The next morning, just as Li Qiong and others were asking Le Shangwen about the details of each town, an outer disciple who was guarding the gate ran in and reported: Senior Brother Le, there is a person outside and wants to see you.
Le Shangwen was stunned for a moment and cursed unhappily: You don't have a good look at me. Didn't you see that I was discussing important matters with Senior Sister Li? Please ask him to go back.
The outer disciple was about to turn around, but he heard Li Qiong shout: "Wait a minute," so he had to turn around.
Li Qiong said to Le Shangwen again: Let that person come in.
But
It's nothing, but maybe I really have something important to report.
Le Shangwen nodded and called: Okay, then let him come in
After a while, a young man with a hurried expression walked in from outside. He was dressed in the clothes of a servant, and his cultivation level was only at the middle level of Emperor Wu. As soon as he saw each other, he hurriedly knelt down in front of everyone and said loudly: "Young man Liu Xi,
Meet all the immortal masters
When Le Shangwen saw him, he asked: Liu Xi, where are you from?
The young man raised his head and said: I work for Dou Changchun, the mayor of Kaoshan Town.
Backer Town Le Shangwen and Li Qiong looked at each other and asked hurriedly: What happened?
Liu Xicai hurriedly shouted: Something bad has happened. Guizong's residence in our Kaoshan Town was attacked by a group of vicious demon cultivators.
After hearing this shocking news, everyone could no longer sit still and stood up from their seats.
As the senior sister, Li Qiong took the lead to calm down and said: "Don't be anxious, tell me slowly what is going on."
Liu Xi said: I don’t know the specific situation very well, I only know the general situation. Just the night before yesterday, a group of demon cultivators raided the Linghe sect’s station in our backing town. At that time, the station was bursting with flames. Because we were afraid of the demon cultivators, none of us
People who dared to approach could only hear the continuous wailing, so they fled in all directions. After the fire was extinguished, only the brave ones went back to pry. Seeing that the demon cultivator had left, everyone dared to return home one after another.
Then please tell us about the casualties of the disciples in our camp. Li Qiong asked anxiously.
Okay, I'll say it right away. When we arrived at the station, we found that there was only a pile of broken bricks and tiles, and the bodies of more than a dozen outer disciples of the Noble Sect.
What about the others?
Liu Xi took a quiet look and then replied in a low voice: All the others are missing.
Missing Li Qiong frowned and asked: Is there no clue?
Liu Xi shook his head and simply said: I am just a messenger. I don’t know about other unnecessary things. I only know that the mayor asked me to inform you quickly and ask you to send more people to support.
However, Le Shangwen had a look of embarrassment on his face and said: The current defense support for our Sanji Town is not enough. I am afraid it will be difficult to allocate more manpower to Kaoshan Town.
At this time, Zhuang Xiaodie said anxiously: "Let's go, I'm very worried about the safety of the juniors there."
Zhan Chen looked at her anxious look and knew that this was her sincerity. Zhuang Xiaodie was such a person who regarded people from the same sect as relatives.
Li Qiong nodded and said: Junior Brother Le, I know you also have difficulties, so don't go and let us take care of it.
Le Shangwen was overjoyed when he heard this, as if relieved, and said: Yes, Senior Sister Li, you are highly skilled in cultivation, so naturally you can handle this kind of thing easily. I, Le Shangwen, would like to wish you immediate success in wiping out the demonic cultivators.
However, we also need your help. Li Qiong changed the subject and said.
Le Shangwen was stunned for a moment, and then said: Senior sister, no matter what your orders are, if there is something we can do, we will give our full support.
Okay, then you're welcome. This incident in Kaoshan Town is particularly serious. We went there to support, but we didn't have the chance to report the situation to the sect in time. Junior Brother Trouble Le will send someone to Yunling City as soon as possible to inform Lin of the emergency situation in advance.
Great Elder.
Le Shangwen nodded and said: Okay, I'll do it right away.
Li Qiong was relieved, turned around and said to Zhan Chen and others: Let's go
is what everyone said.
Li Qiong and others released Linghe, took Liu Xi with them, and hurriedly flew in the direction of Kaoshan Town. For Linghe, the distance of a hundred miles was only a moment, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they flew over Kaoshan Town.
Standing on Xiao Ye's back, Zhan Chen looked down and could see the whole town. Kaoshan Town is truly worthy of its name. It is almost embedded in the mountains, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only one side leads to the outside world. In this quiet little town
There are hundreds of thousands of residents living in the town.
After landing the spirit crane at the entrance of the town, everyone walked into the town. Along the way, Zhan Chen smelled an unusual smell. I don't know if it was an illusion. He seemed to feel that the air here was a little thicker than the outside.
It was gloomy, giving people a rather uncomfortable feeling, and the townspeople walking on the streets also looked listless.
Zhan Chen couldn't help but think: Why does this backing town always give me a weird feeling? It seems that the evil spirit here is particularly strong. Is it my imagination?
