Chapter 373 Investigating the Cause of Death and Heading to the Agency

Jiang Shengwu has been very angry recently.

First, his most trusted subordinate Shen Jiu died in Canglong Temple, and then Zhen Juncheng also disappeared.

Also missing were Shen Jiu's disciple Pei Quanan and several elders.

At first, Jiang Shengwu didn't take it too seriously. After all, Zhen Juncheng was quite capable, and with the help of other elders, it didn't seem like anything would happen.

But after waiting for more than ten days, there was still no news from Zhen Juncheng and others.

Jiang Shengwu couldn't sit still anymore, and ordered someone to check and found out that Pei Quanan was escorting the female disciple of the Nangong family home.

As for why Zhen Juncheng and others also followed, Jiang Shengwu didn't know the specific reason, but he could guess that it must be related to interests.

Jiang Shengwu was still a little angry at the time.

He thought Zhen Juncheng's behavior was really unkind.

As if he was afraid that he would get another share of the pie, he didn't even reveal any news and left without saying goodbye.

You wait for them to come back.

Jiang Shengwu secretly made up his mind to teach Zhen Juncheng and others a lesson.

Otherwise, they would take him, the owner of the building, too lightly.

But after waiting for another twenty days, Zhen Juncheng and others still did not come back.

Jiang Shengwu finally felt something was wrong.

This time he was gone for more than a month, no matter how far he was, he should come back.

Could it be that after Zhen Juncheng and others got the benefits, they did not even return to the sect and left without saying goodbye?

It shouldn't be!

You should know that Zhen Juncheng's status in Wanghai Tower is high and powerful.

Especially after Shen Jiu's death, his status has risen sharply, and he has become a leading figure in Wanghai Tower.

So no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like he is going to give up for a little benefit.

Could it be... something went wrong?

With this thought, Jiang Shengwu could no longer sit still.

Although I always feel that things will not be so bad, this is the only reason to explain why Zhen Juncheng and others have been gone for more than a month without any news.

The death of Zhen Juncheng is actually nothing. The most terrifying thing is that Jiang Shengwu doesn't know who the person who secretly attacked is.

Although Canglong Temple is the most suspicious, after the mountain was closed and the door was closed, their possibility is the smallest.

In other words, there is still a force that he doesn't know about hiding in the dark, eyeing Wanghai Tower.

If this is the case, the situation of Wanghai Tower is too dangerous.

The more Jiang Shengwu thought about it, the more serious the situation was, so he immediately led the team down the mountain and began to investigate the disappearance of Zhen Juncheng and others.

From Wanghai Tower to Nangong's house, the distance is very far, but there are not many routes to choose from.

Jiang Shengwu chose the shortest one and investigated while walking.

Although it has been a month, there are still many traces left along the way, proving that Zhen Juncheng and others have walked this way.

Just walking and stopping, Jiang Shengwu and his party soon came to the tea stall where Zhen Juncheng and others had settled.

The middle-aged man was still the one selling tea.

When the middle-aged man saw Jiang Shengwu and others coming and going like immortals, he was so scared that he shrank his neck and didn't even dare to say hello, hoping that they would leave as soon as possible.

But things didn't go as he wished. Jiang Shengwu finally saw a living person, how could he let him go.

So with a glance, someone immediately stepped forward and questioned him sternly.

After a moment, the man turned back to Jiang Shengwu and said respectfully: "Master, I have already questioned clearly. This tea shop owner said that a group of people did stay here a month ago. From his description, it should be Elder Zhen and others."

"Okay!"

Jiang Shengwu nodded, and then he didn't stop, and immediately led people to continue running down.

It didn't take long this time for them to find the camp where Zhen Juncheng and others stayed in the mountains.

Although only a month had passed, most of the tents had been damaged because no one was looking after them, and the ground was covered with weeds, a mess.

Jiang Shengwu stood in the camp, his face was extremely solemn, and his eyelids were twitching.

The thing he was most worried about really happened.

Zhen Juncheng and others really got into trouble.

Otherwise, they would not have left without even collecting their tents.

The question now is, who did it?

You should know that although Zhen Juncheng's strength is not the best in the Huawai area, it is also first-class.

In addition, there are several elders around to assist them, and ordinary forces can't shake them at all.

Could it be other sects among the twelve Huawai sects?

The more Jiang Shengwu thought about it, the heavier his heart felt, and then he ordered in a deep voice.

"Search for me, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find clues."

