During this period of time, a shocking piece of news quickly spread among the human race's great powers, causing a huge commotion.
The Zhishou Tower of the Southern Region had "dispatched troops" on a large scale, sweeping through the fourteen prefectures of the Southern Region, wiping out the branches of the Southern Region's Hades.
The speed of their actions and the brilliance of their accomplishments were all unprecedented. This greatly shocked many cultivators who knew about the implications of this matter.
Even more knowledgeable people weren't shocked by Zhishou Tower's accomplishments, but rather by the source of their information.
The branches of the Hades in the fourteen prefectures had been wiped out in a single day. The amount of information needed to support this was unimaginable.
How could the cultivators of the Hades, who had always acted cautiously, reveal such a huge flaw without any major operations?
All of this was a mystery that no one could understand.
The various great powers immediately used their own methods to investigate the inside story and the truth.
The details weren't that easy to find, but they weren't that difficult to find either.
As such, the various great powers quickly obtained two names.
Lu Qingshan and Dantai Qingrun.
One was a cultivator of the Spring Embroidery, and the other was the most powerful cultivator of the Fourth Realm who had been killed by a cultivator of the Hades.
Not long after, another one of the two names was eliminated.
Compared to Dantai Qingrun being the one who provided the information, the possibility of Lu Qingshan being the one behind the scenes was obviously higher.
After all, if a cultivator of the Spring Embroidery could do this, then Zhishou Tower's Elder would have been wiped out.
Here came another question.
Then how did Lu Qingshan obtain such confidential information?
Did he discover it himself?
Impossible. How could a single Lu Qingshan accomplish something that even Zhishou Tower couldn't?
Then this information should have come from the power behind him.
Was it the Sword Sect … or Xia Daoyun's branch?
If it came from the Sword Sect, then how could the overlord of the Eastern Region's Sword Sect have such a deep grasp of the Southern Region's information? When did the Sword Sect become so powerful?
If it came from Xia Daoyun's branch, then they had to reevaluate their assessment. In their eyes, Xia Daoyun's branch was the weakest of the Great Xia Kingdom's Imperial Family.
To be able to provide such intelligence, the other party must have a deep background...
Moreover, if Lu Qingshan really represented Xia Daoyun's faction, didn't that mean that Xia Daoyun was trying to rope in Zhishou Tower?
It was complicated.
.....
Southern Region, Hades Headquarters.
"Who can tell me what's going on?" A low and deep voice with unconcealable anger sounded in the hall.
"Ge Province, Ning Province … A total of fourteen provinces have been wiped out by the Zhishou Tower, including the Northern Province branch. That was an important branch of ours. Not only was it a breeding ground for 'human' cultivators, it was also a breeding ground for Yin Chi. Yet, it was wiped out just like that!
The loss this time has destroyed nearly a thousand years of painstaking effort and accumulation! "
The leader of the Southern Domain's Hades, Manor Lord Ziren, exuded a dark, ruthless aura. His rage spread out in all directions, suppressing the other cultivators of the Hades in the main hall.
Everyone was trembling with fear, not daring to speak.
"What the hell is going on? How was the information leaked?
If it were only one or two branch palaces, it could still be considered an accident. However, this is the branch palaces of fourteen provinces! " Manor Lord Ziren's voice still echoed in the main hall. He questioned, "Then, are the locations of our other provinces' branch palaces in their hands as well?"
It had to be known that their Southern Domain's Hades lineage only had twenty-four provincial-level branch palaces.
The blow this time couldn't even be described as a serious injury. It was basically the same as peeling off half of their skin.
"Manor Lord …" Finally, a cultivator of the Hades answered carefully. "According to the information from the headquarters, this time, someone provided information about our provincial branch palaces to Zhishou Tower …"
"Someone provided information?" Manor Lord Ziren sucked in a deep breath. He asked coldly, "Who is it?! To have such ability, could it be a great cultivator of the Heaven's Secrets Temple? "
According to his understanding, only the mystical Spirit Cultivators of the Heaven's Secrets Temple could have such ability.
"It's … Lu Qingshan." The cultivator of the Hades who answered him, Zheng Yi, stammered.
"Lu Qingshan?" When Manor Lord Ziren heard this familiar name, his mind couldn't help but freeze. "Which Lu Qingshan?"
"It's that Lu Qingshan whom the Life Demanding Division sent out a Divine Transformation cultivator to kill, but it ended in failure …" Zheng Yi vaguely felt that his words had offended his Manor Lord. His voice was trembling slightly, and his heart was filled with bitterness. He was truly unlucky.
"It's him …" Manor Lord Ziren sucked in a deep breath. His heavy breathing reverberated in the air.
A moment later, he said, "Even if it's him, can anyone tell me how a Level Four cultivator like him knows so much confidential information about the Hades?"
"Manor Lord, that Lu Qingshan is now a Level Five cultivator …"
Zheng Yi continued, "Also, there's another piece of news from the headquarters. After they seriously investigated this person, they discovered that whether it was the Corpse Puppet Rebellion or the Demon Spirit Cemetery, there were traces of this person's involvement. Moreover, he played an important role in all of them. They even said that …"
Zheng Yi raised his head and glanced at Manor Lord Ziren. His words trailed off.
"What else did they say?" Manor Lord Ziren asked coldly. His gaze was cold.
"They even said that Lu Qingshan had interfered with our plans time and time again, but we never noticed his existence until now. Now that we've made such a huge mistake, they're the ones who have to remind us …" Zheng Yi said carefully.
In truth, the words from the headquarters were much sharper than his own. "Are all the Hades of the Southern Mountain Range trash? Lu Qingshan has disrupted your plans time and time again, but you didn't notice his existence at all? "
Manor Lord Ziren was silent for a long time. The darkness in his eyes deepened.
The accusation from the headquarters had undoubtedly caused Manor Lord Ziren, who was already in a bad mood, to feel even more depressed.
Also, where did Lu Qingshan get his hands on this information?
This was a question that he couldn't figure out.
When he learned that the 14 provinces had been wiped out, the first thing he did was to check on the work done in the Manor in recent years. He wanted to see if there were any loopholes, but he couldn't find anything.
They had always been cautious in their work.
Then, he investigated the higher-ups of the Hades several times. He wanted to see if anyone had betrayed the Hades.
However, he didn't find any traitors.
He couldn't find any traces of information leaks.
This was the scariest part.
This was because the enemy's method of obtaining information was still unknown.
He weighed his options in his heart.
After several dozen breaths of silence, Manor Lord Ziren finally made up his mind. He slowly said, "Pass down my orders. Have the other Branches of the Southern Mountain Range migrate immediately."
This was not a simple decision.
Migrating them was not as simple as it seemed.
Not only would migrating the Branches of the Southern Mountain Range lose their concealment effect, they would also expose many things. It was equivalent to disregarding hundreds or thousands of years of investment.
If it weren't for the fact that he had no other choice, he wouldn't have made this choice.
Then, a deep killing intent radiated from Manor Lord Ziren's body. The cultivators of the Hades present felt a chill in their hearts.
"Also, do your best to search for Lu Qingshan's whereabouts." Manor Lord Ziren's voice grew deeper and hoarser. "Then, kill him. There's no need to worry about any losses. It's fine as long as we can kill him. This kid …"
"He's an enemy of the Hades. We can't stay here for long!"
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