“Ah…Okay!”
Zhang Heng's face straightened, his expression slightly solemn. "This morning, the sect sent us a message asking us to go to the Jinguang Sect to investigate."
Xiang Sheng showed a worried look on his face: "This is already the third one."
Xiang Sheng listened silently, his eyes flickering, but he didn't interrupt.
She received the news of Jin Guangzong's accident from Wei Lesheng as soon as possible last night.
The five major sects spent a whole year clearing out the evil cultivators and traitors. It seemed that they had achieved their goal and eliminated the killing order, but the effect was not satisfactory.
The Demon Palace lost a lot of people, but those who were captured and killed were all small characters. The backbone forces had long been hiding in the dark.
The demonic cultivators are in the dark, while the five major sects are in the light.
For Yu Zhengdao, this situation is not much better than being kept in the dark from the beginning.
Therefore, the "Human Network" did not disband after the killing order ended, but has continued to this day, monitoring any abnormalities day and night.
But under such strict surveillance, the Demon Palace was able to find a loophole and six months ago, it destroyed a small sect at lightning speed and disappeared out of thin air. No matter how the five major sects tried to track them down, they could not find any trace of them.
Three months later, another small sect suffered, and then it was the Jin Guang Sect yesterday.
These three sects were not located in the same territory. The first was under the jurisdiction of Fengyue Sect, the second was Guimu Valley, and the third was Qianxing Palace. The choice of the three locations was extremely jumpy, with no pattern, and it was confusing.
Wei Lesheng summoned her personally, also intending to ask her to help with the investigation.
Thinking of this, Xiang Sheng asked, "Senior Brother Zhang, Jin Guang Sect is at least a tenth-grade sect. Will it be dangerous for the three of us to go there alone?"
Zhang Heng thought she was just scared, so he smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry, with the human network covering us, if we run into trouble in Jin Guang Sect, the nearby true disciples will be here in an instant.
Besides, the Demon Palace's rats have never had a direct conflict with us in the past two years. Jin Guangzong has at most a few demons. Your sister Tang and I can protect you, so you won't be in too much danger."
Having said that, Xiang Sheng frowned slightly but did not refute.
The Demon Palace has avoided fighting for the past two years. The leaders of the five major sects may still remain vigilant, but most of their disciples probably look down on demon cultivators like Zhang Heng and no longer take the Demon Palace seriously.
This is not a good thing.
While the three were talking, the spirit boat cut through the sky and arrived at the foot of Jin Guangzong Mountain in less than two hours.
"The Jin Guang Sect, like the Wan Jian Sect, is also a low-ranking tenth-grade sect. They failed to win a place in the last East Continent Competition. Since they have no right to the sacred mountain, they have lived here forever."
Zhang Heng gave a brief introduction, "There are quite a few mortal villages at the foot of the mountain. How about we go take a look?"
Xiang Sheng and Tang Yin naturally had no objection and followed him to explore the village at the foot of the mountain.
When the mortals in the village saw the arrival of the immortal, they immediately invited the head of the village over.
The village chief was very old. When he came over, he knelt down tremblingly and saluted, saying, "I am Wang Tie, the humble servant. I am honored to meet the three immortals."
"Get up."
Tang Yin frowned. She was also born into a mortal family and couldn't stand this. However, she had come into contact with the mundane world many times over the past hundred years, and she had become accustomed to it over time.
"Let me ask you, did anyone in your village hear any noise coming from Jinguang Mountain at midnight last night?"
After discussing with the villagers, the village head immediately shook his head and said, "Everyone in the village had gone to bed late at night, and the common people didn't hear anything. They all slept until dawn."
Xiang Sheng had been observing the head of the village and other villagers. Seeing that they reacted naturally, he knew that what they said was true.
Tang Yin then led the team to ask several other villages in the mountains, and the answers they got were all the same.
"It seems that just like the previous two times, the Demon Palace has used some unknown means to instantly block the entire Jinguang Sect, and not a single sound has been transmitted."
Tang Yin sighed and said, "Let's go up the mountain."
Jin Guangzong lived here for a long time, and the mountain road was carefully repaired, making it wide and flat.
The three of them walked side by side. Tang Yin and Zhang Heng each guarded the two sides and were on guard all around. Xiang Sheng just looked at the mountain road and gradually saw spots of light red blood in the mud covered with fallen leaves.
She waved her hand to get a fallen leaf, squinted her eyes, and handed it to Tang Yin beside her.
"The bloodstains are in the shape of spurts. Someone from Jin Guangzong once escaped here."
Tang Yin's face was solemn. "But I've checked everywhere nearby, and there's no body."
"Wasn't it the same the last two times the sect was destroyed? Not a single body was found in the entire sect, only traces of blood."
Zhang Heng's expression turned cold. "This method is exactly the same as the one used by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's Supreme to destroy the Demon Palace's stronghold two years ago. They must be doing this for revenge!"
Xiang Sheng's heart moved when he heard this, and he asked, "Senior Brother Zhang, are you sure that the Demon Palace stronghold two years ago was built by our sect's Grand Master?"
Zhang Heng's expression relaxed, "That's not the case, but destroying the Demon Palace stronghold is a great achievement. If it was done by people from the five major sects, they would have jumped out to claim the credit long ago.
After much thought, only your sect's great elder, who hates evil and is indifferent to fame and fortune, would be the one to take action. After all, the actions of the Demon Palace back then nearly brought your sect to ruin."
Xiang Sheng suddenly realized, "Thank you, Senior Brother, for clearing up my confusion."
She had never heard Jiang Yi and others talk about these little rumors about herself.
However, if the people in the cultivation world really think so, the people in the Demon Palace cannot be unaware of it. If the purpose is only revenge, why not go to the Wanjian Gate?
No matter how powerful she, the "Supreme One", is, she is only one person. If the Demon Palace launches a large-scale attack, the Wanjian Sect will certainly not be able to withstand it.
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