NFBE Chapter 503 Danxian Sect Disciple Missing
Chapter 503 Danxian Sect Disciple Missing
[Rong Shu, the Yan Youwei you asked me to investigate, she left the sect alone for training shortly after the Heroes' Gathering and hasn't returned yet.]
[I contacted a senior brother from the Danxian Sect at the Jixia Academy and learned from him that, actually, two years ago, the soul lamp belonging to Yan Youwei, a disciple of the Danxian Sect, suddenly dimmed several times. Elder Yan of the Danxian Sect couldn't be contacted and, fearing something had happened to Yan Youwei, repeatedly sent disciples to search for her, but to no avail.]
[Yan Youwei comes from the Danxian Sect, and her grandfather is Elder Yan, a seventh-grade alchemist. She certainly doesn't lack disguise pills or similar elixirs, making it easy for her to conceal her whereabouts. What men she's been with in the years since she left the sect, what Daoist partners she's had… we can't find out for now.]
[I had that senior brother send a message back to the Danxian Sect, and they've dispatched a team of disciples who have already gone to Songhua Town to pick up the person you mentioned.]
[The latest news about the Danxian Sect disciples is that they have received Yan Youwei, but since the border is unstable, and as alchemists, it doesn't matter where they are refining pills for the Zhenyan Army, they will remain in the area temporarily and obey the Zhenyan Division's orders.]
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The above represents Duan Yuyan's investigation progress over the past six months.
Rong Shu had already read it once before.
The horde of evil spirits is coming fiercely from Wuqu Pass, and defending the city from their attack is the most important task.
Rong Shu is also an alchemist. In addition to entering Buzhou Domain every day to kill evil demons, he also has to help the Zhenyan Division refine pills and treat the wounded, keeping him extremely busy.
As time went by, after learning that the Danxian Sect had sent someone to pick up Yan Youwei and that nothing unusual had happened, Rong Shu paid less attention to her.
Rong Shu casually sent messages to Duan Yuyan and the others at Jixia Academy to let them know he was safe, and was just about to withdraw his divine sense from the Nine Palaces Mirror—
'Stay in the area and obey the orders of the Nightmare Suppression Bureau?'
The next second, the sentence popped into Rong Shu's mind, and he felt that something was wrong.
"The nearest pass to Songhua Town is Wuqu Pass. The Danxian Sect disciples are stranded there, so they must be under the command of the Wuqu Pass Town Nightmare Division, right?"
The alchemists assigned to Wuqu Pass were mostly from the Xiao family, as the Danxian Sect was not responsible for supplying pills to this area.
If Yan Youwei and the other disciples of the Danxian Sect temporarily obeyed the orders of Wuqu Pass, Rong Shu should have been able to see them.
Rong Shu scanned the area with his divine sense and found a familiar-looking alchemist from the Xiao family. He asked, "...Fellow Daoist, please wait. I have a question. Have any disciples of the Danxian Sect been temporarily transferred to Wuqu Pass to be responsible for refining pills?"
The alchemist surnamed Xiao shook his head: "No, there is no information about Danxian Sect disciples on the registered list of alchemists."
The list wasn't exactly a secret, so the alchemist surnamed Xiao simply showed Rong Shu the jade slip containing the list.
Rong Shu scanned the area three times with his divine sense, but indeed found no information about the Danxian Sect disciples.
As for concealing information?
That would be even more impossible.
With a major battle imminent, it is impossible for an unknown alchemist of unknown origin to be allowed to refine pills for the army unless the alchemist's identity and background are confirmed.
Then, Rong Shu quickly typed on the Nine Palaces Mirror: [Little Duanzi, are you sure Yan Youwei has been found and brought back by the Danxian Sect disciples? Have they discovered anything amiss? For example, Yan Youwei's pregnancy?]
Rong Shu estimated the time.
It has been half a year since she met Yan Youwei and discovered that she was pregnant. A pregnancy usually takes ten months, and the baby should be born in August or September.
Duan Yuyan: [Pregnant? The messages sent back by the Danxian Sect disciples didn't mention Yan Youwei being pregnant. Was your question about whether she had a Daoist partner because of this pregnancy?]
Rong Shu pressed further: [You really didn't mention it? Are you sure you're not mistaken? Go contact the disciples of the Danxian Sect again!]
A moment later, Duan Yuyan's reply arrived.
But when Rong Shu saw the contents, his heart sank:
There's still no news about the four Danxian Sect disciples who remained in Songhua Town...
[Yan Youwei's whereabouts have been unknown for the past few years. I don't know if she has a new Daoist partner, but I just heard something from a senior brother in the Danxian Sect. Don't tell anyone... It seems that Yan Youwei and her former Daoist partner, Huo Yihan, have already had intimate relations and are just waiting to hold a formal dual cultivation ceremony.]
[Outsiders were unaware of this matter. Huo Yihan had left without saying goodbye, abandoning Yan Youwei. There were some rumors circulating within the Danxian Sect that Yan Youwei couldn't believe Huo Yihan had abandoned her, so she left the sect and severed all ties with it...]
[Yan Youwei is the most talented alchemist of the new generation in the Danxian Sect. Before she was even two hundred years old, she had already become a fifth-grade alchemist, and in the future, she is expected to contend for the position of sect leader. At the very least, she can achieve a high position and great power like her grandfather, Elder Yan.]
[Therefore, for the sake of Yan Youwei's reputation, this matter was not spread. I only learned about it from that senior brother of the Pill Immortal Sect with great difficulty. When Rong Shu and the others return, remember to reward me...]
Rong Shu lost interest in Duan Yuyan's rambling afterward. She suddenly looked up and shouted:
"Senior Brother Xuanhe! Quickly contact Senior Brother Luori!"
Xuanhe and Qingniao looked at each other, and the latter took out a somewhat worn-out student token: "Contact Luori? We can't contact him now. His student token just broke recently. He left it with me to repair it, but I haven't had time to fix it yet."
Qingniao is a weapon refiner with a secondary focus on formations.
Normally, if any magical artifacts or tools of the group are damaged, they are handed over to Qingniao for repair for convenience.
Rong Shu urged, "What about the Nine Palaces Mirror? Is there any other communication device?"
Xuanhe shook his head: "That kid Luo Ri is very stingy. After he was admitted to Jixia Academy, he sold his only Nine Palaces Mirror for spirit stones."
Rong Shu: "..."
"Forget about the Nine Palaces Mirror for now, let's hurry to Songhua Town to find Senior Brother Sunset!"
"Also, report this to the Suppression of Nightmare Division immediately! A suspected Nightmare Clan parasitic mother has appeared! The target is Songhua Town, the hometown of Senior Brother Sunset!"