Elder Shan remained silent but her expression was crystal clear for Yang Wei to understand.
He had indeed been chosen as the one to investigate the traitors within their sect with his new status.
A status that Yang Wei truly regrets now since he would have to step into the muddy water to find out the traitors.
"Can I decline this task?" Yang Wei asked.
As much as he wanted to help the sect out, he didn't have the ti and effort to investigate other disciples.
Alas, it was a futile effort in hoping to be able to decline the task when Elder Shan shook her head.
"We didn't want to push this task upon a disciple either but what can we do? If we, the elders, start investigating now. There's a high chance of alerting Tang Xin who is in hiding and it would be more troubleso in the future." Elder Shan said.
Yang Wei sighed softly before realizing one thing.
He stared at Elder Shan deeply in the eyes and in a low tone, he asked, "How did you know Tang Xin is still alive?"
"We have found traces of his footstep and recently, he was discovered nearby a village that had been brought to ruin."? Elder Shan replied.
However, Yang Wei found this to be more suspicious than ever. After all, Tang Xin had been dead for a long ti yet only now did they realize he was still alive.
"This doesn't make sense…" Yang Wei muttered in a low tone.
"What doesn't make sense?" Elder Shan asked in concern.
Yang Wei's expression turned solemn. "Elder Shan, don't you think everything is too much of a coincidence?"
"We had Elder Jing discovering the use of modified pills in the arena when in fact, the modified pills had been circulating in our sect for so ti already. Moreover, as soon as we began investigating, we found out Tang Xin was hiding sowhere and that one of the elders had been caught."
"Everything seed too much of coincidence and convenience for us- it's like the mystery continued to solve itself as we advanced forward."
The room beca silent as Elder Shan started to comprehend the words of Yang Wei.
'Indeed… Yang Wei is right about this aspect. Everything we investigated seed like we were closer to the truth but not quite close either.' Elder Shan exclaid inwardly as her expression turned complicated.
She then lifted her head up and held Yang Wei's hand. "If everything is like you've said then there's a mastermind behind this, trying to control our actions."
Yang Wei nodded his head.
"I don't know why but ever since I arrived in this room- I felt like I'm being spied on." Yang Wei then said.
Elder Shan beca dumbfounded by Yang Wei's words as she gasped and covered her mouth with her hand.
"How long have you been feeling that way?" Elder Shan asked him in a bit of a sowhat nervous tone.
Yang Wei took a few monts to ponder before explaining, "It was during the ti when I was walking toward the Disciplinary Hall and when I was being dragged by you."
At first, he didn't bother with it much since he thought it was Elder Shan inspecting him. However, it seed like his own wishful thinking when Elder Shan didn't know about this.
"Sigh, I guessed we are being toyed around by Tang Xin and honestly, I feel disgusted and angry right now." Elder Shan said in a nacing tone.
Being manipulated like a puppet was never a good feeling, especially when you found out how much you have been played by the enemy's hand.
"Thankfully, you are here and explain so plot holes for otherwise, I might beco another ignorant fool in his sche." Elder Shan added as she showed a grateful look toward Yang Wei.
"Elder Shan's words are too much. It's because you have been burdened by a lot of tasks that the enemy managed to use this loophole." Yang Wei shook his head and refused to take credit for it.
"Either way, without you, I would still be investigating this matter in the palms of the enemy."
Soti later, Elder Shan sighed at the list of people she had investigated and found out to be the traitors.
"I doubt these are the people that Tang Xing had sacrificed to throw us off the lead." Elder Shan sighed softly as she walked around the room mindlessly.
Never had she felt so hopeless at the current situation when it was always her in charge of the investigation. She was always on the marks with her investigation until now.
Yang Wei remained silent as he scanned through the list one more ti and suddenly, he realized one pattern.
Among every seven outer disciples listed, there was always one inner disciple next to it.
The pattern continued onward until the end of the list and Yang Wei started to think about what this could an.
'Elder Jing ntioned that Tang Xin was a ticulous person and loved to organize his things, especially in his experints.' Yang Wei rubbed his chin slightly.
He then stood up and walked around the room mindlessly, following Elder Shan's footsteps as they tried to figure out so of the mysteries.
Ti slowly passed by, and Elder Shan suddenly halted her movent.
"I figured it out." Elder Shan then said happily and tried to turn around to look for Yang Wei.
However, Yang Wei was still in his own little world and didn't realize what was going on in his surroundings.
Elder Shan held a gawking expression when Yang Wei suddenly kissed her lips when she turned around to search for him.
Yang Wei felt his lips touch sothing soft and sweet at the sa ti.
Regaining his conscience, his eyeballs nearly popped out when he realized what he had done.
Taking a step back, Yang Wei quickly apologized to Elder Shan for his offense.
However, Elder Shan was unresponsive as she rely stood still in a dazed, shocked by the event just happened.
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