The first day of the tenth month.
Qingfeng Hall had been wiped out. All five of its unnamed senior members, including the Sect Master, had died in battle. Stranger still, all five bodies had vanished.
Fortunately, Qingfeng Hall was not a famous sect. Its destruction was no great matter, at most a modest ripple in the Jianghu, something for people to discuss over meals and tea.
No one had seen what Lin Shuguang looked like. They simply assumed he was some martial arts fanatic. Even if anyone suspected a hidden secret behind it, they had no way to investigate.
Even Xie Hongzu, who had secretly slipped away amid the crowd, had no idea where the bodies of Sect Master Zhang Hehai and the others had gone. This only made him feel that Lin Shuguang was all the more strange.
So far, apart from having seen Lin Shuguang's face, he knew absolutely nothing about his identity or background.
"That man... who exactly is he?"
He went to the Demon Suppression Division in a daze and was asked about Qingfeng Hall. Xie Hongzu did not know whether he had taken leave of his senses or what, but he actually did not mention Lin Shuguang's involvement, saying only that it had been a mysterious masked man.
The Demon Suppression Division's deacon was utterly baffled.
"This is bizarre. We were hoping to use Qingfeng Hall to track down the Southern Dynasty's other bases, only for this to happen. Right, what's happening with that courtyard belonging to the Su Family?"
Xie Hongzu came to his senses and hurriedly said, "I sneaked over there this morning, but I didn't find anyone. Sir, could there have been a mistake?"
The deacon looked even more suspicious. "Strange. Just what is the Su Family up to? Keep investigating, and