In the blink of an eye, another month had passed.
Within the Huo Clan, Huo Ting's old face was gloomy as he sat on the main seat in a large hall. Due to the previous incident, he, as the third elder of the clan, had been grounded for a month. Only now was the ban lifted.
At this moment, other than the gloomy Huo Ting, there were quite a number of people in the hall. They were the various deacons of the Huo Clan and more or less had some authority in the clan. At the same time, they were also the people who had been sent by Huo Ting to search for Xiao Yan's whereabouts a month ago.
"Humph, I haven't seen you for a month. How have you all been?"
Huo Ting's cold eyes swept across everyone present. Every clan had its own faction. Even if they were from the same clan, these people did not always work together. For example, the people present were in Huo Ting's faction. As for the First Elder and Second Elder of the clan, they also had their own factions behind them. Of course, no matter how they were divided within the clan, as long as it concerned the interests of the clan, these people would usually immediately work together.
Upon hearing Huo Ting's words, quite a number of people present looked to each other. Their expressions became awkward. They belonged to the same faction, yet they did nothing when Huo Ting was grounded. Such a matter was indeed enough to make one feel bitterly disappointed.
"Humph, I don't want to care about these matters now. I only want to ask, there are so many of you. In addition to the many clan members that I sent after, why were you unable to find Xiao Yan in the end? You all must give me an answer on this matter! "
Huo Ting's hand heavily slammed on the table below him. The frightening force caused the wooden table to instantly explode. The expressions on the faces of everyone present abruptly changed at this moment.
"Third Elder, we did indeed search the entire mountain range back then. Moreover, we repeatedly searched four to five times. However, we did not find any trace of Xiao Yan from the beginning until the end. Perhaps … perhaps he had already left that mountain range back then."
Among the people seated below the stage, someone braced himself and voiced his opinion to Huo Ting. The instant these words left his mouth, Huo Ting's sinister gaze immediately landed on the person who had spoken. That extremely cold gaze seemed to want to forcefully freeze a person. Everyone below the stage who saw this scene shrank back in fear.
"Do you mean that this old man did not investigate and that this old man allowed all of you to make this trip in vain?"
"Gulp gulp …"
After Huo Ting's words left his mouth, an invisible aura was emitted from his body and swiftly enveloped the entire hall. Everyone felt as if they were carrying a mountain. This was especially the case for the person who had just spoken......... The person's entire body was unable to help but tremble.............
"Humph, since this old man allowed all of you to search, I naturally had full confidence. Based on the situation at that time, even if that brat was not seriously injured, he could not have easily left the mountain range. However, since you were unable to find him, this means that all of you did not search carefully. There must be places that you missed in that mountain range!"
Huo Ting's stern gaze slowly swept across everyone present. After meeting Huo Ting's gaze, the majority of the people looked to their left and right with a doubtful expression on their faces. It was as if they did not understand what was going on. There were also some who were deep in thought, as if they were trying to recall if there were any places that they had missed in that mountain range a month ago.
Just as Huo Ting's gaze swept across a certain person, his gaze, which was originally about to pass by, suddenly paused. His eyes narrowed as he stared at a skinny middle-aged man in the hall. Huo Ting's brows were tightly knitted together as he asked in a deep voice.
"Huo Feng, is there something that you have not told me?"
"Uh … uh … no … no …"
The middle-aged man, who was called Huo Feng, hurriedly stood up. The expression on his face was clearly somewhat flustered.
"Humph, you're truly audacious. You dare to play tricks in front of this old man? I think that you don't want to live a peaceful life anymore!"
After being coldly reprimanded by Huo Ting, the middle-aged man's face was filled with fear. His face rapidly turned pale as his gaze involuntarily looked around. In the end, when he saw Huo Yun, his eyes abruptly lit up. It was also at this moment that Huo Ting noticed the change in the latter's expression. Immediately, his stern gaze landed on Huo Yun.
"Huo Yun, speak. Exactly what is going on? If you don't speak, then you can forget about your position as a deacon!"
Once those words were spoken, Huo Yun's expression, which was already ugly to begin with, suddenly became frightened. He knew the meaning behind Huo Feng's gaze. It was none other than the matter of Ah Bao's cave. After all, that was the only place that they had not searched.
Subsequently, under Huo Ting's unceasing pressure, Huo Yun had no choice but to tell Huo Ting everything that had happened that day.
"What did you say?! A mere Nine Star Half Martial Emperor actually managed to stop a deacon of my Huo Clan. You even brought two Seven Star Half Martial Emperors with you! You … you really are … "
After listening to Huo Yun's narration, Huo Ting's heart became even more infuriated. His gaze ruthlessly cut through the three people from that day as if he wanted to devour them. After a long while, he finally took a deep breath, slightly closed his old eyes, and weakly said,
"Pass down the order. Huo Yun's position as a deacon will be revoked from today onwards. In addition, he will be fined ten spirit stones and three months' salary. The same goes for the other two. In addition, they will face the wall for a month. Within this month, they are not allowed to take even half a step out of their homes."
Under the terrified gazes of Huo Yun and the other two, the Huo Clan's guards entered from outside. They first brought the other two out. When they arrived at Huo Yun's place, the latter's entire body trembled as he knelt down. His eyes were about to split open as he kowtowed to Huo Ting and begged for mercy.
"Scram! You'd best not let me see you again unless you want to die! "
Huo Ting showed no mercy. With a wave of his sleeve, a frightening energy immediately surged out. With merely a single strike, he sent Huo Yun flying. After Huo Yun ruthlessly smashed through several walls in the courtyard, he landed on the ground with serious injuries.
It must be said that this time around, Xiao Yan had escaped unscathed. Huo Ting was truly enraged in his heart. As the Huo Clan's Third Elder, he possessed a high status and authority. Yet, he had been reduced to such a sorry state by a mere brat. Not only had he failed to capture the culprit, he had even been grounded for a month. As the leader of the Huo Clan, this matter had caused him to lose all face!
"Right now, immediately, immediately, order people to go to Xuan City and inform that bastard Lin Zehong to capture that Nine Star Half Martial Emperor. This old man wants to personally 'consult' him!"
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