Three days after Daoist Broken left, a streak of light appeared in the sky and landed in the ruined encampment.
Shi Yue looked around. Due to the disappearance of a few small cultivation bases in the Desolate Region, he was ordered by Zhang Yu to come here to investigate.
However, his expression was unsightly as he looked at the desolate scenery around him. The situation here was almost exactly the same as the other outposts that he had seen with problems before.
He investigated this place for a while, but didn't find any useful clues, so he could only leave first.
In the next half a month, he went to every immoral cultivator encampment in the wasteland. However, the other party seemed to know that he was coming, and nothing happened after that.
He was afraid that this matter was related to Shuang Province, so he wrote a letter and wrote down what he found. Then, he had a disciple bring it to Fang Tai's encampment.
After Zhang Yu received this letter, he took it seriously.
There were still more than ten days until the start of the war in the north, so he couldn't ignore anything that seemed insignificant.
However, no less than seventy people had gone missing because of this incident. Although most of them were low-level cultivators, human lives were not so simple to calculate.
Moreover, there was a fourth chapter cultivator among the missing cultivators, which meant that the person who did this was at least at this level. He couldn't help but take it seriously.
After thinking for a while, he called Daoist Wan Ming and said, "Just now, Fellow Daoist Shi sent a message saying that there are some variables in the southern region. He can't do anything alone, so I need to go here personally to deal with it. I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist here. "
Daoist Wan Ming cupped his hands and said, "Xuan Zheng, you can go without worry. Fellow Daoists and I will look after this place."
At present, they couldn't take too many people away from the encampment, so Zhang Yu only took the original Shaoming Sect Master Tang Yu and a few disciples in charge of delivering messages. They took the flying ship provided by the Tenki-in Hall encampment and headed to the southern region.
Fortunately, the journey was very smooth. The flying ship finally landed on the platform of an encampment in the wasteland.
Shi Yue was waiting at the same spot. Seeing the airship arrive, he and Li Mo came out to greet it.
When Li Mo returned to Xuanfu with Yingxiong and the others, two of them chose to stay in the continent and listen to Xuanfu's orders. However, he and Yingxiong decided to return to the Outside and set up an encampment here.
This time, when he heard that many immoral cultivator residences were destroyed, he was very worried.
He was very close to the military headquarters and had the protection of Senior Lao's body, so he wasn't afraid of ordinary enemies. However, if he were to encounter a cultivator from the fourth chapter, he wouldn't be able to resist.
After everyone greeted each other outside, Zhang Yu, Tang Yu, and the others were welcomed into the station's observation pavilion by Li Mo. He stepped into the hall, looked up at the map of the Qingyang Upper Continent hanging above and said, "Fellow Daoist Shi, what's the current situation?"
Shi Yue raised his hand in greeting and said, "Reporting to Xuan Zheng, ever since I came here, there hasn't been any movement recently. I don't know if the mastermind has left or is temporarily hiding.
However, I've already followed Xuan Zheng's instructions and arranged colored glass jades for communication in every encampment. Every day, I'll be able to detect any changes. "
Zhang Yu looked at the markings on the map. From the west to the south, there were about twenty immoral cultivator residences of various sizes. The small ones only had a dozen or so cultivators, while the large ones had hundreds of cultivators.
Before Xuanfu was united, they were like isolated islands in the ocean. They rarely met each other. Now, they came and went more often. Sometimes, they would even cooperate to deal with some difficult spiritual creatures.
Among them, there were about three largest encampments. Each of them had a cultivator from the fourth chapter. The encampment that was destroyed this time was one of them.
At this time, he asked, "Why didn't I see Fellow Daoist Ying when I came in?"
Li Mo replied, "Fellow Daoist Ying was visiting a large encampment. Later, I heard that there were incidents in several encampments. I sent a letter to him asking him to stay there for a few more days and not to rush back."
Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Shi, follow me to the large encampment where the incident happened. Fellow Daoist Tang, you stay here."
Tang Yu cupped his hands and said, "This Tang accepts the order."
After giving the order, Zhang Yu and Shi Yue left this place. After half a summer's time, they once again arrived at the destroyed encampment.
After landing here, he immediately used the Seer's Seal. After observing for a while, he found that not only did he not find any clues about the person who destroyed the encampment, but he also didn't see any traces of the cultivators who lived in the encampment. There was only an illusion of a strong wind blowing past.
Obviously, the person who did this was very cautious. He deliberately cleaned up this place again and didn't leave any clues.
