Several palace masters all know that if the murderer is not caught early, great harm will definitely be caused.
As the masters of the temple, they enjoy lofty status and treatment, and possess unimaginable power.
However, when encountering such thorny problems, they should also step forward to eliminate dangers and crises for the temple.
In addition, the temple has been peaceful for more than ten thousand years. The strength of several temple masters has improved, but they have never had a chance to take action.
Many times, they are too bored and want to fight and compete with others to test their own strength and cultivation achievements, but they can only learn from each other.
Now that they encounter such a thing, they will not hesitate or shrink. They are very active and enthusiastic, and take the initiative to ask the Second Palace Master for a fight.
The second hall master nodded, agreed to the request of the three hall masters, and said: "I am very pleased that you are dedicated to the temple and willing to take the initiative to challenge.
Since there are no objections, the three palace masters should set off as soon as possible.
You each lead three thousand elites to the southern region, and act separately as much as possible to hunt down the mysterious murderer."
The three palace masters said in unison that they obeyed the order, bowed to the second palace master, and then left.
Half an hour later, the three palace masters summoned three thousand divine guards. After preparations were completed, they all took the divine ships and left the Taiyu Secret Realm.
The second hall master hesitated for a long time, and finally took the message slip sent by Qianzhan and went to find the first hall master.
Although, he believed that the three palace masters sent out were capable of catching or killing the mysterious murderer.
But after serious consideration, he decided to report the matter to the main hall master.
Because, he vaguely remembered the source of the mysterious mark, but could not confirm it.
Regardless of whether the origin of the mark could be determined or not, this matter was too involved and he could only let the master of the hall handle it personally.
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It's quiet at night.
Inside and outside the Taiyu Shrine, the lights are bright and brilliant.
The second palace master, surrounded by several guards, entered the Taiyu Shrine with a solemn expression.
After passing through the many corridors and courtyards, he saw the master of the hall who was meditating and adjusting his breath in the secret room.
The master of the main hall did not wear fancy clothes, but only wore a simple black robe. He sat cross-legged in the secret room on the altar surrounded by divine power.
That altar was built by him at the expense of a large amount of emperor-level weapon refining materials. It is an emperor-level treasure and is of great benefit to the cultivation of strong men.
The main hall master was sitting on the top of the altar, looking down at the second hall master who entered the secret room, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter that makes you undecided and come to me?"
When he asked this question, he was mentally prepared and guessed that something big was going to happen.
Moreover, this matter is probably related to submarine warfare.
As expected.
The master of the second hall bowed and said: "Something happened in the southern region where the stealth patrols are patrolling! There is a mysterious strong man who destroyed the town and kidnapped tens of thousands of people in a few days."
The master of the main hall frowned fiercely, a sharp edge flashed in his eyes, and asked in a deep voice with some surprise: "Is there such a thing?"
The second hall master nodded and quickly handed the jade slip sent by Qian Zhan to the main hall master.
The main hall master took the jade slip and looked at the contents inside. He was also a little shocked, with anger in his eyes.
"Damn bastard, how dare you do evil in my territory, I will make his life worse than death!"
The second hall master nodded in agreement and reported again: "The main hall master, I have issued an order to send the fourth, fifth and sixth to search for the murderer in the southern region."
The master of the main hall raised his eyebrows and asked: "You handled it very well and in a timely manner, but when you come to me, I'm afraid it's not just that simple, right?"
The second hall master nodded again, took out a piece of gold paper, and handed it to the main hall master.
"Look at this pattern. They found it at the scene. It should be a mark left intentionally by the murderer."
The master of the hall understands that many strong men would leave some marks or special marks on the scene after killing people and setting fires.
Some are to show their identity and show their fierceness.
And some people do it to commemorate or announce something to the world.
No matter what the murderer's purpose is, as long as there are marks, there are traces to follow.
The master of the main hall reached out to take the gold paper, his eyes were immediately attracted by the circular pattern, and he could no longer move away.
He checked in silence for a long time, then put away the gold paper, looked at the second hall master solemnly, and asked: "Are you sure that what they found at the scene was this mark?"
"It's absolutely true." The second hall master nodded.
The master of the main hall nodded slightly, put away the gold paper, waved his hand and said: "I understand, if nothing happens, please step aside."
The second hall master refused to bow and leave, and asked: "Master of the main hall, you have seen this mark and know its origin, right?"
He had obviously made a decision to send three palace masters to hunt down the murderer, but he still came to report to the palace master just to verify his suspicions.
And now, the reaction of the main hall master seemed to confirm his guess.
The master of the main hall glanced at him and said expressionlessly: "I know what you are thinking, but I can tell you clearly that it is not what you think."
"But..." The second hall master wanted to ask more questions to determine the origin of the mark.
But the master of the hall raised his hand to interrupt him and said in a low tone: "Marks and other things are not important at all. Your goal is to catch the murderer or kill him.
Go ahead, you can go to the Southern Territory in person if necessary."
The second hall master understood that the main hall master wanted to keep the secret and not allow others to criticize and speculate randomly.
He could not disobey the palace master's order, so he could only bow and say goodbye and leave the secret room.
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Four more days passed.
Qianzhan received news that in a nearby branch, tens of thousands of people in another city were kidnapped by a mysterious strong man.
Most of the city was destroyed and turned into a mess of ruins.
The situation was the same as before. The survivors did not see the murderer appear and did not know the appearance and number of the murderer.
After the incident, the survivors saw a mysterious mark on the stone floor under the city wall.
The same story happened, making Qian Zhan extremely angry, but also deeply helpless.
He could only send a jade slip to report this matter to the Second Hall Master, as well as the Fourth Hall Master, the Fifth Hall Master, and the Sixth Hall Master.
After all, the second hall master had sent a message to him that the three hall masters were rushing to the south and would soon help him.
After sending the subpoena, submarine warfare continued to be on standby.
Another nine days passed.
News also came from another branch church. In a certain town under the jurisdiction of the branch church, more than 30,000 people disappeared overnight, and no one was spared.
The whole town was turned into ruins, which was very tragic.
When Qian Zhan received the news, he was already a little numb. He just conveyed the news step by step and reported to several palace masters.
The next day, the Fourth Hall Master, the Fifth Hall Master and the Sixth Hall Master arrived in the Southern Territory one after another and stationed in three branch halls respectively.
They did not meet with the submarine, but based on the route of the mysterious murderer, they launched a roundup.