Li Qiong and others first went straight to the Linghe sect's garrison in the town. When they arrived, as Liu Gui had told them before, the place was almost razed to the ground, leaving only collapsed ruins and charred broken wood and tiles.
, seems to be still telling people about the tragedy that happened here.
It wasn't just the Linghe Sect's station that suffered. Many private houses around the station seemed to have been affected by the fighting. They were badly damaged and damaged, and few of them were intact.
Li Qiong, Zhuang Xiaodie and others quickly entered the ruins, hoping to find the bodies of Linghe Sect disciples or even some clues. Unfortunately, there seemed to be nothing left for them here.
Li Qiong turned around and asked Liu Xi who was following them: Liu Xi, where are the dozens of corpses of our Linghe Sect disciples you mentioned?
Liu Xi replied: Report to the Immortal Master, they have been collected by my master and are now kept in the house.
take us there quickly
Okay, all immortal masters, please follow me
Liu Xi led the way, and after a while, the six of them arrived in front of a large house in the center of the town. Above the door of the house were two large golden characters called Dou Fu, which was where Dou Changchun lived in the town.
Liu Xi stepped forward and said to the servant guarding the door: Go and report to the master, the immortal master is here.
When the servants heard that the visitor was an immortal master from the Linghe sect, they did not dare to neglect and rushed to report it. After a while, an old man with white beard and hair came out of the door to welcome him, shouting as he walked
: Dear immortal masters, I have been waiting for a long time. I am really frightened that Dou Changchun has missed me from afar.
Zhan Chen saw that the old mayor actually had the cultivation level of the first level of Guiyuan. He was secretly surprised. There were strong men everywhere in Wanfa Continent. Even in such a remote mountain town of Xifan, one could actually find strong people of Guiyuan level.
figure of the person.
Li Qiong stepped forward and asked: Are you Dou Changchun, the mayor of Kaoshan Town?
Yes, gentlemen, we have been waiting for you so much. Dou Changchun said with emotion: "Guys, let's go into the house and talk."
A few people nodded and entered the Dou Mansion. As soon as they entered the door, they saw the corpses of thirteen outer disciples dressed in Linghe Sect costumes placed on the ground in the courtyard. They died in a miserable state, and there were no traces of blood on their bodies.
Without the horrific wounds, some were already mutilated, and some had their eyes widened, with a look of fear still remaining in their eyes, and they could not rest in peace.
Seeing this scene, Li Qiong and Zhuang Xiaodie were so shocked that they covered their mouths and shouted: This is really cruel.
Zhan Chen looked at these corpses and felt an unknown anger in his heart. However, in addition to his anger, he also had doubts in his heart and asked Dou Changchun who was standing aside: Mayor Dou, I want to ask you a question.
Master, please tell me.
How many of our Linghe sect members are stationed in Kaoshan Town?
Dou Changchun replied: There are a total of 218 people, including 14 immortal masters like you who are above the Peeping Yuan Realm, and 204 outer disciples who have the Martial Saint Dzogchen Realm.
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Zhan Chen touched his chin and murmured: So, there are quite a few garrison disciples in Guoshan Town.
Yes, there are more than the average town, because we are close to the Cangheng Mountains
But it seems a bit strange how so many disciples disappeared all at once. Zhan Chen said to himself again.
Zhan Chen's words also resonated with Li Qiong and others. They all looked at the old mayor, hoping to get some reasonable explanations from him.
At this moment, the old mayor's eyes flickered, he lowered his head, thought for a moment, and said: These immortal masters, the battle was very fierce at that time, and we didn't dare to move forward, so I don't know about this issue.
Zhan Chen asked again: Mayor Dou, has anyone found any traces of the demon cultivators when they entered the town? For example, what do they look like, how many people there are, etc.
No, we don't understand how those damn demon cultivators got in without any warning, Dou Changchun shook his head and replied.
Did you really not see it at all? Li Qiong couldn't help but ask.
No Dou Changchun answered with certainty: The camp suddenly burst into flames, and the demonic cultivators seemed to emerge from the ground. We only heard the sound of fighting, which was so loud that many houses were destroyed. Everyone fled in all directions, panicking and not choosing their way.
Nothing could be seen clearly.
Then, Li Qiong and others tried to ask Dou Changchun many questions, but it seemed that they could no longer get anything valuable from the old mayor's mouth.
They also visited some townspeople living around the camp, hoping that those people could tell what happened at that time. However, those townspeople either spoke vaguely or exaggerated, and each said the same thing, which made Zhan Chen feel uncomfortable.
The more I waited, the more confused I became.
Seeing that it was getting late but nothing was found, Li Qiong could not help but frown and said to Dou Changchun: Mayor Dou, it is already getting late, but our investigation is not over yet. Can I borrow your house to stay tonight?
Yes, of course you can. Dear immortal masters, I have already prepared some wine. You can rest in my humble home tonight and look for clues tomorrow. Dou Changchun replied cheerfully.