After finishing his discussion with Du Shengyue, Chen Changming changed back into his original clothes. Then he and Du Shengyue returned to the inspection squad and continued patrolling with the others.
The proper appearances still had to be kept up.
Chen Changming did not want anyone to suspect him. People's hearts lay hidden behind their bellies—if someone found out that he had killed the First Ancestor, the people of the Heaven Sect would definitely come after him to settle the score.
After patrolling like this for a month, everyone finally discovered that no one on Golden Turtle Island had gone missing anymore, and they could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Could that murderer... have left?"
A member of the inspection squad guessed.
"Probably not."
Chen Changming deliberately shook his head.
People had gone missing every few days before, but now no one had vanished for an entire month. It was no wonder someone would make such a guess.
Du Shengyue blinked and suggested, "Let's keep patrolling. If no one goes missing for three months, that will mean the crisis has been resolved."
Everyone unanimously agreed.
To be honest, inspection squads like theirs could not really do much, but if they did not patrol, it would make Golden Turtle Island seem as though it was doing nothing at all.
In the blink of an eye, another two months passed.
Golden Turtle Island remained calm and peaceful, with no one disappearing.
The sect masters of the Heaven Sect and Human Sect gathered to discuss the matter. Believing that the situation was now relatively safe, they decided to disband the inspection squads.
With that, Chen Changming returned to Purple Bamboo Grove and could devote himself wholeheartedly to cultivation once more.
A year passed.
No one had gone missing on Golden