In Zhou Heng's view, this whole affair was permeated with strangeness.
First of all, there was the timing of the issuing of the KIlling Orders by the Xiazhou Heavenly Palace and the Plague Emperor Sect.
These two heretical paths indeed had reasons to issue a Killing Order against him; Zhong Xinghai, the Fifth Rank Sect Master of the Xiazhou Heavenly Palace, and Ma Quan, the Sixth Rank Innate of the Plague Emperor Sect, both died at his hands.
But, hadn't the news spread too quickly?
Zhong Xinghai died at the hands of a projection of Yan Shouyi summoned by him five days ago, while Ma Quan was killed by him only yesterday.
Even if the Xiazhou Heavenly Palace and the Plague Emperor Sect were truly enraged by this and were willing to completely break with the Pure Yang Palace over it, the Killing Order shouldn't have reached this Red Leaf Mansion so quickly.
Not to mention that now even the Honghua Palace and the Nine Deaths Sect had also issued Killing Orders against him.
