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"Sect Master, our Blood Sect's medicinal herb treasury has been completely looted. What should we do next?"
At this moment, looking at the Sect Master who was gradually regaining his calm, an Elder of the Blood Sect couldn't help but speak up and ask. To be honest, he was truly terrified just now that the Sect Master would strike him dead in a fit of rage!
Now that the Sect Master could calm down, he was happier than anyone.
"Investigate! Mobilize the strength of the entire sect to investigate. Once we find out which faction did this, I will fight them to the death to wash away this humiliation!" Fan Lao ground his teeth as he issued the command.
"Yes, Sect Master, I will see to it immediately!" Seeing this, the Blood Sect Elder instantly bowed and accepted the order.
"Wait." Just as this Blood Sect Elder was preparing to leave, Fan Lao called out to him once more.
This caused him to become nervous again in an instant. Honestly, what he feared most right now was becoming a punching bag for the Sect Master's venting rage!
"When you go out, tell the guards of the medicinal herb treasury to come in." When he said this, Fan Lao's entire face was expressionless.
Hearing this, while the Blood Sect Elder secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he also silently lit a candle in his heart for the gatekeepers of the medicinal herb treasury.
Because he knew that the fury in the Sect Master's heart had clearly not been vented yet. Since the medicinal herb treasury had been looted, someone naturally needed to take the fall.
Who was more suitable to take the blame than the gatekeepers of the medicinal herb treasury?
Although he thought of this, this Blood Sect Elder didn't feel the slightest bit of pity for the gatekeepers. After all, for one, the other party indeed bore responsibility. Secondly, isn't there a saying that goes "better a dead fellow Daoist than a dead me"?
If the Sect Master's anger was vented on the gatekeepers, then he would naturally be safe.
"Yes!" After responding, the Blood Sect Elder bowed and withdrew.
This time, Fan Lao did not call him back. Soon, as the Elder left, the gatekeeper of the Blood Sect's medicinal herb treasury entered. However, the one who eventually left the Blood Sect's medicinal herb treasury was only Fan Lao, the Sect Master, himself!
Clearly, the gatekeeper of the Blood Sect's medicinal herb treasury had already been personally executed by Fan Lao.
Subsequently, the entire Blood Sect was mobilized, beginning a large-scale search across the Black-Corner Region. This movement by the Blood Sect naturally alarmed the various factions of the Black-Corner Region.
When these factions learned that the Blood Sect's medicinal herb treasury had been looted, some watched coldly from the sidelines, some gloated over their misfortune, and some factions hostile to the Blood Sect even straight-up started celebrating.
Of course, those who had the capital to show the Blood Sect a cold face were all factions with the level of Dou Huang or above. As for those factions below the level of Dou Wang, they all fearfully pulled in their tails and behaved themselves while the Blood Sect conducted its massive search.
Facing the enraged Blood Sect, none of these factions below Dou Wang dared to cross them.
As for those factions of Dou Huang rank and above, although they were watching the Blood Sect's drama now, they would soon discover that this "drama" was about to descend upon their own heads!
Sure enough, during the period when the Blood Sect was searching the Black-Corner Region on a large scale, the "Pair of Chaos-Bringing Demons" formed by Xiao Lin and Zi Yan had already looted their second target, the medicinal herb treasury of the Ghost Emperor Hall.
Similarly, when Xiao Lin left the Ghost Emperor Hall's treasury, he left behind the same short six words as he did at the Blood Sect.
Done by Jia Nan Academy!
Boom!
"Aaaaah! Bastard, I want you dead!"
Not long after Xiao Lin and Zi Yan left the Ghost Emperor Hall's medicinal herb treasury, the Hall Master of the Ghost Emperor Hall, You Gui, erupted with his full Dou Qi. He charged into the mid-air of the Black-Corner Region and let out a furious roar.
That roar was likely heard by everyone within a thousand-meter radius!
Accompanying the Ghost Emperor Hall Master You Gui's mad dash into the sky, many people on the ground also lifted their heads to look at him. Immediately, what they saw was a disheveled You Gui, looking like a literal ghost!
As for who exactly the person You Gui wanted to kill was, let alone the passers-by in the Black-Corner Region, even he himself didn't know yet! After all, he was merely venting his rage because his family's medicinal herb treasury had been emptied.
However, until this moment, the various factions of Dou Huang rank and above in the Black-Corner Region still hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem. They were just watching the drama of the Blood Sect and the Ghost Emperor Hall.
Shortly after, following the Blood Sect, the Ghost Emperor Hall also joined the ranks of those conducting massive searches within the Black-Corner Region. The actions of two Dou Huang level factions immediately caused panic among the small-scale factions of the Black-Corner Region.
Similarly, whether it was the Blood Sect Master Fan Lao or the Ghost Emperor Hall Master You Gui, after seeing the sentence left behind in their medicinal herb treasuries, they both directly excluded Jia Nan Academy from their list of suspects.
In their minds, no one would be so stupid as to leave a note identifying themselves after stealing and looting a medicinal herb treasury. There must be a conspiracy involved; someone was framing Jia Nan Academy!
They wouldn't fall for it!
Regardless of what they thought, none of this was any longer the concern of the two masterminds behind the scenes. Zi Yan was still happily scavenging all sorts of precious herbs, while Xiao Lin was responsible for digging pits for these various Dou Huang level factions they had looted.
In the following several days, Xiao Lin and Zi Yan successively visited the Dark Sky Sect, the Wild Lion Gang, the Luo Sha Gate, the Ground Fire Sect, and other factions of Dou Huang realm and above.
At first, including the earlier Blood Sect and Ghost Emperor Hall, everyone investigated separately. After all, these factions were not of one mind, so how could they exchange information with other Dou Huang level factions?
It wasn't until one time when the Eight Gates and the Underworld Mansion, two Dou Huang level factions whose medicinal herb treasuries had also been looted, clashed during their respective searches that everyone realized their situations were identical!
This instantly made the leaders of these Dou Huang level factions realize the conspiracy within.
Therefore, after a period of communication between the various Dou Huang level faction leaders, they decided to sit down together and discuss the matter of their respective medicinal herb treasuries being looted.
Because everyone's situation was basically the same, they didn't suspect one another. Moreover, because of this incident, they actually became united. Even factions that had grudges in the past chose to temporarily set aside their enmity, deciding to drag this mastermind out first!
As leaders of various Dou Huang level factions, they weren't idiots.
This kind of behavior—being able to silently steal into their medicinal herb treasuries, loot every single herb, and conveniently throw dirt on Jia Nan Academy—was definitely not something a Dou Huang level faction could pull off.
Since it wasn't the work of a Dou Huang level faction, then their targets of suspicion were narrowed down to just a few. In the Black-Corner Region, besides Jia Nan Academy, were there any other Dou Zong experts?
The answer was obviously yes!
Besides the ambitious Black Prison Alliance that wanted to unify the entire Black-Corner Region, there was the usually low-profile Black Emperor Sect, the long standing Dou Zong level faction Demon Flame Valley—
Which had been crippled by the two elders, Elder Qian and Elder Bai years ago during a conflict with Jia Nan Academy but not destroyed—and the lone wolf Old Man Ying Shan. These individuals or factions all possessed Dou Zong experts.
Being in the Black-Corner Region, these few were the most likely to take action against these Dou Huang level factions. These parties were the targets of suspicion filtered out by the many Dou Huang level factions!
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