Luckily, I had placed the blueprint, copper blocks, and copper tubes in the garden. Otherwise, if any of those items were found on me, they would be of no benefit at all. Zheng Ren might have accused me of preparing to forge the Four Regulations Mirror and executed me on the spot!
"Hmm, that is indeed fair," He You'tian's wrath, barely suppressed, looked especially cold.
The faces of all the elders were full of vigilance, and their eyes were brimming with murder.
Even so, I still sweated cold on my back.
I... have underestimated again.
Leaving the things behind is indeed due to my caution.
Before going to Niutian Village, the Four Regulations Mirror was always kept on my body.
I didn't anticipate that Zheng Ren would play such a trick.
Zheng Ren isn't actually that smart; he didn't come up with such a move in advance.
He was just... by chance.
And me, the same by chance...
"Since that's the case, there's no need to waste time then, Elder Chief. I apologize."
Zheng Ren took a step forward, and in an instant, he was in front of He You'tian. Then, he quickly searched He You'tian's body.
In an instant, Zheng Ren's face showed surprise, staring at He You'tian for a few seconds, and then at me.
I immediately realized that Zheng Ren had discovered the Female First Jade Cylinder.
In the next moment, his expression returned to normal, and he stepped back two steps before walking in front of me.
He said nothing, starting to search my body.
At first, when his hand fell on my clothes, there was a hint of a subtle smile in his gaze.
It didn't take long for him to sweat profusely on his forehead, and a trace of casual confusion flashed in his eyes.
Soon, Zheng Ren walked towards the other elders.
I remained unfazed.
However, He You'tian looked at me and said, "Little Sect disciple, let's search the disciples together. The Four Regulations Mirror... is..."
He You'tian briefly explained the appearance and specifications of the Four Regulations Mirror to me.
After a moment of silence, I shook my head and said, "Big Brother, Sun Zhuo has been negligent in his duties, leading to such a major incident. All the disciples are being suspected. And his reason for leaving the Lingguan Hall is because he was worried about me. I'm not suitable to search the disciples."
"I also think that was really negligent? Or did he deliberately leave the Lingguan Hall?"
"Of course, that's just one of my guesses, and I can't say more."
I didn't speak loudly, and that was intentional.
Zheng Ren's words had already saved Sun Zhuo.
My words couldn't harm Sun Zhuo, but they could make the disciples of the Four Regulations Mountain more suspicious of him.
Saying the word 'betrayal' is too cunning. Sun Zhuo is already a 'ghost'.
This is all what he deserves.
The Lingguan Hall isn't big, and my "soft" speech has been heard by some disciples.
He You'tian nodded, not forcing me, and began to search the disciples.
The elders were searched one by one, and all of them were searched.
Zheng Ren returned to the center of the great hall. Without anyone noticing, he and I stood face to face, and his eyes became deep and mysterious when no one was paying attention.
Standing there for a while, Zheng Ren suddenly turned towards the exit of the hall.
After about ten minutes, Zheng Ren finally returned.
His face was even more unpleasant than before, and there was no sign of recovery at all.
I realized that he must have gone to the Ancestor Temple. There's a strong likelihood that he searched my room!
However, Zheng Ren certainly couldn't have imagined that I would put the things under the flower bed outside the toilet.
For Zheng Ren, today's setback is like losing his wife and losing his troops.
Time flew by quickly. It was noon, then afternoon, evening, and soon it was deep into the night.
All the disciples were searched, and even He You'tian suggested a sentence, to search all the halls and rooms.
A group of elders selected a batch of disciples and alternated to search them.
To be honest, I'm still a bit scared.
Until the noon of the next day, everyone was exhausted.
Finally, everyone returned to the great hall.
However, they weren't left empty-handed.
In He You'tian's hand was a bronze mirror, the bottom was the dark lightning wood, the horizontal beams intersected, and the mirror surface was ancient and primitive. Under the slanting sunlight that poured into the great hall, it reflected bright copper beams.
It was clearly the Four Regulations Mirror!
"Third brother, you have such good memory. This Four Regulations Mirror was actually on the altar in the Lingguan Hall, just covered by a few talismans."
"After you performed a ritual and left the Four Regulations Mirror in such a place, you actually forgot it yourself?"
"And caused such a commotion!"
He You'tian looked angry and frustrated.
Throughout this entire incident, Zheng Ren had not left me. He slightly paused and said it was impossible.
After that, he stepped forward to He You'tian and quickly took the Four Regulations Mirror, showing a look of relief.
"Perhaps, it was because that traitor thought he couldn't escape and placed the Four Regulations Mirror in the Lingguan Hall to avoid being caught," Zheng Ren quickly said.
The elders exchanged glances, and He You'tian's face was still changeable.
I didn't say anything.
Since everyone was tricked by Zheng Ren, Zheng Ren didn't achieve his goal, and it's not possible for the "Four Regulations Mirror" to really disappear.
Without the real man's emblem, cohesion would suffer greatly.
It seems that Zheng Ren didn't just search my room before; he also went to the Lingguan Hall.
He was truly unbreakable.
"The disciples are all under the eyes of the elders, and no one has escaped their sight. The rest of the disciples are all in the Shangqing Hall. That traitor is someone else, or he can't be described as a traitor anymore. The Four Regulations Mountain should have someone else mixed in? No, there's still a problem. Then why did he leave behind the Four Regulations Mirror?"
"This matter, Third brother, you still need to think carefully. Is it that you made a mistake, or what?"
"The message was clearly leaked out, and this matter is not just a figment of imagination."
He You'tian rubbed his eyebrow while hoarsely saying.
His address to Zheng Ren had changed again.
"I understand, Elder Chief."
Zheng Ren also appeared tired.
He waved his hand and ordered everyone to disperse.
He You'tian said another sentence, "Wait a minute," and then he spoke about going to retrieve the corpse of the previous Four Regulations Realm Sage.
The elders all furrowed their brows simultaneously, nodding silently. They said that this matter had been dragging on for a long time and no one had brought it up. In fact, when I arrived on the mountain, preparations should have been made.
Zheng Ren's pupils contracted slightly, and he hummed, "Indeed, this is a major matter. In that case, I and my little brother Xian Shen will go on this trip to retrieve our Master."
He You'tian shook his head and said, "There is a traitor inside the mountain gate. If Third Brother leaves again, won't that make the traitor more arrogant? Moreover, you yourself mentioned earlier that you would be confined to seclusion."
"Considering this matter, I think I will take a senior elder with me, and Little Brother will show the way."
For a moment, Zheng Ren remained silent.
After a moment, he suddenly smiled and said, " indeed, perhaps it was the mistake of our Master. The whole mountain gate was in a big uproar. Confinement is still necessary, Elder Chief. It's up to you to ensure that our Master returns to the mountain safely."
For some reason, I felt a chilly chill lingering around me.
Especially the words "peacefully and safely"... They seemed like a normal show of concern, but they felt anything but normal to me, even causing me to break out in a fine rash of goosebumps.
Zheng Ren, definitely not having good intentions, he's hiding something!
