At Ma Qian's command, the disciples of Divine Wind Valley immediately sealed off the entire Purple Stream Mountain.
Nearly eight thousand miners were gathered together once more for inspection.
Ma Qian swept his gaze across the crowd and said, "The leaders of your respective factions, carefully investigate the casualties among your own teams, then count your numbers!"
At once, the leaders of the various factions—gang leaders of small gangs, sect masters of minor sects, and the like—began counting their people.
"Our Black Wolf Gang lost one man. The corpse is right here!"
"Our sect lost two people. Their bodies still haven't been found!"
Many people began reporting their losses one after another.
Seeing this, Yun Huansheng shook his head and said, "Doing this, you will never get any results. Since the other party could steal the Ghost Slaying Shadow Demon Sword without a sound, there is no way you can discover him!"
Hearing this, Feng Qijue frowned. "Then we'll inspect their Storage Rings one by one first!"
"Even if you inspect their Storage Rings, you might not find anything!"
Yun Huansheng said, "Many people possess natal spatial artifacts that can be concealed within their bodies. Once they fall, those natal spatial artifacts will shatter as well. Even if you slaughter them all, you still might not find it!"
"What do you mean by that? Are you saying I should simply give up like this?"
Feng Qijue said.
Yun Huansheng shook his head. "Earlier, the formation on Purple Stream Mountain was triggered. It was not Ziyan or me. In other words, apart from the two of us, there truly was a third person who discovered the Ghost Slaying Shadow Demon Sword!"
"What use is there in the two of you guessing back and forth?"
Ziyan curled her lips into a