Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 922 - 942: The World is Becoming Chaotic!_1

Chapter 922: Chapter 942: The World is Becoming Chaotic!_1

The corpse and bones lay on the ground, with his right hand pressed under his body, only showing half of it.

As the flesh disappeared, several indentations on the ground beneath the finger bones were exposed.

Indentations?

Characters?

Strokes?

Lin Chen squatted down in front of Elder Chen’s remains, lifting the sleeve of his right hand and moving it aside, then lifting his waistband.

Since the flesh had vanished, the clothes were softly draped on the ground. With Lin Chen lifting them, the ground was exposed.

"There are characters!"

Su Mubai exclaimed in surprise, and the others immediately gathered around.

There were two characters on the ground. The first one was distorted and simple, while the second one was only half-written.

"This is seven... The second character is not complete, only two strokes, it looks like a 冖..."

Lin Chen stared at the two characters and said, "Since the culprit had entered the City Lord’s Mansion and had close contact with him, they must have reported their identity, real or fake..."

"He was seriously injured and wrote these characters stealthily just before dying. It could only refer to the enemy’s identity or name. When we are out, we usually report our sect’s information."

"The character ’seven’ is not a surname, so the most probable meaning is the enemy’s sect. What sects have names starting with ’seven’..."

Everyone began to guess.

"Qibao Sect?"

"That’s not right. If it’s the character ’宝’, it should start with a dot, not 冖..."

They made a few guesses, but none seemed accurate.

Zhu Lin pondered for a moment, and suddenly brightened: "Could it be the Qiming Sect?"

"冥?"

Lin Chen turned around: "If it’s the character ’冥’, it does match the strokes... What is the background of this Qiming Sect?"

Yue Shanhe asked, "Which sect is it from? I’ve never heard of it before."

"Qiming Sect?"

Zhu Lin blinked, "Why does it sound familiar, yet I can’t recall it at the same time? Let me think..."

Zhu Lin furrowed his brow, deep in thought. The others didn’t rush him.

After a while, Zhu Lin suddenly smacked his head.

"I remember now, two months ago my subordinate mentioned during dinner that a sect named Qiming Sect wanted to meet with me, talking about some Refinement cooperation. I was busy with other matters and didn’t care about refining cooperation, so I casually refused. Because it was just a brief mention, I didn’t pay much attention..."

Zhu Lin’s expression was somewhat subtle, with horror and a hint of lingering fear: "If Qiming Sect is really the killer, does it mean their initial target was Jianqi City? Is it because I didn’t give them a chance that they turned to target Kong Yuan City instead?"

Yue Shanhe asked, "What’s the origin of this Qiming Sect? Do you know?"

Zhu Lin shook his head: "I’ve never heard of it before. I thought it wasn’t a major sect since I’d never heard of it, so I refused."

Yue Shanhe’s face was solemn: "First, they chose Jianqi City, then Kong Yuan City, both of which belong to our Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Are they targeting our sect?"

Zhu Lin was puzzled: "But we’ve never heard of this Qiming Sect, let alone having a grudge against them. Why would they target us?"

Yue Shanhe thought for a moment: "Send people to the other cities to check if there’s any contact with this Qiming Sect. Have all foreign Cultivators strictly investigated in every city, send people to patrol carefully around the city, ensure there are no Array Formations or similar existences, and keep the Barrier in protective mode. No one is allowed to arbitrarily turn off the Barrier."

"Additionally, send people to inquire about the Qiming Sect’s news from the guests coming from all directions. As long as it is a real sect, someone must know about it."

Zhu Lin nodded: "Okay, I’ll make the arrangements."

The group went around the City Lord’s Mansion but found nothing else, so they returned to the outskirts of the city.

"We found three locations forming a triangle around Kong Yuan City. Every corner had all the surrounding plants turned bright red, completely dead."

Following Zhu Lin’s introduction, they arrived at the first Array Formation point.

Within a hundred-meter radius, the green plants had all turned bright red. Upon closer inspection, there was no trace of life left in the plants, they were dead beyond dead.

"There are no signs of Array Formations on the ground, but the grass seems to have been heavily pressed down..."

"Array Plate!"

Zhu Lin confirmed: "They should be using Array Plates made from high-quality White Jade. The Array Formation is built on the White Jade plate. When used, the White Jade plate is taken out directly, and enough Spirit Body or Spirit Stone is injected into it to activate the Array Formation."

"They used three Array Plates, which should be a set. Once activated, everything within the triangle covered by the three Array Formations will be refined. All flesh and blood are refined into pure blood qi, gathering it together to form a Wanling Blood Pearl."

Lin Chen curiously asked, "How useful is the Wanling Blood Pearl, really?"

Zhu Lin shook his head: "It is said that the more people are refined, and the stronger their strength, the more powerful the effect of the Wanling Blood Pearl, but I don’t know how powerful it is. After all, this Refining Path has been lost for too long. Now that it has appeared again, it feels like the world is in chaos..."