Chen Lin tapped the table with his fingers, pondering whether he should leave for a while.
Chu Chengyang was the master's disciple and was quite favored. Once the Chihuo Sect discovered his death, they would definitely conduct a detailed investigation.
He even suspected that the leader of the Red Fire Sect might be worried that the shipbuilding plan would be leaked and run away early.
Although it is no secret that the major sects are secretly building ferry ships, they have not been made public after all.
The Chihuo Sect is only a foundation-building sect, without the support of a Jindan Zhenren. If some big force were to covet the ferry and snatch it away, they would be doing the bidding of others in vain.
After thinking it over again and again, Chen Lin felt that it was unlikely that the Chihuo Sect would run away immediately.
The final battle between the Alliance and the Qishen Sect had not yet begun, and running away now would be desertion. It would be fine if a few scattered cultivators ran away, but if a medium-sized sect fled with its entire clan and abducted several Alliance garrison cultivators, the Alliance would not tolerate it and would have to hunt them down in order to kill the chickens and scare the monkeys.
The leader of the Red Fire Sect would not do that unless he is a fool.
In addition, at this critical moment, the other party will not make too much of an investigation into Chu Chengyang’s disappearance, so as not to attract the attention of powerful people.
Thinking of this, Chen Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
The Red Fire Sect does not have the Golden Elixir. Although it would be somewhat dangerous to continue disguising himself as a mortal in the city, it is still within controllable range. Even if he is discovered, with the many means of escape he has prepared, he should have no problem saving his life.
After that, he lived in seclusion and only went out of the city occasionally to check on the movements of the Red Fire Sect.
Sure enough, the cultivators from the Red Fire Sect have been coming and going more frequently these days, and they must have discovered that Chu Chengyang is missing.
Within a few days, several powerful spiritual senses swept through the city with impunity, but none of them could see through his breath-hiding technique.
Even so, Chen Lin hid even deeper, staying indoors until the situation calmed down before showing up again.
Ten days later.
After investigation, Chen Lin found that the Chihuo Sect had ceased operations, so he came out again.
After wandering around for a while, I saw a familiar figure appear.
He followed immediately.
After turning two streets and arriving at a secluded place, he used his charm to knock the other person unconscious.
After being dragged to a dead end, a beam of white light struck the other person's forehead, and he asked, "What's your name?"
"Zhou Shan."
The young man answered with lifeless eyes.
Chen Lin nodded. It seemed that this bewitching technique was quite effective on cultivators in the early stages of Qi training. The other party's answers were consistent twice and he did not lie.
"Have there been any special changes in your Red Fire Sect recently?"
Chen Lin continued to ask.
"Yes, our head disciple, Senior Brother Chu Chengyang, was killed, and Senior Sister Zheng from the outer sect is also missing."
Zhou Shan answered mechanically.
"How can we be sure that the master's disciple was killed?"
Chen Lin was a little surprised. He had cleaned up the scene thoroughly at that time, and the place was in the wilderness and hidden, so no one should have discovered it.
Zhou Shan immediately replied: "The core disciples and elders of the sect all have soul lamps, and Senior Brother Chu's soul lamp is extinguished."
Soul lamp
Chen Lin suddenly realized.
A soul lamp is a piece of one's own soul that is separated and placed on a special magical instrument. If the main soul dissipates, the soul lamp will also go out.
Because the magical instruments for storing split souls are expensive and require special personnel to guard and maintain, they are usually only set up by large sects. I didn't expect that the Chihuo Sect, a foundation-building sect, also has one.
As expected of a weapon refining sect, the family background is rich.
"Apart from this incident, are there any other changes?"
Before Chen Lin was about to finish his questioning, he asked another question casually.
I have already asked the other party last time, but I guess I won’t be able to get any useful information out of him.
"have."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Shan said the word "yes" with certainty.
Chen Lin asked in confusion: "What has changed?"
Zhou Shan mechanically said: "The war has begun. The sect will activate the mountain protection formation tomorrow. You will not be able to get out from now on."
The war has begun
Chen Lin was shocked.
Because he had been hiding in the inn and had no contact with other monks, he didn't even know about such a big thing!
"When did the war begin and what was the situation like?"
Chen Lin asked anxiously, but the other party shook his head and knew nothing about the details.
After asking for a while and realizing that he couldn't get anything out of him, he sent the person back to his original position.
Zhou Shan woke up from his trance.
He frowned and muttered, "What's going on? Why do I always get lost in the lake recently? Could it be that there are too many girls from Yihonglou looking for me? It's a good opportunity to take a break while the mountain gate is closed. I just don't know if the war will come here, oh!"
Zhou Shan sighed, looking a little worried, obviously worried about the war.
But he was in the early stages of Qi training, so it was useless to worry or not. He thought for a while, and when he was sure that he could not remember what had just happened, he left quickly.
Chen Lin kept staring from a distance, and only continued wandering around the city after the other person's figure disappeared.
Since the Red Fire Sect is going to close its mountain gate tomorrow, there will definitely be many disciples coming out today to deal with trivial matters, so we need to capture two more to verify the information.
Sure enough, they met one soon after. Chen Lin did the same thing and also used the hypnosis technique to question the man.
What this person knew was not much different from what Zhou Shan knew, and there was no useful information.
Then he met two more, but these two were in the late stage of Qi training. Although they definitely knew more information than those in the early stage of Qi training, he did not take action.
The effect of the bewitching technique on the late stage of Qi training is limited, and if the late stage of Qi training has enough means, it is possible for them to escape from the hands of the foundation-building cultivators, not to mention that there are two of them.
He suppressed the urge to adventure and walked around for a while before finally meeting a woman in the middle stage of Qi training.
When Chen Lin saw this woman, his eyes suddenly lit up.
This person is Huang Yiyi, the daughter of the Huang family who wants to marry Chu Chengyang. From Chu Chengyang's memory, he knows that this girl has an ordinary family background, but she is a genius in refining weapons and is a disciple of the great elder Zhou Jiutong.
Tang Jingyuan, the leader of the Red Fire Sect, is at odds with Zhou Jiutong. In order not to affect the retreat plan, the foundation-building cultivators stationed here arrange a marriage between Chu Chengyang and Huang Yiyi to ease the relationship.
Given the other party's identity, he must know some inside information.
Chen Lin followed secretly and walked into a remote alley.
Suddenly, Huang Yiyi stopped, turned around and looked at Chen Lin, bowed nervously, and said, "Junior Huang Yiyi greets senior!"
When the other party stood down, Chen Lin already knew that the other party had discovered him.
However, he just thought that the other party had a strong sense of perception and discovered that he was following him. He didn't expect that he could directly expose his identity as a foundation-building cultivator!
Chen Lin's expression was cold, and a murderous intent flashed across his eyes.
Even if he is a man with a bottom line, he will not be so pedantic as to stick to the rules when it comes to his own safety.
"Senior, I have no intention of exposing you, nor do I want to know your identity. I just want to ask you for help. As long as you agree, I will do my best to help you with whatever you want in the Red Fire Sect!"
Feeling the murderous aura from Chen Lin, Huang Yiyi hurriedly spoke again.
A strange color flashed in Chen Lin's eyes, and the red light on his palm slowly disappeared. Then he suddenly raised his hand and cast a spell, and the opponent fainted.
He pulled out a large package from his storage bag and stuffed his petite body into it.
Then, he picked up the package and carried it on his shoulders as if he was carrying cargo, rented a carriage in Chennei, and headed straight out of the city.