Next, Elder Long spoke with Fang Qianyuan about the interrogation of Jiao Zhong and the repairs to the Mystic Dragon Pagoda.
He learned that Jiao Zhong had been dispatched by a mysterious mighty expert among the Demon Alliance's upper ranks who was closely associated with Wu Lianyi. The orders had been issued in another senior figure's name, making the whole affair rather mysterious.
The Mystic Dragon Pagoda, meanwhile, belonged to a separate legacy. The Azure Cloud Sect had mobilized its resources to investigate all eighteen generations of Pagoda True Person Fei Youzhou's ancestors, leaving nothing unclear. That part truly did seem to be a coincidence.
They could essentially confirm that the purpose of this expedition had indeed been to secure the Head of the Shi Family and the others in order to build a Demon-Refining Workshop.
The revelations made to him by the Artifact Spirit inside the Mystic Dragon Pagoda, on the contrary, seemed to have been an accident.
But the sect would never let this accident pass lightly. Once they thought deeply about it, far too many people and factions were implicated, and the truth behind it was far too important!
For this reason, the sect's senior leadership had already activated its emergency communication channels and contacted the Artifact Sect in Central Province. They intended to investigate the matter, which could very well lead to a series of collaborations, or even a deeper alliance!
After all, the Artifact Sect carried on the Spirit Venerable's legacy. Like the Supreme Heaven Sect, it had every incentive to pursue the matter to the very end.
And the Supreme Heaven Sect and the Artifact Sect might represent the two paths of the Pan Clan and the Spirit Venerable respectively. Whoever grasped the truth would have a better chance of recognizing the Hidden Treasury's