When Jiang Li heard what Lu Qianqian said, he also remembered something unusual about Yu Banxia.
At that time, on the flying boat returning to the sect, Yu Banxia suddenly expressed her confidence that she would participate in the outer sect competition.
At that time, Jiang Li felt a little strange, but as soon as the other party explained it, he didn't think much about it.
But when I think about it now, I can see that the other person's attractive look is exactly the same as mine, and I am completely sure.
It seems that when he was in Innan, he really encountered something, a special thing, or an "opportunity".
But, there’s that question again, why did he defect?
No! What Yu Banxia thinks now is no longer important.
In this matter, the person who plays the leading role is obviously Elder Duan.
That elder Duan possesses a powerful mutant spiritual root, the ice spiritual root, and is deeply trusted and valued by the sect.
That's why he was sent before to lead a team to Innan to bring back the two thousand unconscious children.
Not only that, he also took the flying boat to the lower reaches of the Mazu River for support in time, and successfully gave the golden elixir corpse demon a fatal blow.
Logically speaking, there should be absolutely no reason for him to defect.
In other words, defecting was not their own decision?
"It seems that this whirlpool is much more terrifying than I imagined."
Before Lu Qianqian could comfort her, fat Yan Hong also ran over in a hurry.
Since he entered the sect, he has not had much contact with Yu Banxia and the others, so the interrogations he received were relatively light.
However, after hearing the news, he ran over because he was worried.
Of course, he was only worried about Jiang Li.
"Jiang Li! Have you heard about it?"
The nimble fat man rushed into the hut, and when he saw the mess and the sobbing Lu Qianqian, he immediately understood that Jiang Li had heard about it.
"Jiang Li, go to the Outer Sect Affairs Hall immediately! Cancel your registration for the Outer Sect Competition immediately!"
Yan Hong had time to say something else, before he pulled Jiang Li and started to walk out.
"What happened again? What happened to the outer gate competition?"
Jiang Li's head was pounding. He just wanted to compete in the arena to crush the game. Why was it so difficult?
"There's no time to talk anymore, come with me quickly, otherwise it will be too late when the list is confirmed!"
Yan Hong was very anxious, but his and Jiang Li's powers were so different that they couldn't hold him back at all.
"I think... it should be too late."
Jiang Li took off the wooden sign on the table and handed it to Yan Hong.
"People from the Outer Law Enforcement Hall came just now and asked me to gather tomorrow."
"Tell me about any changes in the outer sect competition."
Yan Hong took the token and immediately slumped down, looking like he was beating his chest and feet.
"Jiang Li, you don't know that this outer sect competition is asking you to help hunt down the defecting disciples!"
Jiang Li learned about it through what Yan Hong saw in the trading area.
It turns out that just last night, Elder Duan led several disciples to snatch the sect's flying boat and defect.
However, due to the forced use of the flying boat without permission, their whereabouts were quickly exposed and they were hunted down by the sect.
In the end, the flying boat was shot down by the elders of the sect during the pursuit. Elder Duan took his disciples and hid in a mortal city, and is still at large.
For some reason, the sect is unwilling to attack human cities on a large scale, and the disciples in the inner sect are relatively expensive and cannot be randomly sent into the city to search and die.
It just so happened that the outer sect's competition was taking place at this time, so the sect's senior officials directly changed the content of the competition and asked the outer sect's disciples to enter the city to search.
As long as we can find out where the defecting disciples are, we can stand out from the outer disciples and join the inner sect.
The sect said it lightly and painted a big picture, but anyone with a sound IQ can appreciate the danger involved.
Jiang Li's fingers tapped on the table.
The news brought by Yan Hong also brought a lot of pressure to him.
The sect's move is tantamount to asking the outer disciples to die.
So what if we find the location of the defecting disciple?
Among the defecting team, there was a powerful elder in the pill formation stage.
Even if the signal is sent, so what if he wins the competition, the outer disciple will definitely die.
How can I still have the destiny to become a high-ranking inner disciple?
Not to mention Elder Jiedan, even the inner disciples at the Foundation Establishment stage, Jiang Li didn't have much confidence.
But the sect obviously gave them no room to refuse. Once the list came out, the order was dead, and Jiang Li and the others had to go even if they didn't.
Jiang Li is a little worried now, but also more confused.
Why is the sect unwilling to harm mortals on a large scale?
Moreover, it is not just the Sutra Valley, it should be said that the entire world of cultivating immortals is actually like this.
Logically speaking, after mastering powerful power, people's hearts will inevitably change. Even if most monks can stick to their Taoist heart and defeat the strong and help the weak.
But what about the small number? What about those demon cultivators?
When playing a game, a large number of players would massacre the novice village. Jiang Li did not believe that such a demonic cultivator had not appeared in the world of immortal cultivation for so many years.
But from what he learned, such massacres were really rare, so rare that they had only occurred three times in the past few hundred years.
It's not that Jiang Li is cold-blooded and murderous, but the probability of this is really strangely low.
As far as he knew, there were at least ten techniques that could make rapid progress through large-scale massacres. What kind of psychology made monks so "friendly" to mortals?
In addition, as soon as Elder Duan hid in a human city, the sect became timid.
And what I saw and heard in Innan when I was on a previous mission.
This is unreasonable!
Jiang Li couldn't figure it out, which meant that there must be some key information secret that he didn't know about.
I'm afraid...the monks are not unwilling to massacre, but they are unable or dare not!
"Brother Jiang Li...if...if you meet Pinellia ternata...can you..."
Just when Jiang Li's thoughts were confused, Lu Qianqian, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke again.
She didn't finish her words, but her meaning was obvious.
I hope that if Jiang Li encounters someone when he goes to search, he can spare Banxia a life or help him.
Jiang Li was speechless. First of all, their relationship hadn't reached that point yet. Secondly, Jiang Li didn't think he had the ability.
Now, it is no longer a question of who should let whom live.
But he himself is also facing a huge life and death crisis.
After sending Lu Qianqian away, Yan Hong stayed for a while, took out a lot of things and put them on the table, asking him to take whatever he needed first.
Jiang Li was very moved.
"It's not convenient for me to walk around now. I still have four hundred spiritual stones here. See if you can buy something for me."
Jiang Li handed over four middle-grade spiritual stones and whispered a few words to Yan Hong.
"I will handle it!"
Yan Hong patted his chest and left, while Jiang Li still sat there, reaching into his arms and gently stroking the small coffin.