"Elder Song Hui, that suspected assassin from the Akatsuki organization has already left. We can confirm that he was wearing the Akatsuki Robe, which can conceal his aura. That's why we haven't found any traces of him for the time being!" The leader of the Song family, who had arrived at Qingshan town to investigate, was respectfully reporting to a young cultivator at this moment.
"Apart from this, did you find any other information?" Song Hui asked with a frown.
As one of the few people in the Song family who was able to become an elder at the early Gold Core stage, Song Hui's strength and talent were both very powerful. This time, he had wholeheartedly wanted to render meritorious service when he came out to hunt down the Akatsuki organization member. Therefore, after he heard that the Akatsuki organization member had appeared here, he immediately rushed over. However, he didn't expect to find nothing, which made him very unhappy.
"That Akatsuki organization member is not someone we know of. Moreover, he is extremely good at using fire. Previously, when he attacked in Qingshan town, he instantly burned a middle Foundation Establishment stage cultivator to death. We suspect that he is the core member of the Akatsuki organization, Vermilion Bird!" The leader hurriedly reported the results of his investigation.
"Vermilion Bird of the Akatsuki? Humph, since he has come, don't think of leaving alive! "Song Hui's face flashed with a gloomy expression.
"Gather all the forces that can be mobilized around here. Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must find him for me!" Song Hui directly ordered.
"But elder, we don't have the authority to mobilize people from other areas. Moreover, they …" The leader of the cultivators looked at Song Hui with some astonishment.
"Take my elder's token and mobilize people. He is only a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator. He can't run far! Our Song family has been searching for such a long time. It was not easy to find such a member of the Akatsuki organization. We must not let him escape! " Song Hui said coldly. He threw a token to the leader of the cultivators and let him mobilize the surrounding people.
"Understood!" After receiving the token, that person didn't dawdle and directly went to mobilize people.
Song Hui's idea was very simple. Since the Akatsuki organization's concealment ability was powerful, he would use the most primitive human wave tactic to search inch by inch. He didn't believe that he couldn't find the suspected Vermilion Bird of the Akatsuki organization.
While the Song Clan cultivators were mobilizing their forces, a group of nearly a hundred black-clothed men arrived at the outskirts of Qingshan Town. They were the assassins sent by the Fire Nation's Prince Regent, Zhou Hui, who had pursued Zhou Yu earlier.
"The fragrance of cherry blossoms appeared here not long ago, but disappeared soon after!" The leader of the black-clothed men said softly, and then put away the golden beetle that had lost its direction.
"That is to say, he just attacked here!" Zhou Quan said with a gloomy face.
Their pursuit had been going on for a long time, but they still found nothing. The last time they heard from the Prince Regent, it was obvious that the Prince Regent had lost patience with him. This made Zhou Quan very anxious and eager to complete the task.
However, things didn't go as they wished. They were unable to find any traces of Zhou Yu until not long ago when the golden beetle found the fragrance of the cherry blossoms. However, they were still one step too late.
"According to the information we collected, Zhou Yu should have obtained the Akatsuki organization's Akatsuki Robe, which can conceal his breath. That's why he was able to conceal the fragrance of cherry blossoms!" The leader of the black-clothed men said.
When they lost track of Zhou Yu in the northern part of Yangan City, they deliberately went to investigate the corpses of the black-clothed men killed by Pain. They also obtained information about the Akatsuki organization from the Song Clan. Therefore, they were very clear about the whole matter, unlike Zhou Yu who was in the dark.
Just when several people were silent, a black robed man quietly sneaked over from the distance, and respectfully said to the leader, "Song family's cultivators have already arrived here, but they also haven't found the trace of that person, but they should have mistaken him as Akatsuki organization's assassin, so they are mobilizing their troops, preparing to surround this place with a radius of 100 li, and then surround and kill him!"
"If that's the case, we have a chance!" The black-clothed man and Zhou Quan's eyes lit up.
They couldn't chase after Zhou Yu openly. They also didn't have many people. Therefore, they could use the Song Clan as an opportunity to kill Zhou Yu with a borrowed knife. As long as they appeared at the last moment and took Zhou Yu's corpse into their storage ring, they could complete the task without wasting a single soldier. It could be said that they had the best of both worlds. Of course, they wouldn't be so stupid as to remind the Song Clan that they had mistaken Zhou Yu for someone else!
"Pay close attention to the Song Clan's movements. If there is any situation, report it immediately!" The leader of the black-clothed men said in a deep voice. Then, he sent another person to contact the higher-ups of the Song Clan. He didn't want his people to be accidentally injured by the Song Clan.
At this point, a big hunting net was set up by the Song Clan and the Fire Nation's Regent Zhou Hui. Coincidentally, the location of Qingshan Town was between Yangan City and the Lin Clan. It was the only way for Pain to build the Chakra signal tower!
A few days later, the Lin Clan's competition had already begun. The huge competition of the Ordinary Disciples was coming to an end. Following that, it was the competition of the Inner Disciples.
At this time, several people from Xiaoling Peak who were preparing to participate in the competition had already received their number plates. Soon, their competition in the Lin Clan would begin.
However, the past few days were not as peaceful as they seemed on the surface. In particular, many of the core disciples, including Bai Lingzi, were restless and had a lot to do with them throwing tantrums.
For some unknown reason, these people collectively flew into a rage on the second day after the opening ceremony. Some people broke their beloved teacups in their hands. Some people were so angry that they even destroyed their own residences.
Such abnormal behavior aroused the concern of many people. But in the end, when these people finally calmed down, the angry crowd seemed to have discussed it. Almost everyone said that they had encountered a bottleneck in their cultivation and couldn't think straight. That was why they did such a crazy thing.
This made the onlookers who didn't know the truth sigh. This year's competition was really stressful. Even the core disciples and Bai Lingzi were forced to go crazy.
However, the instigator of this incident, Hayashikawa, didn't pay attention to the outside world and hid in Xiaoling Peak to cultivate. It was as if he didn't know anything.
On the same day, Zhang Leyang, his brothers, Fa Ye, and Chen Mo left Xiaoling Peak early in the morning and walked towards the martial arts arena.
Today was their first competition. Even if everyone was very confident in their own strength, but thinking of the grand scene, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
As for Hayashikawa, Bu Lianshi, and Qin Lang, they naturally wouldn't be present for this level of competition. Unless they could enter the core disciple competition, this kind of competition was meaningless to them.
"The first one to go up is Zhang Leyang. He must get a good start!" Chen Mo said with a smile.
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