Several days later.
Huang Yun, Xu Ren, Xiao Sun, Zhao Feng and Lin Fan of the Broken Moon Clan had finally arrived at their destination.
The Xing family.
This was a secluded villa isolated from the rest of the world. It rarely interacted with the outside world.
Normal people wouldn't be able to find the Xing family, but the Broken Moon Clan was the Clan that controlled the Cloud Country and no force could escape their sight.
A mile or two away, the five stood on top of the mountain and looked down at the villa.
The entire Xing family was terrifyingly silent and no sound could be heard.
Suddenly, the entire area seemed to have turned into a ghost realm.
The group of five felt a weird aura and they didn't move.
From the report, they knew that the Xing family had been enveloped by a weird plague and over half of the people within the village had died.
Apart from that, the head of the family, Xing Cheng, who was at the same level as Lord Guanjun, had also died.
"Zhao Feng, Lin Fan, the two of you go investigate the situation of the villa."
Huang Yun ordered.
Huang Yun was the leader of the group of five and he was also the one with the highest cultivation.
On the way here, Huang Yun had ordered Zhao Feng and Lin Fan, who had the lowest cultivation, to do all sorts of things.
A cold light flashed through Xu Ren's eyes as he stared at Zhao Feng and Xiao Sun.
Zhao Feng and Lin Fan split up and headed towards the villa.
Teng!
Zhao Feng's figure landed on the roof of the villa and he looked down at the entire villa.
He slightly opened up his silver-green eyepatch, revealing a slit in his left eye. His green pupil shone with a sharp luster as he scanned the entire Xing Clan.
Shua!
In that instant, Zhao Feng had imprinted the map of the Xing family into his mind.
In this way, his grasp of the geography of the Xing Village, especially the macroscopic view, was probably much clearer than that of the people who were born and raised here.
From the report, the plague was fatal to those below the 7th Rank of the Consolidated Realm and the threat to those above the 7th Rank was lower. Being at the Ascended Realm, normal plagues obviously wouldn't affect them.
Therefore, Zhao Feng didn't hesitate at all as he flew into the villa.
In reality, Zhao Feng had already seen the situation within the villa with his left eye.
He was just putting on an act to deal with Huang Yun and Xu Ren.
Most of the areas in the villa were deathly silent, and there was almost no sign of life.
Occasionally, he would see a few humans who were around the seventh stage of the Martial Path. They were on their last breaths and their eyes were dim as they laid there sickly.
Zhao Feng scanned around with his left eye and found that there was a faint purple aura in the organs of those who had been infected that was corroding their lifeforce.
As they went deeper, Zhao Feng got closer to the center of the village. There was a dozen or so acres of land here – the Manor Lord's Palace.
There were many survivors in the Manor Lord's residence.
There were many cultivators of the 7th rank and above and Zhao Feng's sharp left eye even saw an old man at the Ascended Realm.
"If I'm not wrong, this person should be the butler of the Xing family, the one who entrusted this mission."
Zhao Feng thought.
Not long later, Lin Fan arrived from the other side and started chatting with the Xing family's butler.
"This old man's surname is Li, and I'm the butler of the villa. Greetings."
The old butler burst into tears after knowing why the two were here.
Shortly after, the old butler started to talk about the plague, including the death of the family head.
The plague had entered the villa half a year ago without anyone noticing, and it had now enveloped the entire Xing family. Luckily, the Xing family was isolated from the rest of the world, so the plague hadn't spread to other areas.
The family head, Xing Cheng, had died a month ago.
"That night, the Manor Lord went out alone in the forest a few miles away from the mansion. He was fighting with someone, and the commotion was quite loud. When we arrived, the family head was already dead … "
Butler Li's face was full of memories and fear as he told the story.
At the end, he knelt on the ground, "Please help me find the source of the plague and capture the culprit!"
Zhao Feng fell into deep thought after hearing this.
From the looks of it, the death of the family head and the outbreak of the plague happened at the same time.
The culprit should be someone or a force.
To be able to create such a terrifying plague and kill a cultivator at the 2nd Sky of the Ascended Realm, the culprit should be a cultivator from another country.
Because this kind of plague hadn't appeared in the Xing family, but it had happened in the neighbouring countries.
All of these coincided with the intelligence analysis without a kiss.
So why would the culprit target the Xing family and the family head?
Zhao Feng immediately thought of two words: Revenge!
Soon after.
Huang Yun and the other two arrived at the centre of the villa.
Lin Fan reported the situation to him.
"Let's go to the forest."
Huang Yun's eyes flashed.
That forest was where the family head and the culprit had fought.
There were no signs of battle in the forest, which meant that it had been purposely left behind.
Zhao Feng had a weird feeling as he stood in the forest, which made him furrow his eyebrows.
He took off his blindfold and scanned the forest with his left eye, but he didn't make a sound.
Huang Yun's eyes twinkled as he analysed: "From the looks of it, this battle was extremely shocking. The culprit's strength should be on par with the family head, possibly at the peak 2nd Sky of the Ascended Realm."
"Brother Huang's right."
Xu Ren and Xiao Sun immediately agreed.
On the way here, Xu Ren and Xiao Sun had always been led by Huang Yun.
Zhao Feng and Lin Fan didn't have the right to speak.
After that, Huang Yun brought up the idea of looking at the family head's corpse.
The manor master's corpse had already been buried half a month ago. Now that they wanted to dig up the grave and open the coffin, the two young manor masters were naturally against it.
