"Have you forgotten how I got here?" Xu Feng couldn't help but think in his heart.

"Yes, Master!" Xu Feng bowed respectfully to the knife sharpener.

…

Songtao City, City Defense Office Conference Room "Haven't you contacted Xu Feng yet?" Xu Nantian looked tired, glanced at the other people in the conference room, and asked in a low voice.

"Director, ever since the ten contestants were abducted, all departments have taken action. Now we can confirm that the other nine contestants were abducted by an organization called the Wu Alliance. This organization..." Deputy Director Li Dong stood up, turned on the projector, and started playing the slides. At this time, the projection screen displayed photos of the nine contestants and all the information about the Wu Alliance.

“Although the Wu Alliance is affiliated with the Dark Kingdom, this organization is rather mysterious and the Dark Kingdom cannot issue orders to this organization directly. However, we have already contacted the Dark Kingdom and are actively communicating with the Wu Alliance…”

Xu Nantian listened to the latest news with an expressionless face, but his clenched right hand showed that Xu Nantian's mood at the moment was not as calm as he appeared.

"... Another contestant is Xu Feng, a colleague of our City Defense Bureau. We only know that he was kidnapped by a mysterious old man who called himself the Knife Sharpener. There is no new information about this old man and the organization behind him!" Li Dong said, glanced at Xu Nantian, and continued: "We contacted Xu Feng through our apostle friends, and we were told that he was in a special area and could not be contacted. Therefore, we speculated that Xu Feng was most likely in a secret place!"

After Li Dong finished speaking, there was dead silence in the conference room and everyone looked at Xu Nantian.

"Ahem, sometimes, no new news is actually good news!" Deputy Director Zhou Zhi suddenly said, "At least Xiaofeng is still alive, which is the best news... Now that we can't confirm the identity of this knife sharpener, as long as we can determine the secret realm where Xiaofeng is now, we can also find a way to contact him!"

"Now there are more than five thousand secret realms in the whole of China, and no one can guarantee that the knife sharpener is definitely Chinese. If we look at the world, the number of secret realms is at least eighteen thousand, and this number is increasing every day..." Li Dong sighed, with a helpless smile on his face.

Xu Nantian frowned. There were too many secret realms. Not to mention that they were just a city defense office of a prefecture-level city. Even if all the city defense offices in China acted together, they would not be able to explore so many secret realms. What's more, with the current strength of the city defense office, they were simply unable to enter and explore those mid- and high-level secret realms.

Just when everyone was at a loss, He Bing, the captain of the sixth combat team, suddenly said, "Director, Deputy Director, I have a suggestion. Since we can't contact Xu Feng, can we provide Xu Feng with convenient conditions to let him contact us?"

He Bing's words made Xu Nantian's eyes light up. He nodded towards He Bing and said, "Go on!"

"Director, what we can be sure of now is that Xu Feng is definitely alive. Let's assume the best situation. Now Xu Feng has a certain degree of freedom, so he will definitely try every means to contact us..."

"But, if Xu Feng is imprisoned now, then..." Team Two captain Li Luo suddenly interrupted, but before he could finish his words, he saw everyone's eyes were looking at him.

Only then did Li Luo react. If Xu Feng was really imprisoned, it would mean that it was almost impossible for them to find Xu Feng.

Li Luo closed his mouth in embarrassment, and He Bing continued: "If my guess is correct, Xu Feng can't return to the original world now, which is the real world we live in, and can only be in the secret realm. Then is it possible that he can go to different secret realms..."

"How is this possible? The world we live in is the original world. Other secret realms exist dependent on the original world. It is impossible for them to be connected to each other!" someone said in surprise.

"I wonder if you have heard of the Teleportation Altar?" Li Dong seemed to have thought of something, and a gleam of light appeared in his eyes. He continued, "Altar-type buildings are the most mysterious buildings in the secret realm. There are many types, and the Teleportation Altar is one of them. Through it, you can travel through various secret realms, but the secret realms traveled through this altar are all random!"

"What you mean is, since there are teleportation altars that can travel randomly, then it is possible that there will be special buildings similar to teleportation altars, but with designated shuttle functions?" Xu Nantian immediately understood what Li Dong wanted to express, and his eyes lit up.

"Yes, Director." Li Dong said with a smile: "Although I have never seen such a building, I believe that such a building must exist."

"But no one can guarantee that Xu Feng will be able to find such a building after being kidnapped. The probability is too small..." Someone whispered at the conference table.

The meeting room fell into silence again. After a moment, Xu Nantian stood up, looked around at everyone and said, "Okay, let's end this matter here. Now let's discuss the strategy for the Secret Realm of the Withered Bone Temple..."

Before Xu Nantian could finish his words, the phone suddenly rang. Xu Nantian frowned slightly, took out his phone and glanced at it. He was about to hang up when he suddenly saw the name displayed on the screen and was stunned.

After answering the phone, Xu Nantian whispered a few words and a look of relief appeared on his face.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Nantian stood up and announced: "Everyone, I have good news. The support sent by the headquarters has arrived!"

"Finally they're here, but unfortunately, if Xu Feng were here, we might not need support from headquarters at all..." He Bing muttered softly.

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Xu Nantian's face turned cold, he glared at He Bing and said, "Let's adjourn the meeting now. Everyone, come with me to greet our colleagues from the headquarters!"

…

Xu Feng moved from the inner sect disciple's courtyard to the true disciple's cave. The cave was much larger than the inner sect disciple's courtyard. There were pavilions, towers, bridges and flowing water inside the cave, making it look like a small manor.

The most important thing is that this cave is located on a spiritual vein. The efficiency of practicing martial arts in this cave is two to three times higher than that of other places. Xu Feng tried to practice "Jade Purity Moonlight Spiritual Chapter". Even without the blessing of moonlight, the speed of practicing in this cave is more than twice that of practicing in the portable secret realm.

"In my previous life, I never came across such a high-end cave as Ao's. If I had an identical cave in my previous life, I probably wouldn't have been forced to take part in the final assessment just after stepping into the high-level apostle..." Xu Feng looked at everything in the cave and couldn't help but sigh.

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(End of this chapter)