Palace of a Thousand Mechanisms
Chapter 788

The Great Confucian

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As Sheng Dongping recounted the events one by one, the four women finally understood what had happened.

Sheng Dongping had come this time to investigate the disappearance of several Righteous Qi Sect disciples.

The Righteous Qi Sect's influence lay mainly around Hao Continent, and most of its disciples operated within the continent's borders. Naturally, quite a few also ventured out to travel and train.

It was common enough for traveling disciples to encounter danger, but there were usually limits. As mentioned before, this was an unwritten rule of Heaven's Center Realm—a form of trial for disciples. Those who could not survive such trials could only blame their own misfortune.

But trials had their limits as well. People generally would not be permitted to specifically hunt down disciples of major sects, especially important disciples.

Sheng Dongping had come because, over the past two years, quite a few Righteous Qi Sect disciples traveling abroad had vanished for no apparent reason.

If a five-percent loss had once been considered normal, and ten percent the upper limit, then over the past two years, at least thirty percent of the Righteous Qi Sect disciples who went out traveling had mysteriously disappeared. Among them were no shortage of important and talented disciples.

That had crossed the Righteous Qi Sect's bottom line.

Thus, they had sent people out to investigate, Sheng Dongping, a true disciple of the sect master, among them.

Sheng Dongping was the Righteous Qi Sect's finest disciple in recent years. At the Immaculate Realm, he could be called invincible among those of the same rank. Even when facing a Nirvana Realm cultivator, he had enough ability left to escape with his life.

Yet not long after he set out, before he had uncovered anything, he encountered the pursuit of mysterious attackers.

Moreover, no one

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