The Peak Master Disappears

Rumble!

The mountains began to shake violently, as if an earthquake had struck.

Wen Jiu turned his head and saw collapses appearing all over the red maple forest.

Everything happened so suddenly that Wen Jiu was caught off guard. Only the area around the Chen family's ancestral land remained intact.

Wen Jiu quickly brought the Black Zombie towards it and then saw cultivators flying out of the stone cave one after another.

It was the Night Patrol Division.

"Quick, quick!"

Mu Canglong was the first to fly out, holding several disciples from the Night Patrol Division at the Qi Refining Second Layer who couldn't fly with their swords.

After throwing them down, Mu Canglong quickly returned.

Following him, most of the Night Patrol Division disciples rushed out, and then the other Flying Immortal Peak disciples. Once they were back on the ground, everyone felt relieved, but their faces, still shaken, were filled with panic.

Because if they had been any slower, buried underground, even as cultivators, they wouldn't have been able to withstand the force of the collapsing earth and rocks.

As the collapses accelerated, more and more Flying Immortal Peak disciples rushed out of the underground passage.

In just over a hundred breaths.

There were already four to five hundred people.

Soon.

Wen Jiu saw Wang Nian.

Wang Nian also looked shaken, but the smile on his face couldn't hide his excitement. It was clear he had gained a lot this time. Seeing Wen Jiu in the crowd, Wang Nian immediately walked over.

"Your brother is rich!"

Wang Nian patted Wen Jiu on the shoulder.

Then he said happily, "Three remnants of the Blood Robe Tower at Qi Refining Second Layer, and one at Qi Refining Third Layer. Those three alone had over a hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones. Add to that the Peak Master's reward, and I've earned a year's worth of spirit stones in half a day!"

"Congratulations, Brother Wang," Wen Jiu said, his mind preoccupied.

Wang Nian's smile froze as he asked, "What's wrong? You don't seem right."

"It's nothing," Wen Jiu quickly adjusted. If even Wang Nian could tell, how could the spies in Flying Immortal Peak not? "I only killed a few Chen family members. My gains are far less than yours, Brother Wang."

"I told you to follow me, but you were too scared... You know, cultivation is like this, the timid starve, the bold feast," Wang Nian said cheerfully, completely forgetting that the mountains around the Chen family were still collapsing.

Before Wen Jiu could speak, Wang Nian added, "If it weren't for that damned Blood Robe Tower suddenly closing the formation and deliberately causing the collapse, I could have killed even more!"

His words were filled with excitement.

He seemed unsatisfied.

Seeing Wen Jiu's silence, Wang Nian gradually calmed down.

Soon.

Liu Xiao, Mu Canglong, and others appeared one after another.

The seven elders also rushed out of the underground passage, three of whom had weak auras, appearing to have suffered significant injuries.

Gong Chi, an elder of the Night Patrol Division, was among them.

Seeing their elder injured, the managers rushed forward, taking out healing pills from their storage bags.

"It's fine, I can still hold on," Gong Chi said. Wen Jiu felt the lingering memory in his mind explode instantly.

It was him!

It was him, most likely!

Although the voice was different from the one in the cave, the tone and manner of speaking were too familiar to Wen Jiu.

Because that night was unforgettable. He could never forget the feeling of weakness and insignificance he felt in Gong Chi's hands.

But there was still one more person.

Who was he?

Wen Jiu's gaze swept over the other six people.

But he didn't dare to look too long. He withdrew his gaze and quickly asked Wang Nian beside him, "Brother Wang, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, and I'm even planning to go back and have a child!" Wang Nian said seriously, then chuckled, "I like daughters..."

Wen Jiu nodded.

His face was filled with a smile, but his mind was racing.

He felt a vague sense of unease.

However, when he thought about the daily settlement panel's descriptions of Three Rivers Ghost Concealment and Blood Corpse Escape, knowing that the other party absolutely wouldn't be able to find anything and could only detect ghost qi, Wen Jiu felt much more at ease.

A moment later.

The collapse stopped.

