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While Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian were happily engaged in the act of creating life, near the place where they had previously slain those two Dou Zun experts of the Gu Clan, several terrifying figures suddenly appeared.
After all, the wisp of soul aura those two had left behind in the clan had suddenly disappeared without a trace. And such a situation generally meant that its owner had perished, body and soul destroyed.
When this kind of problem appeared, the Gu Clan naturally sent people out immediately to investigate. Since those two were guards of Gu Yao, he too was implicated in the matter.
After the deliberation of the clan elders, he was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for three months, and afterward confined for three years.
As for Gu Xun'er's large-scale mobilization of people to search for a Heavenly Flame, the matter eventually couldn't be hidden and was exposed to the upper echelons of the clan.
After discussion among the Gu Clan's high-level figures, Gu Xun'er was punished with one year of confinement for privately mobilizing the clan's Dou Zun, which had led to unnecessary casualties.
As for the four or five Dou Zun she had sent out, they were all recalled by the clan.
At the place where Lin Feng had slain those two Gu Clan Dou Zun, a middle-aged man looked at the perfectly ordinary-looking forest in front of him, then suddenly extended his palm into a claw-like shape. Then, with his palm facing downward, a suction force suddenly burst out from it.
"Whoosh~"
In the next moment, a spatial jade slip discarded by Lin Feng was sucked up and landed in that man's hand.
His indifferent gaze swept over the jade slip, and he said calmly, "Those two useless fools, they didn't even have time to crush my space jade slip. Looks like they encountered a strong enemy here and were killed before they even had the chance to react."
"Although those two rarely fought anyone and had practically no combat experience, they still possessed fifth-grade bloodlines. Even the weaker one had already broken through to Dou Zun decades ago. After summoning their clan mark, their strength would be comparable to Four or Five-Star Dou Zun. Could it be they encountered someone who had stepped into the Nine-Change of Dou Zun?"
Hearing this, a middle-aged beautiful woman beside him stepped forward, frowning as she spoke.
"Most likely not."
As he said this, the middle-aged man extended a finger, forcing out a drop of blood. Then he flicked it lightly, sending it toward the forest below.
"Boom~"
That drop of blood fell when it was still several meters above the ground, suddenly emitting a crimson glow.
Immediately after, within the forest below, a faint blood-red light also burst out. That scene looked as though they had encountered kin, calling out to one another.
Looking at what was happening below, the middle-aged man continued, "Although too much time has passed and almost all the evidence left here has faded, from the faint blood traces on the ground, the person who killed those two wasn't above peak Dou Zun."
At this point, the man's eyes narrowed, his tone turning cold, "Moreover, from the fact that the enemy struck to kill right from the start against two low-level Dou Zun, and afterward even disposed of their corpses, the one who killed them must definitely know of the Eight Ancient Clans."
"Then could it be one of the other six clans? Or perhaps some other powerful faction on the Dou Qi Continent?"
After hearing his analysis, the woman once again frowned as she spoke.
"I don't know, but both of those men carried the God Seal Technique. And the clan has already placed tracking methods on every God Seal Technique scroll. Can you sense it?"
The middle-aged man shook his head, then turned to the beautiful woman and asked. Hearing this, her eyes lit up as she replied, "I'll try."
As she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and carefully began sensing.
"I sensed it, they're both over there."
A moment later, the beautiful woman pointed in a certain direction.
"Let's go, we'll chase that man down and kill him, then take back the God Seal Technique. Even though it hasn't reached Heaven Grade, it's still one of the Gu Clan's signature Dou Techniques. If it spreads out, it'll cause huge trouble."
After saying that, the middle-aged man's surroundings twisted and warped, and in the next instant, he vanished without a trace. As for the beautiful woman, she quickly followed after.
However, since Lin Feng had already prepared for this in advance, it was destined that the two of them would return in disappointment.
By the time they tracked down the storage ring that had been shredded apart by the spatial storm of the void, only a few items were left drifting alone in the pitch-black emptiness.
As for the murderer who had killed their Gu Clan clansmen, there wasn't the slightest trace of him to be seen. Seeing this scene, the hearts of the two sank heavily.
An ominous feeling rose uncontrollably from deep within. The man quickly snatched up the scroll engraved with the God Seal Technique and unfurled it in one motion.
What he saw was that the soul imprint on it had already become extremely faint. It was obvious that this scroll had been read several times already. Otherwise, the soul imprint on it couldn't possibly have weakened to this degree.
This meant that after killing their Gu Clan's two clansmen, the culprit had even cultivated one of their clan's signature Dou Techniques, the God Seal Technique!
And the leakage of the God Seal Technique was far more serious than the loss of two Dou Zun.
After all, within their Gu Clan, Dou Zun-level experts were everywhere. Losing two might damage their face a little, but it wasn't that big of a deal.
However, if the flaws of the God Seal Technique were to spread out, then the intimidation power of this technique would be cut in half, if not more.
The most important part was, judging from the degree of loss in the soul imprint, it was certain that there wasn't just one person on the other side. Which also meant, the God Seal Technique might have already been read by multiple factions.
"Bastards, don't let me catch you!"
At that thought, the man gripped the scroll tightly, his face twisted with killing intent as he roared.
At the same time, a terrifying aura suddenly burst outward in all directions. Even the spatial storm that ordinary Dou Zun couldn't endure was pushed several miles away.
Seeing this, the beautiful woman's mood was equally foul.
After all, their mission this time was to find the murderer who had slain their Gu clansmen and drag him back to the clan for punishment. And in the process, to retrieve all the God Seal Technique scrolls and anyone who had seen them.
But now, neither of those goals had been accomplished. It was easy to imagine that once they returned to the clan, things would not go well for them.
Yet, since the matter could no longer be changed, the beautiful woman advised softly, "Let's at least find the other God Seal Technique scroll. That way, we can at least silence some of the people's mouths."
"Haah, I guess that's all we can do."
Hearing her words, the man sighed helplessly, then said coldly, "They had better pray I don't find out who the culprits are. Otherwise, I'll make them understand what it truly means to live a life worse than death!"
With that, the two once again set off toward the location of the next scroll. After retrieving the second scroll, the pair immediately flew off toward the Gu Clan's own small world!
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