At a sentry post in the southeast of Fang Tai's encampment, there were more than twenty cultivators surrounding it. Under the guidance of a capable cultivator, they were carefully inspecting their surroundings.
At this moment, someone said, "Xuan Zheng is here."
Everyone raised their heads and saw several streaks of light flying towards them from the horizon. In a few breaths' time, these streaks of light arrived and stopped. Zhang Yu walked out of the light, followed by Wan Ming and Shi Yue.
The capable cultivator hurriedly greeted him and respectfully said, "Xuan Zheng."
Zhang Yu glanced at the sentry post and said, "I already know about the situation. What's the situation now?"
The cultivator said, "Reporting to Xuan Zheng, we haven't found the six disciples yet. There's also no trace of them in the surroundings. They seem to have disappeared into thin air." He hesitated for a moment. "Perhaps they left on their own."
At this moment, Shi Yue said, "Xuan Zheng, Fellow Daoist Wen Liang and I both participated in the sentry post. None of us are facing the same direction. There's also one person who's only responsible for guarding the Glazed Jade. Even if someone used an illusion technique on the Wilderness, it's impossible for them to fall into a trap at the same time. On the contrary, they'll be alerted."
Zhang Yu said, "Let's go in and take a look." He immediately stepped forward and walked into the sentry post. Everyone hurriedly followed him.
Once inside, he took a look at his surroundings.
In order to have enough space to move and defend, these sentry posts in the Wasteland were relatively large. They were about seventy to eighty feet in length and width, and about sixty feet in height. They were divided into three levels, and one-third of them were underground. The spiraling stone steps leaned against the thick walls, and everything inside could be seen at a glance.
There were a total of two Glazed Jades used for communication. There was one on top and one on top, but they weren't damaged at all.
After taking a few glances, his eyes flashed slightly. Then, six blurry figures appeared in front of him like smoke. Each of them was guarding their own position, and everything seemed normal.
However, a change occurred very quickly. Very suddenly, the six people fell down almost simultaneously. Then, all of their bodies floated up from the ground and suddenly disappeared.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye, and no one had the time to react.
Zhang Yu pondered for a moment and walked around the area where they were. Then, he looked at the stone wall of the sentry post. There were many faint claw marks that emitted spiritual light in places that originally had no marks. The owner of the claw marks had a blurry body, but it wasn't large. It looked like a creature that was crawling on all fours.
It could be seen that the claw marks came in from the eastern outpost, and then went out from the western outpost, extending into the depths of the wilderness.
He came to the edge of the opening and with a thought, the Cicada Sword on his body turned into light and flew in that direction. He opened his mouth and said, "Dao Friend Shi, get a few people to follow them."
Shi Yue nodded and turned around to give orders before leading several cultivators to chase after the flying sword.
After about half an hour, a sword light flew over. Zhang Yu stretched out his hand and caught it, returning it to the scabbard. Then, he saw Shi Yue and the others returning.
Shi Yue clasped his hands at him. He looked serious and said, "Xuan Zheng, I found them." He gestured and the six skeletons that were supported by the Heart Light were brought up.
Everyone's expression turned cold. The six skeletons' flesh and blood had turned into nothingness, but their clothes were still intact. Not a single item was missing from their bodies.
Shi Yue said, "They were buried three feet underground. They were buried very deep, but there were no traces of excavation around them. It was as if they were sent in out of thin air."
Zhang Yu's gaze focused for a moment before he said, "After verifying their identities, let their teachers and relatives bring the corpses back."
After giving his instructions, he stayed at the sentry post for another half of summer before returning.
After returning to the encampment, Zhang Yu ordered Daoist Wan Ming to come over and told him the general situation, "According to the current situation, the person who did this should be a cultivator. This person should be proficient in the Art of Transformation, and his cultivation is definitely not low. If he blindly targets our outer sentry posts, then it will be difficult for us to guard against him. So, I have decided to withdraw all the sentry posts thousands of miles away."
He then said to a cultivator who was in charge of taking notes, "Help me inform Mister Chang that the matter of building the military base will be delayed a little."
The cultivator nodded in agreement.
Daoist Wan Ming thought for a moment and said, "Xuan Zheng, if the sentry posts are withdrawn, what should we do if there are any strange movements at Shuang Continent? “
Zhang Yu said, "There is no need to worry about this. With fellow Daoist Cao at the front to observe the movements of Shuang Continent, there will not be any problems. Leave some creations outside the sentry posts, and let one or two fellow Daoists be responsible for patrolling the perimeter every day. Even if the people of Shuang Continent appear, we will be able to react."
Daoist Wan Ming also nodded. From the actions of the Tenki-in Hall, it was clear that the two prefectures were about to launch an attack on Shuang Continent. It was obvious that the war in the north was going smoothly.
Normally, Shuang Continent should be thinking about how to shrink and protect themselves at this time, and it was unlikely that they would waste their strength on meaningless things.
Just as the two were discussing, a disciple came to report that Daoist Xing Chuan was asking for an audience.
Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Invite fellow Daoist Xing Chuan in."
