There was no helping it. Chao Jing had vanished without a trace, dead or alive unknown, and whether Ding Wei's judgment was right or wrong was equally unclear. At first glance, there were people who could prove that Chao Jing's disappearance had nothing to do with Niu Youdao.
Yet other matters had come to light. Niu Youdao supposedly knew the inside details of the trial; he also frequently broke away from the group and, to this day, had not killed a single Demon Fox. That was highly abnormal, plainly suspicious, and worth investigating further.
Besides, whether Chao Jing's disappearance had anything to do with Niu Youdao still had to wait until Niu Youdao himself could be found and questioned.
But finding Niu Youdao now would not be easy. They could only search while waiting to see whether he would appear at the next meeting point.
"Yes!" His subordinates accepted the order and carried it out.
After that, they lit a bonfire. They had been busy from dusk until now, and night had already fallen.
With people from Misty Pavilion keeping watch beside them, the trial participants here did not dare make a sound throughout the night. All was utterly still...
At daybreak the next day, Fu Hua and the others did not know whether they should continue hunting Demon Foxes. Xuan Yao, however, urged them to continue. He did not let this investigation delay the trial competition, but warned them not to leak what he had questioned them about. If discovered, they would be severely punished.
Fu Hua and the others obediently accepted the order and left. After learning where they would meet today, Xuan Yao led his men away to continue searching for Niu Youdao's trail. They could not simply sit and wait; the search would not stop...
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