After hearing this, Li Tao immediately spoke up:
"Yes, we noticed that too. We looked into it that way at first as well."
The other Dragon Group members nodded one after another. The old man leaning on a cane said:
"That's right. We searched around the palace for two days and two nights without finding a single clue. Instead, we found traces of the Ghost-Faced Roof Tile in two locations, north and west of the city, and fought it there.
And in the northern part of the city, we were trapped by its abilities.
If the captain hadn't had the Son of Heaven Sword, with its Heavenly Dipper Imperial Way Power, all of us would have been trapped to death in there."
Hearing that, my heart jolted again, and everyone else looked toward Captain Chen.
When I had heard the words "Son of Heaven Sword" earlier, I hadn't thought much of them.
Only after hearing that it possessed Heavenly Dipper Imperial Way Power did I realize that the Son of Heaven Sword was the emperor's personal sword.
Captain Chen actually had such an imperial sword as a ritual artifact? He really did have some skill.
Captain Chen offered no further explanation and merely nodded slightly.
"Yes! We've searched near the palace. There's nothing unusual there, so it was basically pointless."
Mao Jing, who had remained silent until now, stared at the map and spoke again.
"No, it matters. Searching it doesn't mean we searched it thoroughly. We'll go investigate it again today."
"Isn't that a waste of time? I think we should investigate the northern part of the city."
"Yes!"
"..."
The group was divided.
But Captain Chen directly cut off his team members and looked at Mao Jing.
"Fellow Daoist Mao, why are you so determined to keep investigating