"Why?"

The old man looked at Wang Pingbei and asked.

"Master, do you really not know?"

Wang Pingbei raised his head.

"In order to verify whether what I said is true, they will definitely use soul-searching techniques. By then, I will be crippled if not dead, or at least I will become a fool."

After hearing Wang Pingbei's words, the old man fell silent.

"Master, can you protect me?"

Wang Pingbei asked again.

The old man continued to remain silent.

When Wang Pingbei saw that he was silent and looked bitter, he already knew the answer.

"You can't protect me, right? So, I don't dare to go back to Qingyun Tower. If I go back, I will die..."

"Maybe there are other opportunities... After all, you are the genius of Qingyun Tower."

The old man said slowly.

"A turning point? Master, you should know how big this turn of events is... after all, it involves the second floor, and they must verify it clearly."

Wang Pingbei shook his head.

"I won't let myself take risks to fight for this one-in-a-ten thousand chance... Even if I hide my name and retreat from the world, it will be much better than going back."

"But you are the genius of Qingyun Tower, and your life also belongs to Qingyun Tower..."

The old man looked at Wang Pingbei more seriously.

"Yes, I am the genius of Qingyun Tower. I should be born as a member of Qingyun Tower and die as a ghost of Qingyun Tower. If Qingyun Tower asks me to die, I must die immediately."

Wang Pingbei smiled bitterly.

"But Master...I am greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"well!"

The old man sighed.

"Master, I meet you today because of your kindness to me over the years... After we meet, you can just forget about me."

Wang Pingbei's eyes turned red again.

"Just think that I died in Tian Jueyuan."

"Aren't you going to go back to Qingyun Tower with me?"

the old man asked.

"I won't go back."

Wang Pingbei shook his head.

"But as the elder of Qingyun Tower, since I have seen you, I will take you back."

The old man said slowly.

"Master, do you want to take me back?"

Wang Pingbei looked at the old man, his expression even more bitter.

"Can't it be that the relationship between you and my master and apprentice doesn't allow you to let me live?"

"well……"

The old man sighed again and shook his head slightly.

"If that were really the case, I wouldn't have given you a signal secretly. Instead, I would have captured you on the fighting field... Even if Chen Xiao is here, he can't protect you."

"I know."

Wang Pingbei nodded. After all, he was the genius of Qingyun Tower. Once his identity was exposed, Xiao Chen would not be able to protect him.

Even Zhao Cangqiong and others can't do anything.

Whoever blocks it is the enemy of Qingyun Tower!

This is a matter of principle.

It was also because of this that he thought twice before coming over to meet alone.

If he doesn't come and his master reveals his identity, it will be a big trouble.

Of course, it is possible not to say it.

However, he still wanted to meet and say goodbye.

Since his master did not reveal his identity in public, there is a high probability that he would be let go.

"Aomori and the others are dead, and Aolu is also dead...and you escaped death twice, which shows that your life should not be cut off."

The old man took a sip of tea.

"As a master, I will never send you to a dead end... Since I can come to see you alone, I just want to give you a way out."

"Thank you, Master."

Wang Pingbei breathed a sigh of relief.

"But... tell me the truth, where are the Qingyun Tower and other treasures now?"

The old man looked at Wang Pingbei with eyes like lightning.

"Master..."

Wang Pingbei's heart was suddenly relieved again.

"You just lied to me."

The old man stood up slowly, feeling a sense of coercion.

"A few days ago, the Great Elder went from Sifang City to Tianyuan City... The latest news is that everyone in Shanhai Tower also died in Tianjueyuan, and you are the only one who survived."

Wang Pingbei's heart skipped a beat, did Qingyun Tower know that everyone in Shanhai Tower was dead?

It seems that Qingyun Tower knows far more than they imagined.

"Pingbei, now...you dare to lie to Master?"

The old man's hand gently placed on Wang Pingbei's shoulder.

"..."

Wang Pingbei's heart trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to stand up.

But a force came from the hand on his shoulder, suppressing him firmly, making him unable to stand up.

"Whether it's the people from Qingyun Tower or Shanhai Tower, they are all dead...only you are alive."

The old man said in a deep voice.

"How to explain this? They are all dead, where is the treasure? I'm afraid, no one knows better than you, right?"

"Master..."

Wang Pingbei was very panicked. He couldn't figure out what his master was going to do when he asked him to meet.

Since you have already suspected him, why do you want to meet alone without letting others in Qingyun Tower know?

It was precisely because of this that he felt that his master would let him live, so he dared to come to meet him.

Now it seems that this is not the case at all.

Could it be...

A thought suddenly flashed through Wang Pingbei's mind.

Could it be that his master wanted to find out the whereabouts of the treasure from him and then keep it privately?

It's not impossible!

Exactly, very likely.

If this is the case, it can explain why his master recognized him but did not make any announcement and invited him over alone.

Moreover, there is no one from Qingyun Tower here!

In this case, even if he handed over the Qingyun Tower and so on, no one would know.

Anyway, he disappeared, and even Qingyun Tower thought he was dead... Then the master could keep the treasure without anyone noticing.

wrong……

It's not that God is unaware of it, he still knows it.

If we deal with him again, then we will really be unaware of him!

"Master wants to kill me and silence me, and then... devour the Qingyun Tower alone?"
To be continued...