Under Mu Canglong's command, Wen Jiu began clearing the battlefield, collecting the demon corpses and any remaining items from the Chen family's ancestral land.

The busyness gradually calmed Wen Jiu, shifting his thoughts from unease to the spoils of this expedition.

The essence blood was a given.

Although it was only half of what was in the blood pool, the quantity was extraordinary. As for the exact amount, he would only know after the daily settlement. However, he was certain that whether it was for cultivating Black Zombies or practicing the Yin Sha Blood Curse Body, his essence blood would last him a very long time.

Moreover, the essence blood was mixed with a considerable amount of death qi, which might even elevate his cultivation a step further.

Qi Refining Third Layer?

Most likely!

Besides that, he also obtained Chen Feng's storage bag, as well as the storage bags of three Blood Robe Tower disciples.

While clearing the battlefield and probing them with his spiritual sense, Wen Jiu found four hundred and seventy-three spirit stones alone.

Three Low-grade Spirit Tools of the first tier.

Thirty-seven Low-grade talismans of the first tier, and pills and other items worth at least a hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones.

There were also some cultivation methods and spells, which should also be quite valuable.

Among them, Chen Feng's storage bag was particularly noteworthy, as it contained an unorthodox path technique.

Blood Ghost Hand.

It originated from the Blood Robe Tower and had six levels.

This was precisely the technique Chen Feng had used to force Liu Xiao back earlier, far superior to any corpse law in the Yin Province's Corpse Raising Method. The reason was simple: it was created by the previous Blood Robe Tower master, Xue Mo San Qian.

It was one of the Blood Robe Tower's three great foundational unorthodox path techniques!

"Whether I cultivate it or sell it, it's an excellent choice," Wen Jiu mused inwardly.

In addition to these items.

Wen Jiu also found a rather strange token made of extraordinary material, bearing only two characters—Tian Zuo.

Although he didn't know its purpose, Wen Jiu dared not take it out to examine. The storage bag's function of isolating external spiritual sense meant that if someone had left a spiritual sense imprint on it, taking it out would be equivalent to exposing himself.

Therefore, it was best to hide it when no one was around, somewhere within Flying Immortal Peak that had no connection to him.

He would dig it up later when he knew its use.

Fifteen minutes later.

The Chen family's ancestral land was completely cleared, not a single item left behind.

But just as the battlefield clearing concluded, astonishing news spread among the Flying Immortal Peak disciples.

The Peak Master had not yet returned!

The managers who had been sent out to search had also returned, but there was still no trace of the Peak Master.

A thought instantly formed in everyone's minds.

Yet, everyone also felt it was impossible.

"That Blood Robe Tower remnant couldn't even withstand one move from the Peak Master, how could they possibly kill him?"

"The Peak Master is from the main peak, a direct disciple under an elder of the main peak. All his skills are top-tier techniques from the main peak, and he must also have life-saving items from the main peak's elder. How could anything happen to him!"

"Don't spout nonsense. Perhaps the Peak Master was just delayed by something. He's definitely fine."

As discussions erupted.

Gong Chi stepped forward with a grave expression, coughing out a mouthful of blood, causing those beside him to rush to support him. However, he shook off their assistance and declared resolutely, "All Night Patrol Division managers and enforcers, immediately follow this old man down the cave to search for the Peak Master!"

Following Gong Chi's command.

The other elders from various divisions also spoke up.

A group of Qi Refining Third Layer and Fourth Layer cultivators, along with seven elders, plunged back into the collapsed cave.

Wen Jiu watched this scene.

He felt it was ironic.

Elder Gong Chi was truly an actor.

With such a vivid performance just now, no matter who it was, they would probably not believe that the Peak Master's death had anything to do with him.

"No, I must participate in that assessment... I need to cultivate on the main peak. I can't stay on Flying Immortal Peak anymore."

Wen Jiu made up his mind immediately.

As for reporting Gong Chi?

Forget it.

Let alone the fact that the identity of the other person was still unknown.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't gamble his own life.

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