As soon as Su Huang finished speaking, people rushed forward to report the incident.
"The person who reported this has been waiting outside, refusing to leave no matter what, and he seems terrified," the guard said.
"Oh? Lead the way," Su Huang said in a deep voice.
As he spoke, the guard immediately led the two elders outside. In front of the stone platform outside the Elder Hall, a man was curled up in a ball, huddled next to a stone pillar. His face was full of terror, and his whole body was trembling like a frightened quail.
“Elders, the man is right there,” the guard said.
"Mm." Su Huang nodded.
He looked at Su Zhan, who naturally knew something about the latter.
After all, when the Ye family's businesses were first incorporated into the Su family, all the Su family disciples sent to the Ye family's businesses were personally selected by him, and this Su Zhan was doing quite well there, his development ability even impressing him. He never expected that the person who died last night would be related to him.
Su Huang waved to the guard and said, "You can go back now. I'll handle things here."
"yes."
As he spoke, Su Huang slowly walked towards Su Zhan, who looked at Su Huang in a panic. Then, as if he had seen a savior, he hurriedly crawled over and said in an extremely panicked voice.
"Elder, Elder! There's a pair of exceptionally large eyes that devoured Su Zhu's flesh and blood, and even swallowed his eyes! In the blink of an eye, a person became a bloodless, dried-up corpse!" Su Zhan exclaimed frantically.
The Second Elder shook his head as he watched this scene.
At this moment, Su Zhan seemed somewhat mentally unstable; the impact of last night was unimaginable for him. He was also puzzled by the unusually large eyes. This single clue sounded far too strange.
At this moment, Su Huang asked, "Could you explain in more detail? What exactly happened between you last night?"
Su Zhan swallowed hard, his pupils glazed over, and said, "Last night, I went out for drinks to celebrate Su Zhu's victory. It was late when I got back, and there wasn't much of a place around. Before we got to our lodgings, it seemed like there was another earthquake. I was drunk and collapsed. When I opened my eyes... I had a pair of incredibly large eyes, each one as big as a person! The pupils were like golden amber; just looking at them felt like being sucked into an abyss! And when I came to my senses... Su Zhu was already dead!"
Those big golden eyes can suck a person's blood and flesh dry?
Su Huang had never heard of such a bizarre thing before, but the clues were clear: the unusual phenomena that had occurred near their arranged accommodations would indeed narrow down the scope of the investigation.
Thinking of this, Su Huang comforted him, "Don't worry, I will definitely investigate the cause of the matter."
"Second Elder, take him down to rest and get proper care."
The Second Elder nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Elder, should we inform the Ancestor now? After all, this matter is too bizarre."
Su Huang shook his head: "The matter is still not clear yet, why bother the ancestor to come forward? It's fine to ask him after the investigation is complete."
The Second Elder frowned: "But what if there's a risk..."
Su Huang chuckled lightly: "Risks? How can a family become powerful without facing risks? If we dare not even get involved in trivial matters and need to alarm the ancestor, how can we go far? You just do your job and leave the rest to me."
The Second Elder sighed and finally could only agree: "Alright."
After saying that, the Second Elder led Su Zhan to the place where they were to rest, and Su Huang also took a deep breath.
He knew there might be dangers ahead, but if he dared not venture out at the slightest sign of danger, how could he fulfill his role as the Grand Elder of the Su family? If he was so hesitant and timid even with matters concerning Ziyun City, wouldn't he flee at the mere mention of the main family's affairs?
Ancestors are merely a trump card; true strength lies within oneself.
With his hands behind his back, Su Huang moved swiftly, traversing the rooftops of Ziyun City.
...
Ziyun City is located to the south.
At the entrance to the current residence of the Su family disciples, a corpse with no flesh and no blood, and empty eyes, lay on the ground, attracting a crowd of onlookers. However, under the supervision of the Su family disciples, Su Zhu's body was relatively well preserved and placed in the courtyard of the Su family residence. It would take half a day to report to the Su family.
"I never expected Brother Su Zhu to die so tragically, even his eyes were gouged out." A Su family disciple frowned as he looked at the corpse.
"When will the Su family send someone?" someone asked.
"It will take our disciples two hours to go back, and we still need to wait for the elders' approval. It will probably be evening at the earliest," someone analyzed.
"Hopefully this will be resolved soon, because this matter has caused widespread panic in the industries we manage, and we were just starting to see some improvement," the Su family disciples sighed.
After this incident of death, they had no idea why it happened. Some even suspected that there were still remnants of the Ye family who, in order to avenge the Su family, secretly attacked the Su family disciples in the dead of night. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to them.
So all day long, they stopped what they were doing and stayed in the courtyard, waiting for the elders to arrive so they could resolve the issues.
Just when they thought the elders wouldn't arrive until at least the evening, a figure suddenly descended from above and landed steadily in the center of the crowd.
Everyone initially took a few steps back warily, but finally relaxed.
"Greetings, Grand Elder!"
All the disciples of the Su family knelt on one knee and clasped their hands in greeting.
"No need for formalities here. Where is Su Zhu's body?" Su Huang asked in a deep voice.
“Here it is,” a disciple said, pointing to the corpse placed on the steps not far away.
The corpse's face was covered by a white cloth, mainly because its eyes had been gouged out, but there was no trace of blood. It looked extremely eerie, and the face was covered to avoid making people feel uncomfortable.
Su Huang slowly walked over, squatted down, and took off the white cloth.
Even a disciple of the Su family who had seen it once before couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when he saw it again.
Su Huang frowned, then covered the white cloth back up.
He slowly stood up and asked, "Did you notice anything unusual last night?"
The disciples shook their heads: "No, we've had a lot of things to do managing the businesses these past few days. We go to bed before midnight every day after we get back. Last night, it seems that only Su Zhan and Su Zhu went out to celebrate. We were too tired, so we rested early."
Su Huang nodded silently.
Su Zhu's death was extremely bizarre. Judging from the current situation, his flesh and blood were almost perfectly separated, and even his gouged-out eyes were left without any trace. His body was almost completely unharmed.
There is probably not a single person in Ziyun City who can do this.
It seems that the only clue is probably the pair of big golden eyes that Su Zhan mentioned.
Just as Su Huang was pondering, a Su family disciple whispered, "Elder, there were some unusual things last night. There was an earthquake, and it felt like it was right under our feet..."
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