Chapter 97: The Sect Leader is Smart

 "How could there be a traitor?"

"That's unlikely!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and asked in surprise and doubt.

"The spring has a spirit, so it must know what's going on in the sect. It must also know that our Qingyue Sect has set up a large formation, and it can't escape on its own." Liu Wuhan said, "If it wants to go out, it can't fly into the sky or hide underground, it can only go out through the main gate... What could be easier than letting a disciple take it with him?"

Almost all sects have a rule -

You must enter and exit through the main gate, you cannot fly with a sword, and all flying magical instruments are also prohibited.

Once someone sneaks into the sect, whether it is going up to the sky or entering the ground, they will touch the formation, and this behavior will be regarded as an invasion of thieves, and the formation will strangle them immediately!

Moreover, the strength of this strangulation is adjusted according to the opponent's spiritual power. If the opponent is weak, he can be killed without much effort. But if the opponent is too powerful, the formation will mobilize all the spiritual power in the formation into one point and launch the strongest attack.

It can be said that unless this person is a true immortal, or the combined efforts of several peak Mahayana masters, he will die on the spot without even a little resistance.

Even if Jiuyou is a spring spirit, it is no exception.

Therefore, if it wants to leave safely, it can only be taken out by the disciples through the main gate.

When everyone figured this out, their faces changed.

Jiuyou is the treasure of their sect and the basis for them to be among the top ten sects. If it really runs away, their status and position will drop significantly!

The person who wants to do this can indeed be called a traitor, and he is also the enemy of the entire Qingyue Sect!

"The Sect Master is indeed smart. We didn't even think of this. I'm really ashamed." The third elder said with shame.

"Yes, fortunately, Sect Leader Liu is here, otherwise wouldn't we have missed the critical opportunity?"

"If it were me, I would definitely not have thought of this."

"If it were me, I'm afraid Quan Ling would have run away before I even figured it out."

Everyone started praising it.

It must be said that Sect Leader Liu's cultivation is not the strongest in the entire sect, nor is his aptitude the best, nor is his background the strongest...but the reason why he became the sect leader is because of his all-round talent.

He is not the best in every aspect, but his intelligence is the best overall.

Sect Master Liu nodded modestly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. "Thank you for your compliments, I just thought of it by chance. Besides, we have sealed the door in time, and no one can enter or leave. The spring spirit must not have had time to get out."

"But there was still some time between the time when the spiritual energy weakened and when we discovered the abnormality here. What if the spring spirit took advantage of this time difference to escape?" someone asked.

"If it escaped so quickly, there is only one possibility - there is an insider in the Jiuyouquan area. Only in this way can everything make sense."

Liu Wuhan smiled coldly and asked Manager Hu, "Hu Yu, have any disciples left Jiuyouquan since the incident?"

"I have asked the guards, and there were two people." Manager Hu replied, "They are Lin Zhaofeng and Zhao Ning. They did not leave at the same time."

"They are fine, why do they want to leave Jiuyouquan early?" asked a garden owner puzzledly.

He also knew these two people. They were talented disciples who were well-known in the sect.

That's exactly what's strange.

All the disciples of Qingyue Sect cherish the opportunity to come to Jiuyouquan to practice. Almost everyone is the first to arrive and the last to leave.

If there weren't a rule that the place must be cleared out at night, they would not leave at night until the time was up.

Today, when the incident happened, it was not yet evening, so they were still able to continue practicing.

In this case, why would someone leave early?

"Are these two people related to the Spring Spirit?" an elder asked, but she shook her head after she finished speaking. "No, the Spring Spirit has been lurking for so long, which shows that it is cautious. Even if it is looking for someone, it will not look for two people. This is too risky."

"You are right. At most one of the two people is guilty." Liu Wuhan looked at Hu Yu, "Manager Hu, please bring the person back in person and interrogate him in person."

Hu Yu has been guarding Jiuyou Spring for many years, but he didn't even know that Jiuyou had become a spring spirit. If anyone really wants to be held accountable, he will definitely be the first one.

It is also because of this that he has always kept a low profile.

This was not because he was afraid of Liu Wuhan, but because he felt guilty about letting the sect down.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

He bowed and turned away.

"All gardens are under martial law. Have we started the inspection?" The headmaster looked at the owners of each garden.

"Yes, the deputy garden owners are already investigating."

"Master, rest assured. We have already notified everyone. All the disciples are now in their respective gardens. They are strictly prohibited from moving around. Anyone who is suspicious will be arrested immediately."

"We even used the spirit-detecting disk. If the spring spirit is there, it will be found out!"

"Yes, it's no use burying it in the ground. We'll find it if we dig deep."

The spring spirit hid with the origin, but no matter where it was hidden, a large amount of spiritual energy would leak out.

No matter what magic weapon is used to conceal the spiritual energy, as long as it is detected by the spirit detection plate, it will be revealed.

The spirit-detecting plate sounds like a small thing, but it is actually very large, heavy and expensive.

It is generally used in spiritual mineral mining, mainly for finding veins, and is very sensitive to the concentration of spiritual energy.

Now the entire Qingyue Gate is under martial law. No one can enter or leave at will. Everyone must return to their own courtyard. Then, each courtyard will be supervised by a deputy courtyard master who will check every place.

The public areas outside each courtyard have also been assigned to specific people, so there will be no omissions and all will be checked thoroughly.

However, compared to those places, Liu Wuhan and the others unanimously agreed that the most suspicious place was the thirty-second area of ​​Jiuyouquan!

So they all stayed here, and gathered all the disciples in the area, intending to conduct a thorough investigation.

After making sure that all the instructions were in place, Liu Wuhan stood up and said, "Let's go and see them."

"They" of course refers to the disciples of Jiuyouquan.

There were supposed to be thirty-two people in the thirty-second area of ​​Jiuyouquan, but two of them left early and have not returned yet.

So there are thirty people sitting in the side hall.

These disciples didn't know what was going on, and with their knowledge they couldn't imagine that the problem would lie with the "Spring Spirit".

All they knew was that the spiritual energy suddenly weakened, and then they were locked up here and not allowed to leave. There were more than 20 guards surrounding them, watching their every move.

This made them dare not whisper, and they just sat there anxiously.

Now seeing people coming, and all of them are the headmasters and masters, some of the timid disciples have turned pale and looked dazed.

Although they are geniuses, they have never been able to meet so many seniors at such a close distance!