The people who followed Jiang Shengwu on this trip were all top-notch players in Wanghai Tower, so they were very quick.

The weeds on the ground were quickly cleared, and the dilapidated tents were also opened.

Then Jiang Shengwu stood in front of a pit about a meter deep, his face unusually serious.

Although more than a month had passed, the traces of the explosion were still there.

In many places, the tragic scene at that time could be seen.

But there were no bodies.

In fact, this was not surprising. After all, in the past month, waves of wild beasts were enough to completely devour any flesh and blood.

But Jiang Shengwu still found it a little unbelievable.

Could it be that with just this explosion, Zhen Juncheng and many other elders of Wanghai Tower could be wiped out?

"Expand the search area and don't miss any suspicious places." Jiang Shengwu continued to order.

The search circle then expanded a lot.

Despite the obstruction of the forest and weeds, Jiang Shengwu quickly found some clues with the efforts of his men.

On a big tree, Jiang Shengwu saw a bottomless arrow hole.

And in the open space in front of the arrow hole, Jiang Shengwu found some residual traces of the fight.

It's just that due to the passage of time and the growth of grass and trees, these traces have become very blurred.

But this is enough.

Jiang Shengwu squatted in front of a piece of black soil, holding a piece of rag in his hand.

After being beaten by wind and rain, the color of the cloth is difficult to distinguish, but because of the good material, it has survived in this cruel environment.

Jiang Shengwu recognized at a glance that this was a fragment of the robe that only the elders of Wanghai Tower were qualified to wear.

Obviously, Zhen Juncheng and others have died.

Although the corpse had long been eaten by wild beasts, the tragic scene at that time could still be imagined from the blackened human-shaped outline.

The key point was that Jiang Shengwu also found a deep hole at the head of the human-shaped outline, which was obviously shot by a crossbow arrow.

Being good at using crossbow arrows, coupled with the tragic explosion in the camp before...

The identity of the person who took action was about to be revealed.

"Machine Sect!" Jiang Shengwu growled with gritted teeth, and his eyes were even a little red.

All the people who followed him did not dare to say a word, allowing Jiang Shengwu to vent his impotent rage.

That's right.

It was impotent rage.

After discovering that the person who took action was most likely from the Machinery Sect, Jiang Shengwu, who was full of anger and intended to take revenge, was instantly silent.

The reason was that he couldn't afford to offend.

Not only could he not afford to offend, but there were not many people in the entire Huawai Land who dared to offend the Machinery Sect.

This is not to say how strong the people of the Machinery Sect are, that's just one aspect.

The most important thing is that the items produced by the Mechanical Sect are needed by all the major sects.

Take the mechanical crossbow for example.

Because the Mechanical Sect has stopped selling mechanical crossbows to the outside world in recent years, the price of mechanical crossbows on the black market has been hyped up very high.

In addition, supporting items such as crossbow arrows.

So unless there is an unsolvable grudge, no one wants to be hostile to the Mechanical Sect.

What's more, the strength of the Mechanical Sect is also mysterious. Sometimes even if you want to take action, you have to consider whether you are qualified enough.

Wanghai Tower is no exception.

So after learning that the person who attacked was the Mechanical Sect, Jiang Shengwu instantly fell into a dilemma.

But the good news is that this time the action should be an individual's action, not the intention of the Mechanical Sect.

After all, the reputation of the Mechanical Sect as a group of lunatics is not unfounded.

Jiang Shengwu also doesn't believe that this group of lunatics would target Wanghai Tower for no reason.

As for why the people of the Mechanical Sect attacked Zhen Juncheng and others... .

Madmen have always been unreasonable.

God knows what Zhen Juncheng and others did to be targeted.

After being furious for a long time, Jiang Shengwu finally calmed down and said.

"Let's go, let's go to Nangong's house to see what happened."

At this time, Jiang Shengwu never mentioned revenge for Zhen Juncheng and others.

And when they rushed to Nangong's house, Liang Xin'an, the instigator, was rushing on the road with a calm face.

Gui Xuanqing and Jin Fu followed him with large and small bags.

Jin Fu was the first one who couldn't hold on.

After all, he had the shortest time practicing martial arts and the weakest foundation.

Trekking for several hours in this hot summer was already his limit.

Despite this, Jin Fu still gritted his teeth and refused to give up.

But as he walked, he felt that the scenery in front of him began to shake.

Just when he was about to fall to the ground, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"How is it?"

Jin Fu barely opened his eyes and couldn't help shouting softly after seeing the person in front of him.

