Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 934: Searching for Clues

Chapter 934: Chapter 934: Searching for Clues

Gu Fan looked at Mo Yun with surprised eyes before saying, "Wow, I never realized you had such a firm resolve, my beautiful master. As your apprentice, I’ll definitely do my utmost to find you another batch of Western vampires."

"That’s the right attitude." Mo Yun expressed her pleasure with Gu Fan’s response, then watched as he fell headlong to the ground and started snoring loudly.

Mo Yun was surprised, "If you need to rest, then why not get a good night’s sleep? Why reverse day and night?"

The truth was, Gu Fan didn’t want to work so hard either, but he had no choice. Given that Mo Yun’s snoring was so loud when she slept, Gu Fan couldn’t fall asleep and had to spend his time practicing instead. The struggle was real for him.

When he woke up, Gu Fan found it was already afternoon and Mo Yun was no longer in the room. He went downstairs and happened to see Mo Yun tasting tea by a window.

Gu Fan walked over, poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "So, my beautiful master, where shall we start our search?"

Mo Yun sighed, "That’s exactly what’s troubling me. Look at this busy place, are we just going to sit here and wait?"

In response, Gu Fan shook his head, "Since they are vampires, they definitely won’t appear during the day. Your strategy of ’waiting for the rabbit’ won’t work here."

"Then may I ask, do you have any better ideas?" Mo Yun asked with a look of seeking guidance, almost as if she were the apprentice and Gu Fan was the master.

"Of course, I do. The Westerners’ features are so distinct; we’ll just ask around." After saying this, Gu Fan held up two fingers: "First, we look for Western features, and second, we check when they check into guesthouses, which is definitely around sunset."

"Features and timing?" Mo Yun caught on but frowned, "Even if we know how to inquire, this border town is neither too big nor too small. With so many guesthouses, how do we find them?"

Gu Fan smiled slightly, "If you were a Western vampire, you could only travel after the sun sets, and after sunset, when they enter the city, they would first look for the nearest guesthouse."

Mo Yun seemed to understand, "We’ll search the guesthouses closest to the city gate and might find some clues."

Gu Fan nodded, "In theory, that’s correct, but..."

"What’s the matter, what are you worried about?" Mo Yun was puzzled, noticing Gu Fan’s furrowed brow as if he had encountered some tricky issue.

Gu Fan added, "According to what you said earlier, vampires can’t resist the temptation of blood; blood is food to them. If vampires did enter the city, there would have been attacks, but I’ve asked around, and there haven’t been any recent disappearances."

This reminded Mo Yun, thinking to herself, that’s true. If there were really vampires here, something would have happened by now, yet the city remained calm.

"Maybe we should wait a few more days." For some reason, the memory of the cloaked figures he had seen the night before flashed through Gu Fan’s mind. They were wandering around in the middle of the night, and Gu Fan almost thought they were another group of vampires, until he saw that one of them had an Eastern face, which overturned his guess.

Suddenly, Gu Fan thought of something, "How strange, do vampires absolutely have to drink blood? Can they not exert any self-control at all? Or maybe they could drink other foods as substitutes."

Mo Yun shook her head, "It’s unlikely. Although the Devil Incarnate was supremely powerful and possessed strong mental fortitude, after he became a vampire, he simply couldn’t bear the torment of not drinking blood. He even tried animal blood, but the results were far from ideal. I’ve even seen Western vampires crave fresh blood."

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan came to understand. Just as he realized his thoughts had hit a dead end, he overheard a conversation at the table next to his.

One of them was a businessman who frequently traveled between the foreign regions and the Central Plains. He spoke of matters concerning the foreign regions, including incidents of people disappearing and a particular village that had been attacked by beasts overnight, leaving no survivors.

To this, Gu Fan was not surprised. He knew that another group of Western vampires had entered the Central Plains from the foreign regions, so it was expected that there would be attacks by Western vampires in the foreign regions. However, what mattered to Gu Fan was the timing; the incidents were said to have happened a year ago.

"What? If that incident in the foreign region a year ago was done by another group of vampires, then by their speed, this group should have already entered the Central Plains." Gu Fan furrowed his brows tightly, feeling that something was amiss.

Gu Fan immediately opened his map and notebook, starting to search for clues. Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand some of the foreign texts and could only guess blindly.

Mo Yun was also puzzled. According to estimates, the other group of vampires should have indeed arrived in the Central Plains by now, but they had yet to appear. If the two groups of vampires joined forces, the martial arts community might not stand a chance even if they united.

"There must be a problem," Gu Fan insisted that Mo Yun tell him in detail how the Devil Cult encountered the Western vampires, with both the time and place being very important.

Mo Yun knew the importance of the matter, so she didn’t hide anything. About a year and a half ago, the Devil Cult was weak, and the Devil Incarnate’s martial arts skills were average. The Devil Cult was desperately hunted by the orthodoxy of Martial Arts with nowhere to escape to.

The Devil Incarnate led the remnants of the Devil Cult to the seaside, facing the boundless ocean without any ships for escape, they were in utter despair.

At that moment, a ship appeared before the Devil Cult, belonging to the Western vampires. It was then that the Devil Cult encountered the Western vampires and, in their desperation, formed an alliance with them.

Listening to this, Gu Fan began to organize the timeline. A year and a half ago, the first group of vampires arrived at the seaside and encountered the Devil Cult. A year ago, Gu Fan and Lin Xi traveled to ancient times when Lin Xi and Qian Ye swapped identities. Then the second group of vampires arrived in the foreign regions.

Now that Lin Xi, under Qian Ye’s identity, had come to the Central Plains, the second group of vampires should also have arrived by now. How come they hadn’t arrived after a whole year? This was illogical. Could they have lost their way? But they could have simply asked anyone for directions; they didn’t need to be lost for a whole year.

Unless, the second group of vampires encountered something on their way, which caused the delay, and moreover, the delay lasted a year.

Although Gu Fan didn’t know why the second group of vampires hadn’t yet arrived in the Central Plains, he felt quite fortunate. Otherwise, as Mo Yun had said, the entire martial arts community might not stand a chance against the combined forces of the two groups of vampires.

Suddenly, Gu Fan had a strange feeling. Why had he and Lin Xi traveled to this ancient and troubled time? It was as if some unseen force intended for them to encounter these events.