The people of the four sects left one after another, and the three of Mu Zhihao walked into a side hall on the right side of the main hall, and there were already two people waiting there in the hall, one was tall and mighty, full of silver hair, and a scar on his forehead went down his cheek, it was Zhu Jiuzhong, the master of the slave courtyard. The other person was a middle-aged man about forty years old with a white face and beard, but it was Bai Lang, the lord of the Hina Mansion.

"How's the progress of the investigation?" Mu Zhihao's voice was cold, and his expression was like two people.

Bai Lang replied in a trembling voice: "The location of the accident has been ascertained, and on the edge of a volcanic magma lake located sixty or seventy miles away from here, there are no traces of a fight or bloodstain at the scene. ”

"There are a lot of strange things about this matter, although these missing people are only eighth/ninth level spirit masters, but they are all core disciples of a sect, and there are always one or two special life-saving means on their bodies, and Ziyin has a 'jade chain' given by the ancestor himself, not to mention Lingwei, even the spirit general can't easily capture her. ”

Mu Zhihao's expression was gloomy, and the five fingers of his right hand were gently stretched and slowly clasped together.

"Let's go to the place where the accident happened first. ”

The five of them went straight out of the slave courtyard and rushed to the place where the accident happened.

On the edge of the underground magma lake, the corpses of the three earth flame scorpions were still in place, and there was a huge corpse of a fourth-level earth flame scorpion floating on the surface of the lake, but other than that, nothing else was left, but the "red flame tree" in the lake did not know whether it disappeared or sank to the bottom of the lake.

Mu Xuande quickly flew around and landed beside Mu Zhihao again. Bai Lang and Zhu Jiuzhong had personally investigated this place a few times earlier, but did not find any clues.

"What did Uncle Clan find?" Mu Zhihao asked out loud.

Mu Xuande was a good hand at following the traces, his eyes fell on the corpse of the fourth-level earth flame scorpion, stared at it for a long time, and said: "It seems that before they disappeared, there were other people here, and they should be our slave disciples without a doubt." ”

The four of them couldn't understand why he was so sure.

"Second son, the corpse of this fourth-level earth flame scorpion, if I am not old and dizzy, the first wound on the left chest is caused by the spirit technique of the Five Elements Sect 'Heaven Piercing Arm', but it is not a fatal injury, the real death of it should be a scattered spirit weapon, the wound caused by it is dense and deep, I think it was done by the little guy of the Hundred Treasure Sect. ”

Mu Xuande's voice paused slightly, and then continued.

"The other three Earth Flame Scorpions, except for this second one, died a little strangely, as if something had sucked up all the flesh and blood essence in one fell swoop, or that it was a beast that had been here after its death. The other two were definitely surrounded by several people, and at least two or three people were responsible for the wounds.

There is no doubt in his words, and his analysis is even more straightforward, and it is inseparable from the truth.

"This matter is easy to do, just go to the Treasury Hall and check which slave disciples have exchanged the Earth Flame Scorpion core for items in the past few days. ”

Zhu Jiuzhong said immediately when he heard this.

Mu Zhihao shook his head.

"Even if this matter is ascertained, it will not be of any gain. But just ask, this matter will bother General Fan and Master Zhu. ”

What he meant, several people understood in their hearts. According to Mu Xuande's speculation, the disciples of the Nuyuan who came here to form a team to hunt the Earth Flame Scorpion couldn't help the fourth-level Earth Flame Scorpion, but the reason for the missing disciples of the Five Elements Sect and the Hundred Treasure Sect to make a move was not clear.

"Let's go back first. The clan will soon send people over to continue the search, if we don't find anyone ourselves, but let other sects find it, it will be a big joke. ”

Mu Zhihao, Mu Xuande, and Bai Lang went back to the Hina Mansion directly, but Fan Tian and Zhu Jiuzhong rushed to the Slave Courtyard Treasury.

"I don't know if the little brother Wei Zhen has won the battle to change his life and came here smoothly. He was worried about it, but it was not good to ask the master of the courtyard beside him directly.

The two flew straight to the Treasury Palace, and the steward of the Treasury Hall saw that Zhu Jiuzhong was coming in person, so he panicked and hurriedly took out all the exchange records in the past three days.

The records are very clear that there are only about a hundred disciples of the Slave Courtyard who have exchanged the Earth Flame Scorpion Core for items within three days, Fan Tian swept over the roster and exchanged items, and a familiar name suddenly jumped into view.

His heart jumped, his face did not change, and he asked, "I don't know what the courtyard master has planned?"

Zhu Jiuzhong seemed to have something on his mind, and he didn't notice the change in his mood in an instant. "Gather these disciples together and interrogate them one by one, and you should have some eyebrows. ”

"Well, this is the most appropriate, and it is annoying that the master of the courtyard has arranged it. Fan Tian responded.

Zhu Jiuzhong immediately ordered, and within half an hour, the hundreds of disciples of the slave courtyard on the roster were gathered in the military battle hall of the slave courtyard, and they were all guarded by the disciples of the Hina Mansion.

Wei Zhen, Du Xiaoqiu and Fang Yan leaned together.

"What's going on?" Du Xiaoqiu asked in a low voice, a little nervous in his voice.

"I don't know. Wei Zhen frowned, thinking that Wen Lan had said that the matter had nothing to do with them, but Wen Lan didn't know that they had gone to the bottom of the volcano to hunt the Earth Flame Scorpion.

