Chapter 1051: Army At the Gates

Di Luoyang and Di Chenggong were dead, and the news all over the sect as if it had grown a pair of wings.

"The third and fifth young masters are dead? What joke are you playing? Are you not afraid of being punished with execution?"

"I'm not joking. The third young master died suddenly during cultivation. Perhaps he was too impatient and died from cultivation deviation. As for the fifth young master, he committed suicide at the previous young master's peak."

"You sure it's not some murderer slipping into our sect? It is too much of a coincidence."

"We are on the eve of war yet something like this happened. Is this an omen to something?"

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The people in the sect were already restless, and with this incident, everyone became more jittery. At this time, the corpses of Di Luoyang and Di Chenggong were brought to the main hall. Many elders were present as they were curious as to what had happened.

Di Lang was seated on the main seat. He said with a solemn face, "Elders, please take a look. What exactly happened? Two of my brothers died at the same time."

The elders approached the corpses silently and tried to figure something out from the corpses. Unfortunately for them, they failed to find anything, and they shook their heads in confusion.

According to Di Luoyang's guardians, he was too impatient in cultivation and had died from cultivation deviation. As for Di Chenggong's henchmen, they mentioned Yao Qian and blamed everything on her. If they didn't, they would probably be buried together with him. They most certainly didn't want to take the blame for their failure in their guard duties.

"It's better we let the sect master decide what to do about this," suggested someone.

A majority of the people present agreed. They all felt that an important person was