How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

"What the hell..."

"Okay, let's stop for a moment!"

A weary, aged voice came from the ring, and an old man's phantom appeared around the two of them. He looked at Zhao Zhuji's clothes, a knowing look on his face, and then couldn't help but sigh.

"So it's people from the Boundless Sword Sect. If you're in charge of the investigation, does that mean the culprit who harmed my Medicine King Sect is an alien race?"

Zhao Zhuji: "You are...?"

Hong Butian: "Who are you?"

"You brat, who do you think I am?!"

"Oh, it's you. I didn't even recognize your tone just now..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 218 The victims always managed to deduce a message of death within seconds of being murdered, helping the detective solve the case.

At this moment, the Medicine King Sect was a scene of ruin, empty, silent, and deathly still, even appearing somewhat desolate, as if no one had lived there for decades.

In reality, the Medicine King Sect had just suffered a devastating blow a few months earlier.

This is due to the rich spiritual energy in the roaming realm, which causes vines and weeds to grow wildly if left unattended for a period of time.

Climbing onto the roof, squeezing through the brick walls, they quickly erased any traces of human presence...

On these ruins, a man, a woman, and an old ghost were walking (floating) together.

Hong Butian and the Grand Elder walked ahead, while Zhao Zhuji, looking wary, followed closely behind.

"Go straight ahead, then turn right..."

The Grand Elder turned to look at Hong Butian, pointed to a spot, and gave instructions.

"Boy, go move those stones over there, then take six steps to the right and put them down!"

"I know, I know, you know how to boss people around."

Hong Butian sighed and followed the steps instructed by the Grand Elder to move the stone to a new position.

"..."

Nothing happened.

Hong Butian: "?"

Zhao Zhuji: "?"

"..."

The Grand Elder's face darkened. Either he had been gone too long, and the sect's layout had changed, or the sect's mechanisms had been damaged in the crisis...

Taking a deep breath, the Grand Elder pointed to a broken old tree, his gaze shifting between Zhao Zhuji and Hong Butian before finally settling on Zhao Zhuji, who was in the Foundation Establishment stage, and said, "Go and uproot that broken tree!"

"Ok?"

Zhao Zhuji glanced warily at the Grand Elder, who gave her a look and said, "Don't worry, it's not a trap. You don't believe our identities, do you? Now I'll give you a chance to verify."

"..."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Zhuji nodded, but she remained vigilant and even took a few steps back to what she considered a safe distance before drawing her longsword.

"broken!"

With a soft shout, countless invisible sword beams seemed to intertwine and spread before Hong Butian's shocked gaze, as if any one of them could easily take his life...

So the gap between cultivators is really this big?

Hong Butian was secretly alarmed, yet also filled with longing and yearning, and his determination to cultivate himself became even stronger.

"Wow!"

Countless debris flew with the smoke and dust, the earth and wood were blown into pieces, revealing a dark hole below.

"Um?!"

Zhao Zhuji was startled: "This is... a secret passage?"

"Almost all the visible buildings have been destroyed, but I suspected the secret passage was still there, and now it seems I was right..."

The Grand Elder looked at Zhao Zhuji: "Well? Now you believe I am the former Grand Elder of the Medicine King Sect, right?"

"That depends on what's inside..."

Zhao Zhuji hesitated for a moment, then took out a spirit stone that emitted light after being infused with spiritual energy. She handed it to Hong Butian, who was standing beside her, saying, "You guys go ahead, and I'll follow behind. Don't try anything funny!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

Hong Butian glanced curiously at the illumination stone in his hand, shook his head helplessly, walked towards the cave entrance, and after illuminating the area below, he discovered that there were steps leading down.

However, the road ahead was very narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass at a time.

"Let me be at the front."

The First Elder glanced at Hong Butian: "So you won't say I'm not loyal enough."

"Ah this..."

Hong Butian took a step back and extended his hand: "Please feel free to do as you please."

"Humph."