Not long after, Daoist Xing Chuan came in. He cupped his hands towards Zhang Yu and said, "Xuan Zheng, I just went to the sentry posts to investigate. Those methods were cruel and vicious. I dare to conclude that the person who did this is an evil cultivator. If this person is not eliminated, who knows how many disciples will be injured. I have specially come to ask Xuan Zheng for permission to kill this person!"
Zhang Yu did not immediately respond. There were many evil cultivators in the Wasteland, and he was aware of it.
This person's cultivation method was nothing more than killing and plundering. However, as long as they did not slaughter the people of Tianxia, and only targeted the spiritual creatures and monsters, they could be considered to be somewhat useful.
After the unification of Xuanfu, these evil cultivators avoided the places where the other cultivators were as much as possible, and never dared to show their faces in front of them. Therefore, although this person was suspicious, he did not think that this matter was related to him.
Daoist Wan Ming said at this time, "Fellow Daoist Xing Chuan, please do not be impatient. This matter is not so simple."
Daoist Xing Chuan said without any trace of politeness, "What? Does Fellow Daoist Wan Ming want to exonerate these evil cultivators? "
Daoist Wan Ming said, "Fellow Daoist said that this is the work of evil cultivators, but what is the purpose of this person? Is it just to provoke us? So that we can make a move on him? "
Daoist Xingchuan snorted. How could he not see these suspicious points? However, in his opinion, there was no need to consider so much. Regardless of whether this matter was done by an evil cultivator or not, it would not be wrong to kill this person.
Daoist Wan Ming said, "Fellow Daoist Xing Chuan, now that there is a war in the North, we still need to guard against the Frost Continent. If someone deliberately provokes us to fight with the evil cultivators, we must not be led by the nose."
Just as they were talking, another disciple came in, cupped his hands and handed over a document, saying, "Xuan Zheng, this is the report that was just sent."
Zhang Yu took it and looked at it. After a while, he put it down and said, "Fellow Daoists, please follow me."
Half a summer later, the three of them walked into a hundred-foot crater above the Wasteland. In the centermost position, there was an altar, and around the altar, there were piles of many spiritual creatures' skeletons.
When the surrounding cultivators saw them come in, they all came up to greet them.
Zhang Yu asked, "When did you find it?"
The leading cultivator said, "Reporting to Xuan Zheng, in the past few days, we have always seen cultivators flying over the top. Because the flying direction was all from the east to the west, at first, we thought it was the true cultivators of the Wasteland, but later, we found that this person was always going to the same place, so we became suspicious.
Last night, in the middle of the night, we found a blood-red light rising in the Wasteland. After sending a report, we first came to investigate, and finally found this place. "
Daoist Xing Chuan took a few steps forward and swept his sleeve. The ashes in the middle of the altar drifted away, and a groove could be seen below, with a layer of dark traces inside.
He looked up and said, "Xuan Zheng, it's a blood sacrifice! This must be the work of those evil cultivators! "
Zhang Yu glanced at it. It was indeed the traces of a blood sacrifice. Looking at the situation, this altar was built in the past few days.
Evil cultivators mostly cultivated by devouring living creatures to replenish themselves, and blood sacrifice was the most cruel method. It was to extract the life essence of living creatures, and then use it to cultivate or refine treasures.
The blood sacrifice was bound to use intelligent living creatures. The more the living creatures that came from the same origin as the cultivator, the more suitable they were to be used as a catalyst for the blood sacrifice. The more of them there were, the greater the harvest.
There was no doubt that Tianxia's people must be among them.
When it came to such matters, it was impossible for him to turn a blind eye.
He said, "Blood sacrifice is against the rules of Xuanfu. Previously, I had ordered Fellow Daoist Si Wu Zhang to secretly investigate the cave abodes of these evil cultivators. Fellow Daoist Xing Chuan, you and Fellow Daoist Si will do this together. If you lack manpower, you can tell me."
Daoist Xing Chuan cupped his hands and said solemnly, "Yes, Xuan Zheng."
After Zhang Yu gave his instructions, he glanced forward. In an instant, a bright starlight flashed past. When he looked again, the entire altar, including the skeletons of the living creatures around it, had turned into a pile of dust.
He asked the remaining cultivators to clean up and walked out of the crater.
Daoist Wan Ming walked over and said, "Xuan Zheng, this matter is very strange. This place is more than a hundred miles away from where the cultivators saw it. Even if there was light during the blood sacrifice, it is impossible for it to shine so far away. Moreover, these evil cultivators must have concealed themselves. Someone must have deliberately led them here."
Zhang Yu nodded. He could feel that what happened here was not separate from what happened at the sentry post. Someone must have deliberately led them to think that it was the evil cultivators.
The other party's purpose was not clear, but he would not bind his hands and feet because of this. He would do what he should do. As long as he did not reveal too many flaws and did not give the other party a chance to take advantage of him, there would be no hindrance.
At this moment, in the sky above the crater, a young man with red eyes and white skin stood there. He wore a Daoist robe embroidered with peony patterns. He looked down for a while, turned around, and disappeared again.
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