Conflict

"Federation Holy Lord, Chen Xia."

Chen Xia did not hide his identity.

His gaze blazed like fire as he said, "Are you from the Mysterious Heaven Sect, sir?"

"Hm? You know me?" Elder Yu frowned.

"No."

Chen Xia said, "But I recognize the clothes you wear."

He had previously seen two inner disciples of the Mysterious Heaven Sect. The cloud patterns on their robes resembled flames, a distinctive design. The patterns worn by those two stewards, as well as Elder Yu before him, all bore similarities.

The only difference was that, compared to before, Elder Yu did not have a small sword insignia embroidered on the right side of his chest. Instead, there was a small silver triangular cauldron.

This was the emblem of a Mysterious Heaven Sect elder, though it was Chen Xia's first time seeing it.

When Elder Yao of the Mysterious Heaven Sect had come before, he had not worn sect robes. However, apart from telling Chen Xia that Elder Yu would come to investigate the matter, Elder Yao had also described the man's specific appearance and certain details of the sect robes.

Judging from the other man's age and the cultivation aura Chen Xia sensed, there could be no mistake. This was Elder Yu.

However, Chen Xia would not reveal too much to him, lest Elder Yao be suspected of leaking sect information, which would be detrimental to him.

After all, Elder Yao had shown him a kindness by informing him in advance.

Though Chen Xia did not know why Elder Yao had done so.

Now that he saw Elder Yu, Chen Xia silently calculated the possible outcomes of this matter.

According to what Elder Yao had revealed, the two stewards had previously reported some information regarding the two missing disciples. Their investigation had found that