Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

Chapter 248 Liu Wanqiu's memories have been altered.

Sect Master Lu hurriedly said, "He's being held in the dark dungeon. We've already asked around. Someone in the sect is unhappy that Zhong Muyuan doesn't have to go on missions, so she took him to the market to relax."

Zhong Lingxin sneered, "Sect Master Lu, you probably didn't find out how many spirit stones she received from others, or who gave them to her. In a sect that has existed for tens of thousands of years, various forces are deeply intertwined, but you should really investigate who would dare to collude with the enemy."

Sect Master Lu was greatly alarmed. They had even performed a soul search on Liu Wanqiu to verify the most authentic information.

To avoid being accused of being heartless and having their own disciples' souls searched, they have kept them locked up in the dark dungeon.

Now that Zhong Lingxin has said this, she must have received accurate information.

Sect Master Lu hurriedly left, then summoned the two ancestors from the back mountain. Avoiding everyone's sight, they quietly arrived at the Black Prison.

Inside the dark cell, Liu Wanqiu was groaning softly in pain.

It turned out that although Sect Master Lu had ordered someone to search her soul, he thought that since she was a disciple of the sect, he should try not to damage her consciousness, so he did not destroy her consciousness.

Of course, there was still pain to be endured.

The Black Prison is managed by Steward Liu of the Punishment Hall, who is one of Sect Master Lu's confidants.

When he saw Sect Master Lu rushing over with two cultivators whose cultivation levels he couldn't fathom, he knew they were the two old ancestors from the back mountain.

His scalp tingled. It seemed that Liu Wanqiu's matter was not over yet, and there were still bigger fish to catch.

Sect Leader Lu gestured for him to open the cell door.

Manager Liu dared not say anything more and quickly opened the cell door.

There were only a few prisoners in the dark cell, just three or five.

Liu Wanqiu was locked in the innermost black stone room.

When Sect Leader Lu and the two patriarchs entered, they saw two guards from the Punishment Hall standing outside the Black Stone House chatting with Liu Wanqiu and watching her take a Spirit-Nourishing Pill.

Sect Master Lu gave Steward Liu a cold look: "This dark prison is quite harmonious, isn't it?"

Manager Liu assumed that Liu Wanqiu was alright and didn't take it seriously when his subordinates came to chat with her.

Judging from Sect Leader Lu's attitude, Liu Wanqiu is probably in big trouble.

He didn't dare say more, and only hurriedly waved to his two men to hurry up and leave.

As soon as Liu Wanqiu saw Sect Master Lu and two powerful cultivators enter, she knew things were going to get bad. She couldn't care less about continuing to circulate her energy to digest the Divine Sense Pill, and just knelt on the ground, crying pitifully for her injustice.

Sect Master Lu ignored her and gestured for an elder to go up and search her soul.

Soon, another ancestor went up to search the soul.

Both elders looked at Sect Leader Lu with alarm: "Sect Leader, we can't find anything. Her memories have been altered. The person who altered the memories used skillful methods; her memories have been completely erased. According to the information we have, her memories from the past five years don't match up. Sect Leader, you can look for the people she came into contact with during those five years."

Master Lu was furious.

If everything from the past five years has been altered, then at least it proves that Liu Wanqiu has been used to get close to Zhong Muyuan for the past five years.

Considering the interrogation records, Liu Wanqiu used to frequently obtain cultivation resources by taking advantage of the Zhong brothers, Zhong Muyun and Zhong Muyuan. In recent years, the Zhong brothers have suddenly stopped paying attention to her, and she has been trying to find ways to pester them.

After Zhong Muyun entered Qingling Peak, he never came down again, so she could only try to bump into Zhong Muyuan everywhere.

However, at least there is a direction now, and it is not wrong to check the people Liu Wanqiu has come into contact with in the past five years.

Sect Leader Lu and the two patriarchs, no longer looking at the now-foolish Liu Wanqiu, left the black prison with heavy expressions.

