has ever told him, how does he know?" Ling Xiaozi shook his heaven and earth fan, adding fuel to the fire and fearing that the world would not be chaotic.

Li Hong laughed angrily: "What do you want? Just say it clearly, why bother to put a big traitor's hat on my head like this! I don't want to be the head of the house, whoever wants to be the one should go, just don't splash dirty water on my head!"

As soon as these words came out, the temple was quiet.

Lingjizi couldn't help but look embarrassed. All he wanted was to be the head of Jiulimen, and he had done so much before and spent so much effort just to take the position of head from Li Hong, but now Li Hong himself said in front of everyone that the position of head was not rare at all, which made him feel like a punch.

Li Hong looked at Ling Jizi's wonderful expression and sneered in his stomach, what does it mean to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, this is just when he wanted to continue to pursue with victory, but he heard Elder Yao say coldly: "Chu Hongzi, one yard is one yard, so many people are suspicious, you can't just reveal the matter without mentioning it with a fluttering sentence? Not to mention that I have evidence to prove that it was you who colluded with the demon sect demons and let them in." ”

Although his last sentence was soft, it was like a thunderbolt in Li Hong's ears, "What did you say, Elder Yao? Do you say it again? Do you have evidence?" Staring straight at Elder Yao, Li Hong almost couldn't believe his ears.

At this point, Li Hong finally understood that Elder Yao was indeed no longer his mentor, he, Li Hong's eyes suddenly widened, could it be that he was the spy of the Demon Sect? Could it be that the traitor was him?!

No-Li Hong felt ridiculous, he really couldn't believe it, and another thought came to his heart, maybe Elder Yao had some kind of trouble.

Li Hong's heart set off a monstrous wave, and everyone in the hall stood up almost at the same time and was shocked.

Ling Jizi almost stared at Elder Yao and walked in front of him step by step, and Ling Jizi said in a deep voice: "Elder Yao, you make it clear, you said that you have evidence to prove that it was Chu Hongzi who colluded with the demons to let them in? Let me ask you again, is that so?"

"Yes. Elder Yao's clear answer shattered the last trace of fantasy in everyone's hearts.

Ling Xiaozi was ecstatic in his heart, sure enough, it was Chu Hongzi, and he was actually crooked! And most of the people, looking at Li Hong's gaze, although there was still a trace of doubt, there was more anger that gradually rose.

Everyone believes in Elder Yao's character, and if he says that there is evidence, then this matter may be true!

Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, they asked in a trembling voice, "What evidence?"

Elder Yao carefully took out something from his arms, and Li Hong recognized it as soon as he saw it, "Huo Yuan Dan?"

Elder Yao sneered, "You really recognized it, it was Huo Yuan Dan." But the recipe of this Huo Yuan Dan was changed by me according to the Dan Fang you gave me, and this Dan Fang was also given to me after you came back from the Southern Wilderness! In vain, I trust you so much, but you are so vicious! It is this fake Huo Yuan Dan that poisons all the elders of the Palm Array Hall, and allows demons to enter our Nine Separation Cave Heaven! It is you, everything is your trick! Chu Hongzi, I have watched you grow up since I was a child, your heart is so poisonous!"

Elder Yao suddenly changed his usual elegance and pointed at Li Hong and scolded, his thin appearance and brown hooded coat made Li Hong understand a lot of things from the bottom of his heart.

Disheartened, at this moment, Li Hong really felt disappointed and discouraged that life was worse than death.

After returning from the Southern Wilderness, he was worried about Master's broken pill all day long, and he never gave him any illusory pill prescription at all! Elder Yao's lying can only prove one thing, he is the real traitor who colluded with the Demon Sect!

For so many years, he has been like a brother and brother, and he is a real mentor, but I didn't expect him to be a traitor and a murderer who killed so many people.

Why did he do it?

The faces of Lingshizi, Lingxuzi, Lingxiangzi and others flashed in front of their eyes, staring at Elder Yao's excited thin face, Li Hong's heart ached so much that his eyes turned black.

At this moment, Li Hong deeply understood the taste of betrayal.