Investigation, Part 1

Who are you people?!

Xiang Tiantong. But no one responded.

He also saw the Black-Clad Man climbing up the grappling hooks.

Many of them were incredibly agile, clearly far beyond the reach of ordinary fighters.

With just a casual glance, Xiang Tiantong discovered that at least four of them were experts at the Entering the Ranks.

One of them was even High Grade, exceeding the Sixth Grade. With a casual move, crew members fell one after another.

Moreover, the number of this group far exceeds that of the Golden Wing Tower members on the ship.

Black Eagle had already engaged in combat with his opponent, but they were on completely different levels, and he could only rely on his agility to maneuver. It seemed that he would be defeated soon.

Xiang Tiantong's expression changed slightly. Sensing that things were not going well, he picked up the note and turned to rush towards a safe side of the ship.

Bang.

He stomped heavily on the gunwale with his toes, using the momentum to leap out.

The azure sea below, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, is as clear as jade.

Whoosh! Just then, a black grappling hook shot out from behind and snagged his ankle.

A force pulled him back sharply.

Xiang Tiantong slashed the grappling hook with a backhand stroke, but his body had already been pulled back.

He turned around and saw a slender woman with black hair in a single ponytail carrying a sword, nocking an arrow and aiming at him.

Swoosh! The arrow transformed into a black line, shooting towards his chest, even emitting a sharp whistle in mid-air.

These were clearly specially made arrows, and they possessed tremendous power.

Xiang Tiantong's expression turned solemn. He spun around and narrowly avoided the arrow before it was launched.

The arrow grazed past him and missed.

His robes suddenly unfurled on his back, billowing like sails as he glided away into the distance.

Zhang Zhenhai on the ship fired another arrow.

With three sharp whistles, the three arrows missed their mark again, easily dodged by Xiang Tiantong's agile and exaggerated movements.

"What amazing movement skills!" A hint of amazement flashed in Zhang Zhenhai's eyes.

She threw down her bow and arrows, leaped over the ship's railing, and plunged into the sea, preparing to swim after him.

That person clearly looks important; we absolutely cannot let him escape! Whoosh!

A splash of water.

Xiang Tiantong stepped ashore from the wild coast, glanced around, and then ran away at breakneck speed into the distance.

The fact that the other party dared to attack him at the port shows that staying in Citong is no longer safe for him.

Therefore, we must leave this place as soon as possible, hide ourselves, and ensure our safety!

Suddenly, his skin stung. He looked to his right and saw a burly, Shadow that had appeared on the once desolate, rocky beach.

"Can you tell me where the people you caught are?"

The Shadow raised its face, revealing Jet Black Mask.

There was a vertical line on the center of the mask's brow, which seemed to be from the old Golden Wing Tower mask, where the Silver Thread had been scraped off.

Xiang Tiantong's heart tightened. Without saying a word, he activated the Golden Roc Secret Record movement technique, suddenly turned, and rushed to the left.

"Such fast movement."

Zhang Rongfang watched as the other person changed direction and sprinted away without hesitation, his eyes filled with admiration.

This kind of movement technique is even better than that of ordinary Super Grade, and its agility is extremely high.

"If it were someone else, you might have been able to escape, but..."

Streams of blood and energy surged violently into his legs, circulating and pulsating in a complex and wondrous manner.

Shrink Step.

"Critical State."

"Heavy Mountain!!"

Boom! In an instant, the ground cracked open.

Zhang Rongfang's muscles swelled and turned red as he lunged forward.

A black line suddenly flashed across the beach, brushing past Xiang Tiantong.

Bang! The Flying Dagger broke apart, and the broken blade spun and flew to the ground.

Zhang Rongfang stopped and turned to look at Xiang Tiantong had also stopped.

"Sorry, I hit you a little too hard. I didn't expect you to be so weak."

Pfft! A huge gash split open on the side of Xiang Tiantong's waist.

Blood spurted out.

"You!?" He stared at Zhang Rongfang with a ferocious expression.

In that instant, he reacted in time and used the Flying Dagger in his hand to block it.

Unfortunately, the opponent's strength far exceeded his expectations.

The Flying Dagger broke, and his side was also pierced through from the front.

Even more bizarrely, why are there no marks on his hands at all?!

Under such high speed and immense force.

Hand clashed with knife, but the knife broke?! No, this is Hard Skill and Eagle Claw Skill!? In an instant, Xiang Tiantong suddenly understood that everything was destined from the moment he received the information about the Daoist Daozi of the Great Dao Sect colluding with the Rebel Sect.

"You think killing us... will keep us hidden?! Just wait. Someone will avenge us, someone will..."

Before he could finish his last words, Xiang Tiantong knelt down, collapsed forward, and breathed his last.

Zhang Rongfang walked forward, pondering what the man had just said.

"Revenge?"

He narrowed his eyes.

"In the entire Citong, who else can avenge you? Who dares to avenge you?"

His gaze swept over a distant reef, where a hidden gaze, like a startled deer, quickly turned away.

But it was no use; soon, a series of Shadow rapidly approached from afar.

The owner of that hidden gaze immediately tried to run, but it was too late. They were quickly grabbed and dragged away.

"Young Master!" Zhang Zhenhai, soaking wet, emerged from the seawater and came to the side, looking at the corpse on the ground.

"I made a mistake." Zhang Rongfang shook his head slightly. "Seeing his extremely strong movements, I thought his strength was also Super Grade, but I didn't expect him to be just an ordinary Ninth Grade. I hit him a little too hard and killed him directly."

Furthermore, this person's previous remarks suggested that this intelligence might not be known only to them. Have you uncovered any leads?

