Chen Xuefeng's handwriting was extremely illegible, and it was obvious that he was extremely panicked, or extremely frightened, when he wrote the letter. The person who could scare him like this was definitely not an ordinary bandit.
Could it be that he discovered Zhan Yuan's trace?
No matter what he discovered, Mu Hanyan believed that Chen Xuefeng would never write a letter to warn her for no reason.
There was no time to think about it. Mu Hanyan notified other temples and gathered people to prepare to go to Qingning Temple.
Considering that Huayu City had already sent more than 2,000 priests to the major temples, there were not many people left, so Mu Hanyan did not bring many people with her. She only brought Taotie, Gao Weihu, Long Wudang and Jiang Qiling, the strongest ones, and the rest stayed in Huayu City.
As soon as I arrived at the teleportation array, I saw Chu Yang and the chief priests of each hall. When they heard the news that Mu Hanyan had found the murderer, they rushed over without stopping.
After a few pleasantries, everyone stepped onto the teleportation array. As the teleportation array was activated, rays of light and shadows flashed, and soon, the group arrived at the Qingning Temple.
"Chief Priest Mu, is that murderer really in the territory of my Qingning Temple, preparing to attack Pingchuan City?" As soon as Mu Hanyan came out of the teleportation array, Chief Priest Fan Chengli of Qingning Temple came forward and asked her anxiously.
In order to search for the murderer, all the major temples tried their best. The Huayu Temple even generously lent out more than 2,000 priests. As a result, he didn't find out any information at all. Instead, Mu Hanyan found out. If the murderer was really hiding in his Qingning Temple, he would be so embarrassed.
"I'm not sure either, but I'd rather believe it exists than not." Mu Hanyan said.
The letter sent by Chen Xuefeng only contained a few words and was unclear, so she didn't say anything too final. However, since it concerned the life and death of innocent people, she must not be careless even if there was only a slight possibility.
"That's right. Let's set off for Pingchuan City immediately," said Fan Chengli.
Qingning City and Pingchuan City were nearly ten thousand miles apart, and without a teleportation array, everyone had to travel by carriage. To save time, the carriage, originally pulled by two Red Charcoal Cloud Beasts, was now pulled by four. The ride was incredibly bumpy, but fortunately, everyone was strong enough that it didn't feel tiring.
"Chief Priest Fan, have you conducted a thorough investigation of Pingchuan City before?" Mu Hanyan asked after getting on the carriage.
"This..." Fan Chengli smiled awkwardly, looking ashamed.
"What's wrong?" Mu Hanyan looked at him strangely.
"Pingchuan City is the hereditary territory of the Sha family, and the Sha family is related to the Fei family by marriage. Fei Changle's wife is the daughter of the head of the Sha family." Chu Yanghe helped explain.
Although he didn't fully explain his words, Mu Hanyan understood them all. Fei Changle had joined Zhao Xinghong, defying the head priest's name and becoming her enemy. Fan Chengli feared she would be angry, so he naturally had no good regard for the Sha family, who were related to the Feis. Perhaps he even hoped the Sha family would be slaughtered to give her an explanation, so why would he bother to investigate?
"The Fei family is the Fei family, the Sha family is the Sha family. Fei Changle's affairs have nothing to do with them," Mu Hanyan said. Although Fei Changle was using his power to bully her, and Mu Hanyan disliked him, even if he died in front of her, she wouldn't even blink an eye. However, Mu Hanyan always kept her grudges clear and didn't want to involve others.
"The chief priest's words are polite, but I am petty." Fan Chengli said ashamedly.
If you think about it carefully, with Mu Hanyan's strength, how could she take a small character like Fei Changle seriously, and how could she have the intention to make things difficult for the Sha family? It was just that she was judging others by her own standards.
"The people of Pingchuan City should not all be descendants of the Sha family, right?" Mu Hanyan asked again.
The power of the laws of the Continent of Gods is too violent, so there are very few cities. Except for the main city of the temple, most of them are small villages with a small population. However, since Pingchuan City can be called a city, it must have a large population. According to her guess, not all of them are descendants of the Sha family.
"Master Mu is right. There are more than 20,000 people in Pingchuan City, and there are about 2,000 children of the Sha family." Fan Chengli felt even more ashamed when he said this.
He simply thought that even if the people of Pingchuan were massacred, it wouldn't matter, considering it an explanation to Mu Hanyan. He hadn't considered that, besides the two thousand or so Sha family members, there were nearly twenty thousand ordinary citizens in Pingchuan City, his subjects too. As the chief priest, Mu Hanyan loved the people like his own children, but he treated them like dirt. This was truly unacceptable.
"How strong is Pingchuan City?" Mu Hanyan asked.
"The strength is quite good. The Sha family was once one of the most powerful priest families in my Xiafeng Temple. It is said that their ancestors were involved with the priest family of Xiaoshentian, but later the family fell into poverty and had to live in a corner. As far as I know, the strength of the head of the Sha family has reached that of a tenth-level divine priest. There are more than ten priests among the family members, and the guards are also strong. Pingchuan City also has a defensive formation. Although it is not as powerful as the Xiafeng Temple, it is also powerful. For tens of thousands of years, no bandits have dared to invade Pingchuan City." Fan Chengli replied.
After hearing his words, Chu Yanghe and others were a little surprised. Such family strength is very good no matter which temple it is placed in. Coupled with the defensive formation of Pingchuan City, there should not be too much danger.
It is estimated that Fan Chengli did not investigate Pingchuan City in detail, on the one hand because of Fei Changle, and on the other hand because Pingchuan City itself is quite strong and he was too lazy to spend the effort.
Mu Hanyan was not as relaxed as them. Perhaps in the eyes of others, Pingchuan City's strength was already very good, but to Zhan Yuan, it was not worth mentioning at all. Destroying them was just a piece of cake.
After traveling non-stop for a few days, they arrived at Pingchuan City.
After all, Pingchuan City has a population of only 20,000 and is not large. If it were placed on the Holy Court Continent, it would be considered a small town at most. However, it was built extremely solidly. The thick and majestic city walls and tall and majestic towers make it look like a fortress built of huge stones.
The most amazing thing is that the city is full of greenery, with thousand-year-old trees rising from the ground, appearing to be full of vitality. Although this vitality is far from comparable to Huayu City, it is no less than the other ten temple main cities, and is even much stronger.
It seems that the defensive formation of Pingchuan City is indeed very good.
Several well-dressed young guards were guarding the city gate, while ragged civilians were queuing up to enter or leave the city. Mu Hanyan noticed that whether entering or leaving the city, a certain amount of silver and other valuables had to be paid, otherwise they would be turned away.
"What's going on?" Mu Hanyan said with some surprise.
Although other temple main cities, including Huayu City, also send people to guard the city gates, it is mainly to prevent bandits from entering the city and causing chaos. As long as there is no problem with your identity, you can enter and exit freely without any money.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
