The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple-Chapter 873 - 279: Zhou Qing Is Completely Enraged—Then Let’s Go to War!

At this moment, coffins were neatly arranged in the cabin and on the deck, and a strong stench seemed to permeate the air.

The smell was a nauseating mix of decaying flesh, blood, and corpse poison.

The sight in front of them weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.

As one of the coffins slowly opened, the corpse of a Golden Core Realm disciple inside was exactly as seen on the imaging stone.

The flesh was inverted, organs lost, and the death was gruesome beyond description.

An even more pungent stench exploded, causing everyone to inevitably frown.

At this moment, a dung beetle the size of a fist suddenly flew over and landed directly on the corpse of the Golden Core Realm disciple.

Cao Zhengyang's expression turned cold, and he raised his hand to crush it, but was stopped by Zhou Qing.

Then he turned to look at Shen Yunzhou.

Shen Yunzhou, who had just sprinted over, took a deep breath and said, "Indeed, the smell is almost identical."

"Zhou, do you remember the time when I waited for you in Flame Dragon City and someone came to sell a rotting corpse they had picked up?"

Zhou Qing was not too surprised, after all, having heard from Master that all the deceased disciples were missing half of their bodies and emitting a stench, he had vaguely guessed something.

Adding to that the hideous mummy on the imaging stone and the fact that the incident happened after returning from the Gobi Mines, these clues pointed to certain possibilities.

This time letting Shen Yunzhou come was merely to confirm once again.

"So you already knew!" Seeing Zhou Qing's calm reaction, Shen Yunzhou suddenly realized. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Of course, given Zhou's cleverness, he might have already figured it out.

Cao Zhengyang and the others immediately understood the connection.

After all, they went to the Gobi Mines originally because Shen Yunzhou followed the trail of that partially decayed demon beast corpse, and saw Lei Wuji in a very abnormal state in the cave.

"I remember there were fifteen octagonal altars in that cave, each supposed to contain eight coffins. Could it be that Lei Wuji mishandled it, allowing a corpse from the Corpse Yin Sect to escape?"

Cao Zhengyang speculated with a serious expression.

The group recalled the terrifying mummy in the imaging stone, and their hearts grew cold. Perhaps it was indeed possible.

"The time this mummy has existed probably surpasses even the lifespan of a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator, and from the images on the imaging stone, the other party has no consciousness!"

Mo Xingjian pondered before speaking.

Zhou Qing nodded: "Master is correct, there's only one explanation. Whether or not that mummy escaped from the Corpse Nourishing Land of the Corpse Yin Sect back then, someone is definitely controlling it."

"It's the Golden Thunder Sect!" The Peak Master of Purple Mist Peak exclaimed.

Specifically targeting the Taiqing Sect, no small sect would have such audacity, and as for outside sects, there was no enmity between them.

Leaving only the other of the top five sects in the Eastern Domain.

Moreover, all those mummy-containing coffins in that cave were taken away by the Golden Thunder Sect.

Others nodded in agreement.

"Sect Leader, I request permission to go investigate the Golden Thunder Sect!" The Peak Master of Hundred Battle Peak clasped his fists in request, spiritual qi faintly bubbling around him.

"I will go too! Killing so many of our Taiqing Sect disciples, it's outrageous!" The Peak Master of Dragon Ridge Peak glared angrily, the sword behind him humming.

The Peak Master of Yunmeng Peak sneered: "The Golden Thunder Sect has only five Supreme Elders now, are we afraid with our many Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection cultivators?"

Cao Zhengyang raised his hand to calm everyone and after a moment of contemplation, turned to Zhou Qing: "What do you think?"

Zhou Qing looked around at the fellow senior masters, his expression solemn: "Even if we go, with mere speculations alone, how can we point out that the mummies are related to them? Where is the evidence?"

"And if we think further, with Lei Wuji currently in seclusion, handling everything is left to Lei Lie, what should we do if he evades and shirks responsibility?"

Yan Xiaohu stepped out, his veins bulging on his neck: "Evading what? What evidence do we need? Just do it!"

Zhou Qing shook his head, the Golden Thunder Sect, like the Cyan Feather Immortal Sect, though waned, still preserved their ancestral heritage.

It's not solely about how many Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection cultivators a sect has.

Just their creation on the surface, that post-fabricated Thunder Pool, if detonated, wouldn't half of the Taiqing Sect be flattened?

In former times, Ninth-level Array Master Master Xuanqing once used Spirit Skull Mountain's natural Thunder Pool to heal.

Even a late-stage Spirit Severing Realm, semi-pureblood Suanni claimed it to cultivate due to that.

Even if post-fabricated, its power should not be underestimated.

If someone could use it for themselves, a mutual destruction might at least take seven down with it.

"Master, how many mines do we have left?" Zhou Qing suddenly asked.

Cao Zhengyang frowned slightly: "About more than three hundred. I understand you want to wait for it, but that mummy's actions have no pattern."

"Moreover, we don't have more than three hundred Divinity Transformation Realm to guard them. Plus, if we spread our forces too thin, there's concern that others might use this opportunity to act and then blame the mummy."

Zhou Qing certainly understood Master's concerns, but if it continued like this, wouldn't the other mine guardians be left fearing for their lives?

After a brief thought, Zhou Qing spoke decisively: "Actually, there's no need to only focus on that mummy. Change the way we think, see where those not part of the four sects have gone?"

"Now this mummy is able to kill even Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. For safety's sake, the one driving and leading them must at least be Divinity Transformation Realm and not less than three, maybe more."

"After the Five Sects' battle, the remaining Divinity Transformation Realm cultivators in each sect actually only number a few."

Upon hearing Zhou Qing's words, everyone's eyes lit up instantly, Mo Xingjian looked at Zhou Qing with a proud expression.