The next moment, in front of their astonished gazes, a blue light rushed out of the formation, and then fell straight down rapidly like a bird that had lost its wings.
With a "crack", it fell to the ground in the hall below and split into two pieces the moment it hit the ground.
The two monks were shocked, and without thinking, they simultaneously sent their spiritual senses towards the tablet on the ground.
The blue light on the broken tablet had disappeared, and the ancient seal characters on it no longer flickered, turning into three grey characters that were still intact but separated - "Zheng Nan~name".
"This is the Lord of the Three Islands..."
Two monks stood up suddenly. One of them had a look of horror on his face. He stretched out his hand and quickly picked up the two broken tablets.
His hands were shaking violently as he tried his best to put the two tablets together side by side, but for a moment his hands were shaking like a chicken pecking at rice, and the two tablets kept colliding with each other, making a "bang bang" sound, but they could not be put together.
"Give me!"
The other man was relatively calm and snatched the tablet away. Although he was also shaking, he placed the two tablets side by side on the ground in front of him and finally put them together.
After confirming the name again, they both felt cold all over.
"Hurry... hurry, big... big... big disaster, send a message... send a message to the island... island owners!"
One person was urging the other, and he was already in a panic, looking for the urgent message sound transmission note, while the other person had also quickly taken out the note transmission note.
But deep in their hearts, they could no longer suppress the boundless chill that had already arisen.
"The god-like Lord of the Three Islands has fallen!"
… …
After a few breaths, three powerful auras rose into the sky over the entire island of "Qionglin Gate", and a sound like rumbling thunder rushed straight into the sky.
"Except for the patrolling disciples, everyone else must stay where they are and are not allowed to move at will. The Law Enforcement Hall will check the identity of everyone, and no one is allowed to leave the sect!"
As the words rang out, a terrifying pressure came down like an overwhelming force, covering one island after another. In an instant, the sea water crashed into the reefs, stirring up thousands of angry waves, and the wind howled between heaven and earth.
Many monsters in the sky and the jungle could not withstand the pressure. Amid a series of “bang bang bang…” sounds, they exploded in blood mist and died instantly.
On this day, just as night fell, all the people of "Qionglin Sect" stood still in shock, with the sect tokens on their bodies flashing wildly, emitting circles of light that protected them in the center.
The low-level disciples in the halo looked pale and bloodless. They raised various spiritual beasts, who lay on the ground trembling and making a series of whimpering sounds.
A patrol team watched in fear as the island master, whose face was gloomy and looked like water could drip from it, left. The island master had suddenly appeared in front of them, with an aura as sharp as a knife, which really frightened them so much that their faces turned pale.
Fortunately, the island master only asked them about what they had seen and heard during their inspection, and then left quickly, taking the murderous intent with him.
The captain of the team looked at his men. Under the pressure from the island master, he was trembling with fear. Seeing that the people below were looking at him, he could only pretend to be calm and glared at them fiercely.
"Continue patrolling. If you find anything unusual, report it immediately! If you want to live longer, shut up and don't make up stories."
Until this time, these people didn't know what had happened on the island, including the team leader himself, but even a blind man knew that something big had happened.
But he didn't dare let these people talk here, as that was seeking death. He quickly shouted at them in a low voice and immediately led his men to patrol along the designated route.
While flying, he immediately took out a jade slip and, according to the island master's instructions before he left, began to quickly memorize and record the names of all the disciples who had entered and left the place he had met in the previous period of time. He would have to hand it in soon.
A bald man in a purple robe was flying quickly. The loose purple robe could not hide his bulging muscles. He looked like a rock giant.
This was the third patrol team he had questioned in a very short period of time. He had not found anything unusual so far, and due to time constraints, he could only question them quickly.
At this moment, he was communicating quickly with the Second Island Master and the Fourth Island Master in his mind at the same time.
The second island master, whose arms were cut off by the old ghost Gong from the Tianli tribe last time, also hurried out of retreat and was now in the cave of the third island master, conducting further and careful investigations;
The big island master himself was quickly checking all abnormalities on the island, and the fourth island master had flown out of the formation and scanned all nearby areas.
The second island master sent a message saying that in the third island master's cave, there were only some signs of fighting in the front courtyard, and no problems were found in other places.
After observation, he was able to infer several clues:
First, the murderer should have only entered the courtyard, and was someone familiar to the owner of the three islands.