Xu Ren glared coldly and the mental energy of the 2nd Sky of the Ascended Realm made the two young masters kneel on the ground with pale faces.
The two young masters were only at the 8th and 9th Sky of the Consolidated Realm, how could they resist?
Soon, Zhao Feng and co. saw the rotten body of the family head.
There were a few broken bones on the shoulders and chest and there were also some scratch marks on other parts of the body.
No one could see anything from the body. After all, they couldn't even see the face of the family head.
Only Zhao Feng's eyes twinkled, but he didn't say anything. Even if he had any objections, they wouldn't have accepted it.
On the same day, the group of five searched the villa for a long time, but they didn't make any progress.
"Tonight, we'll stay in the manor. Zhao Feng, Lin Fan, you'll be responsible for patrolling at night. "
Huang Yun calmly ordered.
He was the leader, so the other members had to listen to his orders.
In fact, the team leader even had the authority to distribute the rewards of the mission.
Zhao Feng and Lin Fan exchanged glances. Since it was late at night, they would 'keep watch' in the manor.
"Brother Zhao, have you found anything about the Xing family's plague and the culprit?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Nothing."
Zhao Feng smiled.
Lin Fan felt that Zhao Feng seemed to have found something. Out of the group, only this azure haired one eyed youth was something he couldn't see through.
Shua!
In the night wind, a ghostly black shadow flashed from the corner of the mansion.
Who's there!?
Lin Fan exclaimed, startling Huang Yun and co. who were in the manor.
Including the butler and the two young masters, they woke up from their sleep.
"I just saw a black figure running in that direction!"
Lin Fan quickly said.
Black figure?
Hearing this, Huang Yun's eyes lit up. If they could catch the culprit, there would be extra rewards.
"Chase!"
He leaped into the air like a green afterimage, traversing one or two hundred meters in the air.
Xiao Sun and Lin Fan couldn't even see Huang Yun's figure clearly.
Being one of the top cultivators at the 2nd Sky of the Ascended Realm, Huang Yun's strength was indeed extraordinary.
Under Huang Yun's lead, the group chased after him.
Soon, Huang Yun saw a ghostly black shadow in front of him, and its speed was only slightly slower than his.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Huang Yun roared as a layer of scarlet True Force surrounded his body, causing the wind to blow as he closed in on the figure.
"Kekeke …"
The ghostly shadow let out a burst of strange laughter and scuttled into the forest.
That forest was where they had been during the day, where the Xing family's head had died.
Huang Yun stopped in the forest with a cautious expression, but he didn't enter immediately.
The others that came later also didn't dare to move recklessly.
"Lin Fan, Zhao Feng, you guys enter the forest to investigate. We'll look after you."
Huang Yun's eyes turned as he ordered.
Hearing this, anger rose in Lin Fan's heart. Did Huang Yun want to use the two of them as cannon fodder?
"Are you going or not? Do you dare to disobey the leader's orders? "
Xu Ren snorted coldly.
Xiao Sun had a mocking smile on his face, but he didn't say anything.
In front of the forest.
The group of 5 fell into a momentary silence.
"How about this, I'll lead the way."
Zhao Feng said calmly.
The crowd was startled after hearing the words.
Anyone would know that the black figure had an ulterior motive for leading them into the forest.
Furthermore, the family head, Xing Cheng, had died in this forest.
"If you guys hesitate any longer, we won't be able to find the culprit."
Zhao Feng smiled.
His azure hair fluttered in the wind and his eye was calm, which made him seem mysterious.
"Ok."
Huang Yun and Xu Ren exchanged glances and nodded their heads in agreement.
Lin Fan wanted to say something, but he swallowed his words when Zhao Feng smiled.
Shua!
Zhao Feng's figure flickered, turning into a soundless blur as he leapt into the forest.
"Hmm? This kid's movement skill isn't bad. "
Huang Yun was slightly surprised as he chased after Lin Fan.
Zhao Feng led the way while the other four followed behind, maintaining a certain distance.
They were all at the Ascended Realm and Ascended Realm, so they had a certain level of night vision. But in the forest at night, their vision was far worse than in the day.
"Over there!"
Zhao Feng suddenly saw the black figure and immediately chased after it.
"Don't let him get away!"
Huang Yun was overjoyed when he saw the black figure.
Shua!
Everyone only saw Zhao Feng increase his speed and in a blur, he had merged into the darkness.
"Brother Zhao!"
"Brother Zhao, where are you?"
They shouted a few times, but in the dead silence of the night, there was no response at all.
Zhao Feng seemed to have been swallowed by the darkness.
"Could it be that Zhao Feng has met with misfortune?"
Xu Ren's heart skipped a beat.
The four searched for a long time, but they couldn't find Zhao Feng.
"It's all your fault for being afraid of death! Brother Zhao is only fourteen, you let him go first. "
Lin Fan said angrily.
Although he said this, Lin Fan still felt that Zhao Feng's disappearance was strange.
"Leader Huang, this forest is too weird. Let's retreat first and come back in the day."
Xiao Sun suggested.
Hearing this, Huang Yun and Xu Ren both nodded.
"Hahaha … want to run? Don't even think about leaving! "
A weird laugh came from the forest.
Boom …
The entire forest shook violently in his field of vision, as if the mountains were collapsing and the earth was cracking.
Not good!
The four of them tensed up and their faces turned pale.
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