The Dao Seal Cultivators arranged for people to take turns searching the Underworld for statues every day.
Progress had not been particularly fast at first.
But after the [Sky Patrol Magic Treasure] blasted away a third of the city, their progress suddenly picked up considerably.
Well... at least they no longer needed to search a third of the area.
Because everything in that third of the area had been sliced apart and destroyed.
Moreover, although the entire city quickly returned to normal after the [Sky Patrol Magic Treasure]'s strike, considerable turmoil broke out in the meantime.
Amid that series of upheavals, Ruo Jinghong and the others finally discovered traces of the Western Ghost Emperor/Western Divine Emperor statues.
At the mansion:
Ma Qingqiu said animatedly, "When I was chatting with the mistress of a mansion, she said that many people in her household worshipped a strange idol."
As he spoke, he recounted the size and shape of the idol the mistress had described.
"I sneaked a look at the statues. They were almost exactly like what you described."
Wang Quan nodded. "All right, got it!"
Ma Qingqiu blinked. "Fellow Daoist, when do we make our move?"
Wang Quan thought for a moment, then looked at Ruo Jinghong. "What about your information?"
Ruo Jinghong's information was much the same as Ma Qingqiu's; she had also discovered the statues in a mansion.
Every living being in that mansion worshipped that statue.
"Fellow Daoist, what do we do next?"
Wang Quan said, "What I'm looking for is a special statue."
"This statue makes ghosts, monsters, and descendants of ghost gods want to claim it for themselves."
"They would never bring the statue out to share with outsiders."
"We need to find a way to trace the source of the statues they worship."
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