Chapter 272.1

After walking out of Daoist Tiantong’s residence, Tang Fei and Murong Pianpian were temporarily placed in the guest room by the Tiangang Sword Sect.

After the disciple of Tiangang Sword Sect left, Murong Pianpian couldn’t help but ask Tang Fei, “Senior brother, why did you do that just now?”

From Murong Pianpian’s point of view, although Daoist Tiantong is an elder, and he can bear the kneeling of the two of them, a dignified holy son and holy maiden kneeling like this is losing too much face!

Tang Fei glanced at her and said lightly, “Do you think I’m embarrassing?”

Murong Pianpian curled her lips, and said angrily, “So you also know how to be ashamed? After all, you are also a dignified holy son. How can you kneel and cry like this?”

Tang Fei sneered, “Which one do you think is more important? My embarrassment, or being able to avenge our master?”

Murong Pianpian’s face darkened as she asked, “Is there no other way?”

Tang Fei snorted softly and said, “It seems that you still don’t understand our current situation! Now we have no foundation and nothing but the titles of holy son and holy maiden. But you have to know, without the strength, these two names will not bring us any benefits, but will only make our enemies want to kill us quickly! So for the current plan, the first thing we need to do is to win over allies! And the Tiangang Sword Sect is the best place to win over!”

After being silent for a while, Murong Pianpian said, “You just said ‘our enemy’? Do you think we have other enemies besides the Great Elder?”

Tang Fei sneered again: “Don’t look at the fact that the Second Elder and the Great Elder are dealing with each other, it doesn’t mean that he is on our side! I even suspect that it was truly the Second Elder who poisoned the master!”

Murong Pianpian was startled, “But didn’t you just say that the Gu poison that was used against our master was produced by the Wu family? The Wu family has always followed the Great Elder’s lead, so how did the Second Elder get the Gu poison from the Wu family?”

Tang Fei shook his head and said, “It’s just a kind of Gu poison, as long as you think of a way, you can always get it. On the contrary, the Great Elder didn’t use other poisons but used the Gu poison which can only be produced by the Wu family to poison our master. It’s very puzzling. If what I expected is correct, maybe the Second Elder got the poison by some means, and then poisoned our master, intending to blame the Great Elder.”

Murong Pianpian asked in puzzlement, “Why do you say that? Could it be that the Great Elder was so sure already that he didn’t consider too many details?”

Tang Fei glanced at her again, and sighed, “Murong, that’s why I told you before, you just need to cultivate honestly and just leave the sect affairs to me. It’s because you really don’t have the ability. Now, it seems that what I said at the time was absolutely true.”

When Murong Pianpian was suddenly told such a thing by Tang Fei, even though he was her former fiancé, she blushed with anger. She said angrily, “What do you mean by that? Are you saying I’m stupid?”

Tang Fei shrugged his shoulders, “It doesn’t seem to be too stupid, at least you have a little self-knowledge.”

“You!” Murong Pianpian was furious, wishing to fight Tang Fei on the spot.

But Tang Fei beat her to do it, and said calmly, “Murong, let me ask you, in your eyes, what kind of people are the Great Elder, the Second Elder, and the Third Elder?”

Murong Pianpian stared at Tang Fei bitterly for a while and then said angrily, “The Great Elder looks amiable, but he is actually a smiling tiger in essence. The Second Elder seems to be upright on the surface, but in fact, he has a lot of desire for power in his heart. But the Third Elder is simply careless, with no scheming, and his nastiness and bad is out on the bright side.”

Tang Fei nodded, “So you can see it too. The Great Elder is in charge of internal affairs, the Second Elder is in charge of discipline, and the Third Elder is in charge of property. The three elders each perform their duties and hold their own power, and their personalities are also influenced by the power they hold. Needless to say, the Third Elder is mainly greedy. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of spirit stones flowing in front of him every day. After watching it for a long time, it is inevitable that he will have some thoughts about it in his heart. As for the Great Elder and the Second Elder, they are worse because they are more restrained in their deeds.”

Murong Pianpian was fascinated by what she heard, but she couldn’t help frowning as she said, “How do you say that?”

Tang Fei explained, “The Great Elder likes to do things step by step, so he can gradually unite with the Third Elder and control most of the power in the Sacred Land. The Second Elder likes to take the slant of the sword in unexpected situations and win with strange moves. If the confrontation between the two continues for a long time, sooner or later, the power of the Great Elder will completely overwhelm the Second Elder. Therefore, if the Second Elder is not stupid, he will find a way to break this situation.”

Murong Pianpian’s eyes widened: “You mean, that’s why the Second Elder poisoned our master? But what does this have to do with our master?”

Tang Fei sneered: “Originally, it shouldn’t matter. But if the poison that our master is poisoned is a poison that only Great Elders can obtain on the surface, then it has a lot to do with it!”

Murong Pianpian suddenly felt a chill in her heart and vaguely understood what Tang Fei meant.

Tang Fei continued, “Originally, the Second Elder’s plan was to poison our master to death with the Gu poison, and then use the identity of the Gu poison that poisoned our master to attack the Great Elder and pull the Great Elder down. However, the Great Elder is not a good person either, so after realizing that the Gu poison our master was poisoned by was the Wu family’s special product, he realized the Second Elder’s intentions.

“That’s why he urgently announced to the outside world that our master would be entering seclusion and passed the news to the outside world, completely blocking the news that our master was poisoned. Without the news being disclosed, the Second Elder naturally has no way to use this matter to attack the Great Elder.”

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