When he was about to ask Fang Yan, his instinct seemed to be a gaze that fell on him, and when he raised his head and looked ahead, his gaze couldn't help but freeze in an instant.

"Don't speak, but talk about it at night. A condensed voice suddenly fell into Wei Zhen's heart, causing his slightly fluctuating mind to suddenly calm down, as if he had a sea god needle.

Wei Zhen quickly calmed down, and exchanged a few glances with Du Xiaoqiu and Fang Yan, and there was a tacit understanding between the three of them, and their fingers secretly made a comparison.

The time and process of questioning were not lengthy, but every Nu Yuan disciple who entered the Military War Hall carefully answered the questions one by one, for fear that if he said the wrong word, he would invite unwarranted disasters for himself.

The night fell little by little, and Wei Zhen's irritable mood during the day also calmed down little by little.

After questioning, the Nuyuan did not have any problems with these disciples, but the cause of the incident was not mentioned at all.

Wei Zhen was just curious, to find out what happened in the slave courtyard, but later it was involved in the disappearance of Xiao Heihei, Wen Lan's answer faintly mentioned the scene of sacrifice in the underground cave behind Cangyan Mountain, coupled with the sudden visit of several groups of people from other sects, today's inexplicable inquiry, there seems to be an inextricable connection between these things, although it has little to do with him himself, but it is not necessarily the case, after all, he is still very worried about Xiao Heihei's safety, if you think about it a little more, this matter also involves Mu Ziyin's safety.

He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't even notice that the door of the hut was pushed open silently.

"I've grown a lot taller. A low, gentle laugh fell into Wei Zhen's ears at this moment, awakening him from his deep contemplation.

Under the dim shadows of the lamp, a deep and rugged black face was reflected in the turbid yellow light.

The person who came was Fan Tian, whom Wei Zhen hadn't seen for several years.

"Brother Fan!" Wei Zhen exclaimed in surprise, stepped forward and hugged the other party's majestic tiger body tightly.

"Hahaha!" Fan Tian laughed loudly and stroked his head a few times before holding his shoulder and saying. "I haven't seen you for a few years, I've grown so big, men don't flick when they have tears, don't cry your nose!"

Wei Zhen suddenly came out shyly, and embarrassedly wiped the wet marks from the corners of his eyes.

"In the past few years, you have suffered a lot, but fortunately, you are safe and have not disappointed me. Fan Tian smiled with relief and said directly.

A warmth poured out of Wei Zhen's heart, since the destruction of the master sect, he only felt an elder brother-like care from Fan Tian.

The two sat down at the table, and Wei Zhen's agitated mood finally calmed down.

"Is Miss Ziyin missing?" he asked directly the question in his heart.

"You've seen her, haven't you?" Fan Tian didn't answer the rhetorical question, and his eyes were not very surprised.

During the day, when he was in the military battle hall, he found Wei Zhen who walked in early in the morning, and listened to the conversation between him and Du Xiaoqiu with his mental power, and saw some clues in it, so he was worried that he would panic, so he secretly sent a message to remind him.

"Hmm. Wei Zhen nodded emphatically.

Then, he recounted the fact that he and Du Xiaoqiu and Fang Yan sniped the Earth Flame Scorpion in the underground magma lake, met Mu Ziyin and others by chance, and got their help.

"That little spirit beast of yours disappeared with her?" Fan Tian listened carefully to his every word, and then asked again.

"Yes, that's why I guessed that Miss Mu was also missing. Wei Zhen said.

Fan Tian was silent, Wei Zhen's little spirit beast did not confess to the owner with a drop of blood, otherwise it would be a good way to find the missing person.

"Brother Fan, have you ever heard of the 'sacrifice' ceremony?" Wei Zhen suddenly asked with some hesitation.

"Sacrifice?" Fan Tian's voice suddenly rose, and a bit of fierceness and hatred suddenly appeared in his calm expression, and his eyes stared at Wei Zhen.

Wei Zhen was taken aback by his prominent expression, and then calmed down, and told all the scenes he saw in the underground cave behind Cangyan Mountain, but he deliberately omitted to mention the matter of entering Wanhua Mountain with Wen Lan to steal medicinal herbs.

"Black Soul Clan?" Fan Tian's expression changed a few times, and he muttered three words in his mouth.

"Have you mentioned this to others?" he was stunned for a moment, and then returned to his normal complexion, but there was a sharp glint in his eyes from time to time.

Seeing Wei Zhen shaking his head twice, Fan Tianfang said in a deep voice: "You must not talk about this matter to the second person again, it is best to forget about it as soon as possible, otherwise it will immediately invite death." ”

Wei Zhen didn't expect that Fan Tian's statement would be the same as Wen Lan's, and he just agreed silently at the moment.

"It's time for me to go. Fan Tian stood up, took a palm-sized gray cloth bag from his waist and handed it to Wei Zhen. "This item is called a storage bag, which can store some personal belongings, and there is still a short sword in it, which I obtained when I killed the enemy, and it should be a gift from Brother Fan to you to be promoted to spirit master. It's a pity that the spiritual tips I practice are not suitable for you and cannot be taught!"

He told Wei Zhen about the method of refining and using the storage bag, and then walked towards the door.

But at this moment, a powerful shout exploded in the deep night sky of Cangyan Mountain like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

"Where is the demon, dare to come to Cangyan Mountain to be presumptuous?"