Chapter 977: Chapter 606: Superficial Harmony, Secret Discord, and Li Xuanjin

Elder Cheng Yu was talking, when his Message Conch rang.

On the other end, someone was endlessly discussing intelligence about Qu Feng. Elder Cheng Yu listened, his facial expression fluctuating slightly. When the person finished, Elder Cheng Yu considered for a while and then said: "Since there is no problem for now, let’s find an opportunity for him to go to the Sacred Star Emperor Training Camp for the First Stage of advancement. At that time, keep an eye on him."

After hanging up the communication, Elder Cheng Yu looked at Lu Lin, "That Qu Feng has no issues, but in his situation, having no issues is the biggest issue."

"Everyone has desires. He’s been an elder at Yunlan Xianzong for years, and my intelligence system couldn’t find the slightest issue. Do you think someone like that might not have a problem?"

Lu Lin naturally nodded. Even he once secretly swallowed Attached Treasures during the Heavenly Talent Battle Selection, and Elder Li Song still hasn’t found out who did it, let alone Qu Feng who holds great power in a sect.

As long as he slightly helps his family or allocates more resources to his disciples, these are issues. But Qu Feng hasn’t shown the slightest of such actions, and that’s actually the biggest issue.

"Alright, let’s not discuss this anymore."

Elder Cheng Yu waved his hand and said, "You completed a mediation this time, and I see your communication ability and way of thinking are quite good. However, there’s another matter that even I find somewhat confusing. Here are the documents; take a look."

"Okay."

Lu Lin received a jade slip and then returned to his room.

This jade slip described a matter regarding a sect.

This sect had some relation with Lv Potian of the current General Mountain Holy Land—the sect leader was a small disciple of Lv Potian in those years. But later, the disciple lost the possibility of progressing in Martial Arts due to certain reasons and established a small sect of his own, supposedly to pass time.

Not long ago, Lv Potian’s small disciple, the sect leader Li Xuanjin, mysteriously went missing.

The counterpart’s Spirit information was still present, indicating no life threats, but the person was nowhere to be found.

Before this, he had been cultivating within the sect without going outside, and even directed a sect Inner Sect Disciples’ sparring before he disappeared.

Now the sect’s several Junior Sect Leaders are in chaos, each vying for the position of Sect Leader.

The chaos Elder Cheng Yu mentioned was about these Junior Sect Leaders.

In the sect, there were five Junior Sect Leaders—two were Li Xuanjin’s sons, Li Chengwu and Li Chenggong. The other three were Li Xuanjin’s thirteenth wife Ye Xiaorou, Li Xuanjin’s mother Cao Hui, and Li Xuanjin’s Direct Disciple, Hao Datong.

Seeing the identities of these five people, Lu Lin found it amusing.

In a typical sect, having the sect leader’s sons and disciples as Junior Sect Leaders might be reasonable. But the thirteenth wife and old mother—what’s the deal with them?

Lu Lin continued reading; these five Junior Sect Leaders, after Li Xuanjin’s disappearance, searched for almost a few months then gave up, and began fully competing for the Sect Leader position.

Moreover, the relationship among the five was exceedingly complex; Ye Xiaorou and Hao Datong had a close bond, Hao Datong and Li Chenggong were practically inseparable, while Li Chengwu had begun a separate alliance with Cao Hui.

Not only that, the five of them shift alliances frequently; one day Ye Xiaorou and Hao Datong are close, but next, perhaps Li Chenggong and Li Chengwu are together.

Originally, it wasn’t a big deal, but Li Xuanjin was ultimately Lv Potian’s disciple. Given how chaotic things are within the sect, naturally, General Mountain has to mediate, and more crucially, they have to find Li Xuanjin.

As long as Li Xuanjin returns, that chaos will naturally cease.

However.

After probing for some time, General Mountain’s intelligence department still found no leads.

Li Xuanjin’s whereabouts were never kept secret; he had been publicly appearing even at Demon Slaying Sect, and during his disappearance, no formidable cultivators had arrived at Demon Slaying Sect.

This Li Xuanjin was a strong person at Star Emperor Peak, although unable to advance to Star Emperor, his ability was still commendable. Even against an enemy’s capture, he should’ve managed to make some commotion.

Therefore, General Mountain’s envoy’s mission this time has two tasks.

First, to mediate Demon Slaying Sect’s atmosphere so it doesn’t stay chaotic. After all, it’s a sect established by Lv Potian’s disciple, and to a great extent represents General Mountain’s image.

Second, to figure out a way to locate Li Xuanjin. Despite his potential being exhausted with no ability to advance to Star Emperor, he is after all Lv Potian’s disciple and must not go missing in such a bewildering manner.

Because Elder Cheng Yu saw Lu Lin’s previous ability to quickly find the murderer of Yunlan Xianzong in the Northwestern Domain, he concluded Lu Lin could solve this issue.

At that time, he and Lu Lin will split into two teams—Lu Lin will search for the person, while Elder Cheng Yu stays at Demon Slaying Sect. Once Li Xuanjin returns, everything will naturally resolve.

Three days later, Elder Cheng Yu’s Flying Boat landed in a desolate countryside; after retracting the Flying Boat, Elder Cheng Yu made a hand seal, and they entered Demon Slaying Sect through a concealed Formation.

The location of Demon Slaying Sect was also in the Northwestern Domain. To maintain the sect’s mystique, Li Xuanjin specifically created a concealed Formation for obscuration.

Demon Slaying Sect’s Mountain Gate appeared grand and impressive, but Lu Lin felt that even the Mountain Gate of small Qingqiu Mountain established by the fox demon in those years was better—this place appeared just like an ordinary mountain, without Star Power immortal aura, nor celestial music, overall unexceptional, akin to a mundane small village in the world.