After entering the high-rise building, the group went directly to the top floor to find Lin Yarou, the elder who is responsible for the general affairs of the Linghe Sect in the Xifan area. Lin Yarou is a middle-aged and beautiful woman, but she is well-maintained. Although she has silver hair,
But she still looked radiant.
After meeting her, Zhan Chen came to the conclusion that in the ranks of immortal cultivators, women seemed to pay more attention to their appearance than men. He had seen old men, but he had never seen an old woman.
Although Lin Yarou has a very elegant name and a kind face, she has the same strength as the sect leader. She is also a veritable Immortal Yuan Dzogchen powerhouse.
Originally, the Xifan area was so large that she should not be the only one to guard it. However, in recent years, Xifan has become too peaceful, so the Linghe Sect reduced the number of guarding elders. In the end, she was the only one left in charge, while the others
The elders were sent to more critical areas, which was actually a sign that the Linghe Sect was weak.
Perhaps following the principle that persimmons only pick out the weak, the attack of the demonic cultivators on the Linghe Sect was particularly fierce this time. However, just a few disciples were missing, which was not enough for Zhuang Weiye to make the decision to send more elders.
After everyone finished the ceremony, Lin Yarou said to everyone: Sect Master Zhuang has already told me about your arrival. You are all the elites of our sect, and now the disciples who are on duty in our various places are generally middle- and low-level peeps.
Monk Yuan. Although the number of demon cultivators sent by the demon sect this time was not large, they were all highly skilled and difficult to deal with. Therefore, we suffered serious casualties, but we were still unable to find any trace of them.
Therefore, I am considering dividing you into teams of five and integrating them into the disciples stationed in various places. However, your tasks are different from other disciples. You do not have to participate in local management work, but you must shoulder the responsibility of investigating and resisting this group of demonic cultivators.
heavy responsibility to find out the truth as soon as possible.
Following the instructions of Elder Lin, everyone shouted loudly in unison.
At this time, Sun Chengan, an elite disciple in the team, stood up and asked: Elder Lin, how should we form a team and where should each team go?
Lin Yarou thought for a while and said: I think everyone is the elite of the sect, so let's form a team freely. I will give everyone a quarter of an hour. If there are no people who have formed a team after a quarter of an hour, I will assign them.
After hearing what he said, everyone understood. Zhan Chen and the other five senior brothers and sisters naturally wanted to group together.
A quarter of an hour later, Lin Yarou divided the people who were not in a team and gave each team a serial number. Zhan Chen and others' team got the number 23, and they became Team 23.
In this way, it became clear to everyone. Next, Lin Yarou took out a map of the Linghe Sect's jurisdiction in the Xifan area and began to allocate the areas responsible for each team, and the 23rd team was assigned to Sanji Town, right there
In this area, three incidents of disappearances of Linghe Sect disciples have occurred in the past three months.
However, Sanji Town is not the only place that Zhan Chen and the others are responsible for. In fact, the area they are responsible for also includes three other large towns around Sanji Town, with a total population of one million.
Okay, everyone knows what their responsibilities are. You can set off immediately to head to various strongholds.
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After hearing the order, all the disciples dispersed. After leaving Yunling City, Zhan Chen and others set out for Sanji Town, with Li Qiong leading the way. This senior sister is an old horse who knows the way. She has been to many places, usually with her around.
Everyone will always find the coordinates of their destination quickly.
After following Li Qiong's flight all morning, Zhan Chen and the others arrived above Sanji Town.
Sanji Town is actually located on the edge of the Cangheng Mountains. It is surrounded by mountains on two sides and close to the forest on one side. It is a very remote place. It is often such a remote place, but it is a place where demon cultivators frequently appear. Therefore, in the past three
In the past few months, I heard that there have been three incidents of disappearances of disciples here. Eight disciples have disappeared in this area, which is the highest number in the Western Domain.
This also attracted Lin Yarou's great attention, so this area was handed over to Li Qiong's team. Two of the five-person team named Li Qiong were masters of the Great Perfection of the Yuan Dynasty.
It was late in the evening when Zhan Chen and others arrived at the Linghe Sect's garrison in the town. They were quickly greeted by the disciples who were originally stationed there. This small garrison was home to ten inner disciples of the Linghe Sect and nearly two hundred others.
Outer brother
Knowing all this, Zhan Chen was also very curious, so he asked Li Junchen beside him: Junchen, there is one thing I don't understand.
Li Junchen asked: What happened?
Why do you think our sect has so many disciples stationed in one town?
Li Junchen smiled and said: Zhan Chen, firstly, it is for local management needs, and secondly, it can be regarded as a strategy to declare possession.
Zhan Chenqi said: Can you explain it to me?
First of all, there is no state in the Xifan area, so our sect will manage it instead of the state. You may not know that half of our Linghe Sect’s annual income comes from here. So the sect naturally attaches great importance to it and sends many
Disciple, this is to maintain local public security and stability, and to hand over taxes from various places to enrich the finances of our sect.
