Was it the old residence he had seen last night?
For a moment, Lin Nan thought of many things.
By all reason, whoever had the ability to wipe out everyone in the Bao Residence should have been a martial artist at the third level of the Skin-and-Flesh Realm or above.
In the Outer City, only the hall masters—or gang leaders—of the three gangs and three sects had the ability to do that.
The question was, why would they do such a thing?
It made no sense at all.
But if it had been an evil spirit, then everything made sense. All the signs pointed to...
"Could an evil spirit have entered the Outer City?!"
A terrifying thought flashed through Lin Nan's mind.
Still, there was one point that did not add up.
Every household in the Black Dragon Outer City hung Jade Talismans. Evil spirits should have stayed far away.
With that thought, he did not linger. He quickened his pace, swiftly returned to True Yang Temple, crossed the courtyard, and headed straight for the Duty Hall north of the temple.
There were unusually many disciples in the Duty Hall today. Each hurried over to collect strips of paper bearing assignments, constantly coming and going through the entrance.
The disciples responsible for distributing assignments immediately bowed in greeting when they saw him.
"Greetings, Fourth Senior Brother!"
"Not bad. You're sharp," Lin Nan said, glancing at one of them. "Organize all the recent assignments from the Outer City and bring them to me."
"Yes, Fourth Senior Brother!"
Before long, a thick stack of document ledgers was brought over.
"So many?" Even Lin Nan was somewhat surprised.
He quickly flipped open the ledgers. Case after case passed before his eyes, the great majority occurring in the wilderness—for instance, unusual incidents involving encounters