Terran Guardian - Chapter 3762

Chapter 3738 What has that wretched wretch Du Changshou done?!

! Less than half a day later,

Du Changshou arrived at Crimson Abyss Valley.

Furthermore

, he didn’t come alone; he brought two peak Immortal Emperor cultivators as guards.

Although Du Changshou wasn’t worried about Chi Zhenzi attacking him, the Divine Sun Domain wasn’t peaceful either.

Having two more peak Immortal Emperors as protectors made things much safer.

After entering Crimson Abyss Valley, Du Changshou quickly found Shen Changqing.

“Senior—”

He had just smiled and was about to bow when Shen Changqing, without a word, took a step forward and instantly unleashed a blood-red sword light, killing him on the spot.

Even the two peak Immortal Emperor cultivators who accompanied him weren’t spared.

“Boom!”

The three bodies exploded, their souls annihilated, leaving not even corpses behind, all collected by Shen Changqing.

Afterwards,

Shen Changqing left Crimson Abyss Valley and vanished without a trace.

The other cultivators in Crimson Abyss Valley were stunned by what they saw, clearly not expecting such a thing to happen.

But soon,

they were shaken.

“That person just now seemed to be a manager of the Tongtian Pavilion!”

“That should be right, judging from his clothes, they definitely belong to a manager of the Tongtian Pavilion!”

“Who has the audacity to attack someone from the Tongtian Pavilion, and a manager at that—” “

Quick, let’s go! If a manager of the Tongtian Pavilion dies in Crimson Abyss Valley, we might all be implicated!”

The other cultivators who had originally intended to refine pills in Crimson Abyss Valley now felt utterly disgusted, as if they had swallowed flies. What a cruel twist of fate! They were   peacefully refining pills in Crimson Abyss Valley, and then this happened

. If the Tongtian Pavilion really misunderstood, they would be left speechless and unable to express their suffering.   Immediately,   the many cultivators of Crimson Abyss Valley hurriedly left.   As mentioned before, although this matter was unrelated to them, who could guarantee that the Tongtian Pavilion wouldn’t take its anger out on them?   If they were truly implicated, it would be a catastrophe.   No one doubted the strength of the Tongtian Pavilion.   As a top-tier merchant guild spanning the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, the Tongtian Pavilion’s foundation was unfathomable. Ordinary Immortal Emperor forces, or even ordinary longevity sects, were utterly insignificant before such a power.   No evidence was needed; mere suspicion was enough for the Tongtian Pavilion to annihilate the forces behind them.   This   was the domineering nature of a top-tier power.   So-called rules were merely constraints on the weak.   True strength never needed to abide by rules.   …   On the other side.   Shen Changqing returned to the Heavenly Dao Immortal City without making a sound.   Killing Du Changshou was a piece of cake for him.   A mere Immortal Emperor.   Killing such a cultivator was like killing an ant.   As long as he could lure the opponent out of the Heavenly Dao Immortal City, everything would fall into place.   Du Changshou probably never imagined that he would be the one to kill him.   And this   was also the result Shen Changqing desired.   Of course.   If Tongtian Pavilion were to investigate thoroughly, it would surely discover that Chi Zhenzi of Chiyuan Valley was not the real Chi Zhenzi.   However—   Biyou Holy Land was no ordinary place.   Du Changshou was merely a manager of Tongtian Pavilion.   With the other party’s death, the latter might not take any significant action.   Regardless, the problem of Chi Zhenzi was temporarily resolved. If the news were to leak out later, they would make further plans.   There are no secrets that cannot be kept forever   . Once something is done, it will inevitably leave behind hidden dangers.   Whether these hidden dangers will be exposed depends on one’s luck and how cleanly one handles the situation.   However, in Shen Changqing’s view, he handled the situation quite cleanly.   Not only did he completely eliminate all those in the know, but he also left no corpses behind, making subsequent investigations extremely difficult.   At this moment,   after returning to his Immortal Abode   , Shen Changqing stepped into the Chaos Space and immediately proceeded to completely destroy the corpses of Chi Zhenzi and Du Changshou, ensuring that no trace was left.   At the same time,   he also obtained some cultivation resources from Du Changshou’s storage ring.   Compared to Chi Zhenzi, the cultivation resources in Du Changshou’s storage ring were negligible.   This result   was within Shen Changqing’s expectations.   Most cultivators wouldn’t leave their treasures in their storage rings; Chi Zhenzi was a rare exception.   After tallying his gains, Shen Changqing was in high spirits.   Since entering the Heavenly Dao Immortal City, he had spent hundreds of millions of high-grade immortal stones, not to mention top-grade ones.   Now, killing Chi Zhenzi and Du Changshou not only completely recouped his losses over the years but also netted him a considerable profit.   …   Meanwhile,   news of what happened in Chiyuan Valley quickly spread. The entire   Tongtian Pavilion was shaken.   After all, the killing of a manager in front of everyone was shocking.   In an instant,   all eighteen managers of the Tongtian Pavilion gathered together, each with a solemn expression.   ”Tell me, how much do you know about Du Changshou’s murder in Crimson Abyss Valley?”   The speaker was Shen Xiao, the current head steward of Tongtian Pavilion, and also the only Ninth Tribulation Half-Saint in the Shenyang Immortal City branch.   As soon as he spoke, the atmosphere in the hall became much more oppressive, and the remaining stewards all wore serious expressions.   As stewards,   the head steward was the nominal head of the branch, a status and position far beyond what ordinary stewards could match.   Moreover,   Shen Xiao himself was a Ninth Tribulation Half-Saint.

