“So what exactly happened?”
An Chen frowned, staring intently at Zhang Wei.
“You’re so smart, you should be able to guess some of it.”
“It’s related to Zhou Limin?”
At this point, An Chen himself wouldn’t believe it if he pretended to be clueless.
Besides him, Zhou Limin was probably the only other Transcendent in this building. The Kunpeng only dealt with matters related to Transcendents. Since they had come and it wasn’t about An Chen, it could only be Zhou Limin.
Even an ordinary person could figure that out.
“Well, two reckless guys targeted him. After they drugged him, they ran away for some unknown reason, even escaping through the window. We don’t know what happened. They didn’t even take him with them. Zhou Limin has been sent to the hospital, but he should be fine; he was just knocked out by a sedative.”
“How are Zhou Limin’s wife and child?”
“They’re completely fine. Both were at home and didn’t hear anything when this happened. They only found out when we arrived.”
An Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
“It’s good that they’re fine.”
Zhang Wei continued to scrutinize An Chen, but seemed to find nothing unusual, and continued, “Based on my judgment, the perpetrators must have encountered an obstacle when they made their move. Perhaps they were discovered by someone else, and this person’s strength wouldn’t be weak; at the very least, they would be a Cultivator…”
“You think I did it?”
“No, no!”
As Zhang Wei said this, he glanced at Su Xiaojiu behind An Chen. This action seemed unintentional, but An Chen suspected it was deliberate, meant for him to see.
“You think she did it? I brought her home and she hasn’t left.”
“Then you two better be careful…”
Zhang Wei took a step back and rubbed his chin.
“I haven’t told you yet, have I? These two robbers who tried to abduct Zhou Limin are both Cultivator. This means there’s another powerful Cultivator in your building or even in the community… Do you want me to assign someone to live next door to help protect you?”
An Chen rolled his eyes.
“I already have someone strong enough squatting in my house. If she can’t protect me, then I’m probably dead anyway.”
“After all, she’s not family. You might not feel entirely at ease letting her watch over you, right?”
“And you’re my family?”
“Ehh… this… perhaps it’s not entirely impossible. I also have a younger sister…”
An Chen slammed the door shut.
Zhang Wei still maintained a smiling face, the door almost hitting him as it closed.
“Brother Zhang.” A Kunpeng member, who had been hiding in the stairwell, now emerged and whispered a few words to Zhang Wei.
“Let’s go, let’s take a look.”
Zhang Wei turned and re-entered the stairwell, quickly descending the stairs.
The two soon arrived at the alley, where a police cordon had already been set up, keeping the public outside.
“What happened? A murder?”
“I heard so, two people died.”
“Just now, a young kid ran in and found two people lying on the ground. Guess what? They were dead! Their necks seemed to have been twisted off, it was horrible!”
“Ah? In broad daylight…”
“But it seems those two weren’t good people. I heard they stole something and ran over here.”
Before Zhang Wei even stepped past the police line to listen to his subordinates’ report, he had already roughly gathered what happened from the gossiping aunties outside the cordon.
He walked deep into the alley and saw the two corpses lying on the ground.
“Necks twisted by violent means, one from behind, one from the front. Done by an Awakener.”
One person stepped forward and quickly gave a brief report.
“Good.”
Zhang Wei squatted down and observed for a moment, finding no other clues.
“It looks like it was resolved very easily. The person’s face still shows a look of terror, they must have encountered a master.”
“Brother Zhang, it really wasn’t those two?”
“It shouldn’t be.”
Zhang Wei shook his head, continuing to rub his chin in thought.
“The surveillance didn’t capture anyone leaving, and our people staking out the community entrance also didn’t find anyone leaving. It’s just that both of their Qi seem to have been concealed, not showing up on the Shan He Tu (Rivers and Mountains Map). This is a real problem…”
The Shan He Tu (Rivers and Mountains Map) was the Magical Artifact they used to track the movements of Transcendents.
This was a Heaven Grade Magical Artifact from the Soul Transformation Stage, named the Shan He Tu (Rivers and Mountains Map), which was essentially just a large map. Anyone whose Realm was lower than this Magical Artifact, whether they were Cultivator or not, as long as their Qi was marked, would appear as a dot on the Shan He Tu (Rivers and Mountains Map), allowing the user to observe them at any time.
This marking could simply be done by various members of the Kunpeng, which was very convenient. People whose Qi was marked would find it very difficult to even realize it.
And they had already marked more than half of the Transcendents.
It was understandable that Su Xiaojiu had tools to conceal her Qi, after all, her father was Su De. But An Chen also had a way to evade the detection of a Heaven Grade Magical Artifact from the Spirit Nurturing Stage, which at least indicated Soul Transformation level methods.
This couldn’t help but make Zhang Wei suspect that An Chen had truly become the future successor of the Qingfeng Sect.
An Chen confessing his identity to the Sect Leader also seemed possible…
Zhang Wei pondered, but quickly pulled his thoughts back to the original track.
“How many Transcendents in South City have become Cultivator now?”
“Brother Zhang, it’s impossible to determine now.” The Kunpeng member behind him pointed at the corpses on the ground with a bitter smile: “Their organization can erase the Qi marks we’ve placed, and they are constantly abducting Transcendents to join their organization. Moreover, they have also mastered a Cultivation Technique and are undergoing collective Cultivation…”
This also meant that they couldn’t count how many Transcendents who joined this organization had become Cultivator.
“Among the unattached individuals we still control, only nine have begun Cultivation, and this includes that young boy and Su Xiaojiu…”
Zhang Wei frowned tightly.
“I remember that six Transcendents have gone missing in South City these past few days?”
“Yes, these two have both been confirmed as previously missing Transcendents…”
“Damn it, if they continue to develop like this for a few more days, they’ll have more Cultivator than us!”
The expansion model of this organization was for older members to capture new members, and then use threats and inducements to make them join.
Most people, upon hearing they could join an organization with a powerful backer and a Cultivation Technique, were basically overjoyed and few refused.
“How did Boss Yuan evaluate this organization again?”
“Dangerous.”
Just those two simple words.
Zhang Wei nodded, clearly agreeing, and he too was somewhat wary of this hidden organization.
“The mastermind behind this organization must be one of the first Transcendents. Their strength might even be very high, otherwise they wouldn’t know that Earthlings generally have high Spiritual Root talent, and dare to so resolutely arm their members directly with Cultivation Techniques…”
