The young man in black was standing outside the house, helping Mr. Ye look out.
He calculated the time. The next time the patrolling guards pass by here, it will be at least two-quarters of an hour later.
He believed that Master Ye would be able to complete the task within these two quarters of an hour.
Sure enough, just a quarter of an hour later, Mr. Ye left and returned.
On the surface, Mr. Ye has not changed much.
In fact, during this quarter of an hour, there was no sound in the house.
Even the lights in the house were not extinguished.
As long as you don't enter the room in the house to check, you won't see anything strange at all.
However, in Mr. Ye's right hand, there was a palm-sized black cloth bag.
At first glance, the cloth pouch looks like an ordinary sachet.
However, there are no flower patterns embroidered on it, so it looks quite mysterious.
In fact, there was a large space inside the bag, and more than twenty young warriors were lying in it.
These young warriors all wore standard white robes with the same emblems and patterns embroidered on their breasts.
Everyone is in a coma and deep sleep, unaware of the outside world.
The young man in black glanced at the cloth bag, immediately showed admiration, and said to Master Ye through a message: "Master Ye, have you succeeded?"
Master Ye nodded slightly and said with a joking sneer: "I personally take action, how can I fail to deal with these little shrimps?
Don’t waste time, take me and leave immediately!”
The young man in black stopped talking nonsense and quickly led Mr. Ye through the night sky and rushed down the mountain.
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The next evening, the sun was about to set.
Ji Tianxing was practicing in a secret room, his whole body shimmering with a faint golden light and exuding majestic fluctuations of mana.
Suddenly, Taoist Huanglong's voice sounded outside the secret room door, his tone a little anxious.
"Master! Master, something happened, please come and take a look!"
The sudden shouting woke up Ji Tianxing who was practicing.
He slowly ended his practice, took a long breath, and opened his eyes.
He frowned slightly, looked calmly at the door of the secret room, and asked through the stone door: "Huang Long, why are you so panicked that you want to knock on the pass to wake up your master?"
Taoist Huanglong did not dare to hide anything and quickly reported: "Master Qi, just last night, twenty-six inner disciples disappeared collectively, and there is no news yet!"
"What?!" Ji Tianxing's expression suddenly changed, his eyebrows furrowed, and an icy cold light flashed in his eyes.
He waved his hand and created a dazzling light, opening the stone door of the secret room.
Taoist Huanglong quickly entered the secret room and bowed respectfully.
Ji Tianxing looked at him with burning eyes and said in a majestic tone: "What is going on? Tell it from beginning to end!"
Taoist Huang Long calmed down his thoughts and explained: "Master, the twenty-six missing inner sect disciples are all from the west courtyard of the inner sect, and their talents and potentials are very good.
When the lamps were held last night, the twenty-six disciples were still in the west courtyard, resting and practicing without any abnormality.
The servants in the West Courtyard can all attest to this.
However, when it was time for sword practice this morning, the disciples from the West Campus did not show up.
Deacon Wu went to the West Courtyard to look for them, only to find that all twenty-six inner disciples were missing, leaving only the servants.
After the incident, Deacon Wu quickly reported to the elders.
Several elders personally took the guards and searched up and down Tianzhu Mountain several times, but could not find those disciples.
The elders reported this matter to me and asked me to find a way to find it.
However, I spent three hours searching 20,000 miles around Tianzhu Mountain, but I didn't find any clues.
The disciple is really at his wits' end, so he can only come to you for help."
After Taoist Huanglong finished speaking, Ji Tianxing frowned and thought for a moment, then asked in a deep voice: "Have you ever gone to the West Courtyard to investigate? Are there any traces of fighting in the residences of the various disciples?
And those servants and handymen, have they been interrogated and investigated?
How could the twenty-six inner disciples disappear for no reason?
Is there no movement at all?"
Taoist Huanglong shook his head and said solemnly: "Master, I have personally investigated the situation in the West Courtyard. There are no traces of fighting in the residences of those disciples.
Even the disciples personally interrogated the more than one hundred servants, and they were completely unaware of it.
Those twenty-odd disciples seemed to have evaporated from the world, disappearing into thin air without leaving any traces!
This disciple has no choice but to disturb your retreat, so please make your decision."
Ji Tianxing nodded and said solemnly: "It is impossible for the twenty-six living disciples to disappear into thin air.
This must be some kind of conspiracy, deliberately targeting our Tianzhu Mountain.
As long as it is done by humans, it will definitely leave traces and clues, but we haven't found them yet."
He paused, suddenly remembered a question, and asked Huang Long: "By the way, did the patrol guards on duty last night interrogate them? Did they find anything?"
Huang Long nodded, but then shook his head, "The disciples also interrogated him, and they found nothing."
Ji Tianxing nodded slightly and said in a low tone: "So, the person who acted was a strong man and did not alarm anyone or leave any clues.
Of course, there is another possibility that the other party avoided the patrolling guards during the action!"
Huang Long suddenly understood and asked: "Master, what do you mean...it is likely that someone from this sect was involved in this matter and acted as an internal agent for the other party?"
"Yes!" Ji Tianxing nodded and said, "There is another possibility, and that is that it was done by the strong men of our sect!"
Huang Long frowned and said with doubt: "But I have already counted the number of disciples. All the deacons and elders are here, there are no shortage of people."
Ji Tianxing looked at him with sharp eyes and asked: "How many disciples do you have? Are they few?"
Huang Long thought for a moment and quickly replied: "There are three disciples from the inner sect who are not here. Two of them have missions and have gone out to do business.
There is only one disciple named Xu Qing who disappeared for no apparent reason."
Ji Tianxing's eyes suddenly brightened, and he said in a majestic tone: "Immediately investigate the details of this Xu Qing. When did he join our sect?"
Huang Long quickly replied: "There is no need to investigate, the disciple still remembers this person's identity information clearly.
Xu Qing joined the school two years ago. He has outstanding talent, a bright mind, and is very good at talking and doing things.
Moreover, both of his parents died, his family was ruined, and he no longer had any relatives..."
Ji Tianxing's eyes flashed with contemplation, and he said in a low tone: "Currently, this person seems to be the most suspicious. Send someone immediately...
No, I will investigate this matter personally!
I would like to see who has the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard, and dares to attack Tianzhu Mountain?"
Huang Long quickly bowed his hands and said respectfully: "Master will investigate this matter personally and will definitely get to the bottom of it.
The disciples will be stationed at Tianzhu Mountain, waiting for your orders at any time!"