"Have you still not found Tang Long and the others?"
In a mountain forest, the Clear Sky Sect's Second Elder spoke to an attendant beside him.
"No, but the stewards have all gone looking. They should find them soon. Please don't worry..."
"Something terrible has happened!"
Just then, an urgent shout came from the distance.
"Second Elder, we found Tang Long and the others, but..." A middle-aged man rushed over, panting heavily, his face filled with panic.
"But what?"
The Second Elder glared. "Spit it out!"
The man's throat bobbed as he braced himself and said, "Tang Long and the others... are all dead!"
"What?!"
The Second Elder's eyes went wide.
"Tang Long is dead?"
"Yes!"
The man nodded shakily. "All seven of them. Not one survived, and the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone in Tang Long's body was dug out and taken."
Tang Long was the leading figure of the Clear Sky Sect's younger generation, as well as Tang Xiao's adopted son.
The Clear Sky Sect had practically been grooming Tang Long as its next sect master, so they had rewarded him with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as soon as he became a Soul Emperor.
Tang Long's death was a tremendous blow to the Clear Sky Sect!
It was certainly not as simple as losing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
"Who did this? I'll slaughter his entire family and make him wish he were dead!" The Second Elder's eyes turned bloodshot with rage, and he panted like an ox.
"We don't know yet, but Tang Long and the others' bodies are already being brought back."
"Mm."
The Second Elder nodded.
"Once we've determined the causes of death for Tang Long's group and the other disciples and found the killer, whoever it is will pay a terrible