As for the people that the Third Island Master is familiar with, given his status, he has been in seclusion for many years, so there are not too many of them on the island now. Moreover, even the core Jindan disciples on the island cannot easily meet a Yuanying ancestor;
Second, the third island master met the visitor in a very casual situation. There was warm tea in the pavilion, and the tea was not toxic at all.
And there was only one teacup, which meant that the visitor was not qualified to drink with the Three Island Master, but he was very familiar with him;
Thirdly, if the murderer is not qualified to be taken seriously by the Three Island Masters, his cultivation must be inferior to that of the Three Island Masters, and all the traces of fighting are only found in two places, namely the pavilion and in front of the cave gate.
Although the body of the Three Island Lord was not seen, it can be guessed that the Three Island Lord was ambushed but did not die immediately.
Afterwards, either the murderer fled in a hurry when he saw that his plot had failed, and the Three Island Masters died from repeated injuries when the murderer chased them to the gate of the cave; or the Three Island Masters escaped after being ambushed, but were eventually killed by the attackers near the cave entrance.
Fourthly, the restrictions of the cave have not been broken, which means that the person who came has the spell or token to open the restrictions of the formation, but this is very strange.
Because from the time the three island masters' life plates were shattered to the time they discovered it, it was only a dozen breaths at most.
Combining other speculations, the cultivation level of the person who came was not very high. How could he use his spiritual sense to erase the spiritual imprints left by the three island masters on the storage rings and tokens in such a short time
The above are the clues speculated by the second island owner, but he is also puzzled by the subsequent speculation...
The great island master who was flying had his brows furrowed constantly. At this time, he and the four island masters asked several patrol teams inside and outside the island, and they found out that no strange cultivators or Nascent Soul cultivators had entered the island today!
As the purple-robed island master listened to the subsequent conversations between the two in his mind, a circle of purple air rose above his bald head. The consequences of this incident for the "Qionglin Sect" might have been a catastrophic disaster.
The situation that they had been barely maintaining with the "Sea-breaking Beasts" was now no longer able to contend with them. They had to fully activate the sect protection formation, and then consider relocating the sect.
"Migration?"
In the air, the island master's body suddenly shook violently. When he thought of these two words, he was suddenly shocked.
"Tianli tribe?"
At this moment, his figure shook again and came to the front of a team on the side, a team he had not asked about before.
“Stop!”
As the purple-robed man's low and suppressed voice sounded, the patrolling team felt a flash before their eyes, and a figure appeared in front of them.
Everyone was shocked, and all kinds of magic weapons appeared in their hands in an instant, or they were already pinching their hands to condense some magic.
"who?"
"Who is it?" "The Great... The Great Island Master!"
Several voices were heard one after another. The first few people in the patrol team who reacted, amid the shouts, had already seen who was coming. They were so frightened that they trembled, and the next moment, they were about to salute.
"Have any strange cultivators entered the island today? Or have any come to the sect to look for the three island masters? Or have you noticed anything unusual in the past half a quarter of an hour?"
The purple-robed man didn't give them time at all, but asked them a barrage of questions with a gloomy face.
"Reporting to the Great Island Master, during our patrol, no outside cultivators appeared in our patrol area. The people we saw coming in and out were all disciples of the island. Just now, we strictly prohibited everyone from going out. There were no outside cultivators who came to look for the Third Island Master..."
Before the team leader could finish speaking, the purple-robed man immediately gave orders.
"Alright, compile a list of the disciples who have entered and left within half an hour, and submit it to the Law Enforcement Hall within half an hour. If they find that there is something wrong with the list you submitted, all of you in the team will die!"
The purple-robed man was anxious. More than twenty breaths had passed since the natal tablet of the three island masters was shattered.
Just by looking at how that person was able to plot against the three island masters silently, we knew that he was meticulous. If we delay any longer, the chances of finding the murderer will only become smaller and smaller.
While he was inspecting the area, one last patrol team appeared in his consciousness. He had to check the situation in the sect within a few breaths.
As for these patrol teams, they act together, and it is not easy for the murderer to sneak in, so he only needs to know whether there are any abnormalities for the time being.
Just as the purple-robed man gave his orders and was about to leave, the team leader immediately said another sentence.
"But... But Senior Brother Yang, the disciple of the Third Island Master, left the sect more than ten breaths ago!!"
"Um?"
The purple-robed man froze in an instant, turned his head sharply, and stared at the other person's face with his fierce eyes.