However, he could still see that the person who came might have some strength, but it wasn't as great as he imagined. The person should have used some kind of special method to take down this place.
The surrounding terrain here wasn't damaged, and the buildings were also kept in good condition. This meant that this place hadn't experienced a fierce battle.
After circling around again, he confirmed that there was nothing valuable here. However, he didn't leave because of this. Instead, he stayed in place and thought about something.
After a while, he suddenly soared into the sky and arrived at the top of the sky. He looked around and finally, his gaze fell on a small hill a hundred miles away.
He sped over there and landed on the small hill in a flash. After a while, Shi Yue also landed there.
At this moment, Zhang Yu's eyes flashed slightly. In an instant, an extremely vague figure of a Daoist appeared in front of him. The person was standing here and looking into the distance. The direction he was looking at was the encampment just now.
He stared at the person for a moment. Then, he reached out and took out a pen and paper from the Purple Star Pouch. Holding the pen in his hand, he sketched the rough outline of the Daoist on the paper in an instant.
He handed this thing to Shi Yue and said, "Fellow Daoist Shi, I'll have to trouble you to copy this picture and distribute it first. Let the fellow Daoists in each encampment identify it and see if anyone knows this person." After a pause, he said again, "Send a copy to Fang Tai's encampment."
Shi Yue took the picture and cupped her hands, saying, "Xuan Zheng, don't worry. I'll definitely get this done."
After he returned, he immediately ordered the disciples to send the picture to each encampment as soon as possible.
Although the figure in the picture didn't have a face, every cultivator had a unique aura. This was especially so for cultivators with profound cultivation.
However, after more than ten days, the various encampments replied one after another through the light transmission technique, saying that they hadn't seen such a person.
Just when the clues seemed to have been cut off, a message came from Fang Tai's encampment. It was said that the two cultivators who had returned from Cheng Chang Dao Sect had identified this person as the Daoist Zhe who came from the foreign continent.
After Zhang Yu heard this news, he was slightly relieved.
It was now the seventh day of the ninth month. There were only three days left before the start of the war in the north. If there were any unexpected changes at this time, it would be very troublesome.
Although the purpose of this foreign cultivator was unknown, since this person came from the foreign continent, he should have nothing to do with Shuang Continent. Moreover, this person was from Qingyang and didn't have any capable helpers. This made it much easier to deal with him.
However, he still couldn't guess what this person's real purpose was.
He looked at the map. Now, the encampments that had been destroyed were marked on it. From the time of destruction, it could be judged that this person was moving along a route from the west to the south. It could be said that he was going straight to the large encampment, and turned a blind eye to the small encampments in other places.
Could it be that the place where there were many immoral cultivators, or the place where there were cultivators from the fourth chapter, was this person's real goal?
Now, there were only two such encampments left. He could try to arrange them.
He thought for a moment and called Shi Yue over. He carefully looked after a few words. Shi Yue nodded and immediately went to arrange it.
In an encampment less than three thousand miles away from where Zhang Yu and the others were, an ordinary looking cultivator was walking on the road. It could be seen that he was quite respected here. Anyone who saw him would take the initiative to salute him.
He seemed to have a kind temperament. No matter who it was, he would salute back. When he returned to his residence, a twisting black shadow suddenly emerged from his body. After a surge, his face twisted a few times and finally changed back to the appearance of the Daoist Zhe.
He looked at the black shadow that emerged, faintly revealing Yang Gui's angry face. He laughed and said, "You're still not obedient. However, you won't be able to last much longer."
He took out a hand seal, and the black fog surged into his body again, and he returned to his previous appearance. He had a thought in his mind. After he was done with the visualization diagram, it was time to find the next target.
He also knew that there were people tracking him down outside. He had even seen the sketch. He was also surprised that the other party was able to draw his figure so accurately.
However, he was quite confident in his divine ability. He had completely transformed into another person from the inside out. He could even clearly see the things in his memories. As long as he didn't take the initiative to expose himself and was a little more careful, then no one would be able to find out that he was the culprit.
He sat down in his room and silently cultivated. About half a day later, there was a commotion outside. Then he heard someone call out, "Is Fellow Daoist Wei here?"
He stood up and walked outside. He saw a middle-aged cultivator around fifty years old. He cupped his hands and politely said, "So it's Fellow Daoist Huang. What business do you have with me?"
The middle-aged cultivator also cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Wei, Zhang Xuanzheng just came to our encampment. He's now in the main hall and said he has something to tell us. Come with me."
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