In the magnificent underground palace, the Holy Lord seemed to have been sitting in meditation for a hundred years.
Below the throne, Zhang Linchuan and Lu Yan each stood on one side, the atmosphere somewhat... tense.
At least the Rabbit Bone Masked One standing behind Zhang Linchuan looked terrified, not daring to breathe loudly.
A person wearing a dragon bone mask stood at the lower position, but was on the center line, neither leaning towards Zhang Linchuan nor Lu Yan, only facing the Holy Lord on the throne.
Standing with him was a person wearing a monkey bone mask.
Lu Yan closed his eyes that only showed whites, saying阴恻恻: "The plague lies dormant, nurtures, and grows in ordinary people, then suddenly erupts, directly touching the transcendence, achieving perfection at once! This was planned long ago, but now it's so far off. Zhang Linchuan, you took over command, but what did you do? You even used the Dharma Aspect left by the Rat Face, and this is the result?"
"It was the Holy Lord who activated the Plague Bell prematurely. Your meaning... are you blaming the Holy Lord?"
Facing Elder Lu Yan's accusations, Zhang Linchuan was completely fearless. It could be seen that after the battle of Maple Forest City, his status within the White Bone Dao had risen greatly.
"What does it have to do with the Holy Lord? It's your incompetence. The Plague Bell is such an important thing, yet you gave it to the Snake Face? Back in Maple Forest City, she acted with the Rat Face and Dog Face, but the stronger Rat Face and Dog Face both died, while she survived. How could you be so stupid as to trust her?"
"Doesn't that precisely prove her strong ability to survive?" Zhang Linchuan's response was indifferent. "I also considered this point."
"Stop quibbling with me!" Lu Yan angrily said. "Do you think I dare not kill you?"
"Of course you dare! Just kill me in front of the Holy Lord!" Zhang Linchuan also seemed to truly anger, no longer maintaining surface peace. "Anyway, under your 'wise' strategy, the White Bone Dao has already suffered a crushing defeat in Maple Forest City, with high-level members dying in battle, being hunted down, and declining like this. What's one more mere Messenger?"
"You!" Lu Yan was so angry he couldn't speak.
"What about me? Yes, guiding the plague's development is such an important matter, it shouldn't be entrusted to the weak. But who can move? Your strategy allowed Zhuang Chengqian to advance further, and Du Ruhui to break free from constraints. With Du Ruhui who has the 'Inch Within, Thousand Miles Away' divine ability, can you move, or can I move?"
Lu Yan gritted his teeth for a while, then hatefully turned around, looking at the Dragon Bone Masked One: "Dragon Face, what do you say?"
Among the twelve bone faces of the White Bone Dao, the Rat Face was the leader of the twelve, but purely in terms of combat power, the Dragon Face was the strongest among them.
Of the twelve bone faces, only he had knocked open the Inner Palace.
Setting aside strength, in terms of realm, he could be compared to Zhang Linchuan.
Therefore, compared to other bone faces, his status was also somewhat more transcendent. It was just that he had been in closed-door cultivation for a long time, not acting much outside, so he wasn't as infamous as other bone faces.
Lu Yan's question seemed to want the Dragon Face to clarify his stance and take sides, but it also harbored complaints about his frequent closed-door cultivation, resulting in no one being available in the sect.
Although Zhang Linchuan was poking Lu Yan's sore spot, the battle of Maple Forest City had already passed, and even if the Holy Lord was unworldly, there was absolutely no possibility of bringing up old accounts at this time. So this sore spot was actually not painful.
There were many twists and turns here, and the monkey bone masked one standing beside the Dragon Face had flickering eyes but said nothing.
"Second Elder." The Dragon Face's voice was full of energy. "Why don't we kill Du Ruhui? It would save you from being so cautious that you don't even dare to leave the underground palace."
Lu Yan: ...
