Wild Dogs

The Core Formation cultivator roared angrily, and everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment.

Even though the thief has already been caught, why is this grandmaster still so angry?

Yang Fan was also completely confused.

Now that the Foundation Establishment cultivator who broke in has been captured, the matter should be over by now.

Unexpectedly, this Core Formation cultivator actually wanted to investigate.

Besides, how did he figure out that there was a traitor in Sword Forging Valley?

Yang Fan was on tenterhooks, but fortunately he had put the wooden sword into the small cauldron beforehand, so he wasn't worried about anyone noticing anything unusual.

"Junior Brother Liu, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly close Sword Forging Valley?"

Just then, Xuan Yang flew over.

Xuan Yang looked extremely anxious, and was currently looking at the Core Formation cultivator with a puzzled expression.

"Why? There's a traitor among the bandits in Sword Forging Valley."

The Core Formation cultivator surnamed Liu angrily pointed at the crowd below.

"A traitor? How could that be? These disciples are all from our Sword Forging Valley, even the menial workers come from Qingyun Temple. How could they be traitors?"

Xuan Yang said with a displeased expression.

Clearly, if this Liu, who has reached the Core Formation stage, can't give a clear answer, he'll teach him a lesson.

"I have placed individual restrictions on several important weapons in the Sword Tomb. If anyone touches those weapons, I will find out."

"After I killed the thief, I immediately sensed that someone had tampered with the restriction on one of the weapons."

"Besides those who remained in Sword Forging Valley, who else could have obtained weapons and hidden here in such a short time?"

"It's obvious that he and this person are in cahoots; one of them used a diversionary tactic to lure me away."

"The other person took the opportunity to steal the weapon."

The man surnamed Liu glared angrily at the numerous disciples below.

The more he looked at them, the more he felt that there was something wrong with the people below.

"So that's the reason."

Yang Fan's back was covered in cold sweat.

Fortunately, he had the barrier-breaking bead; otherwise, if he had touched the barrier, the Core Formation cultivator would have arrived immediately.

By then, Yang Fan won't be able to escape even if he wanted to.

"So, you're insisting that it was done by the disciples here?"

Xuan Yang still glared at him with dissatisfaction, but at this moment he was already somewhat puzzled.

This cultivator surnamed Liu isn't the kind of person who likes to frame others, so his suspicions might actually have some merit.

"That's right, the thief must be here."

The man surnamed Liu clenched his fists; it was clear he was determined to get to the bottom of this today, no matter what.

"Since you insist so much, Junior Brother Liu, it wouldn't be right not to investigate."

Xuan Yang snorted coldly and waved his hand downwards.

"All disciples of Sword Forging Valley, gather here. Let us investigate thoroughly. Rest assured, I will never let you be wronged. You can rest assured."

"But if anyone doesn't come over, then there's a problem, and don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Xuan Yang's voice resounded all around, and soon, a group of disciples nervously gathered around, but they didn't dare to look at Xuan Yang at all.

"Alright, everyone's here. Junior brother, you can begin your investigation."

Xuan Yang said this indifferently, and the man surnamed Liu nodded and immediately flew down to check their storage bags one by one.

Seeing this, Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If it's just checking the storage bags, he really doesn't have anything to worry about.

After all, he had already put the things that needed to be put away into the small cauldron in advance, and there was nothing important in the storage bag.

However, caution was still necessary, so Yang Fan did not let his guard down at this moment.

As the man surnamed Liu got closer to the examination, Yang Fan couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Tell me, did you tamper with anything in the Sword Tomb?"

The man surnamed Liu stared into one of the disciples' eyes and asked in a cold voice.

The disciple who was asked the question immediately lost his focus and looked completely empty.

Upon seeing this, Yang Fan's heart tightened.

Clearly, this person used some kind of mind control technique to force the other party to reveal their thoughts and feelings.

"This is troublesome."

Yang Fan immediately tensed up.

If he used this method, he might not be able to evade the other party's detection.

He was pondering how to deal with it.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, a disciple suddenly soared into the sky and flew away on his sword into the distance.

"Late Foundation Establishment stage, no, Pseudo-Core Formation stage!"

On the surface, this person was just a Qi Refining stage disciple, but when he soared into the sky, everyone realized that his cultivation had already reached the Pseudo-Core stage!

The Pseudo-Core Formation stage is only one step away from Core Formation, and the individual could enter the Core Formation stage at any time.

"You've really gone to great lengths, a dignified Pseudo-Core Realm cultivator, to go to such lengths to hide in our Sword Forging Valley."

When he saw that there were indeed traitors among the disciples of Sword Forging Valley whom he had previously assured him of, his face immediately turned extremely ugly.

He thought all his disciples were reliable.

In reality, some of these disciples were spies planted here.

"Junior Brother Liu, you stay here for now. I'll go catch him. I definitely won't let him get away."

"Continue to investigate these people and see if there are any spies."

"Alright, then thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother Xuanyang."

The cultivator surnamed Liu continued to investigate the remaining people.

"Come here!"

The man pointed to the next disciple.

Unexpectedly, this person also instantly soared into the sky and fled again!

"Another pseudo-Core Formation Realm cultivator!"

Seeing that this disciple was also acting strangely, the man surnamed Liu couldn't help but take action again and chase after him.

After the two Core Formation cultivators left, the disciples in Sword Casting Valley looked at each other in bewilderment, unsure of what to do next.

"Our master has left, shouldn't we go now?"

One of the Qi Refining stage disciples asked cautiously, but it was clear that he was very careful and didn't dare to leave.

"Hehe, take care everyone, I'm off!"

Unexpectedly, another figure suddenly shot into the sky and fled into the distance.

Yang Fan stared in disbelief as the person walked away.

He never imagined that there were so many spies from other sects in Sword Forging Valley.

There are three pseudo-Core Formation Realm cultivators, and these three pseudo-Core Formation Realm cultivators don't even belong to the same faction.

Normally, these fake Core Formation cultivators disguise themselves as Qi Refining stage disciples.

Yang Fan even got along well with one of them, and he assumed that the other person was a disciple in the Qi Refining stage.

"It seems that I'm not the only one pretending."

Moreover, these people were very good at disguising themselves, and even Core Formation cultivators did not notice anything unusual.

Yang Fan's gaze swept over the others, noticing their tense expressions, and knew that they should be alright.

After a while, Xuan Yang, his clothes somewhat tattered, appeared above the Sword Casting Valley carrying a severed head.

"Where did Junior Brother Liu go?"

The group looked at each other in bewilderment. After a long while, one of the disciples mustered up the courage to tell Master Xuanyang what had just happened.

Upon hearing that in addition to this spy, there were actually two other spies at the Pseudo-Core Formation level mixed in, Xuan Yang became somewhat furious.

Besides anger, he felt mostly lingering fear.

If these three hadn't discovered it, wouldn't the secret of Sword Forging Valley have been revealed to others?

The more he thought about it, the more nervous he became.

Xuan Yang glanced at the other anxious disciples below and took a deep breath.

"Alright, everyone, you can all leave now."

"But, Master Liu hasn't finished his inspection yet..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xuan Yang waved his hand.

"With such a huge mess, any spy would have run away long ago. Why would they be foolish enough to stay here? You'd better disperse."