Qin Ran asked with some curiosity, "Senior Brother Su, according to the intelligence from the mission, the three small Lineage that were slaughtered were all members of several True Immortal experts. Moreover, the Demonic Cult Sect disappeared without a trace after the massacre. Where should we start investigating?"
The difficulty of this task lies in two aspects.
The Demonic Cult disappears after killing people, and Demonic Cult are extremely adept at hiding, making them incredibly difficult to find.
Secondly, the fact that they were able to annihilate three small Lineage and nearly seven True Immortal experts shows that the Demonic Cult's strength is definitely not simple; Profound Immortal must be close to or even at the level of Profound Immortal.
Su Chen remained calm, showing no concern whatsoever. "It's alright. A mission doesn't necessarily have to be completed. If it's not completed, we can just find another mission. There's no penalty anyway."
Let's just treat this as a stroll around.
Upon hearing this, Qin Ran was jolted awake, suddenly realizing that when he received the mission, his primary motivation was to complete it flawlessly.
However, Su Chen's thoughts were completely different.
Is this the Qiudao Peak?
I should study harder.
The Disciple of the Haoran Sect now take pride in learning from Qiudao Peak, and even many Elders have been influenced by it, gradually becoming like Qiudao Peak.
The spirit of Qiudao Peak is also very useful. Being low-key can avoid many troubles, while being aggressive has its advantages, and if you are lucky, you can obtain a lot of resources.
But the element of 'luck' involved is too difficult to grasp.
How many people are lucky enough to soar to great heights?
That's far too little.
It's as rare as finding a needle in a haystack.
Originally, the Chaos Stone City was the stronghold of a large Lineage. The huge, chaotic rocks standing here were a unique sight. However, the Lineage later faced the crisis of destruction, and the place was occupied by many outsiders, eventually forming the Chaos Stone City.
The City Lord of Chaos Stone City is a powerful expert at the level of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
Whether in the Central Continent or Beidou Prefecture, even Grand Unity Golden Immortal is considered a powerful force. Beyond the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, their numbers become extremely rare.
Even among the top-tier, powerful forces, cultivators at the Primordial Golden Immortal level are only the backbone; those at the Immortal King are extremely rare.
The two of them continued walking.
Su Chen suddenly asked with some curiosity, "How many Demonic Cult are there around Chaos Stone City?"
Qin Ran paused for a moment, then thought carefully before replying, "To be precise, there are only two Demonic Cult in the entire Nine Stars Empire: the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult and the Tongyou Divine Cult. These two sects have completely different ideologies."
"The Bloodthirsty Divine Cult's doctrines are tyranny, war, and slaughter; it is a typical heinous demonic Demonic Cult. After what happened in Chaos Stone City, everyone tacitly believed it was the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult's doing, which seems to be their style of doing things."
"And then there's the Tongyou Divine Cult. Actually, their methods are similar to the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult, but their doctrines are a bit more lofty. They call themselves Tongyou Messengers, capable of guiding people down to the underworld, and they use this as an excuse to kill people everywhere."
"There are only these two Demonic Cult within the Nine Stars Empire. As for the Demonic Cult around Chaos Stone City, it's a bit harder to determine. Members of these two major Demonic Cult are elusive and can appear anywhere without warning."
Su Chen nodded; he hadn't really known much about the Nine Stars Empire before.
While at the Haoran Sect, Su Chen focused on researching how to keep a low profile and developing his own Cultivation Method. After receiving Li Yaoguang's ideas and concepts, Su Chen also considered publishing some of his own understandings within the Haoran Sect.
However, there's nothing to add regarding the idea of keeping a low profile; the books Li Yaoguang has written already contain enough information.
Su Chen, on the other hand, wanted to make some optimizations in terms of abilities, such as creating some more accessible Cultivation Method that most people could practice, instead of being limited to him.
He quickly composed himself and began to think about how to complete the mission.
For him, the difficulty lay in finding the members of the Demonic Cult.
Since Su Chen started to prefer using his brain, he generally avoids directly using absolute strength to investigate, as that would take away too much of the fun.
After all, there's still a long time Future, and he needs to wait for the system to allow him to Sign-In and obtain items or Items allow Return to the Past. If everything is too easy, it will indeed be a bit boring.
Su Chen took out the detailed information about the mission and carefully examined it, which contained a detailed record of the incident and its conclusion.
The three Lineage that were killed were the Sun family, the Zhou family, and the Gongsun Family in the city. These three Lineage were relatively small and their Lineage were not very large.
He looked at it carefully, analyzing it word by word, trying to find some useful information.
But as he looked at it, Su Chen began to feel that something was amiss.
This document contains information about three major Lineage, and they all share a common characteristic: in recent years, each of these three Lineage has produced a dazzling Heavenly Prodigy.
Could it be that the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult wants to refine these Heavenly Prodigy to strengthen itself?
This seems reasonable.
But Su Chen felt something was off; the whole thing had a strange air about it.
The strangest thing is that neither the City Lord's Mansion nor anyone else in the city seemed to care at all about the annihilation of these three Lineage. They had been in Chaos Stone City for so long, and they hadn't heard anyone talking about it.
Has everyone completely become indifferent to the massacre perpetrated by the Demonic Cult?
Or is it because of the Boulder Convention?
The once-in-a-millennium Boulder Convention is currently being held in Chaos Stone City, attracting many people from the surrounding areas. Chaos Stone City is quite lively now. If the massacre of the Demonic Cult is suppressed because of this event, it would be understandable.
Forget it, let's see what's going on first.
Since he seemed to have no ideas at the moment, Su Chen decided to go and check on the three Lineage that had been wiped out.
The gates of the three major Lineage had already been sealed off by the City Lord's Mansion's men. After glancing at them, Su Chen turned and left with Qin Ran. However, a Black Shadow flashed past his feet and entered the Sun family's territory.
The Black Shadow quickly reappeared in the Sun family. He looked around and saw that there was still a lingering smell of blood in the Sun family, faint red bloodstains on the walls, and some withered limbs that had not been cleaned up in some corners.
It seems that this really was the work of the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult.
Qin Ran had previously explained the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult's modus operandi to him, which seemed very similar to his own, but knowing this was useless; he still needed to find the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult and kill them.
However, after killing people and taking their blood, the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult does not choose to leave immediately. In order to ensure the best effect of the blood enhancement, they will refine it as soon as possible.
Therefore, based on Su Chen's guess, the Bloodthirsty Divine Cult is most likely still around Chaos Stone City.
This might also be the reason why the sect issued this mission.