With their investigation yielding nothing, Zhou Minghua and the others soon left the Azure Cloud Sect, seemingly no longer harboring any interest in what had happened there.
For the Azure Cloud Sect, this was undoubtedly a good outcome. After making a perfunctory show of asking them to stay and being refused, the sect immediately prepared to see them off.
Once they departed, the alert inside and outside the Fang Residence was lifted. There was naturally no longer any need for so many guards on patrol, so the sect withdrew them, preparing to send them back to their original posts to await orders.
The surroundings of Fang Qianyuan's residence seemed to have returned once more to their former tranquility.
But Fang Qianyuan had made some progress in cultivating his past body. Having witnessed past events through the investigative methods of the Time Dao, he knew of Zuo Da and Zuo Er's existence.
He was deeply wary of these two men, who appeared and vanished like ghosts. Determined to discover their names and purpose, he naturally would not lower his guard over this.
This appearance of calm waters and gentle winds was merely a facade he and the sect had carefully coordinated to put on for others.
Beyond the eyes of ordinary people, the Azure Cloud Sect had instead tightened its defenses and brought the might of a great sect to bear on investigating the two men's backgrounds.
Based on what Fang Qianyuan knew of them, both were Earth Rank experts. No Earth Rank expert appeared out of thin air, and that gave them a direction to pursue.
Before long, they really did uncover a lead.
"These two are orphans of the Zuo Clan. They benefited from the Spirit Taming Sect's protection and achieved success in cultivation, advancing to Earth Rank ten