Chapter 65: Trapped in Past
A few hours after the Wind Flower was destroyed....
Something big happened in Wind Flower Sect. That was being circulated like a rapid news among the nearby sects and cities, even the Major Sects got the news. The Green Silk Town being the nearest town had felt the after effects of Sect being destroyed and the people of other sects living in it reported everything to higher ups.
However, nobody could really tell what had happened as going close to the sect was nearly impossible for the residents of Green Silk Town. There was a powerful aura of lightning outside the perimeter of Sect, which prevented anyone from going in. Only powerful experts could get inside however, it would take time for them to arrive.
That's why nobody knew that the Tier 2 sect had been destroyed. After all, it was too ridiculous of a thought that nobody even considered. They knew about Wind Flower Sect's strength and they were quite high in Tier 2 sects, so it was practically impossible for them to be destroyed so quickly and silently.
However, there were always exceptions.
On the tip of a fallen structure, two figure stood, looking over the land where once the Mighty Wind Flower Sect hailed. Now, it was nothing but ruins.
One of the figure was a tall middle-aged man with a bald head who stood like a mighty mountain behind the first figure who was a young woman in her late twenties. They both had black robes on them and they looked quite suspicious.
The young woman extended her hand and felt the electric charge in the air. She chuckled and said.
"Now, that's something we have chanced upon. So, what did you find, Hastor?"
The middle-aged named Hastor closed his eyes upon hearing the order and spread his Spirit Sense to whole sect, however he was still struggling to do it because of the residual energy of the lightning that destroyed the sect.
However, he was able to gather many things before he coughed up blood. He wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth and mumbled.
"According to the information we have, I've identified every person from the sect except the Peak Lords and Sect Leader. Aside from them, everyone is dead and many of their bodies isn't even in good shape. It looks like some natural calamity struck here because I also sensed the fire element. All in all, I came to the conclusion that the leaders of the Sect were doing forbidden but got the backlash from the Heavens, which ultimately destroyed their sect. However, the Peak Lords and Sect Leader were able to escape in time."
"Heavens punishment, huh."
The young woman licked up lips as her suddenly turned blank, as if she had lost her soul. Her body began to emit a strange aura that made the space around her ripple.
Hastor backed away, hearing some whispers which sent chills all over his body. He was a Nascent Soul Realm powerhouse but even he was afraid of those whispers which contained the Truth of Heavens. Sometimes, knowledge could be a dangerous thing and he didn't want to know anything.
He looked at his young miss in admiration and stood far a little distance away from her. Only a few knew about her true abilities and he was one of them. And even to this day, the thought of being her opponent scared him so much that he would rather prefer dying than be her enemy.
The woman raised her hand as she began to weave some hand signs, making a strange energy to come out from the small cracks in the space around her and merge with her eyes, making them pure golden in colour.
'Now now, is it really Heavens who punished the Sect or is it the work of someone else?'
The woman's lips tugged upwards as she thought. No matter how much one investigated the ruins of the sect, they would come to same conclusion Hastor had came on. Because that was the only logical confusion.
The resources in the Qing Empire were very scarce and even the Qi was less in quantity and quality. Combined with a few more reasons, it was practically impossible to go above Nascent Soul Realm in Qing Empire and that was why nobody could think that this was a work of single person.
It was a ridiculous thought and the people would rather accept that than accepting that a person even stronger than the major Sects was lurking between them.
However, for some reason the young woman didn't believe it. She had a hunch that something was wrong here. That's why she had used her Divine Eyes of Truth which could pry into not only the past but even the future. The cost was obviously high and every usage of it meant the possible death of her. That's why she didn't use it much but she wanted to now.
Slowly, her vision became white as she felt herself being ascended to some unknown plane. White mist wrapped around her, restricting her movements but she was used to it so she didn't panic.
Soon, the clouds of white mist dispersed, bringing her to a place which looked exactly like Wind Flower before it was destroyed. However, it was oddly silent.
The woman felt a strange fear as she gulped and looked around.
The sky above the strange dark sect was pure red and in between, patches of black clouds could be seen, making the sight scary. What made it even more unnerving was the dead silent of the sect.
She was too confused by the turn of events as she had never encountered anything like this. She had tried to see in the past of the Sect before it was destroyed to know the reason of its destruction. However, what she was seeing now was completely different, eerie and bone chilling.
She began to have second thoughts about this and thought of returning back to her body, however she soon found out that she couldn't even do that. That made her shocked to the core and every part of her being was screaming at her for the danger.
She was terrified to the core and tried to find an escape. But even after searching for a long time, she found nothing but a deadly silent Sect.
"I-I am trapped in the past...."
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