Such strength alone was enough to make them bow their heads.

After Shen Xiao finished speaking, a steward respectfully replied, “Reporting to the head steward, no one knows why Du Changshou went to Crimson Abyss Valley.

After his death, we also sent people to Crimson Abyss Valley. Only a remnant of sword energy remained there; nothing else.

This is something we obtained in Crimson Abyss Valley, stained with that sword energy and Steward Du’s blood!”

After speaking, the steward took out a blood-stained rock.

This rock had been tempered day and night by the earth’s fire in Crimson Abyss Valley, making it extremely hard, and it contained an unbearably scorching aura.

However, within this rock, there was not only the scorching heat of the earth’s fire, but also a faint remnant of killing sword energy.

Shen Xiao reached out and grabbed the rock.

Then,

he used his divine sense to focus on the rock.

In an instant…

“Boom—!!!”

An extremely powerful killing sword aura suddenly erupted, causing Shen Xiao’s expression to change slightly.

“What a killing sword aura! The cultivator who left this sword aura must be a sword master, with unfathomable cultivation, at least at the half-saint realm, or even stronger!

Du Changshou is just a mere Immortal Emperor, when did he offend such a powerful expert?”

Originally, he thought it was just a simple feud, but when he witnessed the sword aura contained within the mountain stone, Shen Xiao was somewhat shocked.

Logically speaking, Du Changshou shouldn’t have offended a powerhouse of this level.

Subsequently,

Shen Xiao attempted to deduce the secrets of heaven using this mountain stone.

The scene of Crimson Abyss Valley returned.

But the next moment,

an unparalleled sword aura seemed to slash across the river of time, causing his sea of consciousness to tremble violently, giving him the illusion that it was about to collapse at any moment.

“Pfft!”

A mouthful of blood was spat out, and the mountain stone instantly turned to ashes.

“Chief Steward!!”

Everyone else’s expressions changed drastically upon seeing this scene.

Shen Xiao’s face was filled with fear: “This being is definitely not a half-saint; this is at least a living saint, or even stronger than a saint.

What did that wretched Du Changshou do to offend such a powerful being?!”

That was a saint!

Or even someone possibly stronger than a saint.

Otherwise,

how could he have suffered such a severe backlash from simply deducing the secrets of heaven?

Shen Xiao had a premonition that if he were to truly face such a being, he would likely perish as well.

This level of powerhouse was not to be easily provoked, not only in the Heavenly Dao Immortal City, but throughout the entire Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, and even encompassing Chaos.

At this moment,

Shen Xiao no longer cared about Du Changshou’s life or death.

He was only worried that Du Changshou had offended such a powerful being, and whether the other party would vent their anger and then attack the entire Tongtian Pavilion.

With the current strength of the Heavenly Dao Immortal City branch, they were definitely no match for such a being.

The Tongtian Pavilion was spread throughout the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, and although its foundation and strength were formidable, not everyone would give the Tongtian Pavilion face.

In other immortal realms, cultivators from the Tongtian Pavilion had once provoked powerful figures, resulting in the latter wiping out entire branch pavilions in those realms.

Although this enraged the main pavilion, prompting them to dispatch powerful figures to suppress the rebellion, that was a later event and had little to do with him.

After all, he was already dead; what use would the main pavilion’s revenge be?

In fact,

if Du Changshou were still alive, Shen Xiao would want to slap him to death to prevent him from bringing disaster to the Tongtian Pavilion.

Hearing Shen Xiao’s words, the other managers were all horrified.

“Then, according to the head steward, what should we do?”

“You should not act rashly. Suppress this matter as much as possible, and stop investigating the Crimson Abyss Valley incident.

I will report the rest to the main pavilion.

A powerhouse of this level is beyond our capabilities. We can only hope that after killing Du Changshou, he won’t take his anger out on the entire Tongtian Pavilion.

Otherwise, we will all be doomed!”

Shen Xiao’s voice was stern. Doing nothing now was the best course of action.

If the Tongtian Pavilion launched a major investigation, angering the powerhouse, he might turn against them.

These old monsters, who had cultivated for countless years, often had their minds ruined; they lacked rationality and acted mostly on a whim.

Therefore,

the safest course of action for the Tongtian Pavilion was to remain inactive.

Hearing this,

the stewards hurriedly nodded.

“We understand!”

“Furthermore… instruct your subordinates to be more careful in their actions from now on, and not to offend anyone they shouldn’t, or they’ll suffer the same fate as Du Changshou.

If they really provoke an unapproachable powerhouse, I will personally deal with them without anyone else having to lift a finger!”

Shen Xiao gave another stern warning at the end.