That very day, Sect Master Lu summoned Hall Master Long of the Punishment Hall and ordered him to thoroughly investigate all the cultivators Liu Wanqiu had come into contact with over the past five years, especially the high-level cultivators she had met.

They were able to alter Liu Wanqiu's memories to such an extent that even the two old ancestors in the back mountain couldn't detect it.

This person is very likely hiding in the back mountain of the Qingyun Sect.

As Sect Leader Lu thought of this, cold sweat poured down his forehead.

If this person wants to harm the ancestors of their Qingyun Sect's back mountain, it's truly impossible to guard against!

Sect Master Lu held the list of all the Great Ascension cultivators of the Qingyun Sect and pondered over each one.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that anyone could be involved.

He sighed and put down the list.

We can't keep thinking like this. If we continue, we might not be able to find the traitor, and the morale of the entire Qingyun Sect will be thrown into chaos, which would be exactly what the enemy wants.

After thinking for a moment, he went back into the Qingliang Palace.

Inside the Qingliang Palace, Zhong Lingxin was still taking good care of Zhong Muyuan.

Zhong Muyuan was conscious for more and more days, and occasionally he could even pull Zhong Lingxin aside and call her "sister".

Zhong Lingxin's anger had mostly subsided over this period of time, leaving only self-blame in her heart.

She blamed herself for not taking good care of her younger brother and for causing him trouble.

At the same time, she decided to shift her focus.

She can't always be here blaming herself and suffering, while the enemy laughs triumphantly.

She ordered Huo Jun and the Dark Moon Palace to gather information on the Taixu Sect and the Lingyun Sect, and to find a way to infiltrate these two sects.

The Dark Moon Palace sent back the message first. They had already sent people to infiltrate the Taixu Sect and Lingyun Sect, but they had only been infiltrating for a little over a hundred years, so they hadn't been able to get their hands on much core information.

Subsequently, a summary of the two cases was included as an appendix.

Huo Jun also sent back a message. In recent years, she has focused on developing an intelligence network, and has already recruited inner disciples of the Taixu Sect and Lingyun Sect as informants, but the information they can provide is basically just ordinary news.

Regarding the Taixu Sect cultivator with a dark spiritual root who injured Zhong Muyuan, An Yin and Huo Jun simultaneously relayed the same message: Hei Ziming, a cultivator with a dark spiritual root, is the third elder of the Taixu Sect, in the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm. He is eccentric and greedy, and enjoys torturing his opponents with dark spiritual power. He will only release his opponent from torture or kill them if they offer up all their possessions or agree to one of his demands.

Zhong Lingxin held the documents in her hands and read them carefully, word by word.

Remembering Hei Ziming's words, demanding that she hand over the Long family members.

She gave a cold laugh. Very well, very well!

If you want information about the Long family, she can give you as much as you want!

Seeing Sect Leader Lu enter the Qingliang Hall, Zhong Lingxin stood up with a smile: "Sect Leader Lu, it seems that Liu Wanqiu has finished her interrogation."

Sect Leader Lu nodded heavily: "The interrogation is over, but..."

Zhong Lingxin didn't respond, but looked at Sect Leader Lu calmly.

Sect Master Lu looked a little embarrassed and sighed softly, "You know the situation of the sect. I've sifted through the sect like a sieve over and over again, but I still can't get it clean."

Liu Wanqiu's memories have been altered.

Fortunately, I have a direction for a breakthrough, and I am sure I can find the traitor within.

However, as you know, this matter cannot be blown out of proportion; it must be carried out quietly.

Zhong Lingxin nodded; she had known all along that things wouldn't be that easy.

Turning her head, she told Sect Leader Lu her thoughts: "Sect Leader Lu, we can't just passively defend ourselves. Otherwise, this matter will never end."

Sect Master Lu nodded repeatedly; he had already considered this point.