Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 174: Let’s Get to the Bottom Of It

Master Chen staggered at that sight.

The other students quickly consoled him and said, “Don’t worry, Master Chen. Imperial Duke Fang might have destroyed your fake hill, but he will soon have to deliver two of them over in due time.”

“Indeed, indeed!”

The other students nodded in agreement.

Only Yu Zhang maintained his silence. It looked as if his energy had been siphoned from him when he saw the fake hill being shattered into pieces. His legs lost their strength, and it was a struggle for him to even remain standing.

“That is…”

The Auspicious King warily walked over. Amidst the dust, he noticed that there was a dark passageway beneath the fake hill. Muffled cries could be heard from time to time; it was hard to tell whether it was from a human or a ghost, but either way, it was blood-curdling.

“Xu Ge, Chiliarch Jue, take some men down. Bring some additional clothes along,” Fang Chen instructed.

“Yes, Imperial Duke Fang!”

The two of them nodded. They requested some clothes from the civilians before making their way into the dark passageway. Moments later, furious howls echoed from within.

They were from Xu Ge and Jue Panshi.

The crowd first looked at the dark passageway, followed by Master Chen, and their eyes widened in disbelief. Could Master Chen really be the true culprit behind Zhao Yan’s case?

Master Chen’s students sweated profusely. Their hearts were telling them that Master Chen couldn’t have been such a person, but their sense of reason was telling them that the truth of this matter was different from what they had imagined.

The crowd anxiously waited for the result.

Some time later, the Valiant Defenders who descended into the dark passageway finally returned. They carried decomposing corpses that were covered with wounds up with them.

One, two, three… Soon, eighteen corpses were laid in front of the crowd.

It could be seen from their clothes that they were all women—young ones at that. The awful stench from the decomposing corpses wafted in the air. A heavy atmosphere loomed in the air, crushing down on

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