Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

"Your Highness, did you perhaps do something that involved starting a relationship and then abandoning the person in the past?"

Seeing Cao Keying publicly rebuke Ren Lingyun, Lu Feng, who was standing to the side, also became curious and secretly transmitted his voice to the latter.

After all, judging from the other person's resentful expression and the fact that they still hold a grudge, there is most likely a complicated and tragic past involved.

"Young Brother Lu, the past is too painful to recall. Let's focus on resolving the tasks assigned by the elders..."

Faced with Lu Feng's curious gossip, Ren Lingyun still looked embarrassed, and then secretly replied, seemingly unwilling to talk too much about his relationship with Cao Keying.

Seeing this, Lu Feng did not press the other party. He looked at Cao Keying again and said in a deep voice, "Senior Sister Cao, the situation is urgent, so I will get straight to the point."

"We just discovered the bodies of several Falling Star Academy disciples at the entrance to Falling Star Valley. Besides students from the Southern Academy, the deceased also included elite disciples from the Eastern Academy. The leader of the group was none other than Chang Yuchun, one of the former Five Tigers of the Chang family!"

Lu Feng said solemnly.

"What did you say?!"

"Chang Yuchun has been murdered...!"

"How is this possible!"

Upon hearing Lu Feng's words, not only Cao Keying looked surprised, but Baturu and Duan Lang beside her also looked incredulous.

After all, Chang Yuchun not only came from the Chang family, a fifth-grade aristocratic clan in the Yuanfeng Realm, but was also the eldest grandson of the Chang family's patriarch, Chang Bubai. He was also an elite disciple of the East Academy, and his Yuan power cultivation had reached the eighth level of the Spirit Soul Realm, which was in no way inferior to Cao Keying, the eldest sister of the East Academy.

Therefore, upon hearing the news of Chang Yuchun's death, Cao Keying and the others naturally could not believe it.

What's even stranger is that Lu Feng and the others found the bodies at the entrance of Falling Star Valley, while Cao Keying had entered and exited Falling Star Valley countless times over the past month, yet she had never found the bodies of Chang Yuchun and the others, which is clearly illogical!

"Junior Brother Lu Feng, are you kidding me? Chang Yuchun may be a bit arrogant and pretentious, but his strength and cultivation are by no means weak. How could he have died here in Falling Star Valley in such a muddled way...!"

Seemingly still harboring some doubts, Cao Keying's beautiful eyes flickered as she looked at Lu Feng opposite her once more.

Not to mention that the three-person team led by Chang Yuchun was quite strong overall, even if we take a step back and say that the other party really died a violent death, it is unlikely that they died at the entrance of Falling Star Valley, otherwise Cao Keying would have noticed the abnormality long ago!

"This is absolutely true."

Faced with Cao Keying's question, Lu Feng did not say much, but simply nodded slightly.

"Miss Cao, the remains of Fellow Daoist Chang and the others have not yet been buried, and we also found this on their remains..."

Seeing that Cao Keying was still full of doubts, Ren Lingyun stepped forward again, took out the Chang family's Golden Dragon Token from his pocket, and handed it to her.

"This is... the Chang Family Golden Dragon Token?"

As she took the token, Cao Keying frowned, her pretty face growing increasingly serious.

This token was not only a credential for the direct descendants of the Chang family, but also Chang Yuchun's lifeblood, which he kept close to him almost all the time.

The fact that the Chang family's Golden Dragon Token has now fallen into the hands of Ren Lingyun and others is enough to show that Chang Yuchun and his group are likely in grave danger!

"Damn it! How could this happen...!"

Bartholomew, his teeth clenched, retorted indignantly, "Could it be those demonic beasts from the Starfall Secret Realm who did it?"

"Big Dark Face, you know what, it's entirely possible!"

Duan Lang chimed in, his face showing a look of great alarm.

As the saying goes, "If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold."

Although Baturu and the others didn't have much of a relationship with Chang Yuchun, they were all from the same Falling Star Academy. And now that Chang Yuchun's three-man team had been wiped out, it was naturally not good news for Baturu and the others!

"Your guesses are not without merit, but the culprit is not a demon beast."

Lu Feng glanced at Baturu and Duan Lang again and shook his head.

Because the wounds on the bodies of Chang Yuchun and the others were all from swords and knives, and the bodies were relatively intact. If it really was the work of a demon beast, the former would most likely have been completely destroyed, or even become food for the demon beast!

Therefore, it is clear that this was done by someone!

"It wasn't done by a demonic beast?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Keying and the others exchanged glances, and then a chill suddenly ran down their spines.

Since Chang Yuchun and the others were not killed by demonic beasts, and Cao Keying has repeatedly entered and exited Falling Star Valley over the past month without finding their bodies, could it be that it's haunted?

"Heh, there are no demons or monsters in this world, only some cunning little people who like to play tricks and deceive behind people's backs..."

Seemingly anticipating Cao Keying and the others' thoughts, Lu Feng grinned again, then said meaningfully, "If I'm not mistaken, the mastermind behind the murder of Chang Yuchun and the others is most likely connected to the remnants of the Wusheng Sect..."

"Moreover, the next target of these remnants of the Wusheng Sect is all of you fellow Daoists present here..."

"What?!"

"This was actually done by the remnants of the Wusheng Sect...?!"

"How did these guys manage to evade the eyes and ears of all the elders in the courtyard and sneak into the Starfall Secret Realm to kill people in secret? This is impossible...!"

After listening to Lu Feng's analysis, Cao Keying and the others were both surprised and doubtful, and they couldn't sit still on the spot.

After all, this intelligence is just too important!

Moreover, what the other party said was not without reason; otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Cao Keying and the others had not seen any other disciples of Falling Star Academy for more than a month.

"Senior Sister Cao, and fellow disciples, please listen to what Leng Ying has to say!"

Just as everyone was in a state of confusion, Leng Ying, who had been silent for a long time, stepped forward, then cupped his hands in a fist salute and said, "Now the enemy is in the open, and we are in the shadows."

"Therefore, instead of risking our lives to search for the enemy, we should first complete the elders' arrangements and work together to reinforce the seal on the formation inside Falling Star Valley. Then we can proceed with our next plan..."

"Hehe, this young lady must be setting foot in the Starfall Secret Realm for the first time, right?"

Upon hearing Leng Ying's suggestion, before Cao Keying and the others could speak, they saw Duan Lang shake his head, his tone full of meaning.

"What?"

Faced with Duan Lang's question, Leng Ying paused for a moment, only to see the former spread his hands outwards again and say calmly, "Miss Leng, your suggestion is indeed good, but it's simply impossible to implement right now..."

"Because, with just the strength of a few of us, even if we push the Great Evolution Star Sealing Technique to its limit, we simply cannot open the Penglai Star Sealing Array above the Star Sealing Platform, let alone reinforce the array's seal..."

After saying that, Duan Lang shrugged, still looking helpless.

Clearly, the fact that they had stayed in Falling Star Valley for over a month without reinforcing the array seal was not due to laziness, but rather to some other hidden reason!