readsfreenovel Chapter 986 Anomalies
Chapter 986 Anomalies
"When did you hear about it?"
Lu Luan asked her.
"Three days ago, the leader of the Spirit Snake Sect suddenly wanted to find him for something, but found that he couldn't get in touch with him, so he came to Zixin City to ask if we had seen him."
Lu Caiyi told everything she knew.
"Can't the soul lamp sense it?"
The soul lamp has tracking capabilities.
"I don't know."
Lu Caiyi shook her head.
"Let's go to the Spirit Snake Sect first."
If he was captured without anyone noticing, he would be in great danger.
"Including sword cultivators, are there any late Jindan strongmen missing or dead in Zixin City?"
"not at all."
Lu Caiyi's main tasks now are these things. It is clear that the people from the Haoyue Sect who come to Huluzhou mainly gather in Zixin City.
After asking a few more brief questions, Lu Luan headed towards the Spirit Snake Sect.
The Spirit Snake Sect is tens of thousands of miles away from Zi Xin City, not far away.
It wasn't long before he arrived.
The Lingshe Sect only has one Nascent Soul cultivator, but it has a large number of disciples and elders.
Although he was very powerful and was the ruler of a state, he did not act recklessly.
"Hey, what can we do?"
"Why did the person disappear?"
"Could it be that he went to explore the outer realms?"
"Elder Hong is over 400 years old. This is absolutely impossible."
Inside the Spirit Snake Sect.
A group of elders gathered together to discuss.
They have been trying every possible way to search for him these days, but to no avail.
"Ok?"
Suddenly, everyone sensed something, looked outside, and said happily: "Great, City Lord Lu is here."
As soon as Lu Luan arrived outside the sect, as his aura spread, the strong men of the Lingshe Sect, including the ancestor, came out to greet him in person.
When the group of seven saw him, they immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings to City Lord Lu."
"No need to be polite."
Lu Luan said calmly.
Then he asked, "I heard from the elders in my city that the old sword cultivator from your sect suddenly disappeared. Is that true?"
"It is true. I didn't expect that it would alarm City Lord Lu."
The Spirit Snake Sect's ancestor answered.
"Haven't found it yet?"
"No."
The crowd shook their heads.
"Can't you sense it even with the soul lamp?"
"I can't sense it. It may be because I am traveling too far away from home, or it may be... isolated by a special space treasure."
The Spirit Snake Sect's ancestor gave a worried answer.
In fact, the result is already very obvious. Of the two possibilities, the one that is too far away is obviously impossible. At the Jindan realm, an old man who is over 400 years old and has not much time left to live has no reason to travel around. Even if he wants to go, he will definitely say hello to the people in the sect when he leaves.
Therefore, there is only the second possibility left, that he was caught by someone and isolated by a treasure so that the soul lamp could not sense his location.
The Lingshe Sect is not that powerful. The quality of the soul lamps in the sect is average. A stronger spatial mysterious treasure can isolate people from the soul lamps.
"How long has it been since we last met?" Lu Luan continued to ask.
"This... is not clear. The last time I saw Elder Hong was three years ago. I thought he was in seclusion recovering from his injuries. If I hadn't come to discuss something with him a few days ago, I wouldn't have known he was missing." A middle-aged man replied.
A cultivator at the Jindan stage would go into seclusion for several years or even dozens of years, and he would come and go without a trace, making it difficult to know his exact whereabouts.
"This is going to be difficult."
Lu Luan frowned and ordered, "Take me to the place where he is in seclusion."
He wanted to use his three-eyed Nascent Soul to see if he could find some clues.
"City Lord Lu, this way please."
The ancestor of the Spirit Snake Sect immediately led the way.
Soon the group came to a mountain hundreds of feet high. It was a very secluded place with a waterfall flowing down the mountain and a simple cave behind the waterfall.
This is where the old swordsman is in seclusion.
The ancestor of the Spirit Snake Sect said: "City Lord Lu, I have carefully surveyed and there is nothing unusual here."
Lu Luan stood in the air without answering. He concentrated his mind, and the Nascent Soul in the Purple Palace formed seals with his hands. A light flashed on his forehead, and the vertical eye between his eyebrows suddenly opened.
In an instant, the world around me was completely new.
The three-eyed Nascent Soul is famous for its particularly strong insight, which not only makes it convenient for Lu Luan to use spatial means, but also gives him unparalleled perception ability.
Sure enough, after a while he sensed an unusual residual fluctuation around the mountain.
"It's a formation! And it's very powerful."
Lu Luan murmured.
This is the trace of a powerful formation being used. It is very secretive and powerful, much stronger than the Spirit Snake Sect's protective formation.
"The elder has indeed set up a formation here to prevent anyone from breaking in during the retreat."
An old woman said.
Lu Luan shook his head: "I mean, someone here has used a formation that is stronger than your sect protection formation."
"This...how is this possible?"
The ancestor of the Spirit Snake Sect was the first one who didn't believe it. He wasn't dead yet. If someone used this kind of formation here, even if it could hide it from the sect master and other elders in the Golden Core realm, it would be impossible to hide it from him.
Lu Luan was also puzzled. Although this ancestor had only condensed an ordinary Nascent Soul, he was at the Nascent Soul stage after all, with amazing perception. The operation of this formation should be easy to detect.
"Could it be?"
Lu Luan suddenly thought of something. Half a year ago, he invited them to Zixin City for a meeting.
The ancestor of the Spirit Snake Sect also went there at that time.
"That should be it."
The ancestor of the Spirit Snake Sect participated in the last war against the demons. He has been recuperating in the sect for the past few decades and only left once half a year ago.
"City Lord Lu, do you mean that someone in the Spirit Snake Sect used a powerful formation to isolate the sect and captured the elder without anyone noticing?"
Everyone looked at him in disbelief.
This is really unbelievable.
"Ah."
Lu Luan nodded. In his opinion, this was not impossible. Shangguan Linglong had done this kind of thing many times before.
"That must have been done by a strong man in the Nascent Soul stage!"
Only those who are at the Nascent Soul stage have this ability.
"But how could a Yuanying realm expert target an elder? The elder is over 400 years old, and his body is exhausted. Even if he uses it to practice martial arts, it is still not as useful as many mid-stage Jindan cultivators. But the other elders in the sect are all safe."
"Indeed, it doesn't make sense for a Nascent Soul expert, right?"
Everyone became even more confused.
"It seems that person has set his sights on the sword cultivator."
Lu Luan said to himself.
There must be something about the missing elder that attracts him, but flesh, blood and essence, at the moment, that is definitely not it.
"Have you spread the news that the elder is missing?"
Lu Luan turned around and asked.
"No."
The crowd shook their heads.
Lu Luan nodded and said, "In order to avoid causing unnecessary panic, this matter must be kept secret. I will find that person."
It’s better not to have any, in order not to alert the enemy.
"Thank you, City Lord Lu."
The ancestors and elders of the Spirit Snake Sect all bowed and expressed their gratitude.
The elder’s soul lamp has not gone out, which means his life is safe. As long as the murderer is found, he can be rescued.
"Are there any other Jindan-level sword cultivators missing in your sect?"
Lu Luan Qingwen.
"I'll go check it out right now."
The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect reacted and left immediately.