"Huh? A basement? Why is there a basement here?" Luo Mingyue stood by the crack, looking down with some curiosity, "Your Flowing Moon Sect wouldn't be doing something unspeakable down here, would you?"
When everyone heard this, they all gathered around.
It was truly strange that someone had specially arranged an underground secret room beneath the teahouse. Everyone jumped into the crack.
Li Shuang and Luo Mingyue also blended into the crowd.
Li Shuang's eyes flickered.
Everyone harbored ill will towards her.
She had originally thought that it might be connected to this teahouse.
Otherwise, why had she not detected any malice until she entered the teahouse, where she was suddenly overwhelmed by it?
Li Shuang didn't believe she was that hateful.
Even Yan Fan, as flashy as he was, probably wasn't hated to this extent!
So, Li Shuang used the crowd to tear down the teahouse.
Once the teahouse was demolished, the Heaven and Earth Furnace gave a hint that there was a formation arranged underground.
Spending a small amount of value points allowed her to know the location of the formation's core. The rest was simple: she only needed to entice the disciples of the Giant Blade Sect to attack the core of the formation with her, and the basement would naturally be exposed.
Inside the basement, Li Shuang looked at a damaged formation, her eyes slightly narrowed.
"There's a discarded formation here." A disciple of the Flowing Moon Sect also walked in, the leading female disciple said softly, "What a coincidence."
"A discarded formation?" Luo Mingyue raised an eyebrow, "Looking at the formation, it seems like it was in use until it was suddenly destroyed remotely. Could it be that your Flowing Moon Sect has been doing something unspeakable all along? Now, seeing that things are about to be exposed, you've gotten cold feet and destroyed the formation?"
"Fellow Daoist is joking." The Flowing Moon Sect disciple gave a wry smile, "We are a righteous sect, what unspeakable things could we be doing? Our teahouse indeed uses some talismans, but these talismans actually have a slight effect of calming the mind and clearing the head, making it easier for everyone to immerse themselves in the performance. Everyone, think about it, this is at the foot of the Cangyuan Sect, the heartland of the Ten Sects! If we dared to do anything unlawful here, how could the Cangyuan Sect and other righteous sects tolerate it?"
With the Flowing Moon Sect disciple saying this, the cultivators who had previously harbored some suspicions couldn't help but nod.
That's right.
This was the Cangyuan Sect.
At this time and place, it could be said that the most powerful experts and geniuses of the Southern Lan Continent were gathered.
Even if the Flowing Moon Sect truly had problems, how dare they try anything here?
"Today's incident was just a small misunderstanding. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to Fellow Daoist Luo and Fellow Daoist Li. We will visit again in the future to offer our apologies."
"Also, the teahouse has been destroyed, and we also need to concentrate on preparing for the battle. This place will no longer be open."
The Flowing Moon Sect disciple spoke with great sincerity.
Seeing that there was nothing else, everyone gradually dispersed.
Li Shuang looked back at the few Flowing Moon Sect members and suddenly said, "Fang Qingyu, why doesn't she dare to come see me herself?"
The Flowing Moon Sect members were startled.
The person leading them looked puzzled, "Fang Qingyu? Who is that? We don't know her."
Li Shuang smiled, turned, and left with Luo Mingyue.
After everyone left.
In the ruins.
The Flowing Moon Sect disciple's face was extremely grim.
She looked coldly at the Flying Blade Sect disciple, "Didn't I tell you to stop?"
Now the underground secret chamber was exposed.
Although she had destroyed the formation in advance and tried her best to smooth things over, not everyone in this world is a fool!
The Flowing Moon Sect had likely inadvertently aroused the suspicion of many.
The Flying Blade Sect disciple sneered, "You tell me to stop, and I stop? We are merely partners, not a subordinate relationship!"
The Flowing Moon Sect disciple glanced at him, and said expressionlessly, "Your sect entrusted us to help test Li Shuang's current strength, and we helped. Now, the teahouse is destroyed, and the formation is also forcibly destroyed. Do you know that we had hoped to control those cultivators with this formation? Now, everything is ruined! Does your Flying Blade Sect have nothing to say?"
The Flying Blade Sect disciple's face was expressionless. "So what? Did you test Li Shuang's strength? Not only did you fail to test her strength, but your teahouse and formation were also destroyed. You are so useless, you might as well disband and go home to grow sweet potatoes."
The Flowing Moon Sect disciples' faces immediately turned ugly.
The Flying Blade Sect disciple snorted and simply left.
"Senior Sister, what do we do now?" Several Flowing Moon Sect disciples all looked at the woman in the center.
The woman calmly said, "Report truthfully."
After all.
Both the Flowing Moon Sect and the Flying Blade Sect were merely pawns of the Overlord.
However, even as pawns, the Overlord had to know which pawn was more important.
These people from the Flying Blade Sect were nothing but trash.
The Overlord's grand plan still had to rely on the Flowing Moon Sect.
The Flowing Moon Sect disciples then left the scene, and the place once again fell silent.
On the other side.
Luo Mingyue and Li Shuang also lost their interest in sightseeing, and the two returned to their station directly.
On the way.
Luo Mingyue couldn't help but ask, "Little Junior Sister, was this matter arranged by Fang Qingyu?"
"Fang Qingyu may not have this ability. However, this matter is definitely related to her," Li Shuang said calmly.
"Are you that sure?" Luo Mingyue was puzzled.
Li Shuang explained, "Originally, I only had a fifty percent certainty. But, the Flowing Moon Sect disciple actually acted as if she had never heard of the name Fang Qingyu, which makes it a hundred percent certainty."
Luo Mingyue looked at her in confusion.
"Fang Qingyu is, after all, the daughter of the Grand Blade Sect leader, and she's currently on the list of disciples participating in the grand competition. It's normal not to have met her, but... not even having heard of her is highly unlikely. The Flowing Moon Sect disciple was excessively guilty," Li Shuang said.
Luo Mingyue: "..."
She really wanted to fight those clever people.
She blinked and said, "I feel like this Flowing Moon Sect has a problem."
See, she had wisdom too!
Li Shuang's expression was grave: "It's more than just a problem!"
She had demolished the teahouse and found the basement.
But this was just the tip of the iceberg.
The Flowing Moon Sect, located far away in the Dayong region, had been developing silently for so long, what exactly had they been doing?
Did the other sects not know anything at all?
Did the elders of the six factions not sense anything amiss?
If it was just the Flowing Moon Sect's problem, that would be fine.
The current fear was that...
Was the interior of these six sects truly still united as one?!
Had some high-ranking members of the six sects already been corrupted?
These were all still unknown.
What was supposed to be a grand sect competition, Li Shuang now felt that undercurrents were surging beneath, with countless darkness hidden behind, waiting to gush forth at any moment.