Leaving the Camp to Gain Merit Points! Annihilating Baoxiang Temple!

Zhang De panted as he hurriedly reported, "Lord Jiang! Something happened at Baoxiang Temple!"

"Recently, commoners have repeatedly reported to the authorities that after their family members went to Baoxiang Temple to offer incense, they vanished without cause—neither alive nor dead bodies to be found! At first, there were only a few cases and they received little attention, but lately the number of missing people has kept growing. There are almost new disappearances every day!"

He wiped away his sweat, his face pale. "The camp sent Gao Fei, a sixth-rank expert, to investigate. Who would have thought that after he led his men into the temple, they too vanished without a trace!"

"Yesterday, Lord Xu Yuan personally went to negotiate. Abbot Baojing took a hard line, flatly denying that there was any problem within the temple. He instead accused Gao Fei of trespassing into a forbidden area and offending the gods, saying he had been detained to 'calm his mind and reflect on his mistakes.' Lord Xu revealed his identity and demanded to search the temple and take Gao Fei back, but Baojing said..."

"What did he say?"

Jiang Bei's brows drew together.

Zhang De hurriedly replied, "Baojing said that although Lord Xu is the commander-in-chief's adopted son, he still needs evidence. Did he think he could search this thousand-year-old ancient temple based on mere rumors? Gao Fei had been detained for a reason. Without an official document granting real authority or a general arriving in person, forgive them for being unable to comply!"

Jiang Bei's expression darkened.

He had heard before that Baoxiang Temple possessed deep foundations and was one of Qingzhou's foremost powers.

He had not expected it to be this unyielding—were they taking advantage of Qingzhou Camp being beset by troubles?

Zhang De said anxiously, "Lord Xu