Du Ruhui was a third-rank Divine Descent realm powerhouse. Looking at the entire White Bone's strongest combat power now, only Lu Yan himself was a fourth-rank Outer Tower realm. The White Bone Messenger, Holy Girl, and Dragon Face were three Inner Palace realms.
As for the Holy Lord's strength...
The White Bone Venerable God had "awakened" in the White Bone Daoist's body, and the combat power it could display would certainly be far stronger than when it could only strike through brands from afar.
However, how much it could actually display was still a mystery.
What was even more obvious was that the Holy Lord himself would not easily reveal the "answer."
That is to say, if they were to set up a trap to kill Du Ruhui, they could only rely on the few of them.
How to kill him?
That was Du Ruhui who possessed the 'Inch Within, Thousand Miles Away' divine ability! Even two or three ordinary Divine Descent realm powerhouses might not be able to keep him.
However, looking at the Dragon Face's eyes full of fighting spirit and determination, Lu Yan knew he wasn't joking, nor was he trying to mock anyone. This was his true thought.
A reckless fellow...
Thinking of this, Lu Yan even forgave him for calling out "Second Elder."
Who didn't know that the White Bone Dao now only had one Elder? Emphasizing the ranking of Second Elder was most likely sarcasm. As for the remaining one or two, they were probably people like the Dragon Face, or people like the Pig Face...
"Ahem." Seeing Lu Yan speechless, Zhang Linchuan coughed lightly and said: "Let's put Du Ruhui's matter aside for now. The urgent task now is still the Holy Lord's grand plan. The Holy Lord wants to refine the plague raging across a country into a plague avatar, achieving the White Bone Holy Body. Now it was triggered prematurely, not perfect enough, how to handle this?"
Lu Yan snorted coldly: "Isn't it the location you chose, the personnel you sent?"
"Look." Zhang Linchuan spread his hands. "We're back to the issue of why I have no one to use."
These two high-level members were pushing each other here, like two street thugs, each saying "you come here." They looked imposing, but were actually just engaging in pointless chatter.
The Holy Girl was not even in the underground palace, busy somewhere unknown. Since Maple Forest City, these people seemed to have grown even more distant.
The Dragon Face looked up, the Holy Lord still sat there, expressionless, also without words. No one knew if He was listening.
The Holy Lord had no attitude, and he would not have an attitude towards this either.
"Monkey Face, Rabbit Face." The Dragon Bone Masked One said. "Come closer."
The Monkey Bone Masked One was already standing beside him, so his words were mainly directed at the Rabbit Bone Masked One.
The Rabbit Face looked at Zhang Linchuan with some fear.
Zhang Linchuan nodded slightly, and she reluctantly moved a few steps towards the Dragon Bone Masked One.
"I ask you. Pig Face is dead."
The Dragon Bone Masked One paused for a moment, then continued: "Among the twelve people, he was the craziest and also the stupidest. But only he truly treated you as brothers and sisters. Don't you feel sad for him at all?"
The Rabbit Bone Masked One缩着脖子 didn't dare to make a sound.
The more she was like this, the more it angered the Dragon Face, but he at least knew that now this woman was part of Zhang Linchuan's faction. The Holy Lord still needed to rely on these people, and if he didn't want to ruin the Holy Lord's grand plan, he had to endure for now.
However, the Monkey Bone Masked One was silent for a while, then said: "Among the twelve people, only three of us are left."
He looked at the Dragon Face: "Brother Long. If I were to feel sad for each one, could I get through it?"
The Dragon Bone Masked One was momentarily speechless!
Lu Yan closed his eyes, his face gloomy, unable to see his thoughts.
Zhang Linchuan even hid all his expressions under the mask, only a pair of eyes with unclear emotions.
Every person in this underground palace hall had a face and a mood.
No one knew what anyone was truly thinking.
Even the Holy Lord who was so great, who dared to say they truly understood His will?
...
Just at this moment.
The seated Holy Lord spoke indifferently.
"Time is up," He said.