My Master Knows It All

1143: Chapter 292 1143: Chapter 292 Under the black night, Cao Zhen and Immortal Bi Yue descended beside four corpses on the ground and, after a brief inspection, were surprised to discover that all four had been killed by their own comrades.

“So, no one came to kill them, they all killed each other?”

Cao Zhen instantly thought of those black auras.

“Could it be that because of those black auras, they became full of hostility and thus killed each other?” he asked, turning to Bi Yue.

Earlier, both he and Bi Yue had been affected by the hostility, and Bi Yue had even attacked him; had it not been for the Age of Prosperity Qi within him, he might have engaged in combat with Bi Yue as well.

Yet his disciples seemed unaffected.

He and Bi Yue continued onward, and before long they encountered three more corpses, with only a broken Divine Weapon lying beside them.

After examining the site, they determined there must have been four people here before, who engaged in a melee.

In the end, one person emerged victorious, taking all the possessions from the three dead bodies.

Gradually, as they proceeded, they found more and more corpses, the majority of which appeared to have died from fighting one another.

Cao Zhen was now completely certain that most people would end up killing each other, while his disciples were likely among the very few who weren’t affected.

Why were his disciples unaffected?

Cao Zhen contemplated the issue.

The black aura actually amplified the hostility among people walking together, it magnified their suspicions, just like with Bi Yue, who at first had been suspicious of him.

When these doubts and suspicions were amplified, they led to conflicts, and after fighting, this hostility would grow even more intense.

Could it be that his disciples didn’t fight because they had no suspicions of one another?

Even Li Ke, although she was not a member of the Four Treasures Peak, was regarded by his disciples as the wife of their teacher, so they wouldn’t suspect or doubt her.

Was that why they weren’t influenced and didn’t resort to fighting each other?

But why would the Heavenly Dao bring about these ruins during the Sect Tribulation of the Five Sounds Sect?

Why would the Heavenly Dao do this?

Cao Zhen was currently at the Golden Core Stage, and his understanding of the Heavenly Dao was limited, whether it was the restriction of not allowing power beyond the Golden Core Stage during the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth, or what he had witnessed in the Age of Prosperity Ruins, where powerful individuals faced the Heavenly Tribulation, and even now, the black aura within the ruins of the Heavenly Dao, everything he had encountered about the Heavenly Dao seemed extremely unfriendly to cultivators.

Moreover, he did not understand why there was a Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth.

Why, during this period, could one not possess power beyond the Golden Core Stage?

Was it because having power exceeding that of the Golden Core Stage could impact the Heavenly Dao?

Regrettably, since he was only at the Golden Core Stage, he knew far too little.

Suddenly, the sound of a flute reached him, distant yet carrying a sense of anticipation.

“It’s a sound from within the ruins, let’s change direction and fly towards it.”

Cao Zhen, listening to the flute, suddenly pointed in the distance.

“Okay, I’m going to speed up, so hold on tight, or you could hold onto me,” said Bi Yue, now completely unrestrained.

She accelerated in the direction Cao Zhen had pointed, while either seducing or teasing him.

Cao Zhen looked down at Bi Yue’s slender waist in front of him and, unwilling to be looked down upon, shook his head and retorted, “Who do you think you’re underestimating?

Do I need to hold onto you?

If I don’t hold on, will you be able to shake me off?

I…”

His words were cut short as Bi Yue suddenly accelerated again, and the Divine Weapon she commanded made a sharp turn.

Caught off guard by the sudden change, Cao Zhen’s body involuntarily swayed, and he instinctively reached out, grabbing Bi Yue’s thin waist.

Bi Yue let out a coy laugh and went all out, elevating her mana to the extreme as she flew towards the distance.

Generally, when flying, it’s rare for one to exert full strength, considering the need to conserve energy, unless in flight or pursuit.

Under Bi Yue’s full-powered flight, within four hours, they saw a tall tower, a tower identical to the one they had seen upon entering the ruins.

The only difference was that in front of the tower, instead of large drums, there were flutes.

In front of the tower, there were two people sitting opposite each other.

One wore a large grey robe and a conical bamboo hat, having their head lowered, which made their face unclear.

The other was dressed in black, with five blood-red characters embroidered on their clothes—Palace, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu!

As Bi Yue descended towards the tower, she whispered to Cao Zhen, “That person in black is from the Demon Sound Sect, another Great Teaching that uses the Scholar Path of music, although stronger than the Five Sounds Sect.”

As for who the person was, Bi Yue did not say, presumably because she did not recognize them.

In any case, she was the type that even if she did not know others, they generally knew her.

When the two by the tower heard the sound of their approach, they both looked up.

Finally, Cao Zhen could clearly see the face of the person wearing the cloak; it was a woman, quite a beautiful one at that.

When he first saw this attire, he had imagined a withered old man.