"We have a lead," Zhang Zhenhai said in a deep voice. "We have captured White Eagle of the Golden Wing Tower. According to him, since the Golden Wing Tower joined the Western Sect, all slightly important intelligence must be copied and sent to the local Western Sect leader at the same time."

"The Western Sect?" Zhang Rongfang frowned as well.

The fact that the Western Sect was able to drag the Eastern Sect down and completely destroy it demonstrates its formidable strength.

If there is one civilian force in the Great Ling that he least wants to clash with, it is none other than the Western Sect.

But now, "Is this really true?" he asked in a deep voice.

"It's true, we killed five people, interrogated twelve, and their testimonies are consistent!" Zhang Zhenhai said coldly, a hint of ruthlessness in his voice.

"Where is the Western Sect of the Citong?" Zhang Rongfang asked after a moment of silence.

"It's Sea Gazing Temple!" Zhang Zhenhai looked at Zhang Rongfang with worry. "Young Master, what should we do now?! My Foster Father has made arrangements. If needed, we can send assassins to kill you. If we can clear your name of suspicion, I am willing to die for you!"

During this time, all those who Rebel Sect saw a glimmer of hope rising in Zhang Rongfang.

His progress in strength is astonishing; now even the strongest leader cannot force him to unleash his full power.

For the members of the Rebel Sect, he is the true dawn of a future where they can avenge everyone and overthrow the Worship God Warriors!

Zhang Rongfang was deeply moved as he looked at the girl who had remained loyal to him from beginning to end.

He reached out and gently touched the other person's soft cheek beneath the mask.

"Suspicion? This is Citong, not Great Capital, and certainly not True Buddha Temple."

"As long as all those in the know are dealt with, everything will be fine."

"Young Master!?" Zhang Zhenhai's pupils contracted as he understood the true meaning behind those words.

*** Sea Gazing Temple in the Western Sect.

The abbot of Sea Gazing Temple was Zen Master Wangshu of the Western Sect, Kong Xiang.

Kong Xiang came from True Buddha Temple and was a senior monk of the Kong Generation, second only to the Yuan Generation.

This person possesses extraordinary strength, but is also ugly and has a violent temper. Even within the True Buddha Temple, he is one of the most unpopular individuals.

So they were simply thrown into Citong to be responsible for selecting overseas beauties for the Sixteen Heavenly Demons Dance.

At this time Sea Gazing Temple.

Kong Xiang had two slender young women in his arms, and all three of them were completely naked.

Several women were dancing gracefully in the main hall below.

However, these women were also not wearing any clothes.

Some women had tears in their eyes, but they had to try their best to maintain their dance posture.

The most striking difference is that none of the women have black hair or black eyes; some have red hair, some have blonde hair, and some have Flaxen-Haired Woman.

Eye colors include blue, purple, and brown, but not black.

"Loosen up your movements! Lift your legs higher! Damn it, you guys are nowhere near as good as the last batch!" Kong Xiang grabbed the girl next to him, his face full of dissatisfaction.

"The beauty of dance! Do you even understand what beauty is? Do you even understand what Zen is? Huh??"

"Are you guys deliberately trying to make me lose face at the end of the year?!"

The woman below trembled and turned pale from the shouting.

Several of them had already been dragged to be cut up and eaten as a snack because they had deliberately gone through the motions. They were cut up over a hundred times and died screaming in agony.

The Kong Xiang Temple was staffed with over a hundred Martial Monks, many of whom were highly skilled, and the defenses were extremely tight.

The purpose was to import goods from abroad through this Ci Tong Port and send them to the Great Capital for the enjoyment of the Noble of the Spirit Person.

Looking at the inferior goods before him, Kong Xiang frowned, about to unleash his anger once more.

"Abbot! Abbot! Urgent report!"

A dark-skinned monk with a face full of scars trotted in, glanced greedily at the group of naked women inside, and then handed the note in his hand to Kong Xiang.

"Urgent report?" Kong Xiang suppressed his anger, knowing that his subordinates usually wouldn't dare to disrupt his training at a time like this unless it was something particularly important.

Moreover, this is a crucial moment for selecting goods to be sent to the Great Capital.

After taking the note, Kong Xiang quickly scanned its contents.

I don't really care at first.

"Um?!"

Suddenly he realized what was happening, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he carefully read through the text again, word by word, to make sure he hadn't misread it or misjudged it.

"The intelligence was sent by the Golden Wing Tower?" he asked with a grave expression.

"Exactly! And it was even urgently encrypted; Golden Wing Tower used the most discreet channels to deliver it!" the dark-skinned monk replied respectfully.

"Interesting. I never expected that Daozi of the Great Dao Sect would have such an ambiguous relationship with a traitor."

Judging from Zhang Ying's past qualifications, he was originally from the Golden Wing Tower, and his unclear relationship with the Rebel Sect might mean he was one of the three major Human Seed of the Eastern Sect back then.

He paused for a moment, then squinted in thought.

"In that case, have someone make thirty copies of this note immediately and send them to the Head Temple by carrier pigeon! Also, find a good place to hide those two Rebel Sect who were sent here," Kong Xiang said with a grin.

"Yes!"

"Disperse, disperse!" Kong Xiang pushed away the two women beside him with a large hand. Interrupted by this matter, he immediately lost interest in continuing.

The dark-skinned monk quickly went downstairs to find someone to copy the intelligence.

Suddenly, the temple gate slammed shut with a muffled thud.

From the direction of the gatekeeper, a series of screams from monks and Martial Monks drifted over.

"Enemy attack!! Someone has broken into the temple!!"

A monk's angry roar came from the front courtyard of Sea Gazing Temple.