With a soft hum, the First Elder walked at the front, followed by Hong Butian, and then Zhao Zhuji.

"At the end was just a very small space, densely packed with information recorded by generations of sect leaders..."

Seeing that there was no blood or signs of fighting on either side of the passage or on the road, the Grand Elder showed a helpless expression.

"As expected, those guys failed to discover this secret passage..."

After a pause, the Grand Elder sighed and said, "If this secret passage could be designed to be larger, it might be able to hide many sect disciples here."

However, materials that can shield the senses of even the most advanced Nascent Soul cultivators are extremely rare, so only such small spaces can be constructed.

However, even so, this place shouldn't be completely deserted. It should be able to hide ten or so people, unless..."

"Unless what?"*2

Zhao Zhuji and Hong Butian spoke in unison. They were both taken aback for a moment, but did not say anything more.

"Unless they were caught off guard and the sect was captured, or the situation was extremely urgent..."

The elder shook his head and said no more. It was enough to just mention it briefly; he wasn't there and didn't know the specifics.

Moreover, talking about these things always made him feel uneasy: "For hundreds of years, the Medicine King Sect has never suffered such a severe blow..."

"Don't be too sad, senior. After all, what has happened cannot be changed..."

Zhao Zhuji suddenly spoke, gently comforting the Grand Elder. Based on her observation, the soul before her should indeed be the Grand Elder of the Medicine King Sect, just as the other party had said…

Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that the other party is lying...

But she still chose to believe him for the time being.

There was another thing that dispelled her doubts: Hong Butian's cultivation level. He was only at the first level of Qi Refining, which seemed to be just a novice cultivator who had just entered the Dao. He didn't seem like someone who could be involved in the Medicine King Sect incident.

With that in mind, she decided to reveal some information that wasn't exactly confidential.

"Some of the Medicine King Sect disciples escaped to our Boundless Sword Sect's territory and were rescued by us."

According to them, they were cultivating as usual when suddenly countless demons and monsters, all sorts of beasts that had become spirits, rushed in and caught them off guard.

For some unknown reason, the sect's grand formation failed to activate before they were breached. Before anyone could react, they were forced into a desperate retreat, suffering heavy losses.

In the end, the sect leader and elders made the decisive choice to abandon the sect and fight their way out. However, because several extremely powerful monsters kept chasing them, they got separated from the sect leader and elders...

My mentor is one of the people in charge of investigating this incident. He went to track down the other members of the Medicine King Sect, while I was sent to the now-deserted Medicine King Sect to see if I could find anything..."

At this point, Zhao Zhuji shook her head and sighed, "No matter what, there are still some disciples left. As long as they are alive, there is always hope for the revival of the Medicine King Sect, isn't there?"

"Yes, thank you for telling me all this..."

The elder nodded slightly and did not bring up the topic again, as they had reached the end of the passage.

Just as the elder said, the space here is very small. At the end is a secret room with the door half-closed. Carefully push the door open and walk in, you will see bookshelves piled with books.

"This is where successive sect leaders record important events of our sect. Although the elders are also aware of these events, generally only the sect leader is allowed to enter here..."

The elder began, "In a certain month and year, someone developed a new drug, made some attempts, and then what happened..."

In a certain month of a certain year, for some reason, a certain disciple did something significant that alarmed the sect...

Or perhaps something happened in the cultivation world at that time; these events are selectively recorded here.

After a pause, the elder turned to the two of them and said, "If I were to ask what exactly happened in the months leading up to the massacre, this place would be the first place that comes to mind."

"The original purpose of this place was simply to prevent any prescriptions from being lost, so the derivation steps were also recorded here so that they could be found again in the future..."

The First Elder sighed, "I never imagined it would be used here because of the investigation into the massacre of the entire clan..."

"Speaking of which, this should be the latest, or rather the last, record, right?"

Hong Butian walked to a desk, looked at the books that were not yet closed, and said thoughtfully, "It seems the sect leader left in a hurry. Let me take a look..."

"do not move!"