A tall figure was watching all this from the town’s tallest clock tower. He was wrapped in white bandages all over his body, with only his face and hair spared.
His face was expressionless, with thick dark circles forming around his eyes. His hands, which were holding onto the wall, kept knocking on the inner wall of the clock tower. Each knock coincided with the tiny sound of the clock tower's second hand turning.
Although winter was approaching, he was still wearing extremely light clothes, a gray T-shirt on the upper body, and shorts on the lower body, and straw slippers that were out of tune with the season.
From a distance, it looks very shabby, in stark contrast to the tall building in the square.
This person is also one of the disciples under the Pope of the Curse Sect and is known as the Diligent Zero Technique.
Ling Shu's fingers continued to tap on the inner wall of the clock tower. After he had knocked on the wall four thousand five hundred and ten times, the generous Gao Fang ended his speech in the square. Under the admiring gazes of everyone, he disappeared into the crowd in his extremely gorgeous carriage and went to the luxurious villa at the edge of the town.
Zero Technique also disappeared.
Gao Fang carelessly pushed open the door of the villa, and golden light hit him in the face. The walls of the villa were made of real gold, and various unique and exquisite works of art were hung on them. The furniture inside was arranged in a very exquisite manner, and it was grand and majestic.
It can be said that this villa exudes an enviable aura of wealth from head to toe.
"I really did a great thing today! Hahahahaha!"
Gao Fang's hearty laughter echoed in the villa. He strode to the center of the hall and snapped his fingers. Countless black ghosts seeped out of the villa, transforming into their appearances when they were alive.
The wide hall was suddenly crowded with more than five hundred butlers and maids.
When the ghost butler and the maid saw Gao Fang, they all bowed their heads to him and welcomed their master back to his residence.
Gao Fang continued laughing as he walked across a carpet made of black spirits, came to the coffee table for receiving guests, and sat down on the sofa.
He waved his hand, and a ghost butler brought a bottle of fine red wine and gracefully poured it into the goblet. He pushed one glass to him and the other to Ling Shu, who appeared silently on the sofa opposite Gao Fang.
Gao Fang laughed "Hahahaha" all the time, picked up the wine and put it into his mouth, looking at Ling Shu who appeared in front of him, showing his mouth full of gold teeth,
"What a rare guest! I never thought you would come from so far away to visit me!"
"You knew I was coming, why didn't you finish your speech earlier?" Ling Shu complained instead of picking up the wine, "You know I value time very much, don't delay my work."
"Hahahaha, I'm sorry." Gao Fang laughed heartlessly: "The refugees are so enthusiastic that I can't bear to leave early. What exactly do you want here?"
"Forget it." Seeing Gao Fang skillfully changing the subject, Ling Shu didn't want to waste any more words and went straight to the point, "How much do you know about the death of Bishop Tu Jing?"
Gao Fang asked the butler to refill his glass, smiled and shook his head, "How should I know? Didn't he personally petition the Pope to take back the [Gate of the Abyss]? From what I heard, he disappeared completely. Could it be that he failed and felt he had no face to come back, so he went to sit in silence somewhere?"
"That's impossible." Ling Shu said firmly, "He was chosen by the devil. His obsession with the devil is not comparable to that of ordinary believers. Even if he dies, he definitely wants to take back the [Gate of the Abyss]."
"Then he's dead! Whoever killed him was really good."
Gao Fang said lightly, and poured the glass full of red wine into his mouth.
"Don't joke around now. I'm serious about talking to you. I have other things to do. Hurry up and finish them so I can go to the next place." Ling Shu's tone was full of urging, "Didn't you give a spirit to his men before? Is there a way to get some information from that spirit?"
"That was just my whim. Although psychic abilities are not uncommon, there are only a few people who have truly mastered them. That person's control over spirits has already reached the passing line."
Gao Fang said while laughing, but before he could finish, Ling Shu interrupted Gao Fang.
"I don't want to listen to your nonsense. Just tell me the conclusion."
"You really don't understand humor. Just listen to me. There's no problem at all."
Gao Fang showed his full mouth of gold teeth, still unrepentant, but when he caught a glimpse of Ling Shu's murderous expression, he immediately changed his words.
"Since you are so busy, I will not keep you any longer. Let me tell you, I don't know much, otherwise I would have reported it to His Holiness the Pope long ago.
The only thing we know now is the approximate location where the spirit I gave him disappeared.
Ahhh!
There is no other way. If I can find their bodies, I can summon their spirits and maybe get some details from them.
However, I really didn't expect that things would develop in this direction.
I remember that the report clearly stated that there were two adventurers with weak abilities.
If a bishop were to lead so many people there, the problem should be solved quietly.
I am really disappointed that it turned out like this.”
"Don't make sarcastic remarks. It is precisely because they have disappeared that we need to conduct a thorough investigation. We need to confirm their whereabouts and take back the [Gate of the Abyss] from them."
As he said this, the murderous intent on Ling Shu's face became even stronger.
"Tell me quickly where you sensed the spirits disappeared. Only by understanding their situation at the time can we dispatch the right people. I will personally take action based on the situation."
"You are really diligent. Don't look at me with that scary look, it really scares me to death." Gao Fang knocked on the table and a ghost maid took out a map and spread it on the coffee table. She drew a circle around the area near the Forest of Life, "Here, it is."
As soon as he saw the location on the map, Ling Shu frowned. The last time they sensed the appearance of the [Gate of the Abyss] was also in this place.
But when they sent people out to check, they found no bodies except traces of fierce fighting. They naturally believed that the final battle should not have taken place here, and classified Tujing and Kenro as missing.
But now all signs point there again.
Even if Ken Luo's spirit was given by Gao Fang on a whim, the priests who worshipped the disciple would certainly regard it as a treasure and would not let the spirit disappear easily. In other words, they really encountered something that could threaten their lives at that time and had to use precious spirits to resist it.
What exactly did they encounter
If there is really someone who can wipe them out without leaving any trace, it will be necessary to conduct a carpet search of the place.
(End of this chapter)