Zhan Chen nodded and asked again: But there is no need to send so many inner disciples, right? Normally, only outer disciples are enough to maintain public security and collect taxes.
Li Junchen further explained: Zhan Chen, you have taken the land of Xifan too simply. It is prosperous on the surface, but in fact there are crises. First of all, some demonic cultivators are still hiding in the dark and come out to cause trouble from time to time.
At this time, relying solely on the strength of the outer disciples cannot solve him.
theirs; there are also disputes among our righteous sects, and fights over the ownership of small pieces of land also occur from time to time. Whenever there is a crisis, the disciples stationed in the area are the main defense force, so within ten people in a town
Disciples are completely necessary, no more or less
It turns out that this is understandable for Zhan Chen. Not only between good and evil, but also among the righteous sects, overt and covert struggles for interests are happening all the time.
Since they had been informed in advance that they were coming, a sumptuous banquet had been held in the residence. Although the powerful people in the Peeping Yuan Realm no longer needed food, they still retained the habits of mortals, or to a certain extent, they paid more attention to
These are the desires of food and drink, or the pleasures of dogs and horses.
Everyone sat down around the wine table, and a middle-aged man with a red face stood up and raised a wine glass to toast Li Qiong and others: Senior sisters and brothers, my name is Le Shangwen, and I am the general person in charge of the three towns.
, he is just a little person who only has an intermediate level of Peeping, and he still has to rely on you all to take care of him.
Li Qiong smiled slightly, stood up, raised his glass and said: Junior Brother Le, you are too polite. Everyone is working for us Linghe. There is no need to distinguish between high and low. Come and have a drink with us, Junior Brother Le.
Zhan Chen and others also raised their wine glasses and toasted. After drinking together, everyone sat down. Le Shangwen warmly greeted everyone: "Everyone eats food, eats food, and chats while eating."
So everyone began to enjoy the delicious food. During the dinner, Li Qiong began to inquire about the disappearance of the inner disciples: Junior Brother Le, you should already know the purpose of our trip, can you tell us about the disappearance of the inner disciples?
What's going on?
As soon as he talked about the disappearance of the inner disciples, Le Shangwen's expression became serious and he said: "Senior Sister Li, when I talk about this matter, I find it quite strange. First of all, it is the first disappearance in three months. It happened just outside."
In Gaoqin Town, which is sixty miles south of our town, two inner disciples left their base, but after that, we lost all news about them.
The second incident happened in our Sanji Town two months ago. A junior brother named Gao Yunwen disappeared while on duty. Within two days, the two junior brothers we sent to each village to collect taxes also disappeared.
Then disappeared.
The third incident happened last month. In Fulong Town, a hundred miles north of us, three inner disciples on duty disappeared for no reason.
Li Qiong heard this and muttered: There were three disappearances involving eight inner disciples, almost one every month, and they happened in different towns. It seemed like there was a premeditation.
Yes, I think so too. Le Shangwen agreed. At this time, the faces of several stationed disciples at the same table also showed panic expressions, as if an invisible and inexplicable crisis was shrouding them, making people shudder.
By the way, have there been any disappearances in Kaoshan Town? Li Qiong suddenly woke up.
Le Shangwen was stunned for a moment in Kaoshan Town and shook his head.
Li Qiong felt puzzled: It shouldn’t be surprising. According to its geographical location, Kaoshan Town is the town closest to the Cangheng Mountains. It is almost surrounded by the deep mountains. It is where demon cultivators are most likely to launch attacks and can easily hide.
place, why hasn’t it been the target of attacks by demonic cultivators?
After being reminded by Li Qiong, Le Shangwen was also stunned and said: Yes, the Demonic Cultivators are hidden deep in the Cangheng Mountains. Why do they want to sacrifice the near and far away and launch an attack on us? Isn't there our station in Kaoshan Town?
Smiling again, he guessed: Could it be because the person stationed there is Senior Brother Zou Yan, who is a high-level expert in Peeping the Yuan? With him around, those demon cultivators are afraid.
However, Li Qiong frowned, and Zhan Chen vaguely felt from the exchanges between the two that things might not be as simple as Le Shangwen analyzed, and there must be something fishy about this backing town.
Le Shangwen saw that the atmosphere at the banquet had become dull for a moment, and he quickly smiled and said: Hahaha, Senior Sister Li, since you are worried, why not go to Kaoshan Town to have a look?
It's getting late, so let's rest here for now.
Only then did Li Qiong come to his senses and said with a smile: Yes, everyone is tired too. Let’s take a good rest today.
So the banquet continued, and the atmosphere quickly returned to liveliness.
However, what everyone did not expect was that a piece of news came from Kaoshan Town the next day that completely shocked everyone.