Weapon Master

Chapter 2166 - Cheating?

”Still no news from Elder Du?” Within a palace behind the Procedural Hall, Wei Xuanji was frowning slightly.

”No!”

Hua Hua shook his head with a puzzled expression on his face.

Just now, the ninth Sky Emperor Elder sent out to supervise the trial had returned to the sect. He should have returned earlier, but there had been no news from Du Si Xian’s side at all.

It was Feng Zhuo who was being supervised by Du Si Xian.

Feng Zhuo had already returned to the sect on the tenth day of the selection trial, but Elder Du Sixian, who followed behind Feng Mian, could not get in touch.

Right now, the only thing that was certain was that Du Si Xian was still alive.

”Could an accident have caught you, captured you, or trapped you in some place, causing you to be unable to escape and be unable to return to the sect in time?” Yuan Hua muttered to himself.

”Only then can it be explained.”

”The selection test for our Clear Void Dao Pavilion’s Vice Pavilion Master s is not a secret to the sects like the Beidou Immortal Sect, Pangu Heavenly Sect, and Black Yellow Dao Sect. I believe that someone really did find Feng Zhuo’s whereabouts and wanted to make a move against him.

The other surrounding elders also nodded their heads when they heard this.

After a short while, Wei Xuanji furrowed his brows and asked: ”Where is Elder Gong Tianxun, is there any news about him?”

”Still no answer.”

Hua Yuan forced a smile and sighed.

Since an absolute genius like Feng Zhuo was participating in this trial, in order to avoid any mishaps, Gong Tianxun volunteered to head for Star City and take charge of the overall situation.

At that time, when Gong Tianxun had brought up this point, Wei Xuanji had even hesitated for a moment.

After all, Gong Tianxun was from the same clan as the palace god who participated in the trial. If he secretly assisted the palace god in bestowing the prizes, it would likely affect the fairness of this selection trial. However, after some thought, even if Gong Tianxian had that kind of plan, he would still feel powerless. After all, every cultivator participating in the trial had a Heavenly Emperor Elder behind them, and those Heavenly Emperor Elders were all directly responsible to him, the Pavilion Master. There was no need to listen to Gong Tianxian.

If they followed separately, Gong Tianxun wouldn’t be able to stir up any trouble.

Therefore, Wei Xuanji still agreed to his request in the end. No one expected that after Du Si Xian, Gong Tianxun would also go missing.

The two Sky Emperor Elders had both disappeared during the trial. This had never happened before.

”It’s alright for Ninth Elder to be missing, but for Elder Du Sixian to disappear as well is a huge headache.”

Yuan Hua and the other elders exchanged glances before speaking hesitantly, ”According to the usual practice, the ten Heavenly Emperor Elders responsible for supervising the competition would have to explain everything clearly and confirm that there were no violations of the rules during the trials to announce the results of the Pavilion Master’s selection examination. Now that Elder Du is not here, and since we know nothing about Feng Zhuo’s participation in the trial, should we delay the announcement of the results? ”

”Let’s wait for three more days.” ”If there’s still no news in three days, then there’s no need to wait any longer.”

”...”

”Three more days?”

Everyone in the Procedural Hall was stunned.

They had originally thought that the results of the selection examination would be announced very soon, but they did not expect that Pavilion Master Wei Xuanji would not appear, and only Great Elder Yuan Hua would appear. Yuan Hua also did not announce the results of the selection examination.

Yuan Hua did not linger for long. After he finished speaking, he left the palace under everyone’s astonished gaze.

”Does anyone know why they delayed announcing the results of the exam?”

”Could someone have cheated?”

”Even if someone cheats, there’s no need to delay it. Just punish them directly, unless the one cheating is...”

”...”

The crowd discussed animatedly. After a while, more and more gazes fell on Feng Mian, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground. Shock and bewilderment could be seen in his eyes.

He was only announcing the results of the trial. Under normal circumstances, there was no need to delay it.

Even if there really was someone who had cheated, as long as there was no effect on the results of the trial, they would still announce the people who were selected to be vice Pavilion Master s on the spot, unless the cheating had already affected the results.

In this trial, Feng Zhuo was ranked first, and the Divine Feet of the Palace was ranked second. If it was as he’d guessed, then it was highly likely that Feng Zhuo was the one who’d cheated. And only by cheating on him would it be possible for it to truly affect the final outcome of the’s selection and trial.

Thinking of this, the eyes that the crowd looked at Feng Zhuo with instantly started to look a bit strange.

Originally, they felt that it was extremely inconceivable for Feng Zhuo to have successfully passed the trial in just ten days. But now, they realized that it was extremely possible that Feng Zhuo had obtained such a result by cheating, so they immediately felt as if they were on stimulants as their hearts began to surge violently.

”Like I said, how could someone use ten days to successfully pass the trial?”

”If he really is cheating, then this vice Pavilion Master position should belong to Elder Gong.”

”It’s a pity, with his true strength, there is a great chance that he could obtain the position of vice Pavilion Master. Why would he choose to cheat?”

”You all say that he cheated, but does anyone know how?”

”...”

Everyone lowered their voices as they discussed amongst themselves.

At this moment, the curiosity in his heart had already reached its peak, as if he really wanted to reach into Feng Zhuo’s stomach and take out all of the words that he had been holding in.

However, no matter how hard they pointed, Feng Zhuo remained standing and unmoving.

At this moment, Tang Huan, who was far away in Star City, could not help but laugh when she sensed the situation over at Feng Zhuo’s side.

Even that Gong Tianxian, even though he said that he would kill him, still left a strand of his soul hanging on with his last breath. His purpose was also very simple; he wanted Wei Xuanji and the other higher ups of the Clear Void Pavilion to feel that Du Sixian and Gong Tianxun were still alive, which would save him a lot of trouble.

It was also because of these two people that Tang Huan did not return to the Clear Void Dao Pavilion with Feng Zhuo.

Right now, no matter if it’s Du Sian or Gong Tianxian’s residual soul, both are within the space of Tang Huan’s cave abode. If Tang Huan left them in Star City, she could also help Feng Zhuo.

For example, now …

Tang Huan quietly floated out of the inn she was staying. In the blink of an eye, she was already in front of a vast hall. The door to the hall was open, and through it, one could faintly make out a shimmering white light. This was the Great Teleportation Formation exclusive to the Clear Void Dao Pavilion.

”Who is it, stop!”

The eight marquis guards at the entrance of the palace suddenly woke up and shouted loudly.

At almost the same instant as those words were uttered, they had already pushed their Tian Yuan Qi to the limit as a faint undulation that could be seen with the naked eye rose up around their bodies.