"You said Yang Youxian left the sect more than ten breaths ago?"
An uncontrollable pressure came down like thunder in an instant.
"puff!"
Poor team leader, he felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on him. His chest felt stuffy and his face turned pale. He immediately flew backwards and a mouthful of blood spurted out like an arrow.
Fortunately, the big man in purple robes immediately discovered something was wrong and forced himself to suppress his agitated mind. The patrolling disciples who were hit by the aftermath also fell to the ground one by one, either spitting blood from their mouths or already unconscious.
The purple-robed man frowned, and without him making any move, an invisible force lifted those people up in the air.
He took a step forward, came in front of the team captain, and slapped him in the chest.
The team leader who was already in a semi-faint state felt a cool breeze penetrating his body. The stuffiness that had filled his entire chest suddenly disappeared, and he woke up immediately.
"Answer my question quickly!!"
The purple-robed man's pair of round eyes appeared in his sight, and his voice went straight into his soul, which made the team leader shudder suddenly, and then he reacted.
"Yes, yes, it's Senior Brother Yang Youxian. He looks very anxious..."
But before he could finish his words, the island master in front of him had disappeared.
At the same time, a voice transmission appeared in the minds of the second and fourth island masters.
"There's something wrong with Yang Youxian. Lao Si can find Yang Youxian's whereabouts. He left the island in a hurry more than ten breaths ago!"
The old monster who had lived for more than a thousand years was very smart and made a conclusion in an instant. Judging from the news from the second island master, the person who met the requirements was indeed Yang Youxian.
"Yang Youxian? The Internal Affairs Hall said someone saw him come back in the evening, but he didn't come to hand in the mission!"
The second island master was in the internal affairs hall at the moment and immediately realized that something was wrong.
“I have ordered all the sect disciples in my spiritual sense to be recalled, but Yang Youxian is not among them. It is impossible for him to fly out of my spiritual sense in one or two breaths. The rest of the disciples are flying towards the sect.
After I warned them, several strange monks stopped where they were. I was on my way over and planned to capture them and bring them back to the sect first!"
This was the message from the Fourth Elder. When the Great Island Master heard the message, he had already arrived on the sea outside the sect. The overwhelming and powerful divine sense spread out in all directions.
And just as his breath dissipated, the voices of the four island masters suddenly rang out.
"No, someone suddenly flew away towards the northwest!"
At this moment, the four island masters had just flown above the heads of three cultivators. The three cultivators were all in the foundation-building stage. They were looking at the four island masters who were coming with murderous intent with horror, and were almost frightened to the point of fainting.
They were suddenly locked by a stream of energy just now and couldn't move at all. They were just small monks passing through the "Qionglin Gate".
There was a "sea-breaking beast" in the nearby sea area. Generally, those who passed by here would pass through the "Qionglin Gate". However, farther away from them, a person suddenly flew away...
The great island master immediately used his spiritual sense to sweep over and saw a black shadow flying rapidly towards the northwest, which had actually broken free from the locked aura of the four island masters.
"Um??"
The island master disappeared from the spot without even the slightest hesitation. At the same time, his voice transmission echoed in the minds of the fourth and second elders.
"Fourth brother, take those people back and search their souls one by one, then guard the sect with second brother. I'm afraid our movements have attracted the attention of those old monsters.
They will probably come over to investigate, or even take the opportunity to launch an attack. You must guard the sect firmly. I will be back soon!"
As he spoke, he had already flashed thousands of miles away. Fortunately, the direction the man was flying in was not the area where the "Bohai Beast" was, otherwise, he really wouldn't dare to chase him all the way.
"Brother, maybe the other party has set a trap. Can you..."
"Open all the formations. It should be fine if you let Fourth Brother guard for a while. I will go with you!"
When the other two island masters heard the message from the purple-robed man, they immediately became anxious. After all, the third island master had died silently.
The Third Island Master had such high cultivation level, yet he didn't leave anything behind. He must be either extremely scheming or extremely powerful.
The second island master immediately sent a message anxiously, but before they could finish, the purple-robed man interrupted him.
"No, the sect is at its weakest right now. I will be more careful. That person must have just borrowed Yang Youxian's appearance. I don't know what clever tricks he used to deceive the formation and my fourth brother's detection. Even my third brother couldn't tell the truth.
Besides, if I want to escape, how many people in this world can stop me?"