The three chief seniors could hardly contain their excitement. So did Li Xuan.
He was surely aware of the status of Diling in the hierarchy of the sect. Hence, he went struck-dumb as Diling referred to Lin Xiao as its master.
Nevertheless, he came back to himself before the three chief seniors calmed down. After all, he was in the dark about Lin Xiao's other awesome achievements.
He soon set about answering the question raised by the tertiary chief senior.
"I don't know that much about the fragrance. But I learned a bit of its mechanism — once combined with another kind of material, it will generate a horrifying force. Any martial masters at the Yinyang realm will be rendered invalid with immediate effect."
"I gather that you meant the Suomo guys had already taken that material before the invasion. The material was actually harmless, but it would become poisonous once the warriors breathe in the smoke given off by the smoke bombs?"
The primary chief senior soon figured it out.
Li Xuan nodded in agreement.
Fairly speaking, the primary chief senior boasted a formidable comprehension capacity. He wised up to Li Xuan's unspoken words right away.
He, along with the other two chief seniors who already came back to themselves, breathed in loads of air in spite of themselves, pretty shocked.
They felt tempted to turn back and look at Lin Xiao. Nevertheless, they suddenly remembered Lin Xiao's warning and forced themselves to stay composed.
Right then, a couple of figures showed up in the distance.
They looked quite fatigued with their journey. Apparently, they must have come all this way from afar.
On seeing them, the Taixuan disciples went thunder-struck across the board — their patriarch, portrayed as possessed by the devil, took the lead.
He walked in an agile manner, looking nothing like what was said about him.
He had been rather flustered before he rushed here. The sight of the corpses of the Suomo guys and traitors brought him into a pause along with great relief.
He must have been to the Suomo Sect.
He already left for the Suomo Sect two days ago before the dawn, along with a few reliable disciples. He even brought along the most powerful treasure of the Taixuan Sect in order to cope with the Suomo Patriarch.
Totally unexpected, the Suomo Patriarch disappeared out of the blue before his attack. The situation went on till Li Taixuan took the Suomo Sect.
Li Taixuan soon went horror-struck. He rushed back along with his disciples, with no attention attached to the defeated Suomo Sect.
His fear escalated especially upon his arrival — the Taixuan Sect was as silent as a cemetery.
As a matter of fact, he already painted the most depressing picture of the consequence. However, it seemed he shouldn't have overthought.
Li Taixuan took a deep breath in spite of himself.
At that moment, the three chief seniors went up and briefed him about what happened just now.
A moment later, Li Taixuan and the three chief seniors took a surprising move, beyond the expectation of all present.
They turned back all of the sudden, about to kneel in the direction of Lin Xiao.
They made up their minds — it was time for them to make Lin Xiao's identity public.
The Taixuan disciples, having undergone all the momentous events, had what it took to take that. In addition, those who stayed with the Taixuan sect upon its brink of collapse proved soundly reliable. They wouldn't breathe even a word about it to anyone else.
What was more important — Lin Xiao had made such a great contribution to the sect. Without him, the Taixuan Sect had long been annexed by the Suomo Sect. They couldn't allow themselves to assume his credit anymore. They felt ashamed about that.
On seeing that, Lin Xiao squinted forthwith. He was aware of their intention. Nevertheless, it was too late for him to stop them.
Right then, a gleam of silver light came darting forth from the outside. It showed up right above the great central square and flopped forthwith. It was actually falling onto Lin Xiao.
In the same time, Li Taixuan and the three chief seniors were on their knees.
On spotting the silver light, they struck their eyes wide open and flew into a rage.
"How dare you!"
They immediately plunged themselves toward the silver light.
Li Taixuan had a stone case in his arms with the most powerful treasure of the sect in it. It was supposed to be shrined as the guarding treasure. Not to mention the treasure per se, even the stone case was a treasure in the eyes of Li Taixuan.
Nevertheless, while darting forward, he took a tight grip of the stone case, smashing the age-old container into ash. In the same time, the treasure inside fell onto his hands.
With all his spiritual energy brought into full play, he plunged the treasure toward the slumping silver light.