"Brother!"

The person who supported him was Zhao Ya.

"Drink some water first!"

Said Zhao Ya, took out the water bag and fed Jin Fu a few sips of water, then helped him to rest under the tree.

Liang Xinan watched all the time and finally shook his head, "He is still too weak!"

"It's not bad. After all, he has only been practicing martial arts for more than a year. Do you think everyone is like you?" Zhao Ya complained helplessly.

"But if you want to achieve something in machinery, a good body is a must, and I have taken good care of him. If it were someone else, he would have died without sleep last night."

Despite saying so, Liang Xinan still stopped and came to the shade of the tree, waiting for Jin Fu to recover a little before continuing on his way.

After all, the two precious apprentices he found this time were somewhat amazed by their talent in machinery.

For such talents, he certainly didn't want to really tire them out.

"How far is it from the Mechanical Sect?"

After properly settling Jin Fu, Zhao Ya came to Liang Xinan and asked.

"It's still far away. What? Are you anxious?" Liang Xin'an said with a smile.

"Not really, I'm just a little curious and want to see what this famous mechanical sect in the whole foreign land looks like."

Now the affairs of Canglong Temple are on the right track.

Especially after Guo Luming successfully merged the Swallowing Star True Power with the Canglong True Power, the injuries in his body were quickly controlled, and his life was not in danger in the short term.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Ya was able to safely hand over Canglong Temple to him, and he followed Liang Xin'an to the Mechanical Sect.

There were only two purposes for this trip to the Mechanical Sect.

One was to see what the world-famous Mechanical Sect looked like.

The other was to see the miraculous creations stored in the Mechanical Sect.

In Liang Xin'an's words, the Mechanical Sect had been collecting and organizing miraculous creations since a long time ago.

So now in the foreign land, the Mechanical Sect has the most miraculous creations.

Zhao Ya was really curious about this, so he resolutely went down the mountain and planned to see it.

"Actually, there is nothing to see, it's just a group of crazy people messing around." Liang Xin'an said disapprovingly.

Despite this, the arrogance that appeared on his face still betrayed him.

Zhao Ya knew this very well, but he just smiled indifferently.

At this time, Jin Fu finally recovered.

In addition, the sun was already setting in the west, and the scorching heat wave gradually subsided, which was a good time to hurry on.

So the group immediately set off on their journey.

Although Zhao Ya could easily run a thousand miles in a day at his current speed.

But he still followed Liang Xin'an's footsteps and walked slowly.

Just as they were rushing to the Jiji Sect, Jiang Shengwu had already brought people to the location of the Nangong family.

Looking at the Nangong family, which had become a ruin, Jiang Shengwu was at a loss.

"Is the Jiji Sect so cruel?"

He thought he could find some clues when he arrived at the Nangong family, but he didn't expect that this place had already become a wasteland.

After asking around, he found out that just a dozen days ago, a group of people suddenly rushed to the Nangong family with weapons.

The people of the Nangong family were defeated by surprise, and most of them died in the battle. Even the women and children who survived were abducted by this group of strong men who didn't know where they came from.

After asking in more detail, Jiang Shengwu learned that each of these people was holding a crossbow and was very powerful.

This further confirmed Jiang Shengwu's previous guess, and made him even more silent.

Damn it.

Before Zhen Juncheng died, Jiang Shengwu felt great pressure.

Now even the Nangong family, which was not related to him at all, was destroyed, Jiang Shengwu was naturally more terrified.

No wonder these guys are called crazy, are they so cruel and ruthless?

But it was useless to say these things at this time. Jiang Shengwu had no intention of continuing the investigation and immediately led the team away.

After returning to Wanghai Tower, he issued a strict order that no disciple could go out without special circumstances.

And just when Wanghai Tower was in chaos, Zhao Ya followed Liang Xin'an's footsteps and finally came to the outskirts of Jiji Sect.

After arriving here, the temperature dropped a lot.

The mountains and forests seen along the way had lost all their leaves early, and walking through them even gave people a feeling of autumn.

Zhao Ya finally understood why Jiji Sect has been so mysterious over the years.

Because this place is too hidden.

If Liang Xin'an hadn't led the team, he would never have found this place.

"Look, if we cross the mountain ridge ahead, we will reach the Jiji Sect. Do you know where this forest we are walking in belongs to?" Liang Xin'an asked.

"Where?"

"Do you know the wild forest in the far west?"

"Of course!"

"This is its periphery."