I Can See Through All Things' Information Chapter 1429 Chapter 861: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes, Accountability
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The onlookers displayed intricate expressions as they beheld the Five Treasure Taoist, who had finally exacted revenge for his profound grudge.
Particularly the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect's disciples and elders understood perfectly the Five Treasure Taoist's near-insane fixation over the years in tracking Yun Shu's location.
Yet now with the truth unveiled, they found no joy stirring within them.
Nobody foresaw that the killer hiding in the dark was their most revered Young Sect Leader.
That elegant form, forever mild and forbearing toward everyone, harbored a ferocious heart under its civilized mask!
This struck deepest for the Supreme Elders, who regarded him as the prodigy fated to restore the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect's glory.
But he had been methodically flayed by the Five Treasure Taoist's blade, souring their hearts with regret.
Shaoyun Tian remained rooted in shock, blankly staring at Shao Sida's mangled corpse, totally bewildered.
He seemed unable to accept his meticulously raised son's sudden, gruesome death.
Observing Shaoyun Tian's state, the elders watched with compassion.
Everyone recognized the vast efforts and treasures the Sect Leader had invested in training Shao Sida.
His sole heir now shredded so viciously, the agony piercing his soul was all too vivid.
Even Master Qingxuan felt compelled to voice: "Sect Leader..."
But before completing his phrase, an unseen colossal power seized Shaoyun Tian's frame, hoisted him skyward, and positioned him before Lu Qing. "Lord Lu, grant mercy!"
The surviving Supreme Elders recoiled in alarm and cried out hastily. "Mr. Lu, what are you..."
The Five Treasure Taoist was likewise startled, yet Lu Qing's subsequent remark dumbfounded him.
"Daoist, aren't you wondering how Shao Sida discovered the secret of Yun Shu Dao Body in those days?"
At these words, the Five Treasure Taoist quivered from head to toe.
This very puzzle had long occupied his mind.
His junior sister's Tao Body was a secret shared solely with Master Qingxuan and certain Supreme Elders.
He himself had only been informed by his master following his junior sister's ordeal.
Shao Sida not merely knew it but had devised a fiendish art to siphon the essence and cultivation from his junior sister's Tao Body for personal advancement.
Someone had clearly divulged his junior sister's Tao Body secret to Shao Sida on purpose.
Still, the Five Treasure Taoist had never pinpointed that culprit's identity.
Watching Lu Qing seize the Sect Leader, sudden comprehension dawned on him. "Mr. Lu, do you mean..."
Lu Qing gave a faint nod: "Correct, through Soul Search on Shao Sida, I uncovered the full truth. The one who disclosed your junior sister's Tao Body secret to Shao Sida was precisely your Sect Leader, Shaoyun Tian.
Not merely that, Shao Sida's clandestine technique was also arranged covertly by
him."
These declarations stunned the assembly, faces drained of color in utter incredulity.
Lu Qing's composed utterance exploded like thunder across the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect.
It jolted the very souls of all assembled.
"The Sect Leader... the Sect Leader leaked the Tao Body secret?" "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The Sect Leader has always shown mercy, leading the sect for thousands of years, shielding countless Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect disciples—how could he perpetrate such depraved villainy!"
"Precisely, with the Sect Leader's magnanimity, how could he possess such savage forbidden arts!"
Subdued exclamations of horror burst from the disciples, swiftly muted once more, though the quaver of doubt in their tones surged like an ocean wave.
The elders' visages darkened severely, and Shaoyun Tian's confidants advanced, intent on defending him.
Yet confronting Lu Qing's impassive stare, their mana froze abruptly, words dying on their lips.
Stormy conflict churned in their bosoms.
They conceded Shao Sida's deeds shamed gods
and humanity alike, justly earning his doom.
But who embodied Shaoyun Tian?
Sect Leader of the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, its pillar, the anchor holding it firm in the Heavenly Origin Great World. Over millennia, Shaoyun Tian toiled relentlessly, elevating the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect from obscurity to eminence, bestowing endless benevolence on every elder and disciple, revered and cherished by the entire sect.
How could such a paragon scheme this treachery?
How could he betray his disciple's Tao Body secret to his own son, permitting that cannibalistic abomination of an evil art?
This revelation proved even tougher to swallow than Shao Sida's guilt!
"Lord Lu! You... cannot utter such reckless claims!"
A hoary Supreme Elder at last erupted, voice shaking,
infused with desperate entreaty, driven above all to safeguard.
"All in the sect know the Sect Leader's true nature; he'd never betray or injure fellow members!"
"Shao Sida must have fabricated lies on his deathbed to pull the Sect Leader down too!"
"Yes, Lord Lu! This issue bears immense weight, touching our Sect Leader's name and our sect's honor entire. Please judge wisely!
clearly!"
Fellow Supreme Elders voiced agreement, eyes fixed on Shaoyun Tian—held aloft by Lu Qing's intangible might—with desperate
mercy.